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Facebook may have momentum, but the VR side of things has little momentum at all. For people to really start using this, they need two things: trust and goodwi
by chris_wot 5y ago
Facebook may have momentum, but the VR side of things has little momentum at all.
For people to really start using this, they need two things: trust and goodwill. People trusted that Facebook would rectify its privacy issues at the start. Remember the promise of a global council for Facebook? That got killed pretty quickly, along with apps you could plug into Facebook and other innovative things for creators. But enough scandals and there is no more trust, so if Facebook launches something truly different then no one feels they can trust it.
And goodwill. There is no more of it left. For people to try something new from an existing company, it really takes a reasonable amount of goodwill before they will give it a try. Like the reasons for a lack of trust, there is a lack of goodwill.
So Facebook has momentum. This Meta VR or whatever it is called has none. And it’s unlikely to gather much at this point.
Frankly, as one of the people who distrust Facebook, I hope they die and wither on the vine.