Make them cheaper and higher resolution than large curved monitors, and reasonably light and untethered, and you might get a surprise.
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Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” Metaverse inventor
That's not what inventing means. That's like saying George Lucas "invented" hyperspace.
This isn't even the actual article headline, it's "Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’". OP?
I run the hed connected with the link when posting.
VR still lives for gaming! Steam VR offers some great experiences, with mods taking that further, and the upcoming Steam Frame headset (if AI doesn’t steal every component in existence). Don’t expect growth for daily digital tasks (Apple VR and the like tried and failed), but the niche has been carved out for gamers!
I got Virtual Home Theater on Steam to watch 3D movies, it' s a great experience.
Half-Life: Alyx and the Psychonauts VR game are also great. Pro Tip: The HP Reverb G2 is really cheap and it's got 2160p per eye. It's not officially supported anymore since Microsoft canceled their VR platform, but Oasis drivers make them work better than ever.
I never understood the hype of VR goggles beyond things like VR Chat combined with body trackers. Fun to watch people make an ass of themselves in VR games, but that only lasts so long before it gets boring.
That's my take, at least.
I really enjoyed Beat Saber for a while. It seemed like the only game that really made VR worth it as a hard requirement, though. Pavlov was fun for a while, too, but my knees definitely suffered.
Went from believing “yes” is inevitable to believing “no” is inevitable instead of learning the lesson that most of this is just random
These devices were never gonna gain mass appeal, it's simply too expensive to develop for in exchange for a significantly smaller userbase
Stephenson uses Substack? I really would have imagined him using something more bespoke or Ghost.