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Judging by the demos[1] they've shown and changes they've made to the Oculus software like homes, it seems like their long term goal is for it to be the basis o
by kipchak 6y ago
Judging by the demos[1] they've shown and changes they've made to the Oculus software like homes, it seems like their long term goal is for it to be the basis of a google glass like system that's more environmentally aware and collecting lots of environmental mapping data for FB, and a VR facetime/The matrix but with Xbox Live avatars-ey thing.
I think adoption is probably a ways out, but if people wind up wanting more than Teams/Zoom/Discord/Facetime and so on it sets them up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTa8zn0RNVM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTa8zn0RNVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijmnk5L767U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijmnk5L767U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JD6F9XYrMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JD6F9XYrMQ
- criddell 6y agoBy the time any of that is ready, their purchase of Oculus will be more than a decade in the past. I think the acquisition was probably a mistake, but for Facebook blowing $2 billion isn't a very big mistake. From my perspective as a consumer and somebody who was very interested in VR 6 years ago, I wish Oculus had either remained independent or had been purchased by somebody that was actually going to do something with the technology before a decade passes. I think Facebook's purchase of Oculus is one reason VR has lost so much energy and interest (Magic Leap's hilariously bad execution in AR hurts VR too).