By 2019 phone calls will routinely include high-resolution 3D images projected through eye-mounted displays.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
““Phone” calls routinely include high-resolution three-dimensional images projected through the direct-eye displays and auditory lenses.”
- Said on
- 1 January 1999 · Prediction for 2019 from The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999), chapter "2019"; quoted as prediction #51 in the LessWrong volunteer assessment of his 2019 predictions, where all assessors rated it false.
- Source
- Assessing Kurzweil predictions about 2019: the results · LessWrong (GreaterWrong mirror)
- Should come true
- 2019
- How sure they sounded
- none (stated as fact about 2019)
- Categories
- Technology
- Importance
- 2 of 5 · Would reshape the telecommunications and display industries.
Outcome
Inaccurate
In 2019 calls were audio or flat 2D video on phone and computer screens. There were no consumer eye-mounted displays, and 3D holographic calling existed only as research demos. All the LessWrong volunteer assessors rated this prediction false.
- https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/NcGBmDEe5qXB7dFBF/assessing-kurzweil-predictions-about-2019-the-results
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotelephony
History
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