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by esafak 895 days ago
This is true of games, but not other applications. You need photorealism to have immersive video calls -- as if you are meeting in person. Here is a tech demo by Google; see how users respond to the realism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13CishCKXY

So we do need more immersive technology; just maybe not for games.