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Post by zmmmmm »

ketchupdebugger wrote: post #194
technotony wrote: post #9

"we encourage the Google Play 2D app store to come to Meta Horizon OS, where it can operate with the same economic model it does on other platforms." - I feel like this might be the rub of this. Google is way behind in building the android of spatial computing, and maybe this can play into the trust busting cases where meta can show Google not playing fair?

Meta is desperate to get devs to develop apps on their platform. It is the only way to get more interest in VR. Devs dont want to be on it because there are no customers, consumers don't want it because there's no apps. They've been trying to market it hard but nothing has worked. They tried to brand it as a fitness device, a work device, and a game device, but the consumers are not biting.

They hit $1b in revenue on their store last quarter. I'm not sure how you evaluate that but it's something more than "not biting" I think.

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Aaronstotle wrote: post #220

I won't touch VR/AR until the technology progresses to the point where its nealry indistinguishable from regular sunglasses/eye-glasses. I have yet to use any VR device that made me want to purchase it, its all felt insanely gimmicky, so far the only time a headset seems nice is on a plane ride. I can see the potential, still seems a long way off imo.

So you are ready to go then:

https://www.rayneo.com/products/rayneo-air-2-xr-glasses

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Post by sph »

haiku2077 wrote: post #301
sph wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to play Derail Valley on Steam, which has optional VR support. https://store.steampowered.com/app/588030/Derail_Valley/ But I agree with the sentiment. Sim games are the killer app of VR and I just want more sims. Where's my Das Boot simulator?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/552080/IronWolf_VR/

Time to hook up my Quest 3 to my PC. Cheers

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Post by alanbernstein »

woopsn wrote: post #236
idle_zealot wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are not complex or dazzling terms. Artificial intelligence is software that seems intelligent. Virtual reality is a simulated environment that you can immerse yourself in through small screens and head tracking. Mixed reality is virtual reality overlayed on your real environment. See also "augmented reality". The metaverse is the web, but replace websites with 3d environments and add some sort of personal avata…

People seem to think I have trouble understanding what the terms refer to. That's not my point -- you're right in that they are not complex. But why is virtual reality associated with small screens and head tracking? Why wasn't Everquest on a CRT "virtual reality"? A lot of software calculates probabilities over some distribution, why isn't all that "artificial intelligence"? Why isn't my Subaru's cruise control and…

I hated the terms "blog" and "podcast" when they were new. I thought they were so dumb and unnecessary. But they are useful to describe actual things happening in the real word. This is just how the intersection of words and technology works.
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