What you call a computer today will mutate. A stripped-down version of today’s computer will be used as an interface to a television … And now the ordinary consumer says, Well it’s a better-looking picture, and I’ve got this different remote, and I can point to things on the screen, and it’s a higher-quality picture. But I can watch movies and see video – ordinary television.
Predictor: Clark, Jim
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Wired magazine, Michael Goldberg interviews Mosaic executive and former Silicon Graphics Inc. CEO Jim Clark. Goldberg quotes Clark saying: ”What you call a computer today will mutate. A stripped-down version of today’s computer will be used as an interface to a television. The television display will become higher quality. The television display will be able to display text. In other words, it will look like a computer screen. So the television as we know it goes away. And now the ordinary consumer says, Well it’s a better-looking picture, and I’ve got this different remote, and I can point to things on the screen, and it’s a higher-quality picture. But I can watch movies and see video – ordinary television.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Why Jim Clark Loves Mosaic: After Leaving Silicon Graphics, Jim Clark Wanted to Get Into the Interactive-Television Business, But Wasn’t Sure Where the Next Fire Would Strike. With Mosaic, Clark Thinks He Has Found the Spark
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/jim.clark_pr.html
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