This past week, both Facebook and Microsoft have come up with a vision of the virtual reality future that the two giants see as their next strategic technology.
However, the new vision makes the technology associated with Microsoft Bob, the operating system launched in 1995 is considered one of the greatest technological disappointment of all time.
The idea behind the Microsoft version of Bob is simple: Windows is technically very user-friendly. So, the Redmond giants experimented with a simpler and more intuitive interface with simulating everything in the house.
"The overarching idea for Microsoft Bob is to turn your desktop into something that anyone can understand is like a home. To write, you click on the pen icon and the paper, want to check the date, tap the wall calendar, all that sort of thing, "Melinda Gates described the project in a recent Linkedln post.
It seems like the two American tech giants are looking to revolve around simulating your home through virtual reality glasses.
No matter how big a deal, Microsoft still can not save Microsoft Bob. Critics have commented that the Bob interface is too simple to do what the user needs. Animated characters are even annoying and confusing. After about a year in the market, Bob quietly "about the garden" despite the power woman "back".
"Our failures often stem from the fact that the market is too small," Bill Gates said in a humorous 1997. "Unfortunately, software (Microsoft Bob) requires higher performance than hardware. normal at that time and it does not have a sufficiently large market. So Bob was dead. "
Bob reached the consensus of both Bill and Melinda Gates but failed. However, the impact of the operating system is still present, such as annoying Clippy Papers or the hated fonts in the Comic Sans world.
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