I used Google Glass to record myself taking measurements. Normally, I have to hold a camera. or have another person hold the camera while I walk around throughout a building with a laser tape measure. With Glass, I had both hands free to just walk around and measure. One tap to pause, two to stop recording. The only issue I had was it would quickly overheat. No one ever gave me flak. Most people wanted to try it on.
Great idea for a video. Me personally I would have definitely included the Xperia Play. Way ahead of it's time but Sony had it doomed to fail from the start for many reasons. I'm honestly shocked we have never gotten an Xperia Play 2 today with far better specs since Sony basically holds the patent for the slideout physical gamepad.
I was an engineer for an app for google glass enterprise edition 2 last year, I quit though because I didn't approve of military robots. EE2 was terrible with the operating system it had throttling issues until they released an os patch that seemed to fix it. Enterprise Edition 2 wasn't good when I worked on it and there were no app stores etc. I was working on it to be able to have zoom meetings, and to give commands to Boston dynamics robots.
Don’t know how nobody has mentioned the PSP being ahead of its time. It came out in 2005 with a built in browser, camera and had really good games. That thing is legendary.
@Daniel Massa but the PS Vita failed and it was really ahead. Imagine a PS Vita today. With cloud connectivity and modern chips plus the PlayStation platform as a background. They would kill off the Nintendo switch.
Haha.. I still have mine with over 100gb of games. It's a 2001 model, and it works pretty well. I've spent hours and hours on it - more than on my flip phone at that time. I was thinking to sell .. but its valued too less to let it go. So I'll keep it as a quick gateway back in time when I was a teen... Maybe my kids will enjoy it as well ...
Yeah I am with you. This list is great! One point I think you touched on is that google glass live streamed a LONG video. For some reason all the recordings on the current generation of smart glasses have really short limit times (like a max length per video of 10 minutes). That or you have to get some shady looking "spy camera" with bad video quality (8MP really?) and/or poor design. It feels like we have actually taken a step BACKWARDS. I remember the camcorder that my dad had. The weight sat on your shoulder. Someone had one of these at every family event and people would record for hours. The ones now are much smaller but that means you either have to wear them awkwardly like attaching a go pro to your body OR to hold your arm up the entire time (which gets old fast and can wear out your arm in like 10-15 minutes). I just want a google glass type product that I can wear to record the holidays or just to watch my kid do adorable things. Those are memories that I want to hold on to forever! Here is what I'm looking for: -At LEAST 12 MP camera with the ability to record 1080P video at 120fps. Autofocus as an option (can turn on or off). -USB C on the back of one of the stems so I can plug into an external battery pack for longer life without looking completely crazy. -The ability to record videos/audio that are as long as I'd like (assuming there is enough memory and power). -SDHC Micro capability up to 1TB, and 16 GB of internal memory. -A little bit of digital zoom (preferably via a forward/back button on the top of the right stem). -Digital image stabilization. Ideally with some facial focus stabilization option. -Bluetooth and Wifi that you can turn on or off. Bluetooth that can be connected to wireless earbuds so you can get real time feedback on what the mic is picking up. Bluetooth also good to connect to a smartphone to access more advanced options and to use the phone screen as a preview window or ideally to allow livestreaming. Wifi for cloud uploads, and ideally livestreaming. -Clear or polarized lens options. -Be less than $400 -Be not ugly. Is that really so much to ask for?
Yes. Obviously. I don't even know how you expect to plug it into an external battery via USB-C and not appear ridiculous. Although my desires are entirely identical to yours, I see no way that any of that except the SD card could be feasibly implemented.
I've had the fortune of experiencing Google Glass first-hand, and I can confidently say that it was terrible in all ways. Things crashed, swipes didn't work, voice recognition worked about half the time. On top of that, the display was absolutely terrible and hard to read, all while I was very uncomfortably aware that there's a giant, sharp, plastic brick in front of my eyeball.
You should def do more "off the beaten path/unusual/cool Tech devices" like this videos. It's fun to see what could have been and might still be influencing behind the doors current tech trends
I actually got one recently on eBay to play with and have as some sort of personal museum piece (yeah, it's just an expensive toy, but I save up to get them occasionally. Its like funko pops for people that aren't sad.) Even now with the "final" update installed they make for a fantastic user experience.
People didn’t like it that you could film them without their consent in 2013. Nowadays we have street photographers and everybody making TikTok videos. So I guess in this time people are more open to it. It’s all about timing.
Google Glass was so cool, imagine you are walking down the street or commuting and you just have MKBHD video running that you can just quickly glance at, if its under $500 most people would consider buying it
Great job Marques and thank you for the mention ;) Awesome video! I was very tempted to review that Samsung when it came out, because I also thought it was a game changing gadget as well, but as you said it was just ahead of it's time.... That Zeiss camera is also crazy awesome, but just not practical unfortunately. The Sony QX10 was another game changing camera lens system I thought, but Sony stopped supporting it before I got a chance to review it and like you said it was not the most reliable... Thanks again and all the best, Jay
Had to pause during the intro to say that I appreciate you bringing up the EV-1. To be honest, it made my stomach turn. It’s a primary example of a company making a product that’s good for the masses but bad for the bottom line. I invite anyone reading this to watch “Who killed the electric car”. I am also glad to see these tech enthusiasts embrace the past that lead us to this point. So often we forget all of the blood sweat and tears that goes into the world around us. People dedicated their lives over many moons just for us to have the ability to turn on light with the flip of a finger. Stay saucy my friends
Psion 5mx was way ahead of it's time. Around 1998, I was typing papers, playing games, and with the modem attachment and my Motorola Startac cell phone, was sending emails from anywhere and could also surf the web. While it was large for a handheld, it was tiny as handheld laptop. Truly awesome setup many years before smartphones and long before ultraportable laptops.
More context on the GM EV1. The car was actually really well received and people loved it, but GM created it to show how crap electric cars are. So when customers had a completely different reaction to what they expected, they bought all the cars back and destroyed them in fear that it would create a market shift towards EVs. Basically they didnt want to self sabotage their ice vehicles
@Andy Lord oil and gas companies. ICE cars are apart of an industry. Not that trivial to supplant it. Also 55 miles of range is not enough anyway. Now that EVs have much more range, it’s more practical.
I had, used and loved the Atrix. Used it exclusively for my system for that whole summer, wanted so bad for it to work (my small business relied on Google Apps) but it just wasn’t practical enough at the time. Great idea way ahead of its time.
I barely remember details, but I definitely had a girl in my theater group around 2008-2009 who had a smart watch that she could use to read texts and answer calls, before smart watches were a thing. It was mindblowing to all of us.
The Sony Clie NX73v was an iPhone in 2002, it just lacked the cellular radio. Still one of the most beautifully designed pieces of consumer tech, and yet another example of Sony throwing an interception at the 2-yard line…
It never made it to market, but I was really excited about the Pebble Core. It was supposed to be a small, light clip on, standalone device that had a 3G modem, GPS, Spotify, and Alexa for voice commands. Basically, it would've been great for going for a run where you can listen to music on Spotify over Bluetooth and tracking your run with a GPS. I guess smartwatches can kind of do this now, but a lot of smartwatches are still meant to be paired with a phone. Anyways, Pebble was bough by Fitbit (which was then bought by Google) and the Core was never released.
There is one thing to say about camera software: I have never had to reboot my camera because it was acting up... I do have to do that with phones sometimes... I think I rather have a slightly worse UI on my camera than having to reboot it. I don't really spent that much time in my camera UI, it's a lot set and forget stuff. But that's just me!
While watching this video I was sitting here thinking ‘gosh it would be cool if Marques mentioned the Atrix - and then there it was! The multiple docks were very cool, and the idea that you would have the dock for your car, dock for your desk, and laptop dock was visionary. Something like this for CarPlay would be amazing
I remember the ev 1, GM took the owners to court, and when that failed, they passed legislation saying the cars were unsafe. So the owners just kept it, and some were forced to sell it back to the manufacturer.
You probably wanna look at the Olympus Air 01, which was also wayyyyy ahead of its time... The fact that you can just use the lens (which is physically superior, no doubt), with your cellphone was amazing! The only problem is with the wonky BT + Wifi connection, which was a real shame... as it shows so much potential...
I'd love a callback series for old/weird/cancelled tech that never got too far. I remember Microsoft made these really cool phones before the smartphone era really took over, called Microsoft Kin. They were always connected to mobile data and *had* to be connected to some kind of social media account to run. It wasn't quite a smartphone, but it wasn't a basic phone either. Remember when phones having the ability to play mp3 files was a huge deal??
I had the Moto Droid Bionic back in the day, and had the lapdock for it. I didn't use it for too much, but I did really enjoy it. I thought it that time that was totally the future. IIRC, my biggest issue with it was the touchpad on the lapdock couldn't do multi-touch to scroll; that bugged the heck out of me :P I know my laptop wasn't $500, I think I might have scored it off of eBay or something like that? Probably $150-200 at the time. I think I ended up tossing it when I moved a few months ago. No idea what the bionic went, so it was just a paperweight.
BTW, the GM EV1 was sold to show how electric vehicles were a bad idea, when people started buying them because they a good car, GM stopped production, recalled all EV1's and then destroyed them all, fuck general motors
I remember thinking Goolge Glass was super cool as a kid. I think maybe if it had more of a development time and in current day and age, it coulda been a popular product.
Marques Brownlee was ahead of its time. One man that reviews gadgets on a video format and became the single person to drive an industry tech creators unlike anybody on the platform has ever seen. Definitely worth a mention.
I love the idea of a laptop the size and rough form-factor of a phone. Imagine if you will, a laptop with an OS hybrid of something like Pop!OS and Android/GrapheneOS with full desktop app support but also cell connectivity and a full phone experience, being able to run phone apps as well, in a way that feels natural. A 16:9 aspect ratio and a full folding keyboard and a nub pointing device. Would be a dream.
I remember the EV1 and the adds for it and how phenomenal it was. Conspiracy theoriests tend to believe there was someone behind the recall and destruction of the vehicles.
I loved the last one @Marques Brownlee. I think Apple (and other companies) could still offer their Macs/laptops to get additional processing power simply by connecting the phone via thunderbolt/USB-C to work as a co-processor.
Man just imagine how far AR tech could have come by now if Glass didn’t crash and burn. Maybe even just ditch the camera??? Such an easy fix. Such a wasted opportunity.
I've had so many moments in my life that I thought "it' dbe so much better if I'm using something like a Google Glass for this" while holding my phone recording a video, for example.
i work for apple and the "whats a computer" thing is my favorite thing to ever come from this company and the bit you did with the moto phone laptop thing was pure gold
I haven't really heard anything new coming out like it, but I remember being blown away with the Motorola Moto Z. Back when modular was at it's peak. You could put a speaker, projector and some other things right on the back using magnets. Really wanted that phone
As someone who had this phone, the only worthy attachment was the battery pack because the battery life on the phone was awful. I had 4 different Moto Zs between 2017-2019 because of hardware issues and a very fragile screen. I ended up not getting another Motorola phone after that after only ever having them and loving the brand for years. I bought out of my contract early just to stop using that godforsaken phone lol
The bit about photo-to-post work flow is so real. It'd be amazing if there was some wireless protocol where photos you snap on a DSLR automatically popular on your phone, maybe in an app (maybe bumming signal from your phone and pushing to the cloud as soon as you take them). Y'know how you can take a screenshot on your Mac and if your phone's awake, it just shows up? Maybe like that. Snap, mirror, edit, save/post. I'd be happy about it. Great segment btw. 🥂
The Atrix was one of my first smartphones. I went from the original Motorola Droid, to an IPhone, then to the Atrix. I loves it back then but couldn't afford the accessories that were supposed to make it great.
Oh man, I would 100% buy AR glasses (assuming they look like normal glasses). I wonder if all the processing could be offloaded to a phone and the glasses just receive and display all the information.
I wanted the attrix SOOO bad back in the day the idea of a live feed of your smartphone on your pc/laptop would be amazing without having to pickup your phone, and the idea of just plug your phone into the shell of a laptop was also a good idea if it could be used for multiple years and multiple compatible phones
I still have my Google Glass. I was so excited when I was selected to try them. I was so ready for it but the public at the time wasn’t unfortunately. There was a lot of drama too back then. I was called a Glass-hole by people who couldn’t get them lol smh 😂
I owned every single one of these devices. So much lost potential. That Galaxy Camera was SO cool. I was always hoping for a custom ROM for it, but there was never enough interest.
I still have my Atrix, laptop dock, car dock, and media dock. That phone was the greatest thing ever. If you had Citrix you could remote into any computer or server. It had a car mode before Android Auto. It auto switched to the right mode depending on the dock. Atrix was sooooo amazing.
I had an atrix with the dock. I still have the dock somewhere. I remember when phones started getting fingerprint sensor and I remembered my old atrix from years ago. Fingerprint scanner didn’t work too well. And the dock was super laggy with a crappy battery.
If they made a newer version of glasses, with current generation of camera, display and battery technologies, I would buy it instantly without even thinking.
And then a bunch of paranoid people around you are gonna tell you to take the thing off because people don’t like having cameras in their faces for some reason… even though they’re in public. *sigh* The term used at the time was “glassholes”.
Thank you for remembering me an the Atrix LapDock. I bought one after Motorola cancel the program cheap and modded it for HDMI input. I used it a few month for raspberry Pi installation it was really useful to have a mobile screen with keyboard touchpad and battery to power a PI. Then I dropped something on it and the screen broke. Since it was sitting in a box in the shelf and I totally forgot it. Now I took it apart and ordered an replacement screen. If I get lucky this time it will be really useful again. (Probably I have to replace the batteries too...)
Missed Springboard somehow. That device was a definition of "before its time". They are the original inventors of smart phone as we know it today. Even Jobs went to see it, said "naah" and then 10 years later made iPhone, which is a shit move on his side. I wholeheartedly recommend watching a documentary about Springboard here on YT.
I had the Atrix and I LOVED IT!!! I remember being so in awe of the finger print scanner and how little it lagged compared to my HTC phone before it. Wow lol.
For me Google Glass, was a definite yes! But for Samsung, I would have to say the Gear VR headset/phone combo paired with the Gear 360 camera for taking 360 degree photos and viewing them in VR with A-frame. Although not exactly a consumer product I'd also like to make a shout out to the Raspberry Pi (any version) and Arduino micro controllers for the hobbist and programers out there. Along with affordable 3D printers. Not exactly the first ahead of its time items, but certainly things that made a real difference to me and maybe others.
Imagine you hook that to those new cars so you can see your speed limit and the rear camera. Amazing. Why did they not make this sooner? My uncle had a Maserati that had a hologram. So cool.
Hey Marques I think you're forgetting a 2011 tech that to this day would astonish all modern day techies!! It was Apple's X WAVE!! Where you could perform tasks by just thinking it. The headset would read a person's brave waves!! You should check it out cause I think they might be merging that tech with there future VR and AR wearables hence the reason for the extended delay in the release of their devices!!! Well, have fun imagining the one of kind interface (as always) that we could have from the future of Apple!!!!
Do we have scientists studying the passing of time? Cause I wouldnt be surprised if time dilation on Earth somehow started passing faster in recent years.... this is going way too fast.
I have watched a lot of Marques content over the years but this is one of his best tech reviews videos. He articulates everything so well. Great content!
I wish he would've mentioned Focals by North in the google glass section. They did the whole google glass thing really well, were acquired by google, and then vanished. A really interesting story he should look into / explain.
Really interesting commentary. I remember Razer did something similar to the Motorola by utilising the razer phone 2 as a touchpad in a laptop base station. I think it was called Project Linda.
8:46 - This is one of the biggest missed opportunities when it comes to phone cameras I think. Why couldn't they just have a Micro USB / USB C connection? This idea has insane potential! They could make their own app so it works on multiple different models of phone. And if you're one of those people who wants to upgrade their phone for a better camera, why bother when you have this.
Thought people forgot the atrix 4g, it was really good at that time, we need more diversity like the old days where companies explore and not look alike
There was also Asus Padfone X, which got even into Lew's video. For me, it didn't have good enough specs to make sense. Instead, I went with Zenfone 2, which had an Intel Atom chipset. I was pretty happy until new games and apps stopped supporting it. It felt like nobody cared about a few people having an Intel processor. I also hoped that since it had an Intel, something like DEX now would happen soon.
@MKBHD Razor has also created a similar concept where their phone slots into a laptop shell delivering processing power and act like a mouse pad at the same time.
Google Glass dying in the consumer marketplace was probably one of the only times I've facepalmed other consumers. A lot of this was on Google for allowing the anti-privacy folks control the narrative, but it was up to the actual people who buy this stuff to say "Shut up and let me decide for myself!"
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Wish more tech experts were like you who just gives their viewpoint on the product and not criticize them or have something negative. And that is what I really appreciate about you. You are very insightful and no a lot about the products but you don't ever say anything so negative.
Honestly the fingerprint sensor alone was enough to sell me on the Atrix back in the day. I didn't even know there was the laptop form factor option. 😅
07:45 I love how you talked about this friction in the workflow between collecting the data that you want to post online, and the editing process. And I feel like that's the problem that we're having in our modern world, that we kinda got so lazy to perform any demanding tasks. We got so used to having everything work automatically without human input. It's the lifestyle that's being suggested to us by so many tech companies. It's the dream that they want us to live, despite it being a little counter-productive. For me, I attribute the failure of all these products to the fact that sociiologically we weren't ready to that lazy lifestyle yet. And not everyone liked that gimmicky effortless tech that exists nowadays. There's a probably a solution to every single problem that you haven't had yet and you wouldn't now. That's how crazy technology is getting. I think the norm culture shifted from "this is a cool thing to have" to "this is a must in today's world".
I remember watching a presentation where Microsoft showed off a dock for their windows phones that could run a full desktop experience. I was so sure that would become a thing by now...
@YASHWANTH I do have a windows pc. however I didn’t like the tile look Microsoft was trying back then, either. And many other people felt the same way, which is why it’s largely gone. I’m sure it had many great features, but there’s no denying that their mobile OS did not appeal to many people. They just didn’t know what most users wanted. That’s why it was considered a flop almost instantly.
@MagniB notable point. Apple and Google stole some features of windows phone. From the sliding keyboard to the edge title bar in the bottom (copied by ios). And to look through live tiles helped us from without touching the notification panel. Wp users haven't stretched their fingers to the top of the screen just to see the notifications. It linked fluent style from windows 8 and 10.
@Jo Merci if u had a windows pc and used lumia side by side you would know it's capabilities. The fact that u hate them cus u were new to that ui and ur mind was unable to adopt to the new ecosystem or environment. Even now those flagship lumias can run full windows 10 and 11 arm.
@DharmsP What I really really disliked was the UI. It just looked so bad and felt really cluttered for me, due to the tile optics. But perhaps that’s just me. And of course the lack of apps was a huge issue.
8:00 Yongnuo’s YN450M needs to be improved and released in the west with Play Store and unlocked rootable bootloader. It has a SIM card slot and a microfourthirds sensor and mount; but, aside from being sold only in mainland China, it’s bogged down by not giving raw access and low level controls to anything but their own app. Sure, other apps can see the backing camera, but… yeah, the stock camera app isn’t that great. And no low level access means no computational photography apps being able to leverage this. Also, SD card slot is officially limited to, I think, 32GB.
Would like to see something that I can plug my phone into and use the screen as a track pad, we already have Chromebooks which is android based so making a larger 16:9 monitor with keyboard and battery and some extra goodies... the hard part is making it future proofed with resizable phone holder space and an OS that can handle swapping from mobile to laptop mode.
I would wear the google glasses in stores and restaurants and the reaction from the employees was priceless. I always suspected they thought I was a secret shopper or something.
I know that Clip-Share Originals shut down. But this theme is a great concept for a new season of Retro Tech. In-depth review of a failed old tech that is way ahead of its time per episode. It's a dope concept and it just goes to show how tech improves over time to accommodate crazier ideas.
@Leo Sanchez ya, funny enough now that Clip-Share music is taking off along with Clip-Share premium and Netflix is dying it seems silly to remove potential added value to a Clip-Share sub, but I guess they have other ways of supporting channels now.
LG is like the Nikola Tesla of smartphones, it comes up with the craziest ideas, doesn't benefit from them, but allows other companies to benefit from them.
My candidate for the "Ahead of its time" award is the Dell Streak. The first smartphone on the market with a 5" screen. I remember buying and using this phone and it was so ridiculously large compared to other phones that I was mocked mercilessly. Now look where we are! 5" is a small screen in today's world.
To be fair, the screen may be not that big, but the device itself was pretty huge. Looked it up and it was bigger in every dimension than the iPhone 13 pro max so the mocking is justified lol
For us in east (central?) Europe Google Glass is something that was hyped to hell and back and then went radio silent. I think "ahead of its time" projects are recolutionary ideas crushed by the corporate dystopia we live in. They miraculously catch on when the royalty gets behind them. Think how Google is pushing the webapp concept after strangling Firefox OS back in the day.
I find that a lot of technology is based on a poorly marketed but well thought out idea from 5-10 years ago. The one person who successfully markets a product in that category is considered the inventor rather than a successor to a previously owned concept. Take Nintendo's Power Glove vs The Valve Index. The literal on reason why it took us so long to perfect that technology was less about limitations but more about building a game where individual finger movements was actually a practical gameplay mechanic.
I had the Asus Padphone with the tablet dock and that really nice. I have no desire to go out and get a tablet and not have support for full sync of my phone to it, just having a dock that you put the phone into (it was also loaded with extra batteries so the phone was charging as well) was awesome for my train commutes allowing me to read on a bigger screen and so on. Sadly the tablet is broken now and the phone is outdated but there could be a market for a third party general solution that could connect to a phone and transfer the screen from the usb port. Could have custom dock that where tailored to different phones to make the docking experience really neat.
For me the Sega Dreamcast was 'ahead of its time' for a console . Playing online Quake via a 56k modem with chat capability was incredible. It also had an internet Browser and the ability to attach a keyboard. And not to forget some of the peripherals they came out with was way ahead of its time.
NES introduced a bunch of stuff too… a modem, keyboard, programming language, microphones, 3D glasses, motion control, wearables, power pad, and a robot. Early consoles were pretty cool!
@double T oh yes, that version of Road Rash on 3DO was the best version of the series ever. It also had the best soundtrack, and iirc used real, full-length alt-rock-group songs during the racing portions of the game.
Indeed, Sega was very much ahead of its time when it comes to consoles such as GameGear (color screen), Sega CD, Saturn (global online service, analogue stick NiGHTS controller). Its a shame they stopped making hardware…
The story behind the EV1 is incredibly interesting.. Check out Clip-Share channel Coldfusion episode on it. Beforehand i can tell you it wasn't necessarily lack of interest that caused it to be discontinued
My memory is that Google Glass over promised and underdelivered. I watched that sky diving event with excitement. And all of the notification and navigation features were concept videos that never actually became reality. So it was mostly just a camera on your glasses. Or did I miss something? Did they actually deliver what was promised in that concept video? And if not, then it wasn’t ahead of its time - it was a disappointment.
The Samsung camera reminded me of the Motorola play phones with their magnetic devices, such as a camera, projector, Alexa, speaker, extra batteries, etc... I loved that system and still miss it. May as well add Microsoft Duo and Duo2... I am using a Duo2 and do not understand why it has been savagely attacked.
I want a camera with a sim card. That way I won't need a phone to make calls, I could just connect wireless earphones. For me it's less to carry but also like Marques said, you could edit and upload images straight from your camera. And it not being able to fit in my pocket isn't an issue to me, a neck strap solves that.
this was such a great throw back to all the tech that came out. I remember all of those that came out and even going into phone stores just to play with them.
Best Buy was always, use to be, a great experience for that, when you bought CDs or games but checked out the other tech. You could spend hrs. End there.
That 21x zoom was real people!! I remember my classmate in Beijing had one of these. I just remember the zoom and nothing else. Didn’t even realise it was a bad camera! Shoutout to anyone from 北交大
You know time is flying when Google Glass was 10 years ago… wow.
Feels like 20 years.
The question is can I play terraria using these glasses
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Really could make this a series, giving full in-depth documentaries about products ahead of their time and their influence
P-GA era Majority these Days.... *(**03:38**).*
sounds like That kind of example, somewhere.
If you like the idea you should do it yourself
I used Google Glass to record myself taking measurements. Normally, I have to hold a camera. or have another person hold the camera while I walk around throughout a building with a laser tape measure. With Glass, I had both hands free to just walk around and measure. One tap to pause, two to stop recording. The only issue I had was it would quickly overheat. No one ever gave me flak. Most people wanted to try it on.
There are impressive replacements on Amazon. I can't link one, but you should search for head-mounted cameras.
Great idea for a video. Me personally I would have definitely included the Xperia Play. Way ahead of it's time but Sony had it doomed to fail from the start for many reasons. I'm honestly shocked we have never gotten an Xperia Play 2 today with far better specs since Sony basically holds the patent for the slideout physical gamepad.
Ps vita was also ahead of its time but sonys memory card doomed it
I was an engineer for an app for google glass enterprise edition 2 last year, I quit though because I didn't approve of military robots. EE2 was terrible with the operating system it had throttling issues until they released an os patch that seemed to fix it. Enterprise Edition 2 wasn't good when I worked on it and there were no app stores etc. I was working on it to be able to have zoom meetings, and to give commands to Boston dynamics robots.
Don’t know how nobody has mentioned the PSP being ahead of its time. It came out in 2005 with a built in browser, camera and had really good games. That thing is legendary.
@GeoTheDeity ps vita!!
@Daniel Massa but the PS Vita failed and it was really ahead. Imagine a PS Vita today. With cloud connectivity and modern chips plus the PlayStation platform as a background. They would kill off the Nintendo switch.
Haha.. I still have mine with over 100gb of games. It's a 2001 model, and it works pretty well. I've spent hours and hours on it - more than on my flip phone at that time. I was thinking to sell .. but its valued too less to let it go. So I'll keep it as a quick gateway back in time when I was a teen... Maybe my kids will enjoy it as well ...
Hackable too
I’m so glad UMD’s didn’t catch on 🤢
Yeah I am with you. This list is great! One point I think you touched on is that google glass live streamed a LONG video. For some reason all the recordings on the current generation of smart glasses have really short limit times (like a max length per video of 10 minutes). That or you have to get some shady looking "spy camera" with bad video quality (8MP really?) and/or poor design. It feels like we have actually taken a step BACKWARDS. I remember the camcorder that my dad had. The weight sat on your shoulder. Someone had one of these at every family event and people would record for hours. The ones now are much smaller but that means you either have to wear them awkwardly like attaching a go pro to your body OR to hold your arm up the entire time (which gets old fast and can wear out your arm in like 10-15 minutes). I just want a google glass type product that I can wear to record the holidays or just to watch my kid do adorable things. Those are memories that I want to hold on to forever!
Here is what I'm looking for:
-At LEAST 12 MP camera with the ability to record 1080P video at 120fps. Autofocus as an option (can turn on or off).
-USB C on the back of one of the stems so I can plug into an external battery pack for longer life without looking completely crazy.
-The ability to record videos/audio that are as long as I'd like (assuming there is enough memory and power).
-SDHC Micro capability up to 1TB, and 16 GB of internal memory.
-A little bit of digital zoom (preferably via a forward/back button on the top of the right stem).
-Digital image stabilization. Ideally with some facial focus stabilization option.
-Bluetooth and Wifi that you can turn on or off. Bluetooth that can be connected to wireless earbuds so you can get real time feedback on what the mic is picking up. Bluetooth also good to connect to a smartphone to access more advanced options and to use the phone screen as a preview window or ideally to allow livestreaming. Wifi for cloud uploads, and ideally livestreaming.
-Clear or polarized lens options.
-Be less than $400
-Be not ugly.
Is that really so much to ask for?
Yes. Obviously. I don't even know how you expect to plug it into an external battery via USB-C and not appear ridiculous. Although my desires are entirely identical to yours, I see no way that any of that except the SD card could be feasibly implemented.
I've had the fortune of experiencing Google Glass first-hand, and I can confidently say that it was terrible in all ways. Things crashed, swipes didn't work, voice recognition worked about half the time. On top of that, the display was absolutely terrible and hard to read, all while I was very uncomfortably aware that there's a giant, sharp, plastic brick in front of my eyeball.
Definitely not the experience I had with mine.
You should def do more "off the beaten path/unusual/cool Tech devices" like this videos. It's fun to see what could have been and might still be influencing behind the doors current tech trends
Also online gaming . which was almost unknown on handhelds
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Google Glasses is the only thing I still remember to this day that they were a thing.
Kinda wish I was older to buy them back then.
I actually got one recently on eBay to play with and have as some sort of personal museum piece (yeah, it's just an expensive toy, but I save up to get them occasionally. Its like funko pops for people that aren't sad.) Even now with the "final" update installed they make for a fantastic user experience.
People didn’t like it that you could film them without their consent in 2013. Nowadays we have street photographers and everybody making TikTok videos. So I guess in this time people are more open to it. It’s all about timing.
it really is. honestly ideas from today that failed will come back at a later time and it's gonna be nuts
Google Glass was so cool, imagine you are walking down the street or commuting and you just have MKBHD video running that you can just quickly glance at, if its under $500 most people would consider buying it
This has the potential to become a series, like once a month, one of this! Really cool
What about the htc phone with a 3D camera…. That was pretty ahead of its time….
Great job Marques and thank you for the mention ;) Awesome video! I was very tempted to review that Samsung when it came out, because I also thought it was a game changing gadget as well, but as you said it was just ahead of it's time.... That Zeiss camera is also crazy awesome, but just not practical unfortunately. The Sony QX10 was another game changing camera lens system I thought, but Sony stopped supporting it before I got a chance to review it and like you said it was not the most reliable... Thanks again and all the best, Jay
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bro you just refreshed many of the gadgets that i longed to use or was excited about
There are conspiracy theories that the EV1 was designed to fail because the automakers didn't want to make Internal Combustion Engine cars obsolete.
Had to pause during the intro to say that I appreciate you bringing up the EV-1. To be honest, it made my stomach turn. It’s a primary example of a company making a product that’s good for the masses but bad for the bottom line. I invite anyone reading this to watch “Who killed the electric car”. I am also glad to see these tech enthusiasts embrace the past that lead us to this point. So often we forget all of the blood sweat and tears that goes into the world around us. People dedicated their lives over many moons just for us to have the ability to turn on light with the flip of a finger. Stay saucy my friends
Psion 5mx was way ahead of it's time. Around 1998, I was typing papers, playing games, and with the modem attachment and my Motorola Startac cell phone, was sending emails from anywhere and could also surf the web. While it was large for a handheld, it was tiny as handheld laptop. Truly awesome setup many years before smartphones and long before ultraportable laptops.
More context on the GM EV1.
The car was actually really well received and people loved it, but GM created it to show how crap electric cars are. So when customers had a completely different reaction to what they expected, they bought all the cars back and destroyed them in fear that it would create a market shift towards EVs.
Basically they didnt want to self sabotage their ice vehicles
@Andy Lord still bad strategy on their part though
@Andy Lord oil and gas companies. ICE cars are apart of an industry. Not that trivial to supplant it. Also 55 miles of range is not enough anyway. Now that EVs have much more range, it’s more practical.
classic GM.
They didn't actually sell them; all the EV1s were leased.
@darkman1301 thanks for the documentary recommendation
I had, used and loved the Atrix. Used it exclusively for my system for that whole summer, wanted so bad for it to work (my small business relied on Google Apps) but it just wasn’t practical enough at the time. Great idea way ahead of its time.
I barely remember details, but I definitely had a girl in my theater group around 2008-2009 who had a smart watch that she could use to read texts and answer calls, before smart watches were a thing. It was mindblowing to all of us.
Pebble were early players in that area. If it was a monochrome screen with silvery black pixels, it was probably a Pebble
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The Sony Clie NX73v was an iPhone in 2002, it just lacked the cellular radio. Still one of the most beautifully designed pieces of consumer tech, and yet another example of Sony throwing an interception at the 2-yard line…
It never made it to market, but I was really excited about the Pebble Core. It was supposed to be a small, light clip on, standalone device that had a 3G modem, GPS, Spotify, and Alexa for voice commands. Basically, it would've been great for going for a run where you can listen to music on Spotify over Bluetooth and tracking your run with a GPS. I guess smartwatches can kind of do this now, but a lot of smartwatches are still meant to be paired with a phone. Anyways, Pebble was bough by Fitbit (which was then bought by Google) and the Core was never released.
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There is one thing to say about camera software:
I have never had to reboot my camera because it was acting up...
I do have to do that with phones sometimes...
I think I rather have a slightly worse UI on my camera than having to reboot it.
I don't really spent that much time in my camera UI, it's a lot set and forget stuff. But that's just me!
While watching this video I was sitting here thinking ‘gosh it would be cool if Marques mentioned the Atrix - and then there it was!
The multiple docks were very cool, and the idea that you would have the dock for your car, dock for your desk, and laptop dock was visionary. Something like this for CarPlay would be amazing
I remember the ev 1, GM took the owners to court, and when that failed, they passed legislation saying the cars were unsafe. So the owners just kept it, and some were forced to sell it back to the manufacturer.
You probably wanna look at the Olympus Air 01, which was also wayyyyy ahead of its time... The fact that you can just use the lens (which is physically superior, no doubt), with your cellphone was amazing! The only problem is with the wonky BT + Wifi connection, which was a real shame... as it shows so much potential...
I'd love a callback series for old/weird/cancelled tech that never got too far. I remember Microsoft made these really cool phones before the smartphone era really took over, called Microsoft Kin. They were always connected to mobile data and *had* to be connected to some kind of social media account to run. It wasn't quite a smartphone, but it wasn't a basic phone either. Remember when phones having the ability to play mp3 files was a huge deal??
I had the Moto Droid Bionic back in the day, and had the lapdock for it. I didn't use it for too much, but I did really enjoy it. I thought it that time that was totally the future. IIRC, my biggest issue with it was the touchpad on the lapdock couldn't do multi-touch to scroll; that bugged the heck out of me :P I know my laptop wasn't $500, I think I might have scored it off of eBay or something like that? Probably $150-200 at the time. I think I ended up tossing it when I moved a few months ago. No idea what the bionic went, so it was just a paperweight.
BTW, the GM EV1 was sold to show how electric vehicles were a bad idea, when people started buying them because they a good car, GM stopped production, recalled all EV1's and then destroyed them all, fuck general motors
I remember thinking Goolge Glass was super cool as a kid. I think maybe if it had more of a development time and in current day and age, it coulda been a popular product.
Marques Brownlee was ahead of its time.
One man that reviews gadgets on a video format and became the single person to drive an industry tech creators unlike anybody on the platform has ever seen. Definitely worth a mention.
David Pogue was doing it at least ten years earlier.
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LMAO no... There were and still are tons of tech reviewers, he was one more back then and still is just one more reviewer
I love the idea of a laptop the size and rough form-factor of a phone. Imagine if you will, a laptop with an OS hybrid of something like Pop!OS and Android/GrapheneOS with full desktop app support but also cell connectivity and a full phone experience, being able to run phone apps as well, in a way that feels natural. A 16:9 aspect ratio and a full folding keyboard and a nub pointing device. Would be a dream.
I remember the EV1 and the adds for it and how phenomenal it was. Conspiracy theoriests tend to believe there was someone behind the recall and destruction of the vehicles.
I loved the last one @Marques Brownlee. I think Apple (and other companies) could still offer their Macs/laptops to get additional processing power simply by connecting the phone via thunderbolt/USB-C to work as a co-processor.
This was an amazing and very informative video. I really enjoyed it.
Man just imagine how far AR tech could have come by now if Glass didn’t crash and burn. Maybe even just ditch the camera??? Such an easy fix. Such a wasted opportunity.
People always ready for apple
I've had so many moments in my life that I thought "it' dbe so much better if I'm using something like a Google Glass for this" while holding my phone recording a video, for example.
Not a wasted opportunity since they learned from it and will make something that is more practical and useful to the masses.
@Dexter AG cause it will show their true colours 😂
It didn't crash and burn, it was just used on a professional level.
i work for apple and the "whats a computer" thing is my favorite thing to ever come from this company and the bit you did with the moto phone laptop thing was pure gold
I haven't really heard anything new coming out like it, but I remember being blown away with the Motorola Moto Z. Back when modular was at it's peak. You could put a speaker, projector and some other things right on the back using magnets. Really wanted that phone
As someone who had this phone, the only worthy attachment was the battery pack because the battery life on the phone was awful. I had 4 different Moto Zs between 2017-2019 because of hardware issues and a very fragile screen. I ended up not getting another Motorola phone after that after only ever having them and loving the brand for years. I bought out of my contract early just to stop using that godforsaken phone lol
The bit about photo-to-post work flow is so real. It'd be amazing if there was some wireless protocol where photos you snap on a DSLR automatically popular on your phone, maybe in an app (maybe bumming signal from your phone and pushing to the cloud as soon as you take them). Y'know how you can take a screenshot on your Mac and if your phone's awake, it just shows up? Maybe like that. Snap, mirror, edit, save/post.
I'd be happy about it. Great segment btw. 🥂
The Atrix was one of my first smartphones. I went from the original Motorola Droid, to an IPhone, then to the Atrix. I loves it back then but couldn't afford the accessories that were supposed to make it great.
Interesting video. Google glass still being around surprised me, but for the applications- businesses
, it makes sense
Vine wasn’t just a head of time it also just at the right time
Oh man, I would 100% buy AR glasses (assuming they look like normal glasses). I wonder if all the processing could be offloaded to a phone and the glasses just receive and display all the information.
I wanted the attrix SOOO bad back in the day the idea of a live feed of your smartphone on your pc/laptop would be amazing without having to pickup your phone, and the idea of just plug your phone into the shell of a laptop was also a good idea if it could be used for multiple years and multiple compatible phones
I still have my Google Glass. I was so excited when I was selected to try them. I was so ready for it but the public at the time wasn’t unfortunately. There was a lot of drama too back then. I was called a Glass-hole by people who couldn’t get them lol smh 😂
I owned every single one of these devices. So much lost potential. That Galaxy Camera was SO cool. I was always hoping for a custom ROM for it, but there was never enough interest.
I still have my Atrix, laptop dock, car dock, and media dock. That phone was the greatest thing ever. If you had Citrix you could remote into any computer or server. It had a car mode before Android Auto. It auto switched to the right mode depending on the dock.
Atrix was sooooo amazing.
I had an atrix with the dock. I still have the dock somewhere. I remember when phones started getting fingerprint sensor and I remembered my old atrix from years ago. Fingerprint scanner didn’t work too well. And the dock was super laggy with a crappy battery.
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If they made a newer version of glasses, with current generation of camera, display and battery technologies, I would buy it instantly without even thinking.
It’s absolutely coming. I just hope in a different form than the weird thing they first showed off
@Chicken Nuggets yep that makes sense coz i don't know what tf pervasive consumerism means and also i don't know who tf you are
And then a bunch of paranoid people around you are gonna tell you to take the thing off because people don’t like having cameras in their faces for some reason… even though they’re in public. *sigh*
The term used at the time was “glassholes”.
Wow you are so cool!!!
@ZeroRelevance Yeah it'll be only $9999
The concept of telos (timing of opportunity) is very interesting to look at when it comes to tech.
Thank you for remembering me an the Atrix LapDock. I bought one after Motorola cancel the program cheap and modded it for HDMI input. I used it a few month for raspberry Pi installation it was really useful to have a mobile screen with keyboard touchpad and battery to power a PI. Then I dropped something on it and the screen broke. Since it was sitting in a box in the shelf and I totally forgot it. Now I took it apart and ordered an replacement screen. If I get lucky this time it will be really useful again. (Probably I have to replace the batteries too...)
Missed Springboard somehow. That device was a definition of "before its time". They are the original inventors of smart phone as we know it today. Even Jobs went to see it, said "naah" and then 10 years later made iPhone, which is a shit move on his side. I wholeheartedly recommend watching a documentary about Springboard here on YT.
I had the Atrix and I LOVED IT!!! I remember being so in awe of the finger print scanner and how little it lagged compared to my HTC phone before it. Wow lol.
For me Google Glass, was a definite yes! But for Samsung, I would have to say the Gear VR headset/phone combo paired with the Gear 360 camera for taking 360 degree photos and viewing them in VR with A-frame. Although not exactly a consumer product I'd also like to make a shout out to the Raspberry Pi (any version) and Arduino micro controllers for the hobbist and programers out there. Along with affordable 3D printers. Not exactly the first ahead of its time items, but certainly things that made a real difference to me and maybe others.
Imagine you hook that to those new cars so you can see your speed limit and the rear camera. Amazing. Why did they not make this sooner?
My uncle had a Maserati that had a hologram. So cool.
Hey Marques I think you're forgetting a 2011 tech that to this day would astonish all modern day techies!! It was Apple's X WAVE!! Where you could perform tasks by just thinking it. The headset would read a person's brave waves!! You should check it out cause I think they might be merging that tech with there future VR and AR wearables hence the reason for the extended delay in the release of their devices!!! Well, have fun imagining the one of kind interface (as always) that we could have from the future of Apple!!!!
Google glass and the sidekick 2 were one of my favorite devices of all time! Just so futuristic and fun to use.
Wow! 10 years passed in a blink of an eye. 😕
thanks to Covid, Three of those years is a blip
Pretty unbelievable..
@A Sparrow my thoughts exactly. I think time speeds up as you get older
Do we have scientists studying the passing of time? Cause I wouldnt be surprised if time dilation on Earth somehow started passing faster in recent years.... this is going way too fast.
Which, ironically, is an eternity in tech years!
I have watched a lot of Marques content over the years but this is one of his best tech reviews videos. He articulates everything so well. Great content!
Thank for the review review “Malumbo”
I wish he would've mentioned Focals by North in the google glass section. They did the whole google glass thing really well, were acquired by google, and then vanished. A really interesting story he should look into / explain.
Imagine how far along Google Glasses would've come after 10 years of development. We would've had an AR tech revolution.
We need more videos like this! So cool to look back on the past and see what could be making a come back 😎😎😎
Really interesting commentary. I remember Razer did something similar to the Motorola by utilising the razer phone 2 as a touchpad in a laptop base station. I think it was called Project Linda.
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8:46 - This is one of the biggest missed opportunities when it comes to phone cameras I think. Why couldn't they just have a Micro USB / USB C connection? This idea has insane potential! They could make their own app so it works on multiple different models of phone. And if you're one of those people who wants to upgrade their phone for a better camera, why bother when you have this.
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Thought people forgot the atrix 4g, it was really good at that time, we need more diversity like the old days where companies explore and not look alike
This video is so well put together. Love it!
There was also Asus Padfone X, which got even into Lew's video. For me, it didn't have good enough specs to make sense. Instead, I went with Zenfone 2, which had an Intel Atom chipset. I was pretty happy until new games and apps stopped supporting it. It felt like nobody cared about a few people having an Intel processor. I also hoped that since it had an Intel, something like DEX now would happen soon.
We have nothing to thank Tesla for, lol.
I'm exaggerating, but come still.
@MKBHD Razor has also created a similar concept where their phone slots into a laptop shell delivering processing power and act like a mouse pad at the same time.
Google Glass dying in the consumer marketplace was probably one of the only times I've facepalmed other consumers. A lot of this was on Google for allowing the anti-privacy folks control the narrative, but it was up to the actual people who buy this stuff to say "Shut up and let me decide for myself!"
I still remember when you posted the original review for the google glass years ago (back in 2014?). Really cool to see how you’ve come since then
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Wish more tech experts were like you who just gives their viewpoint on the product and not criticize them or have something negative. And that is what I really appreciate about you. You are very insightful and no a lot about the products but you don't ever say anything so negative.
I thought the Ubuntu Edge was a cool concept. I'd like an Apple or Android version of one of those.
I'd never heard of the Atrix before 🤯
Honestly the fingerprint sensor alone was enough to sell me on the Atrix back in the day. I didn't even know there was the laptop form factor option. 😅
07:45 I love how you talked about this friction in the workflow between collecting the data that you want to post online, and the editing process. And I feel like that's the problem that we're having in our modern world, that we kinda got so lazy to perform any demanding tasks. We got so used to having everything work automatically without human input. It's the lifestyle that's being suggested to us by so many tech companies. It's the dream that they want us to live, despite it being a little counter-productive. For me, I attribute the failure of all these products to the fact that sociiologically we weren't ready to that lazy lifestyle yet. And not everyone liked that gimmicky effortless tech that exists nowadays. There's a probably a solution to every single problem that you haven't had yet and you wouldn't now. That's how crazy technology is getting.
I think the norm culture shifted from "this is a cool thing to have" to "this is a must in today's world".
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I remember watching a presentation where Microsoft showed off a dock for their windows phones that could run a full desktop experience. I was so sure that would become a thing by now...
@YASHWANTH I do have a windows pc. however I didn’t like the tile look Microsoft was trying back then, either. And many other people felt the same way, which is why it’s largely gone. I’m sure it had many great features, but there’s no denying that their mobile OS did not appeal to many people. They just didn’t know what most users wanted. That’s why it was considered a flop almost instantly.
@MagniB notable point. Apple and Google stole some features of windows phone. From the sliding keyboard to the edge title bar in the bottom (copied by ios). And to look through live tiles helped us from without touching the notification panel. Wp users haven't stretched their fingers to the top of the screen just to see the notifications. It linked fluent style from windows 8 and 10.
@Jo Merci if u had a windows pc and used lumia side by side you would know it's capabilities. The fact that u hate them cus u were new to that ui and ur mind was unable to adopt to the new ecosystem or environment. Even now those flagship lumias can run full windows 10 and 11 arm.
@Angelo Figueira exactly. I would like marques to see this comment.
@DharmsP What I really really disliked was the UI. It just looked so bad and felt really cluttered for me, due to the tile optics. But perhaps that’s just me. And of course the lack of apps was a huge issue.
8:00 Yongnuo’s YN450M needs to be improved and released in the west with Play Store and unlocked rootable bootloader. It has a SIM card slot and a microfourthirds sensor and mount; but, aside from being sold only in mainland China, it’s bogged down by not giving raw access and low level controls to anything but their own app. Sure, other apps can see the backing camera, but… yeah, the stock camera app isn’t that great. And no low level access means no computational photography apps being able to leverage this. Also, SD card slot is officially limited to, I think, 32GB.
Would like to see something that I can plug my phone into and use the screen as a track pad, we already have Chromebooks which is android based so making a larger 16:9 monitor with keyboard and battery and some extra goodies...
the hard part is making it future proofed with resizable phone holder space and an OS that can handle swapping from mobile to laptop mode.
Chromebook are not based on Android. They run Chrome OS, which is based on a separate Linux kernel. They run Android apps though emulation.
I always liked the idea of the Light L16 as a "smart camera". A camera with multiple lenses that you can use in any circumstance possible
I would wear the google glasses in stores and restaurants and the reaction from the employees was priceless. I always suspected they thought I was a secret shopper or something.
I know that Clip-Share Originals shut down. But this theme is a great concept for a new season of Retro Tech. In-depth review of a failed old tech that is way ahead of its time per episode. It's a dope concept and it just goes to show how tech improves over time to accommodate crazier ideas.
@Literary Landslide True, I just went Clip-Share premium because it has Music.
@Leo Sanchez ya, funny enough now that Clip-Share music is taking off along with Clip-Share premium and Netflix is dying it seems silly to remove potential added value to a Clip-Share sub, but I guess they have other ways of supporting channels now.
I agree! Make this a series!
@Leo Sanchez totally
That's because Clip-Share Originals was ahead of its time.
Appreciate you educating folks about the early EVs. Thank you!
Very interesting. I really liked google glass, it reminds me of scouters from dragonball
LG is like the Nikola Tesla of smartphones, it comes up with the craziest ideas, doesn't benefit from them, but allows other companies to benefit from them.
love how you explained why it's ahead of its time and end them with "the world wasn't ready for them yet"
My candidate for the "Ahead of its time" award is the Dell Streak. The first smartphone on the market with a 5" screen. I remember buying and using this phone and it was so ridiculously large compared to other phones that I was mocked mercilessly. Now look where we are! 5" is a small screen in today's world.
Goes to show how many small minded and stupid people there are all there anything that is different or innovative is to be mocked
Samsung mega
To be fair, the screen may be not that big, but the device itself was pretty huge. Looked it up and it was bigger in every dimension than the iPhone 13 pro max so the mocking is justified lol
htc hd2 for me ,especially when u unlocked the bootloader and installed android froyo
For us in east (central?) Europe Google Glass is something that was hyped to hell and back and then went radio silent.
I think "ahead of its time" projects are recolutionary ideas crushed by the corporate dystopia we live in. They miraculously catch on when the royalty gets behind them. Think how Google is pushing the webapp concept after strangling Firefox OS back in the day.
I always thought the OUYA could have been more successful if they had waited for more powerful hardware
I find that a lot of technology is based on a poorly marketed but well thought out idea from 5-10 years ago. The one person who successfully markets a product in that category is considered the inventor rather than a successor to a previously owned concept.
Take Nintendo's Power Glove vs The Valve Index. The literal on reason why it took us so long to perfect that technology was less about limitations but more about building a game where individual finger movements was actually a practical gameplay mechanic.
I had the Asus Padphone with the tablet dock and that really nice. I have no desire to go out and get a tablet and not have support for full sync of my phone to it, just having a dock that you put the phone into (it was also loaded with extra batteries so the phone was charging as well) was awesome for my train commutes allowing me to read on a bigger screen and so on. Sadly the tablet is broken now and the phone is outdated but there could be a market for a third party general solution that could connect to a phone and transfer the screen from the usb port. Could have custom dock that where tailored to different phones to make the docking experience really neat.
For me the Sega Dreamcast was 'ahead of its time' for a console . Playing online Quake via a 56k modem with chat capability was incredible. It also had an internet Browser and the ability to attach a keyboard. And not to forget some of the peripherals they came out with was way ahead of its time.
NES introduced a bunch of stuff too… a modem, keyboard, programming language, microphones, 3D glasses, motion control, wearables, power pad, and a robot. Early consoles were pretty cool!
@double T oh yes, that version of Road Rash on 3DO was the best version of the series ever. It also had the best soundtrack, and iirc used real, full-length alt-rock-group songs during the racing portions of the game.
@Chris Nicolini it was! I also liked Road Rash.
@double T Need for Speed was epic on 3DO
Indeed, Sega was very much ahead of its time when it comes to consoles such as GameGear (color screen), Sega CD, Saturn (global online service, analogue stick NiGHTS controller). Its a shame they stopped making hardware…
The story behind the EV1 is incredibly interesting.. Check out Clip-Share channel Coldfusion episode on it. Beforehand i can tell you it wasn't necessarily lack of interest that caused it to be discontinued
My memory is that Google Glass over promised and underdelivered. I watched that sky diving event with excitement. And all of the notification and navigation features were concept videos that never actually became reality. So it was mostly just a camera on your glasses. Or did I miss something? Did they actually deliver what was promised in that concept video? And if not, then it wasn’t ahead of its time - it was a disappointment.
The Samsung camera reminded me of the Motorola play phones with their magnetic devices, such as a camera, projector, Alexa, speaker, extra batteries, etc... I loved that system and still miss it. May as well add Microsoft Duo and Duo2... I am using a Duo2 and do not understand why it has been savagely attacked.
I want a camera with a sim card. That way I won't need a phone to make calls, I could just connect wireless earphones. For me it's less to carry but also like Marques said, you could edit and upload images straight from your camera. And it not being able to fit in my pocket isn't an issue to me, a neck strap solves that.
this was such a great throw back to all the tech that came out. I remember all of those that came out and even going into phone stores just to play with them.
Best Buy was always, use to be, a great experience for that, when you bought CDs or games but checked out the other tech. You could spend hrs. End there.
That 21x zoom was real people!! I remember my classmate in Beijing had one of these. I just remember the zoom and nothing else. Didn’t even realise it was a bad camera! Shoutout to anyone from 北交大
Really enjoyed this one. Keep up the good job!