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by Impossible 3478 days ago
I think this is expected, and I don't believe many people in the space thought the current round of VR would be a computing paradigm change that causes a huge growth like iPhone or the web.

The analogy I like to use is current VR is like an early PDA (Palm Pilot, PPC or Newton), which means we're 5-10 years out from a mature device that could be called a VR iPhone. Its possible that somewhere along the way everyone gives up on VR and AR, which can enable many of the same experiences anyway, but its also possible that VR is still missing a lot of what makes a compelling mass market consumer device and there will be an iPhone style product that everyone emulates in the future.
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erikpukinskis 3478 days ago
I agree with this. A mature VR device absolutely needs the following properties:

- All in one, mobile - Positional tracking - Full hand tracking (ie Leap Motion) - A robust, fleshed out UI paradigm

Apple never would've release the Rift because they would've sorted out the UI first. Shit there's probably a team at Apple doing exactly that right now.

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