27.3M views · Feb 7, 2011 · 5:33 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2012–2019
Corning's 2011 concept video showing a future where specialty glass surfaces and touchscreens are woven into everyday life.
Why Hacker News points people here: Referenced as an inspiring example of a vision-of-the-future video with believable everyday uses.
“has far more every day examples we can all believe in”HN comment, 2013
“has far more every day examples we can all believe in”
Shows believable everyday uses of glass in the future
When I think of a World of Glass I always go back to Corning's A Day Made of Glass this video which has far more every day examples we can all believe in
“They're often pretty inspiring.”
An inspiring example of a future vision ad
I actually love a good "future vision" ad. They're often pretty inspiring. One of my favorites is Corning's "A Day Made of Glass": this video
Used as prompt for a question about Apple's cross-platform weakness
I'm looking at Corning's Day of Glass video this video and once again, I'm being reminded of Apple's biggest weakness. There's no cross-platform functionality and that's going to be Apple's biggest problem within a decade. Any idea how Apple might handle a dilemma like that ?
