Maybe I'm out of the loop but is there any additional use case or function compared with such devices in say 1995? More lightweight, sure, higher pixel density

Maybe I'm out of the loop but is there any additional use case or function compared with such devices in say 1995? More lightweight, sure, higher pixel density, sure, but that's not a context that changes the offer. In actual human computer relationship and function, it just feels like Myron Krueger's Videoplace from the 1980s is being perennially reinvented. Please tell me how stupid and out of touch I am. I probably just don't get it