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It's also possible that there is no killer app, and the whole thing just stays niche, like 3D movies or Second Life.
by troymc 10y ago
It's also possible that there is no killer app, and the whole thing just stays niche, like 3D movies or Second Life.
- swalsh 10y agoI can see it staying niche just because of the fact that any new advance makes the thing more expensive. It's like boating, if you have one they're great fun... super useful, but they're money pits. I think VR is going to be a money pit for a while. Each additional step of immersion linearly increases the price of VR. If it could actually fake the signals sent to your brain, whatever that means... maybe it would be possible to improve it via software, but that's far future stuff.
- bombless 10y agogvs put electrical signal to your brain to make you feel that you are moving. It looks scary to me though.
- lucb1e 10y ago> niche, like 3D movies I don't know where you live, but in the Netherlands at least they still advertise with a movie being in 3d and you pay a surcharge for viewing the 3d version, on top of the glasses (one time purchase). I wouldn't mind so much, preferring 2d anyway, but often the 2d version is not even available...
- burkaman 10y agoSame situation in the US, although in my experience the 2D version is always available. People who don't like 3D always say it's a fad, but I think it's just a normal product that not everyone likes.