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HTC Vive
Room-scale VR wasn’t invented by the Vive—but it was proven, priced, and shipped by it.
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The reconstruction that gets mistaken for a recording.
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Oculus Rift
VR was broken until Oculus Rift proved wide FOV and sub-20ms latency weren’t luxuries—they were prerequisites.
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Amiga 500
Commodore · 1987
The Amiga 500 is a pivotal hardware milestone—not because it introduced new silicon, but because it delivered proven multitasking and colour graphics to mainstream retail at a time when competitors treated those features as optional or impossible in home systems. Its success relied on reuse, repackaging, and distribution—not invention.
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BBC Micro
Acorn Computers · 1981
The BBC Micro was a procurement win first, an educational tool second. It succeeded because it met rigid broadcast and policy constraints—not because it was inherently superior to alternatives. Its architecture prioritised demonstrable compliance over user flexibility. Its dominance was guaranteed by subsidy rules, not market preference.
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Oculus Quest
VR stops needing a room—and starts needing a compromise.
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PlayStation 2
Sony · 2000
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