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> watching sports in a VR stadium I think this is going to be a huge driver of VR adoption, along with travelogues.

• jonathankoren 4y ago
  I'm cynical enough to imagine that this VR stadium would involve purchasing tickets to sit in the nosebleeds. Why? Profit loves artificial scarcity, and of course realism.
  • chaostheory 4y ago
    That defeats the entire point of VR. It’s like limiting the number of digital copies of a game for sale. It’s nonsensical. The reality is that now everyone can have their own private movie theater to watch sports games or whatever they want, if they have a headset.
    • jonathankoren 4y ago
      I agree that digital scarcity has no reason to exist, is intentional broken by design, and shows a lack of imagination by companies. However, we live in a world where digital “purchases” routinely evaporate. We just went through the whole NFT dumbness about limited editions. Concerts in Fortnite and Second Life have people actually crowded around a stage. It’s not much a stretch to imagine limited access events where they mimic a stadium with assigned sections you can’t stray from. So in conclusion, yes, a better world is possible. It’s just that it’s intentionally sabotaged.