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by timacles 52 days ago
People are discounting the fact the almost no one wants a contraption on their head for an extended period of time. It is a universal preference

Until VR is done via glasses or some wire you stick in your neck matrix style, it will never take off
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Aerroon 52 days ago
People use helmets all the time for extended periods of time. I'm not sure that's such a deal breaker.

I don't want to wear glasses for extended periods of time either, but I've had to get used to them.

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everforward 52 days ago
The risk/reward tradeoff of helmets is potentially dying, and we still had to make laws requiring people to wear them.

Glasses also have a pretty compelling reason to wear them.

I don't think VR has as compelling of a reason, at least so far. Even if it does, you need people to get far enough in to see that reason which is a hurdle when it involves a device they don't want to wear.

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