This Video From 1987 Shows Apple's Vision Of Future Techs And A Lot Of Them Came True

Back in 1987, Apple Computer rose as a nimble and innovative tech company, so strong that it even imagined dominating the world after a decade. And that year, Apple released a goofy video showing its vision for 1997.

The video, which is available on YouTube, was supposed to be a joke only, but a lot of tech innovation indicated in that video actually became reality. As you can see below, Apple visioned a pay phone station communicating with space satellites, the Vista Mac II, some eyewear that also works as a computer, and so on.

John Sculley, Apple’s former CEO, said in the video:

Today, you may not know or may have forgotten that Apple struggled the most in the mid-90s, with the worst quarter reported by the company in March 1996, when the company was highly unlikely to survive. With that in mind, the video got a lot funnier. Notably, Sculley was forced out in 1993.

In the video, Steve Wozniak, also known as the co-founder of Apple, showed up a few times to set up jokes about computer sizes in the next decade, and even the future of automated mental health. He said a talking computer was nothing, it was a real breakthrough if the computer actually listened. Then the video showed a woman on the couch of a therapist, which turned out to be an Apple computer.

The video included everything, holograms and networking which was still in early stages before the World Wide Web. And there was an Apple computer placed next to a coffee maker in the kitchen.

The computer said:

The video even included a fake news anchor that announced that in 1997, Apple had crossed the $20 billion mark regarding revenue. The figure in 1997 turned out to be $1.6 billion only, but let’s remember that just last year, the tech giant announced revenue of $265.6 billion.

Though the video was silly and meant to be a joke only, it did help us speak up our wish and hope in the future of technology, including those that have come true and those on the way.