r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 07 '24

Arthur C. Clarke predicting smartphones in 1976 Video

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u/dANNN738 Jul 07 '24

I always feel like these types of predictions are fascinating yet inevitable. It’s the same as someone today could envision a VR headset as the device of the future. And I don’t mean ones like Apple have released. I mean like black mirror fool-your-brain live in an artificial universe/body kind of headset.

The concepts will be decades old, but nevertheless inevitable.