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>Does anyone actually see the majority of the planet strapping Oculuses to their face and spending even a fraction of the amount of time there that people are c
by nootropicat 5y ago
>Does anyone actually see the majority of the planet strapping Oculuses to their face and spending even a fraction of the amount of time there that people are currently spending on FB and IG?
I do, although it's very possible current attempts are too early for tech reasons and will remain relatively niche for years.
Fundamentally the appeal of vr isn't games, it's to have communication and control ability on the level of a real life activity (or even better) but online. I'm not sure if that can be achieved without brain implants (not for vision - that's likely to remain external for a long time - but for everything else, especially motor control, sense of touch).
If brain implants are needed Facebook's attempts are at least a decade too early.
Regardless of Facebook's/Meta's current attempts, in the future majority of work and social activity will happen in vr, but the timeline is unclear. Well - at least in the timeline in which technical civilization doesn't collapse.