I wonder how much of this is because of the giant time-suck people experienced fulfilling SAGE contracts, and the "cost" to 1950s computing power running those archaic displays and "guns" for Radar processing?
I also think this is partly over sold. The GiGi existed. People loved it. Tektronix vector graphics consoles existed. People loved them.
What had to happen is pixels, and density, and GPU. That happened and graphics moved from niche to mainstream very quickly.
I also think this is partly over sold. The GiGi existed. People loved it. Tektronix vector graphics consoles existed. People loved them.
What had to happen is pixels, and density, and GPU. That happened and graphics moved from niche to mainstream very quickly.