Microsoft smart home prototype from 1999

In 1997, Apple was just 90 days away from bankruptcy before a $150 million investment from its rival, Bill Gates and Microsoft, saved the company. Today, Apple is worth over $3 trillion, and is currently the most valuable company in the world.

This might be the biggest "swing and a miss" prediction in the video. The "web phone" with a big display connected to the internet and home network never materialized. Instead, we got smartphones (but from Apple) that can do so much more than that "web phone" ever could.

In 1989, Tomorrow’s World predicted what the home of the future would look like in 2020. Only a few hours left to make some adjustments.

Philco Predicta television from the 1950s. The Predicta was marketed as the world’s first swivel screen television, and had an iconic design with the picture tube (CRT) separated from the rest of the cabinet.

Letting Strangers Leave A Message Outside Schedules, Lists, Communications Online Checking The Weather On The "Web Phone" Controlling Everything From One Device

Managing A Door With Face Recognition Scanning Food Products In Fridge/Trash For Grocery Shopping Keeping Up With Family Via GPS Tracking

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Showing off a computerized voice assistant in a "smart home" in 1989

Great vision in that time🔥

It’s crazy to think that our phone are 20 times the power of that PC