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This is in the very beginning and, um, one of the problems with this
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General Magic

This is in the very beginningand, um, one of the problemswith this, was that the...

This is in the very beginning
and, um, one of the problems
with this, was that the touchscreen
was extremely noisy

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This is in the very beginning and, um, one of the problems with this,
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was that the touchscreen was extremely noisy.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:33
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

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The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartp
And it just didn't have the resolution, it would be a horrible experience - General Magic 00:08
And it just didn't have the resolution, it would be a h...
We were pushing the envelope on every single front, - General Magic 00:12
We were pushing the envelope on every single front,
The feeling was that anything was possible. You could shoot - General Magic 00:08
The feeling was that anything was possible. You could shoot
The purpose of doing all this, is to go out and-- and create prototypes - General Magic 00:11
The purpose of doing all this, is to go out and-- and create...
The array of personalities, they were all like nuclear power plants, - General Magic 00:08
The array of personalities, they were all like nuclear power...
For me the challenge was challenging myself to try and work at that level. - General Magic 00:05
For me the challenge was challenging myself to try and work ...
I was a newbie. A lot of people got to just do, you know, if you're the young guy in the team - General Magic 00:09
I was a newbie. A lot of people got to just do, you know, if...
I'm hooking up a demo so that we can see - General Magic 00:06
I'm hooking up a demo so that we can see
Tony wanted to learn everything, from everyone. - General Magic 00:05
Tony wanted to learn everything, from everyone.
Whatever it was, yes! And more of it and how can I do more to help. - General Magic 00:05
Whatever it was, yes! And more of it and how can I do more t...
- Is it important? -Uh, if you want to hook up disc drives - General Magic 00:07
- Is it important? -Uh, if you want to hook up disc drives
I wanted to make it work really seamlessly and fast. - General Magic 00:05
I wanted to make it work really seamlessly and fast.
This is basically our first test of our-- our-- basically a first demo - General Magic 00:09
This is basically our first test of our-- our-- basically a ...
And this was a technology to string peripherals together. - General Magic 00:06
And this was a technology to string peripherals together.
Today we call it USB, and so we were creating USB before the world knew about it. - General Magic 00:06
Today we call it USB, and so we were creating USB before the...
We decided to make everything. I mean, we were making it all. - General Magic 00:05
We decided to make everything. I mean, we were making it all...
See right now the whole class viewable texture is one formatter for everything. - General Magic 00:05
See right now the whole class viewable texture is one format...
That meant we were custom building every piece, it's kind of like hand assembling a car - General Magic 00:11
That meant we were custom building every piece, it's ki...
In many projects, you might build one or two innovative break-out things, - General Magic 00:16
In many projects, you might build one or two innovative brea...
We couldn't find a touch screen to solve this problem, in fact, - General Magic 00:07
We couldn't find a touch screen to solve this problem, ...