The best thing about VR is it will kill TV.
Predictor: Lanier, Jaron
Prediction, in context:A 1991 article for U.S. News & World Report carries an article on the promise and fears of virtual reality, quoting VR entrepreneur Jaron Lanier. The article says:”[Lanier] rejects the analogy to video games and TV, both of which he despises. ‘Virtual reality is more like a telephone than TV. Watch people on the phone, and they’re animated and engaged. In front of the TV they’re passive and dull. The best thing about VR is it will kill TV.'”
Biography:Jaron Lanier was a pioneer of virtual reality and founder and former CEO of VPL. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Virtual Reality
Name of publication: U.S. News & World Report
Title, headline, chapter name: Are New Realities More or Less Real?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=e41899dd868358e2c12567ae35dc0370&_docnum=16&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlAl&_md5=eca38599738f2fbe2fbe83dc258be703
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