I expect Facebook to be a winner out of VR. Quest and quest2 show they know how to make hardware. Facebook login required shows they are investing heavy in th

I expect Facebook to be a winner out of VR. Quest and quest2 show they know how to make hardware. Facebook login required shows they are investing heavy in the social network aspect. VR is stuck in gaming right now, but it’s value is so much more. It’s a great communication tool. It’s an option to consume really cool media experiences. It has productivity potential. It gives people a since of going somewhere else, while staying home. I imagine in five years I’ll have a headset next to my desk. It might “ring” and I can use it to join a VR chat request within 20 seconds of deciding to put it on. Inside the VR chat we will experience lower latency (from one headset to the other) than modern cellphone voice calls. The latency angle will be more important in VR than voice/video because of the feeling of presence they are trying to build. In 10-20 years these headsets will be the preferred teleconferencing solution fo businesses. Around 5-10 years I’ll also be able to plug one chord from my macbook into my headset and use it as a display. The display will be of a high enough quality that I can use it for _real work_. I might even prefer using the headset to external monitors. If this technology was just 3 years further along it would have been a knockout success for the pandemic that changed our culture the same way Zoom has. As it stands every good headset is selling out, and the rate of improvement is considerable. (I first experienced VR with the oculus DK1, and have owned three other hmd’s since)