Because many new things were used for the first time in this speech, which have more or less significant impact on the future
First of all, it demonstrated a new way of interaction, which is the computer interaction that people are familiar with now, and demonstrated jumps, window interfaces and other methods for the first time. I think it is the predecessor of today’s computer interaction, and the collaborative computing in it demonstrated the concept of remote screen sharing and real-time collaboration, which foreshadowed today’s video conferencing, online collaborative office and other technologies. The wooden mouse at that time was also a revolutionary innovation in the computer field
The impact on future generations can also be seen intuitively. After Steve Jobs saw GUI technology at Xerox PARC, he introduced it to Macintosh and changed the personal computer industry. Tim Berners-Lee later invented the World Wide Web based on the concept of hypertext
The most important of these is Engelbart’s idea. He believed that computers are not just computing tools, but should help people expand their thinking, improve creativity and collaboration. His vision has had a significant impact in various fields and has been put into practice in today’s artificial intelligence, cloud computing, human-computer interaction and other fields.