Microsoft "Meet the Family" 1999 Concept Video

[idlewild]

Not-so-fast! I never invited you to the concert, Christy!

[simpirate]

Does anyone know if there are any games similar to the one that was in the video? :p

[MisterDogshit]

A massive leading technology company "predicting" what technologies we will have in 10 years time???... not exactly visionary stuff.

You could condense most of it down to one thing - broader bandwidth / more data... which was a given considering the infrastructure was,, and still is growing.

All of the "physical improvements" (flat panel screens, colour screen mobile phones etc) already existed to some degree in 1999... hardly prophetic!

[10throwfilms]

So Microsoft made a video about it and Apple made it happen.

[xXemolieswithinXx]

Did I hear around 5:17 "Siri, Call Christy."?? lol... the "ringing" noise even sounds like it

[TheGBaltar]

Totally awful design of that devices :P

[astro1O]

This is a visionary video by Microsoft FROM 1999!!!!! Can you see Xbox Kinect, voice recognition, iPad, smartphones?!!

[Jabjabs]

The interfaces and the physical products look all wacky these days but you have to admit that a lot of this is happening now days. Kind of a amazing when you think about it.

[sincityfire]

well, I guess this did kinda happen.

[Eggeman32]

@sincityfire alot of it is still farfetched, the voice recognition we have these days is still shit.

[gotticeethis]

OMG whats the world coming to a Child with a Mobile calling device~!

[cesaretiv87]

home server too

[MrMechaE]

wow... that smart phone is so fat like 4 inches jesus

[omegaplatypus]

PC, switch to serif fonts and hideous bevel effects.

[Eggeman32]

@omegaplatypus haha soo true

[sonic3243]

And to think a lot of this is now being used regularly, just more modern. Not the millions of different shapes and orange and blues :P

[chobotnorgolbo]

What about us?