Top 10 Overhyped Inventions That Flopped

[Music] they promised so much but gave so little welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 overhyped inventions before we begin we publish new content every day so be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos for this list we've gathered a list of products that looked sensational on paper but failed to deliver number 10 laserdisc a 12-inch precursor to DVD and blu-ray laserdisc gave film fans a better picture and superior sound compared to its format faux VHS history shows that DHS dominated the market laser discs big ultimately insurmountable problem was that it cost way too much a single unit could set you back the equivalent of 1,500 dollars or more with movies costing up to $80 even then most discs had maximum 60 minutes play meaning you had to turn and restart at sometimes quite climactic points and laserdisc didn't allow you to record it was popular in parts of Southeast Asia especially Hong Kong and wasn't officially discontinued until 2009 but laserdisc had died long before then number 9 nokia n-gage back when the standard cell phone was still state-of-the-art nokia was one of the world's most forward-thinking brands but contrary to the play on words and gauge failed to engage anybody released in 2003 and retailing at around 300 dollars the handheld consoles awkward shape clunky buttons small screen and questionable collection of games left users hugely unexcited one of its most entertaining aspects was that it looked like a taco and that tells you everything you need to know the 2004 release of a follow up attempt the ngage QD was a marginal improvement but the sony PSP and Nintendo DS soon saw off what proved to be very weak competition number 8 hoverboard of all the things Back to the Future promised us we couldn't wait until technology advanced enough for hoverboards could there possibly be anything cooler than floating through crowds alum Marty McFly unfortunately real-life hoverboards also known as self-balancing scooters were less than impressive they cost a small fortune proved devilishly difficult to control and they kept randomly exploding the safety issues especially put lots of people off the idea of levitating and caused many major cities to ban boards from the streets developers are still honing designs so that one day we all might fly but for now the invention is likely to crash and burn literally number seven SmartWatch it works for a phone so why not a watch smart tech is increasingly sometimes inescapably everywhere but the SmartWatch has continually struggled to catch on depending upon your device these things can play music send emails hold calls take photos load Maps browse social media and tell the time it's a personal organizer data analyzer mini compass and health monitor but why do you need all of that on your wrist when you have it in your pocket and do you even want so much information poking out from your shirt sleeves no matter the hype the jury's still out on this one number six the samsung galaxy note 7 released in 2016 the same year as Apple's consistent but relatively uninspiring iPhone 7 the galaxy note 7 could have been samsung's defining moment in the smartphone Wars instead it almost blew apples biggest competitor out of contention entirely a manufacturing defect in the note 7 battery led to multiple reports of phones overheating hind' in some cases spontaneously Catching Fire Samsung was forced into a series of international recalls costing an estimated 17 billion dollars at least and inflicting serious damage on the company's reputation before they started blowing up some critics had labeled these phones as game changers but it was quickly game over Samsung had hoped for hot sales just not like this number 5 the Nintendo Wii it's a gaming industry juggernaut but Nintendo has had its fair share of dud devices least it's mid-90s version of VR the Virtual Boy however the Wii is Nintendo's most memorable anticlimax release towards Christmas 2006 it topped wish lists around the world and was initially well received and critically acclaimed for a while motion sensor tech was all anyone was talking about and every man woman and child was hooked on Wii Sports but the glory was short-lived as the console eventually succumbed to PlayStation and Xbox and the little white box disappeared from our living rooms the once ultra exciting Wii Remote is now but a relic of a bygone gaming age number 4 the Segway conceived in 2001 some predicted segue would become the planets favorite mode of transportation but most buyers couldn't justify a cost of up to $7,000 given that there existed zero infrastructure for Segway use and confusion reigned over its legal limits some countries barred them from roads others said no to sidewalks and some banned them altogether the hype quickly fizzled out and Segway turned from new-age innovation to novelty item today its most famous for wiping out Usain Bolt and for somewhat ironically but sadly causing the death of Jimmy Hazelden a British entrepreneur who in 2010 having recently bought the company lost control of a Segway prototype and fell from a cliff number three Windows Vista following the massively successful Windows XP Vista set out to improve Microsoft security and it did put everything else about the ill-fated operating system left users scratching their heads and or pulling their hair out increased hardware requirements meant many pcs couldn't convert despite Microsoft assurances that they could while licensing issues and an avalanche of user prompts fed growing frustration in 2009 when Windows 7 came to kill it off optimistic analysts argued that Vista had been a success acquiring 400 million users and becoming the second most widely used system on the net for most popular OS however that it be XP retaining millions more who simply refused to upgrade number 2 3d TV around the release of James Cameron's Avatar in 2009 3d TV sparked another dimension of anticipation after years of toying with the tech it seemed we'd finally see our favorite films and programs convincingly pop out from flat screens during the initial rush soccer matches golf tournaments political events beauty pageants and major TV releases came with 3d capability but fires were never wholeheartedly convinced and the advent of 4k screens and curved displays meant that 3d glasses seemed oddly outdated by 2017 the likes of Samsung Hisense Sony and LG had all dropped 3d Tech after a sensational rise it was a spectacular fall before we unveil our number one pick here are some dishonorable mentions [Music] number one Google glass the inventive journey to Google glass is reasonably easy to trace from desktop to laptop to handheld computing smartphones and wearables the eyes seem a logical next tech target but when Google rolled out its revolutionary eyewear the world blinked blinked again and gave a resounding no a head-mounted optical display enabling you to capture photos and video from your own line of vision there had been a huge buzz around glass pre-launch but safety and privacy concerns quickly dwarfed the supposed benefits of having social media within inches of your iris introduced in early 2013 by January 2015 Google had dropped the prototype as the sci-fi specs just couldn't live up to I water expectations' [Music]

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Published: Fri Aug 24 2018