Back in the late 90's *everything* computer related was obscure to the general public, it's like calling the battle at Waterloo an obscure event: maybe today, but not at the time you're writing about. Pretty much anyone who cared about graphics had heard of the scene and would at least have seen Second Reality, pretty much every BBS had a scene dir with the best demos.
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Back in the late 90's *everything* computer related was obscure to the general public, it's like calling the battle at Waterloo an obscure event: maybe today, but not at the time you're writing about. Pretty much anyone who cared about graphics had heard of the scene and would at least have seen Second Reality, pretty much every BBS had a scene dir with the best demos.