It's interesting to consider this viewpoint 30 years later and wonder what will bring about the next age. Is it something in it's infancy being dismissing as a fad? Have we even thought of it yet?

Well, the answer has to be the "metaverse". The jury is of course out on whether it will take root the way the internet did.

I disagree.

"The Metaverse" is still fundamentally the same as other content/experience the same way 3D movies are fundamentally the same as 2D movies.

Being able to see a projection of someone in chair next to you does not really deepen or hasten the sharing of ideas in any drastic way compares to pre-internet vs post-internet communication.

If I had to guess, my suspicion is that direct brain-to-brain communication is the next epoch-definiting development.

Instant 3d printing. It is too costly and slow now but things will change.