With the release of this computer the home PC market started. This was the first computer that reached a mass market audience. Along with homes, these were also the first computers that were bought by schools for the use of students. The computer wasone of the first home inits to have a color display. It also came with 8 expansion ports and a paddle input device. This was origionally designed to be used with the one game that was include with the system "Breakout".
Once this machine caught on in education. There was a wide variety of early educational software written for the machine. I myself remember using this machine in a classroom to play education games about math and reading. The machines legecy is the early hold that Apple machines had on the world of education. Even today Apple's largest market is in education. Just a few years ago while getting my undergrad degree I had a professor say to me, "Macs have an 'M' for 'Music' and IBM has a 'B' for 'Business'". This belief that Apple machines are meant for use within the schools and IBMs are only used within business settings probably stems from the early success of this machine and the other members of the family of Apple II machines that followed.
For a more extensive history on this machine try the following links:
Apple II History Apple History.com The Apple Museum
With this new product virtual teachers will be able to interacte with their students with in regular 3-D space. The best attributes of teachers can be molded into this one unit allowing all of the accepted education methods and theories to be utilized. Students can now stay at home and this unit will be able to run them throught their days lessons without ever tiring.
Links to technologies needed for this to happen:
Holograms Guide to Holograms Holographic Art - where is the tecnology now. Artificial Intelligence American Association for Artificial Intellegence