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Im just dumbfounded that they would take a burgeoning technology like VR and set the impossible goal that it would one day supplant the absurd profits of their
by tmpz22 4y ago
Im just dumbfounded that they would take a burgeoning technology like VR and set the impossible goal that it would one day supplant the absurd profits of their ad business.
Thats like trying to tag your kid as a Heisman trophy winner as the kid is being birthed. Sure be a proud parent but understand you are delusional.
Facebook is a company with nearly two decades of big tech experience, 40,000+ employees, and unfathomable amounts of capitol/IP/assets. To see them make the same logical leap as a two person startup of fresh-out-of-college optimists.
- duskwuff 4y agoSomeone I know recently got contacted by a recruiter for Meta's VR team, with the pitch that the team "wants to get 1Bn [users] by end of year!". That'd amount to converting 30% of all Facebook users to VR users, worldwide, in four months. Including a bunch of users internationally who don't even own computers, and certainly can't afford VR hardware. "Delusional" is absolutely the word for it.
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- jayd16 4y agoSupposedly Apple is dropping a headset in the next year. Should be interesting to see what people think of the industry after that.
- stephc_int13 4y agoWhat are your expectations about Apple in this regard? I am curious, but I have low expectations.
- jayd16 4y agoHonestly, no idea. I'm just interested to see the shoe drop.
- tmpz22 4y agoI think VR is as much about GAMES as it is hardware. I don't think anyone, even Apple, can nail the hardware but they might. But I know FOR SURE Apple won't nail the games. Look at Amazon's attempts (lol).
- jayd16 4y agoYeah that's my assumption as well but who knows. They're getting much better at content.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> set the impossible goal that it would one day supplant the absurd profits of their ad business Who says they’re replacing ads with VR?