• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Only a billionaire would think people would pay $3500 to watch a VR representation of a TV. They seem to be promoting as a bulkier version of Google glass.

    VR is an expensive product that causes nausea in a significant number of people. It’s something that can damage the eyesight of young people, so it’s not for children. Who knows if extended use can damage the eyesight in adults. Guess we’ll wait and see.

    Metaverse was a failure because people aren’t going to pay to chat with people in a world of legless cartoon characters that looks like it was designed to run on a PS1. One of the big requirements for a social media platform is that it’s accessible for most of the day. I’m sure Mark Zuckerberg can throw on a headset when in his limo or when he’s on his yacht, or even when he’s in a meeting, because who’s going to tell him he can’t use that in the workplace? But for most people it means it’s a social media platform that’s only accessible at home and only if it doesn’t make you nauseous. And one that looks like ass.

    They’re trying to pivot to it being a gaming platform, which it should have been from the beginning. But now were talking the video game business. How many AAA titles are going to be ported? Is a gaming platform that young people aren’t going to be allowed to use going to be successful?

    There isn’t really a solid business case for these products. Sure maybe when the tech improves, costs come down, and they can get buy-in from video game studios for it, it might be a thing. But for now it is just another future-tech grift that impresses shareholders.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Sounds like you don’t know much about the VR market in general. It is actually a popular segment of technology that has been growing and improving for decades.

      It’s not going away, and Apple may have the next level of the technology already on the market. IDK but I’m not buying one. I already have 2 other VR headsets that do all that I need. I play VR games on my Index system about 5 times per week. It has superseded my interest in almost all 2D games.

      I also know several other people from young to middle aged who have VR systems and we all quite enjoy being able to make use of the tech.