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My point was not that smartphones aren't great. My point was that the whole "killer app" discussion is broken. If you took away my smartphone today, I'd be pre
by moron4hire 5y ago
My point was not that smartphones aren't great. My point was that the whole "killer app" discussion is broken.
If you took away my smartphone today, I'd be pretty upset. It'd leave a whole of convenience in my life. But I'd ultimately adapt and continue living largely the same way I'm living now.
If you took away my PC today, my career would be over. I'd have to find a whole new way to live.
"Killer app" discussions tend to devolve into essentialism arguments. What's essential to one person is a frivoloty to others. But I don't think any of that matters. Game consoles are clearly not essential, yet they're big business. Some people gotta have a huge TV in their living room with cable and all the streaming services, others are fine just watching DVDs, still others are fine with no TV. Yet nobody is arguing that game consoles or TVs shouldn't exist just because they aren't universally appealing. So why VR? What is it about VR that evokes these responses "it's dead/dying/should die?"
- spywaregorilla 5y agoKiller app does not mean you would die without it. It means the app is so good that you would buy the hardware just for that app. VR isn't dead, but it has no killer apps. It has no obvious path to be the next smart phone. Video game consoles have plenty of killer apps. It's the games. VR games aren't that great, and the claim seems to be that they're going to be the next big social platform / computer tech rather than a game console alternative. I own an index to play phasmophobia and beat saber. I'm very pessimistic about the tech's ability to become mainstream.