>The innocence and magic feeling of all this at the time, unexplored possibilities an amazing time I hope every generation gets to experience in their own way.

I'm your age and can't speak on what young people today are feeling, but the last time I felt "magic" in the computer world was when I stepped up to a Kinect. Suddenly the game was tracking me and my avatar was making my movements. It just felt surreal and psychologically somehow put me in the game. Like the Amiga, it was a little half-baked and then ultimately unprofitable, but for a short time I remember thinking, "Wow, this kind of tracking could be the future. Think about unlocking your front door by analyzing your gait, having a whole body motion cap avatar that does everything you do including facial expressions, games that you play with your whole body, etc" Sadly, the game industry has gone back to its hobbyhorse of AAA shooters and next-gen consoles without much to offer. I guess we'll see how VR does as well, but that just seems like more of same - a screen on your face instead of in your living room.

I hope to experience magic again. Magic Leap and Hololens sound like they might be the proper middle-ground between "face on screen" and Kinect.