from Paleo-Future

Vision (Clip 2, 1993)

This clip from the 1993 concept video Vision demonstrates why the videophone has never caught on.

There is nothing communicated between the characters that necessitates visuals. If the best application of videophone technology you can think of is proving that helicopters exist, there probably isn’t a pressing need for the technology.

We’ve had functional videophones for a few years now, but I don’t know anyone that uses them for that.

OTOH tho – take and sending/showing clips to share something you’ve seen to others is damn popular. Funny that vid-cams on phones ended up being used that way… not to send images of ourselves, but what we see