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Picturephone

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The proposed video/telephone introduced by AT&T at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Many thought it would flourish by the end of the 1980s. Real time video is expected to be widely used in the 21st century.
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We spent a lot of money and we couldn't come up with any market," said Noll, a bitter critic of AT&T's picturephone comeback.
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