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AdmiralWackbar t1_j17t5df wrote

I have zero interest, like 99% of the people out there

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faste30 t1_j18m8g9 wrote

Its basically "Second Life" but in VR. Its going to be something people try once, move on, and all that is left is porn. And if Meta doesnt allow one person using a goat avatar to fuck another person in a dragon avatar then its basically DoA.

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ballrus_walsack t1_j18xd4f wrote

You need to be in the meta executive meetings

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faste30 t1_j190ljk wrote

"Listen, Mark, if people cant license Bad Dragon dicks for their avatars then we are going to lose 50% of our long-term user base. Also, the customization functions for the user-created sex dungeons are too limiting."

Be like that show from Rob McElhenney or whatever but up to 11 with users making dicks.

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SpaceEngie t1_j19x2nx wrote

Who are You, Who are so Wise in the Ways of Science?

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piei_lighioana t1_j192lby wrote

Maybe... just maybe ... these "tech giants" that are so glorified are not exactly tech giants... just utter losers who have teams of people running damage control on anything they do in order to make them look smart.

Maybe it's time we got rid of the whole spiel and stopped glorifying trash.

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faste30 t1_j196bos wrote

Oh Im def game for "Hes rich, he must know what he is doing" and lionizing nerds to come to an end.

Silicon Valley (the show) is like Idiocracy, Mike Judge might have been shooting for absurdity but reality caught up with him.

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Hobear t1_j18ivnz wrote

Dude I like VR and I have no use for this either. FB just living in a fantasy.

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dewayneestes t1_j19bvbl wrote

There’s lots of great VR development happening outside of META, this is the equivalent of shopping malls dying while the economy is chugging along. People don’t need your sanitized, monetized, antiseptic version of the future to have fun.

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Friendlyattwelve t1_j19a5bj wrote

I harbor a hope that when I am too feeble I can access a new adventure there , for at least some of the time .

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Fritzschmied t1_j18k8oo wrote

You really think that may people are interested in. That would still be around 70million interested people and the last news was that there were a big metaverse party in decentraland and there were like 6 users in total.

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AdmiralWackbar t1_j18kuy1 wrote

70 million is like 40% of all VR owners

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Fritzschmied t1_j18l9bf wrote

Yeah exactly never in this word do 40% use the metaverse. I would even go as far as saying that not even 40% of vr owners still use vr. For example I have a PSVR and it’s a really long time since I used it because I recognized that vr is just not a enjoyable way to play for me.

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faste30 t1_j18mjhq wrote

Same, I never got anything good but did manage to score one of those google headsets and had a big, HD android phone in it. It worked really well, but I just didnt see the purpose beyond "this is kind of a cool exercise."

I even gave the idea of having the screen close to make a theater affect for being on planes (there was an app that would play videos in a theater setting, but the goggles just got annoying after 10 minutes.

Now Im back to gaming in front of a screen and using an ipad pro propped up on the drinks tray on planes like normal. Call me when its a holodeck.

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aVRAddict t1_j1a946z wrote

You tried the shittiest form of VR and wrote it off? That's really dumb

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shrlytmpl t1_j1940mz wrote

Phone VR is the very reason most people think VR is just a fad. It was so bad. My dad said the same thing you did till he visited and tried my OG Vive, then immediately changed his tune to "I want one". I'd wait for high res oled headsets to come out, though, that's what's really going to make it great.

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Unexpected_Cranberry t1_j19bdgt wrote

I don't know. I've tried one of the never Occuluses, and while it was kind of cool to try out for 20 minutes in the long run for me it's just an annoying way to play games. I could see the remote meeting bit that Zuckerberg has been talking about lately be slightly useful though for some meetings. The big thing I think will be AR, if they manage to make it high quality and fit inside something with a similar weight and size as a pair of regular glasses. I could see it replacing regular screens and being fairly nice if done right and in a way that doesn't strain the eyes too much. But VR... No.

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aVRAddict t1_j1a9bw3 wrote

You sound like you don't know anything about the tech or what's good. You literally tried it for 20 minutes.

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Unexpected_Cranberry t1_j1h6yn8 wrote

Could be. I'm old enough now that I tend to be more sceptical of new stuff. As in just because it's new and kind of cool I'm not all in any more. Though I've been sceptical to VR for the last 20 years.

Holodeck VR would be cool. Or again, AR where the goggles are light weight and you can actually move around an environment.

But VR in the living room? I don't see that taking off outside of enthusiasts.

It's like 3D movies. Nobody cared. Most people I know preferred non-3D over having to wear anything on their face. And those glasses were just light plastic for the most part.

You'd also need to be able to get the sound through external speakers for social gaming/movie watching. No one wants to sit on the couch with friends and family and have to wear headphones and possibly use voice chat with someone right next to you.

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shrlytmpl t1_j19d4us wrote

I'm def looking forward to proper AR, but everything you said could and does apply to VR. If they shrink it (which they're working on) you can already work within VR screens, watch movies, etc. To be honest, I see more use for VR than AR. We'll see what the future holds, but I don't see people shelling out $1k like they do with phones just so they can see their notifications floating in mid air. I'll probably eat those words, though.

VR is def not going to be for everyone, just like consoles or PCs aren't for everyone, or games in general. And while I can say that I'm having a blast with it, that doesn't really mean much. I think a better argument is that Facebook did see the potential in all their boardroom meetings looking at data that they decided to shift their entire business to VR. You can point to their failure, but I think that's more to do with overhyping the metaverse than VR itself. Because, yeah, the metaverse is absolute garbage.

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faste30 t1_j196526 wrote

We shall see if it sticks though, the phone VR was fun in the beginning too.

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jormungandrsjig t1_j18yl4y wrote

> For example I have a PSVR and it’s a really long time since I used it because I recognized that vr is just not a enjoyable way to play for me.

Until I can have something as light as wire frame eyeglasses. It's never going to be big with me.

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Fritzschmied t1_j18z59c wrote

Even then. In ma opinion it has the same problem as 3d Glases at home which were really light. It’s just not worth the hustle for a not as chill experience but maybe good for the wow factor in a cinema or amusement park and I see vr in the same place.

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rixtil41 t1_j19rwoo wrote

Are you against marks meta verse or vr it self ?

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AdmiralWackbar t1_j1dx29r wrote

It’s not a hobby that I’m interested in, the cost for those things is too much for me

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LazyLobster t1_j19lzak wrote

I'm not interested in it, so the rest of the world must not be interested in it.

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aVRAddict t1_j1a8vxs wrote

You think that until meta puts out a photorealistic product with on demand AI generated world's. It's only a matter of time until something like that is released.

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