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by babyslothzoo 2468 days ago
Is AR this generations VR? Full of promises and fantasy, but all of which is far from being usable or practical at any mainstream level.
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Less practical than VR. VR has a niche.
It's a very small niche, and it peaked around the 2017 holiday season. The VR game thing didn't sell. Except for Beat Saber.

John Carmack, in a recent talk, doesn't seem to consider VR as a way to visit a virtual environment any more. It's just a way to get a wider field of view of screen space in a mobile-sized package. Watching Netflix with VR goggles emulating a wide screen, for people who don't have enough space for a wide screen, is seen as a primary use.