Inventor Hugo Gernsback demonstrating his television eyeglasses, 1963
Before sleek VR headsets and binge-watching on phones, Hugo Gernsback imagined something straight out of sci-fi personal television glasses. Antennas sticking out, bulky box on the face but the idea? Weirdly familiar. What’s funny is how futuristic this must have felt in 1963 and how normal the concept feels now. We went from this to AirPods AR glasses and people watching entire shows on tiny screens without blinking Goes to show The tech might look ridiculous at first but the idea behind it is usually way ahead of its time.
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