There will be a huge increase in video on the network. In the corporation, the emphasis will be on video messaging. Computers are currently used for two things: computing and nonreal-time messaging. In the future, they will be used for a third thing: real-time communications.
Predictor: Roberts, Lawrence G.
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of a 1994 Computerworld article ÒThe History of the Future,Ó by senior editor Gary H. Anthes. Anthes interviewed more than a dozen pioneers of ARPAnet, forerunner to todayÕs Internet, including Lawrence G. Roberts, president of ATM Systems a division of Connectware, managed development of the ARPAnet at Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Anthes quotes Roberts saying: ÒThere will be a huge increase in video on the network. In the corporation, the emphasis will be on video messaging. Computers are currently used for two things: computing and nonreal-time messaging. In the future, they will be used for a third thing: real-time communications.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: The History of the Future
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 41
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