Answer:
Trough of disillusionment
Step-by-step explanation:
The five overlapping stages in a technology hype cycle are:
- Innovation Trigger : the possibility of technological breakthrough, implementation of the technology starts
- Peak of Inflated Expectations: success stories start to multiply, as well as failures, but nothing concrete.
- Trough of Disillusionment : If experiments and implementation continue to fail, interest wanes and producers tend to shake out or fail.
- Slope of Enlightenment : the potential benefits of the technological breakthrough start to multiply, other producers try to imitate the technology .
- Plateau of Productivity: technology starts to be adopted by the mainstream market