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Re:HTC Vive Headset Nearing 100,000 Sales by gnaritas on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @07:42PM (#12046614)
True, but those are all enhancements that will come to VR, not themselves new mediums.
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Re:HTC Vive Headset Nearing 100,000 Sales by paavokoya on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @09:04PM (#12046896)
You could say that the interactivity/3D of VR was an enhancement to the TV.. and therefore not a new medium
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Re:HTC Vive Headset Nearing 100,000 Sales by adrusi on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @09:20PM (#12046942)
VR is new and thus not well defined. The name, at least, is inclusive of all technologies that simulate a sensory experience, in a way that "television" never was.
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Re:HTC Vive Headset Nearing 100,000 Sales by gnaritas on Thursday July 07, 2016 @05:05PM (#12052068)
No, because TV was never meant to simulate reality, and simulating reality is what VR is and that naturally includes all the senses.
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