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>Friends, you can meet privately if you live close to one another. If you don't, I guess this could be interesting? I don't really see myself using it but I am
by kristiandupont 5y ago
>Friends, you can meet privately
if you live close to one another. If you don't, I guess this could be interesting? I don't really see myself using it but I am so old fashioned that I prefer my laptop over my phone so I get that the world doesn't always agree with me.
- kibwen 5y agoMy friends are far-flung and we meet privately in our Discord. We have an audio channel, and anyone who's free hops into it at their leisure. VR wouldn't add much there; to take advantage of it would require us to look at each other, which precludes doing an actual activity like playing a game together.
- noduerme 5y agoWell, or you can meet privately on Zoom, or in VR if you prefer to see fake bodies instead of actual faces. I mean. My friends from around the country have a Zoom poker night every week or two which we started during the pandemic. I'd rather just see their ugly mugs and their kids in the background than sit in a fake room with a bunch of cartoon avatars.
- gonehome 5y agoThe photo realistic avatars they showed off change this. They were impressive - still in research stage, but it’s not just a cartoon.
- samuli 5y agoNot really sure if photorealistic avatar can really express all the emotions and facial expressions in a detail that people perceive subconsciously. This might lead to people becoming more tone-deaf and having less empathy when reading others.
- headsoup 5y agoNot to mention Facebook gathering a dataset that is a virtual replica of your physical self. Imagine how much that would me sold on for...