Hmmm but you should never assume people in the distant past were stupid, this applies just as much to pre-deluvian civilizations as it does to 80s/90s tech dreamers ahead of their time.
In 1982/3 Computer and Video Games magazine (UK) had an article about how gaming would change in the future, one of the most striking predictions was that people would play games with players all around the world by a network connecting home computers together allowing you to play a 2 player game with people on the other side of the planet. The 'internet' wasn't invented yet but they hit the nail right on the head. In the late 80s The Games Machine magazine had an interview with a company doing a game for a Saturday morning kids show using Keying and Genlocking hardware hooked up to an Amiga that was sort of like Eyetoy. The head designer said one day this is how all games would be played, you superimposed onto the game world using overlaying video hardware and video cameras and your body movements being the game control input/play mechanics.....and the next big thing after Wii is set to to be Microsoft's project Natal.....which is just Eyetoy on steroids.
There were some very radical thinkers in the 80s
