Source: Neatorama

Being able to see the person on a call is something we now take totally for granted. However, once upon a time, the idea of a “video phone” was pure science fiction. The notion that we could actually SEE the person on the other end of the call was something from The Jetsons, not reality.
The earliest models were insanely expensive, much as were the first PCs. Films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey popularized the concept so much that AT&T spent…
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