We had VR in the 90's, in arcades. It just didn't take on then. Just like 3D movies existed since 1915. Cornelius van Drebbel built the first successful submarine in 1620. And that stupid stick on wheels is a hoverboard in name only. Buy a skateboard instead of ... that.
Before credit cards were even a thing, the book Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy from 1887 talks about a type of payment that he calls a “credit card.”
We had VR in the 90's, in arcades. It just didn't take on then. Just like 3D movies existed since 1915. Cornelius van Drebbel built the first successful submarine in 1620. And that stupid stick on wheels is a hoverboard in name only. Buy a skateboard instead of ... that.
Actually, one of the X-prize challenges:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorder_X_Prize
#9 thats not the only thing about that movie that already exists
stun gun