I’m a big believer in the success of technology that makes a user or community’s day in the life, easier. In other words, the “practical tech” tends to win out in terms of mass adoption, over tech that has potential but keeps to abstract use-cases or ones that carry value for a niche set of users.
A good example of this in the recent years, has been the rollout of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) tech and applications - for enterprise and consumer spaces. Both carried the promise to improve our experience at home and at work.
Thus far, as per the above, AR carried much more practical applications to everyday life with it, and VR has realized much fewer of these.
Google’s recent decision to focus on its AR efforts show their teams’ understanding of where they have impact on the everyday lives of their users.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/15/google-discontinues-daydream-vr/