

And as we continue to travel along the hype curve route, it’s becoming clear that some of the predictions really are becoming reality. Whilst that method signalled an undeniable (and inevitable) crash – christened by Gartner as the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’ – the rising slope that followed suggested that the groundwork for this industry’s permanence was being firmly and finally laid. When the hype cycle diagram was first released, the worldwide 3D printing community finally found method behind the madness of what seemed to be the non-stop rise of 3D printing tech interest. This article was published on September 1st 2015 via Disruptive Magazine
