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> people really like collaborative open worlds to do things that they cannot do in other ways, but there are plenty of other effective and more comfortable way
by pmontra 3y ago
> people really like collaborative open worlds
to do things that they cannot do in other ways, but there are plenty of other effective and more comfortable ways to do business meetings than wearing a visor or special glasses, maybe over prescription glasses. So it's a solution looking for a problem. No wonder that it was a hit for gaming or for very specialized tasks where a 3D representation of a subject is an improvement over the current technologies: engineering (not the software one), surgery, feel free to add to the list. Even video calls are not so fundamental compared to voice only calls, business or family.
By the way, everybody spends at least half of their career with prescription glasses: presbyopia hits as early as 40 if you're unlucky. Even at a more normal 50 it's a long time to retirement. Imagine the success of mobile phones if you had to slowly use them less and less after you turn 40.
- wkat4242 3y ago> By the way, everybody spends at least half of their career with prescription glasses: presbyopia hits as early as 40 if you're unlucky. Even at a more normal 50 it's a long time to retirement. Imagine the success of mobile phones if you had to slowly use them less and less after you turn 40. VR headsets are focused about 1.5m away. You don't need glasses even if you need them to read normally. Unless you can't see that distance in real life either. But reading glasses are not necessary.
- pmontra 3y agoI need glasses too read my screen which is at a arm length from my face, about 70 cm. Myopia is also a thing and if it starts it starts much earlier than presbyopia.
- wkat4242 3y agoNot everyone gets myopia. Everyone gets presbyopia to some extent at least if they live to a high age. In fact I wish they had a fix for that like they can simply laser eyes now to fix myopia :(