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30 years ago, my dad and I watched a VGA demo on our IBM PS/2. We were blown away that there was enough color depth and resolution to see what was clearly a pho
by drc500free 4y ago
30 years ago, my dad and I watched a VGA demo on our IBM PS/2. We were blown away that there was enough color depth and resolution to see what was clearly a photograph, not an illustration. It appeared line by line.
Someone had taken a photo, somehow digitized it, distributed it, and we were looking at a representation good enough that we could tell what it was.
It felt like we were living in the future - me as a middle schooler and him with decades of software development under his belt.
The iPhone maps app with the GPS dot and DALL-E are the only things that have matched that feeling.
- tomduncalf 4y agoKeyhole (which became Google Earth) was one for me
- bluehorseray 4y agoShazam was another one for me
- shp0ngle 4y agoFor me it was when I saw a taxi app on smartphone (it was not Uber, but… some clone? Predecessor? Even official taxi app? I don’t remember at this point). I can see where the taxi is now? I can see where he will go so he doesn’t cheat me? I come from city that used to be known for cheating taxis… at that point I knew I will never go back.