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Blackberry/RIM also saw no problem that the iPhone was solving. Sometimes markets are created with a product everyone didn't know they needed/wanted, even the f

Blackberry/RIM also saw no problem that the iPhone was solving. Sometimes markets are created with a product everyone didn't know they needed/wanted, even the first Sony Walkman. I'm reserving judgement until I experience first-hand what it's like to share a virtual space with someone I care about when we're physically hundreds/thousands of kms apart with real-time facial expressions on a photorealistic model of their face.

clhodapp 4y ago
Meta haven't made anything remotely resembling that yet, though. They've got pretty generic avatars performing canned animations in a VR environment. It seems like it will probably take them 5-10 years of hard research, likely with many dead ends and false starts, to get there. In Apple terms, they have announced the iPhone before doing all of the capacitive touch research and UX development that actually made the pubic want the product. While it might be possible for them to eventually achieve their vision, it seems like a bad idea to try to drive so much hype this early with faked videos. It's very likely that the public (especially Wall Street) will lose patience waiting for them to actually make what they've promised.
- karmakaze 4y ago
  With all the deepfake demos, I would think this is immediately realizable. The facial tracking demos for Quest Pro on a deepfake of yourself would certainly be possible and compelling.
joshspankit 4y ago
Blackberry/RIM would still have a place today if they had not chased the market. A focused business device with reliable and secure communication between employees and management, as well as a week (or two) of battery life and hardware focused on stable input by hand? There’s still a hole in the market. When was the last time you absolutely trusted iOS to deliver a notification to you?

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Blackberry/RIM also saw no problem that the iPhone was solving. Sometimes markets are created with a product everyone didn't know they needed/wanted, even the f

by karmakaze 4y ago

clhodapp 4y ago
Meta haven't made anything remotely resembling that yet, though. They've got pretty generic avatars performing canned animations in a VR environment. It seems like it will probably take them 5-10 years of hard research, likely with many dead ends and false starts, to get there. In Apple terms, they have announced the iPhone before doing all of the capacitive touch research and UX development that actually made the pubic want the product. While it might be possible for them to eventually achieve their vision, it seems like a bad idea to try to drive so much hype this early with faked videos. It's very likely that the public (especially Wall Street) will lose patience waiting for them to actually make what they've promised.
- karmakaze 4y ago
  With all the deepfake demos, I would think this is immediately realizable. The facial tracking demos for Quest Pro on a deepfake of yourself would certainly be possible and compelling.
joshspankit 4y ago
Blackberry/RIM would still have a place today if they had not chased the market. A focused business device with reliable and secure communication between employees and management, as well as a week (or two) of battery life and hardware focused on stable input by hand? There’s still a hole in the market. When was the last time you absolutely trusted iOS to deliver a notification to you?