AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t care
AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t care
Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings press release talked up their new AI-enabled chips. But these are not selling. [Intel] In the earnings call, CFO Dave Zinsner mentioned they had “capacity constraints in In…
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Y'all remember when 3D TVs were going to be revolutionary?
A friend of mine is a streamer. On his discord, the topic of the Switch 2 came up, and one of his fans stated their desire for it to support 3D TV. Rather than saying my gut reaction -- "are you crazy?" -- I simply asked why. I consider it a great moment of personal self control.
I mean the thought of big screen 3ds emulation would be pretty fun, but yeah that technology died a decade ago. Thats like asking why the Switch 2 doesn't have a slot for SNES carts!
3D TVs I can see happening, if there's some breakthrough that fixes the current tech shortcomings .
But NFTs, and blockchain in general? Hahahahhah.
To many separate components need to improve.
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Hardware. Right now, 3D TV's require special glasses, or they only support a single viewer in a very narrow viewing range.
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Content. Movies made for 3D with depth effects are better than old shows remastered to have "pop out" effects. I saw Pacific Rim in Imax 3D and it was amazing. I also saw Nightmare Before Christmas remastered for 3 and it was fucking terrible.
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Infrastructure. Cable/Service providers need to provide services capable of streaming 3D movies consistently with solid performance.
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User acceptance. To me, the market is still prioritizing picture, sound, and frame rate over 3D effects. People just don't care for it right now.
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they are still cool, just headache inducing for enough of the population combined with it absolutely being a gimmick lead to it's failure.