[citation][nom]eastcoaster[/nom]I thought , or shall I say hoped, that this 3D TV and movie stuff was a fad. Maybe it will take off.[/citation]
It probably is a fad. When people start getting seriously ill because they have been watching too much 3d, it will all go away. If you were around in the early to mid 90's, you may recall that 3d made a go then, but was removed from the market because it impairs normal perception.
See this.
[citation][nom]COLGeek[/nom]Like it, or not, the porn industry did help to revolutionize the Internet. Will they do the same for 3D movies? Sure are a lot o' lonely dudeslikely to upgrade the home/cave theater for this. Not so sure this is a good thing, personally. Time will tell.[/citation]
Yes. It brought us the wonderful popup, and, thankfully, the even more wonderful popup blocker, and after that, the popup was dead. A mere 15-minutes of fame at best. Heck, we might as well give the porn industry credit for snipes on TV, too. After all, snipes are a form of popup.
Forewarning, rant follows -
Is there anything really worth while that the porn industry has brought to the internet that would not have been introduced by simple innovation?
Seriously, is anyone able to name anything else that the porn industry has really brought to the internet? Streaming video? Nope. There well before the porn industry. Anything? Chat? Nope. There well before the porn industry.
Come on. Lets make a list of all the fabulous things that the porn industry has brought to the internet.
I think that when people say that the porn industry has been a leader in innovation, they are just repeating the PR of that the porn industry has been pandering to justify their existence. My bet is that anything that the porn industry claims to have invented would have been invented anyway, or really was invented by someone or some other industry.