[Quekid5]

Just like fusion is juuuuust 20 years away... for the last 30 years.

Not saying they're the same level of difficulty/tech, necessarily, but there's a reason we have the term Hype Cycle. We had one for VR about 25-30 years ago. Recently, we've had Second Hype Cycle... maybe next it'll be for realsies or it'll be Third Hype Cycle for VR?

Apologies for the jadedness, but... you see enough of the meta at some point :)

EDIT: What's the actual killer app for VR for the general population ? We're already over-saturated with a plethora of entertainment.

[999900000999]

Imagine being able to put on glasses, and instantly have your computer. Your hands are tracked so you can type without a keyboard.

This replaces the computer for most people. With Windows on ARM you could probably build something like this today, but it's still too billy.

If I had a billion dollars I'd be working on a single device that replaces everything. Your phone, your TV( or at least sync to it so content is seamless). Then I'd sell it below cost with a subscription of some sort.

With an open source model at a reasonable markup.

That's the endgame for Meta. You'll never leave their new ecosystem.

[Quekid5]

> Imagine being able to put on glasses, and instantly have your computer. Your hands are tracked so you can type without a keyboard.

How, exactly, would that work? You'd stare intently at the virtual keyboard? Or just think about "thing" and it'd magically appear? Voice recognition is actually pretty decent as a non-magical thing that sort-of-works-well-enough.

> If I had a billion dollars I'd be working on a single device that replaces everything. Your phone, your TV( or at least sync to it so content is seamless). Then I'd sell it below cost with a subscription of some sort. With an open source model at a reasonable markup.

I love the gusto! I hope that -- once you have a billion dollars -- you'll stick to your principles. I think getting to a billion dollars is -- in itself -- a selection effect/bias, so...

> That's the endgame for Meta. You'll never leave their new ecosystem.

If they're good enough... even their employees won't want to.

It's money IRL that Meta wants. That's the end game.

EDIT: Just to add: Absent truly Matrix-level VR, people will still be able to tell and unless you're a FULLY committed to solipsism or almost-as-absurd levels of apathy... well, it's going to cause tensions :)

[999900000999]

We already have laser keyboards, the visible laser is only for convenience.

If you don't like that you can always use a Bluetooth keyboard instead.

This already exists.

https://shop.simulavr.com/

Assuming it ships that's already half way there. Another way to accomplish what I'm thinking of would be to basically cloud sync your user sessions between your phone, computer and headset.

[talldayo]

> Assuming it ships that's already half way there.

Famouser last-words have never been spoken. You must be from the venture capital spheres, I take it?