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The Oculus itself will not change the world that much, but VR certainly will. The Oculus is simply a step towards real VR. Try to imagine a world in which you c
by benched 13y ago
The Oculus itself will not change the world that much, but VR certainly will. The Oculus is simply a step towards real VR. Try to imagine a world in which you can actually lose track of, or be mistaken about exactly which level of simulation you're currently experiencing. Think long term.
- fusiongyro 13y agoThink outside your niche. What you're describing isn't something most people actually want.
- benched 13y agoIn 1985, you might have said the same about pocket computers, if I'd called them that. But in 2013, the stereotype of the human staring down at their smartphone is near universal.
- fusiongyro 13y agoThey've been trying to get us to buy VR headsets since 1997. Every ten years or so a company comes along and tries to change the world with this technology. The problem is that while we all have a use for non-immersive tools like pocket computers, very few seem to have a use for immersive VR. The companies making this stuff and technologists like us like to believe that the limiting factor is the technology or the cost. It isn't. It's that almost nobody needs this stuff and not many want it. It's not a technical shortcoming that will be overcome next week or a first-mover problem. It's that VR lacks the kind of universal applications that computing has.