From the IBM ThinkPad and Nokia 9000 to Linux, Nirvanet, Virtual Palace and the AI–VR–Robotics Renaissance Cover image · A concept illustration for the proposed CyberThéâtre 2.0. A pioneer's journal by François Gabriel Wayenberg Lurch · Namasthay · Ajinomatrix · Life-X Brussels, 1996. The Internet was not yet an everyday environment. It was a frontier. We were not merely building websites. We were exploring what would happen when computers became portable, when people became