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As someone in the VR industry, I think VR will succeed in spite of Facebook. Meta horizons is a solution in search of a problem, and they refuse to recognize t
by rolenthedeep 4y ago
As someone in the VR industry, I think VR will succeed in spite of Facebook.
Meta horizons is a solution in search of a problem, and they refuse to recognize that. Meanwhile the rest of us are making money solving actual problems that actually exist today. I do industrial and cockpit simulations, things that are unsafe or expensive to train on IRL, which is basically an ideal use for VR.
Capitalism simulator VR 22 is not something that anyone wants. It doesn't fill a need or solve a problem other than "how do we extract more money from consumers?". People are starting to become resentful of their entire life being monetized, who wants to have their recreation monetized?
- rchaud 4y agoYou are speaking to the core of the issue. In Facebook's hands, they won't want to compete in the businesses where there are actual use cases today. Because of their size, they have the resources to try to invent a whole new market (walled garden), and only then find consumers for it.
- rolenthedeep 4y agoYes, it's exactly this. $13bn of pure unadulterated hubris