What do you folks think is the most over-hyped technology out there today. Is that self-driving cards, video chat apps, VR, bots? The barrier to entry into tech has dropped quite a bit lately, and a lot of "stuff" is being pumped out from every corner of the net. I am oversaturated and wondering how others are feeling.
Ask HN: Most overhyped technology of 2016?
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#2Everything Elon Musk. Even the good stuff (power wall) is over hyped, he's a walking hype machine.
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#3Everything Elon Musk. Even the good stuff (power wall) is over hyped, he's a walking hype machine.
But then he puts rockets into space. So not just hype?
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#4Virtual Reality.
As someone who has tried HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR (I own PSVR) and even Samsung's foray into VR via its flagship Galaxy phones (S7 Edge) I would have to say that at present, it's still overhyped. The technology is so new that most companies are experimenting and finding their feet.
As cool as VR is, the cool factor wears off very quickly when you realise that screen technology hasn't quite reached the point where VR can compete with a 4K monitor on a gaming PC or even the level of immersion of a gaming console on a TV.
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#5Big data where big is volume, as in the mainstream. Influencers do not know statistics, do they?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
But then he puts rockets into space. So not just hype?
It's a massive amount of hype for something we've been doing for 50 years.
Except for the landing and reusing part, no? (Yes, they recaptured and reused the Shuttle's SRBs, but it's a different scale and the economics are very different.)
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#8I'm too old...
1. Microsoft awesome way cheaper than apple
2. Amazon .. None of my friends will ever buy anything over the internet...
3. Google Cool..but nobody will click on those tiny ads.
4. Facebook kinda dumb why not use email.
5. Twitter the dumbest thing I've ever heard of
6. Uber seem useful but I'd never used it.
7. AirBnb just plain creepy...
8. snapchat, Instagram, tinder ... don't you already have facebook?
I would take my predictions with a grain of salt... but I don't really get AI bots? Sure they could work someday just not sure how you get a break out company from it.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a massive amount of hype for something we've been doing for 50 years.
Except for the landing and reusing part, no? (Yes, they recaptured and reused the Shuttle's SRBs, but it's a different scale and the economics are very different.)
The landing part was cool, but considering the extra fuel/weight required to do it then it seems to be more hype than practicalness too.
I'm not saying he doesn't do some cool stuff, but everything he does gets talked up like it's the second coming.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
But then he puts rockets into space. So not just hype?
It's a massive amount of hype for something we've been doing for 50 years.
"We" haven't, the governments of the world have.
Hyped or not, the privatization and commoditization of space travel is new and interesting.