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As someone who worked in VR a decade ago, I can tell you that the few use cases that were earning us actual money (as opposed to hype and continuous POCs) were

As someone who worked in VR a decade ago, I can tell you that the few use cases that were earning us actual money (as opposed to hype and continuous POCs) were niche apps and tools for specific industries. A common one is VR visits for real estate companies and travel agencies, for example. Also virtual previews for investors and C-suite execs in meetings where there was a ton of money involved - think someone trying to sell the creation of a whole neighbourhood and this is a fancy version of a powerpoint slide for their pitch. This tech could probably have saved us a good amount of work, though It's still a head scratcher why Zuck thinks this is the one thing in which to bet the company's future.

worldsayshi 1y ago
> why Zuck thinks this is the one thing in which to bet the company's future Lack of imagination and willingness to rely on someone else's judgement - other than the cyberpunk authors he read as a teen?
- Aeolun 1y ago
  I’g just going to say I’d much rather he be fascinated by that than basically anything else.
- petesergeant 1y ago
  > > why Zuck thinks this is the one thing in which to bet the company's future > Lack of imagination and willingness to rely on someone else's judgement Perhaps, but given that his financial and investment judgement so far has netted him $250b, I think he gets the benefit of the doubt.
willis936 1y ago
Earlier today I said a "leader" sometimes would rather an entire team quit than admit a mistake. Others would rather light a billion dollars on fire than admit a mistake.
Animats 1y ago
> A common one is VR visits for real estate companies and travel agencies, for example. Yes. There's a mini-industry doing this for real estate.[1] Some systems let you place furniture in the 3D model. Versions of this idea go all the way back to Apple's "Quicktime VR", which was a chain of spherical images through which you could navigate. It's a long way from a fun metaverse. (Doing a big metaverse at all is difficult. Making it fun is even harder.) [1] https://go.matterport.com/RealEstate3DTours.html https://go.matterport.com/RealEstate3DTours.html

worldsayshi 1y ago

> why Zuck thinks this is the one thing in which to bet the company's future Lack of imagination and willingness to rely on someone else's judgement - other than the cyberpunk authors he read as a teen?

Aeolun 1y ago
I’g just going to say I’d much rather he be fascinated by that than basically anything else.
petesergeant 1y ago
> > why Zuck thinks this is the one thing in which to bet the company's future > Lack of imagination and willingness to rely on someone else's judgement Perhaps, but given that his financial and investment judgement so far has netted him $250b, I think he gets the benefit of the doubt.

willis936 1y ago

Earlier today I said a "leader" sometimes would rather an entire team quit than admit a mistake. Others would rather light a billion dollars on fire than admit a mistake.

Animats 1y ago

> A common one is VR visits for real estate companies and travel agencies, for example. Yes. There's a mini-industry doing this for real estate.[1] Some systems let you place furniture in the 3D model. Versions of this idea go all the way back to Apple's "Quicktime VR", which was a chain of spherical images through which you could navigate. It's a long way from a fun metaverse. (Doing a big metaverse at all is difficult. Making it fun is even harder.) [1] https://go.matterport.com/RealEstate3DTours.html https://go.matterport.com/RealEstate3DTours.html