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The elephant in the room with VR is wearing goggles which, no matter how you slice and dice them, just feel dumb to most people. It's why VR is a novelty that c
by sys_64738 4y ago
The elephant in the room with VR is wearing goggles which, no matter how you slice and dice them, just feel dumb to most people. It's why VR is a novelty that creates a laugh at Christmas but get dumped in the unused bin after new year.
For me, I think the winning strategy of VR is to not have to wear goggles and something that can generate smells as this is our most powerful sense.
- etrautmann 4y agoI don't know that I'd agree with you re: smell. It's strongly tied to memory, and can be tied with emotions via memory, but it's not "more powerful" than vision or audition. what would that comparison even mean?
- tyrfing 4y agoThat elephant from a different angle: adults that grew old staring at glowing rectangles and are now highly resistant to change of any sort. At one point people thought that was stupid, too. What if future change comes mostly from your generation fading into irrelevance and dying off?
- Melatonic 4y agoYou can do VR with a large screen and a webcam and it generally works great. A small room with a 360* circular screen would be even better. You would not even need to generate your own avatar or legs or whatever since you could simply look down and see yourself.