Submitted by BlueLightStruct t3_114m47x in gadgets
galacticwonderer t1_j8zz9y5 wrote
Reply to comment by KingKapwn in Exclusive: Tencent scraps plans for VR hardware as metaverse bet falters by BlueLightStruct
Who here remembers the fire phone!?
I read an engineer’s perspective about it. They were all thoroughly confused thinking what they were making would NOT sell but bezos was making personal declarations on what to put into it and how well it would sell. They felt like betting against the guy that built amazon .com from scratch was a bad idea and that he knew what he was doing. It was an abysmal embarrassment. And now we have this meta verse thing everyone agrees is pointless.
Just another example of billionaires doing one thing and thinking they can do everything after the megalomania is reinforced with the big bank account and yes men everywhere.
Vanman04 t1_j9074vj wrote
Pointless?
People lack vision. It will happen. It's just a matter of time. I seriously hope zuck doesn't control it when it does but he might.
The tech will get there. If he is the only one with a backend built.out to support it when it does it is going to be hard for someone else to step in.
I am holding out hope his shareholders put a leash on him or he runs out of money before it works.
MyBiased t1_j90poov wrote
It's pointless because VR and the Metaverse will never be more important than the real world, it simply cannot be. Real life isn't like Ready Player One; if the world goes to shit VR ain't the answer. Improving upon the world, that's important, not making a false sense of reality.
The only growth a VR headset gives is an aneurysm.
AR is far more important to real world applications anyways; instead of building upon an escapist's addiction, it actually builds upon what really exists.
Vanman04 t1_j92fsyw wrote
The fact you don't recognize that will all be combined is exactly the lack of vision I am talking about.
Work and play in one space controlled by zuck.
It is going to happen just like the internet happened. It took the internet a while to be accepted by the general public as well but here we are with it now being depended upon by almost everything we do.
People thinking adding 3d visuals to the internet is not going to work are fooling themselves. It is going to happen. Maybe not in the timeframe before zuck runs out of money but it will happen. You can see the potential yourself since you mention AR.
Maybe zuck doesn't have the right approach and someone sneaks in and does it right before him but some company is going to and right now the only one really going hard at it is him.
MyBiased t1_j92pu2a wrote
The internet and the world-wide-web were actually revolutionary and an original inventions of communication; Facebook is just the same con as Myspace but sold to advertisers. The Metaverse is the same play as any VRChat, but poorly executed and sold to advertisers. Zuck doesn't have an original bone in his body, or the vision needed to revolutionize his hairdo much less the world.
You gotta stop riding dick of billionaires dicks because they sell you something you don't really need...
Vanman04 t1_j92rbpl wrote
LOL riding dick?
Zuck is a scumbag and I desperately do not want him to control VR.
I am however not foolish enough to think it will never be popular or useful. The only thing really holding it back right now is the hardware. Those issues will be solved.
I was using the internet long before the general public came on board. I remember all the folks saying back then exactly what you are saying now. No one wants it blah blah it's just for nerds blah blah.
This is the same thing all over. Sure no one wants it now while it is cumbersome and difficult to get a decent experience but those issues will be solved eventually. Just like they were with the internet mostly.
People will flock to it the second it becomes comfortable to work with. You are fooling yourself if you think they won't.
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