[osobo]

Man, such hate in this thread. I, for one, am glad that someone is throwing serious money at consolidating VR experiences into a single world. I love what Rec Room has done there and I would certainly enjoy a new iteration. If it's too invasive or no fun, I'll delete it after trying. For now, I'm glad we're still moving forward in the VR space instead of it going the way of 3DTV.

[romwell]

Look, I'm a 3D enthusiast, and embraced all 3D tech starting from 1800's stereoscopes to the 3D TV and strap-to-your-face attempts of the day.

And I really want to like whatever FB is doing with Oculus, especially given that JC works on it.

But one look at this... "Whatever I'm into", contrary to the claim, is surely not going to be there.

It's a sterile toys-r-us vibe when even Disney gets that a bit less sugar and some grit will go a long way towards suspension of disbelief.

It's the sheer tastelessness (subjective) of this that makes me sad. Candy Crush Saga isn't what I was craving for to fill my entire visual universe.

I'm still glad that we're moving in that direction, but sad that this iteration is not for me.

Guess I'll go watch Zeppelins on my Holmes. It's static 3D, but with more megapixels, and the visuals, even being B&W, are way better.

[KuhlMensch]

Yeah.

This prompted me to google "SecondLife VR" and this came up https://www.sansar.com/

[raxxorrax]

I just wish it wasn't the hardware vendors themselves that supply the software. I think oculus and others have solid devices to a fair price on the market. The capabilities speak for themselves.

But since most people just don't own the hardware, there are many developers that currently still ignore VR. I think the best bet would be for more 3d software to include basic VR support. I would be nice to be able to the controllers, but I would be content with just using classical input methods. That would require you to know the layout of a keyboard, which is probably a big hurdle, but it would still make VR support more common.

That said, I don't think software like this has the correct focus for many enthusiasts. I am not using a device that makes me look like I never want to speak to anybody ever again just to chat up people online. But I am not surprised Facebook went in that direction. Maybe it will have the positive effect of just pulling more people to VR who have a little money on the side to make that investment.

[taneq]

Yeah, but what about the second part? The part where it says, "P.S. This is a trap."?