William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026We then needed 20 years to forget about that before the next 3D future arrived: Movies! Again! This one ran circa 2009-2013. As we know it ultimately didn't pan out, but it was enough to touch off two more fads involving stereoscopic 3D. 6/ 121
William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026With 3D movies back in fashion, electronics manufacturers wasted no time taking the obvious next step: 3D TV. One CES these were everywhere, and the next one they weren't. 7/ 121
William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026But the big new future that came out of 3D movies was virtual reality, round 2. Starting in 2010 or so there were many stabs at this, all funded by rafts of ZIRP investor money. 8/ 130
