I was 13 or 14 at the time and to me it was a bit of a "wow" moment. Not because I related to the topic (mostly this was manufacturing) but because of the interfaces and the speed of information dispersal. I remember seeing other concept videos (the famous AT&T ones, Apple's, Adobe, etc) and they were likewise inspiring.
I know reality is often the best thing to market, and Apple and the like have made reality as inspiring as a far future concept lately.
But concept videos from the late 80's -> mid 90's had a huge impact on why I'm in technology today.
I had a similar experience at around the same age. In my case it was Douglas Adam's 1990 documentary for the BBC called Hyperland. All about the Internet and the web before I'd even heard of such things. I remember thinking at the time that the stuff in the documentary would never happen in my lifetime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKX5iuBvZg
I was 13 or 14 at the time and to me it was a bit of a "wow" moment. Not because I related to the topic (mostly this was manufacturing) but because of the interfaces and the speed of information dispersal. I remember seeing other concept videos (the famous AT&T ones, Apple's, Adobe, etc) and they were likewise inspiring.
I know reality is often the best thing to market, and Apple and the like have made reality as inspiring as a far future concept lately.
But concept videos from the late 80's -> mid 90's had a huge impact on why I'm in technology today.