Most tech people have a vision of what VR “should be”, but perhaps not as many fully appreciate that it’s a very, very difficult problem that people have been c

Most tech people have a vision of what VR “should be”, but perhaps not as many fully appreciate that it’s a very, very difficult problem that people have been chipping away at for decades with relatively modest gains. Oculus is exponentially better than the Nintendo Virtual Boy, but like Virtual Boy the current capabilities fall very short of the vision and ultimately disappoint after one is confronted with the limitations, nearer at hand than the marketing hype would have one believe. Given this, the Meta pivot seemed like the move of someone caught up in their own marketing/bullshit but unable to get their own bearings on the matter (which would have checked the hype cycle). To some extent Zuck’s empire can shape the world at least temporarily, but nothing gets us past the fact that the tech just isn’t able to meet expectations yet. So there’s this vacuum or hole in Meta’s strat that leaves them rapidly needing to move the tech forward at a miraculous pace (which I wouldn’t bet on happening) or “re-pivoting” (de-pivoting?).