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I don’t think that’s an apt comparison. The smartphones of today allow us to do things unimaginable to people in the 80s. This startup doesn’t seem to be creat

I don’t think that’s an apt comparison. The smartphones of today allow us to do things unimaginable to people in the 80s. This startup doesn’t seem to be creating any new use for the technology in your phone, just changing the way you interact with it from a glass screen to a projected screen on your hand or countertop.

PumpkinSpice 3y ago
Nothing our phones do today was unimaginable in the 1980s. Pick up any pop-sci journal from the era and they had the predictions pretty much nailed down. The stuff just wasn't feasible to do with the technology they had at the time, and they didn't consider that phones, and not some other fashion accessory, would end up as the hubs of our digital lives. Wristwatches, household appliances (e.g., TVs), or calculators seemed like a better bet.