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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What year was the tablet? Samsung argued against Apple that they couldn't own the design of the tablet itself because it had been done in 1968 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Either way, nearly every piece of tech could probably be found first in sci-fi.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Earlier than 68:

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

IDK about first for everything as genres go, but sci-fi would certainly be the most comprehensive.

Shit, glasses are wearable tech if you wanna get technical about it.

[–] captainlezbian 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And if you want to get differently technical about it hearing aids are. And people with cochlear implants are cyborgs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What you just say motherfucker!?

[–] captainlezbian 6 points 1 year ago

I’m not offended, some of my best gods are gay

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linus Technologies had the write-top in 1987, and the GRiDPad came out in 1989.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dang, I actually would like a Write-Top, and this technology at that point is impressive to me:

Using an advanced symbol-recognition algorithm, the Linus ("of or about lines") can convert your scrawls into perfect text at a rate of about 5 characters per second. It recognizes uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols.

I'm sure modern tablets can do that even better but I haven't used one I really like the feeling of while writing.

*EDIT: Weight: 9lbs / 4 kg I change my mind, modern tablets are where it's at

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google dropped Google Glass when it wasn't profitable within 40 seconds. I know they're known for having zero patience with projects, but that one still bugs me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think it was more because of the huge backlash surrounding privacy.

Nobody wants to be filmed all the time just because you hang around with someone wearing Google glasses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stadia was never going to fly, the internet speeds lots of people can get is just too low.

[–] Cort 2 points 1 year ago

I thought latency was the real killer.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wearable tech has been a thing since before pocketwatches, wtflol

[–] AngryCommieKender 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out my wrist-sundial!

[–] RojoSanIchiban 4 points 1 year ago

Neat!

*takes photo

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[–] Ddhuud 12 points 1 year ago

Also cake or fake. I could have sworn that was the real Deana Troy .

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused by the title. Google Glass came in 2013. Meta didn't release a vr headset until 2019. Not to mention wearables are more than vr/ar headsets. Android wear came out in 2014.

[–] Triyfer 5 points 1 year ago

You are correct. The title is poorly worded. I believe it is supposed to read "Google was not the first to come out with wearable tech before Meta..."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

There was an ipad befpre apples ipad. From toshiba iirc.

And a tablet too (from microsoft?)