Disappointing tech: When did the future get so ugly?

From Oculus Rift to Google Glass, modern technology isn’t quite living up to the high-gloss helmets and bubble cars we dreamed ofMarty McFly’s unfortunate taste for Tory-boy padded gilets aside, the future used to look great, didn’t it? It was all high-gloss helmets and sex-powerful gloves; bubble cars and disco cockpits. But as the news of Facebook’s Oculus Rift helmet going on sale next year washes across our retinas like a black strapped digital wave, it’s time to ask – what the h