Researcher lauriewired: AI and self-driving still don't match the 2016 Oculus 'living in the future' moment
lauriewired · x · 2026-10-03
Security researcher lauriewired tweeted that his strongest "living in the future" moment was the First Contact demo on the Oculus CV1 around 2016, and he's been chasing that feeling ever since. Despite AI and self-driving cars today, he says nothing hits the same, lamenting that VR fizzled out while hoping for a resurgence. He invited discussion: what technologies from the 90s, 80s, or 70s gave an extreme "wow future" moment that never panned out?
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