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Yeah good point, edited for market. We'll see in next few years I guess. My point is everyone is quick to judge a new technology idea before they even try it o

Yeah good point, edited for market. We'll see in next few years I guess. My point is everyone is quick to judge a new technology idea before they even try it or give it a chance.

woodruffw 4y ago
Indeed we will! I don't have a particularly strong opinion on VR stuff (I don't think I've ever put a VR headset on). I think I'll have a stronger opinion when they become more common, if they become more common. That's the part that's a little hard to see right now, but maybe I just don't get it.
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- cwalv 4y ago
  It's notoriously hard to get excited about VR without having tried it. It doesn't seem like it should make that much of a difference, but the "immersive" nature of VR really does make a lot of things a lot more engaging, and with AR there are a lot of real world use cases outside gaming/entertainment/fitness
runevault 4y ago
The problem here is it isn't an entirely unknown market. People have tried to make VR work since the 90s, and everyone has failed. What is the last product Facebook made in house that wasn't bolted onto their existing offerings that has made a dent in anything? They tried to make their own phone OS and failed miserably. They had to buy Instagram and WhatsApp.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
  Why is Meta Horizons full of kids then?
  - woodruffw 4y ago
    I'll just point out: Club Penguin was also full of kids (including me), but it certainly wasn't worth a trillion dollars. ("Full of" is also unclear. Are they doing better than Roblox or Minecraft? I understand those to be extremely popular with kids.)
    - cwalv 4y ago
      Just an observation: roblox' market cap is now > 10% of Meta's.
- cloudking 4y ago
  There is more than one player in this space, maybe Meta won't succeed, but maybe another will. To your point, I think the biggest challenge is still in the hardware. It has improved since the 90s but is still too bulky and cumbersome, similar to the mobile phone hardware companies tried to make before the iPhone.

Yeah good point, edited for market. We'll see in next few years I guess. My point is everyone is quick to judge a new technology idea before they even try it or give it a chance.

woodruffw 4y ago

Indeed we will! I don't have a particularly strong opinion on VR stuff (I don't think I've ever put a VR headset on). I think I'll have a stronger opinion when they become more common, if they become more common. That's the part that's a little hard to see right now, but maybe I just don't get it.

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cwalv 4y ago
It's notoriously hard to get excited about VR without having tried it. It doesn't seem like it should make that much of a difference, but the "immersive" nature of VR really does make a lot of things a lot more engaging, and with AR there are a lot of real world use cases outside gaming/entertainment/fitness

runevault 4y ago

The problem here is it isn't an entirely unknown market. People have tried to make VR work since the 90s, and everyone has failed. What is the last product Facebook made in house that wasn't bolted onto their existing offerings that has made a dent in anything? They tried to make their own phone OS and failed miserably. They had to buy Instagram and WhatsApp.

2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
Why is Meta Horizons full of kids then?
- woodruffw 4y ago
  I'll just point out: Club Penguin was also full of kids (including me), but it certainly wasn't worth a trillion dollars. ("Full of" is also unclear. Are they doing better than Roblox or Minecraft? I understand those to be extremely popular with kids.)
  - cwalv 4y ago
    Just an observation: roblox' market cap is now > 10% of Meta's.
cloudking 4y ago
There is more than one player in this space, maybe Meta won't succeed, but maybe another will. To your point, I think the biggest challenge is still in the hardware. It has improved since the 90s but is still too bulky and cumbersome, similar to the mobile phone hardware companies tried to make before the iPhone.