The "scene", no, but demos? Arguably, yes. The demo scene was little but the evolution of demonstrations of tech or art from doing it as e.g. part of a product

The "scene", no, but demos? Arguably, yes. The demo scene was little but the evolution of demonstrations of tech or art from doing it as e.g. part of a product demonstration or research to doing it as art or for reputation. E.g. the IBM 7094 "singing" Daisy Bell in 1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk