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by kingcharles 1142 days ago
It will eventually become one of the most significant technologies in history, alongside AI, in my opinion.

People are confusing bulky headsets with the general concept of VR. If I showed you a working holodeck today you would think it significant.

Mark made the right choice to go balls deep on VR when he did. I don't think he should dial back. When going through hell, keep going.
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kibwen 1142 days ago
> People are confusing bulky headsets with the general concept of VR.

True, and it's still entirely reasonable to criticize Facebook on this count, because they have absolutely no plans beyond VR headsets. Any technology to take VR to the next level isn't even a glimmer on the horizon; we are still decades too early.

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rubicon33 1142 days ago
That's not really true at all. Quest Pro is technically an AR headset with full color pass through. It's extremely limited to be sure, but it's not like meta is ignoring AR.
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tsimionescu 1142 days ago
> If I showed you a working holodeck today you would think it significant.

Would I? How would an empty small room with cool audio-visual-only illusions help me more than a computer and phone do today?

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