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I'd wager my entire lifesavings that the stickiest, highest DAU/MAU app for vr - SO FAR - is porn like the SLR app. Somewhere in Oculus there's a dashboard show
by istorical 9y ago
I'd wager my entire lifesavings that the stickiest, highest DAU/MAU app for vr - SO FAR - is porn like the SLR app. Somewhere in Oculus there's a dashboard showing user retention rates by most commonly used app and SLR or Honey Select or whatever else is at the top. But they can't say that at a press conference.
Nobody wants to be the one to tell their buddy "hey check out this porn on my VR headset" so it's not growing as fast as it could via word of mouth. But it's a very very big step up in terms of UX.
Would someone pay $300-400 for a better porn experience? Probably not.
But if we're talking about "of the people who already own a VR HMD and still use it often rather than letting it collect dust, what do they actually use it for?"
The answer is porn.
- matte_black 9y agoMeh, not really man. Porn is tired and obvious. The real killer app for VR is social interaction with other people. It’s quite an experience to see someone else in VR standing before you and interact with them naturally as you would in real life.
- saddestcatever 9y agoMy first reaction here is: "Why not both!?" in one. But, you do have a point. However, it's going to be a long time until the VR technology catches up, there's no great social experience (as far as I know) that isn't sitting at the bottom of the Uncanny Valley.
- bitwize 9y agoThat just raises the question of what kind of social VR experience would you like -- should it be the Metaverse, or the Matrix? If the Metaverse, you're going to have to accept the uncanniness -- giant dicks, Ugandan Knuckles, and all.
- tootie 9y agoConsidering texting has more adoption than video chat even though video is very accessible, I don't see how VR interaction is going to make a really big dent.
- matte_black 9y agoTexts will be more widespread due to their transactional nature. You can’t really do video chat unless you’re ready to sit down and have a conversation.
- tootie 9y agoVoice still dominates video too.
- zerostar07 9y agoIt may be that people are willing to put up with the drawbacks of the tech because porn is so rewarding, but that doesnt mean the problems went away.
- T-A 9y agoFWIW, I have a Vive, it's not collecting dust, and I've never used it for porn, nor do I feel inclined to.