" 3D movies . Over and over again it appear then vanishes because it ’s always been a fleck sh*t . "
In a post shared tor/AskReddit, site useru/swedishplayer97asked, “What was advertised as the next big thing but then just vanished?” Here are some of the most-upvoted answers:
1.“3D televisions.”
2.“Any of the internet glasses. All were flops.”
3.“HD DVD. Streaming killed a lot of it just when it was getting really impressive.”
4.“3D movies. Over and over again it appears then vanishes because it’s always been a bit shit.”
5.“Minidiscs in the late ’90s/early 2000s.”
6.“Those stupid NFT pictures that were great for money laundering. A jpeg that was worth 20K for some reasonis now $5.”
7.“Virtual reality every time it’s been promoted over the last 30 years.”
8.“Google Reader was amazing and I still think about it like once a week. I really enjoyed that platform.”
9.“I feel like 3D printing was advertised as AI-level transformation about 12 years ago. I remember guys at my work investing in stocks. I know people use it and innovate with it, but it didn’t seem to change the landscape as radically as advertised.”
10.“Are curved televisions still a thing?”
11.“Airship moorings at the Empire State Building.”
12.“Hydrogen cars.”
13.“Mars tourism.”
14.“The Mummywith Tom Cruisewas supposed to bethe next DC Universe to rival Marvel.”
15.“Video game motion controllers.”
16.“Graphene batteries. And that makes me sad.”
17.“Modular cell phones with different attachments you can freely connect or disconnect at will.”
18.“Hoverboards.”
19.“Not really a product but where did the murder hornets go?”
Thanks tor/AskRedditandu/swedishplayer97for having this discussion.
Note : submission have been edited for distance and/or clarity .
