Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms

Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by puranjay on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:10AM (#12084663)

I feel that the hype for self-driving cars is the same as it was for VR in the 90s

We had to wait another 15-20 years for those feverished VR dreams to become a reality

I reckon it'll be the same for self-driving. We are 20-25 years away, not 5-10

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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by Noseshine on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @08:31AM (#12085609)

In addition, only a few days (one or two weeks) ago we had a much commented story linked here on HN that VR is way too hyped. Supprted by quotes from actual executives and/or investors in that business if I recall correctly, so not just the usual negativism that can always be found for any topic if you choose your source well.

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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by puranjay on Thursday July 14, 2016 @02:58AM (#12092093)

I don't think VR will ever be mainstream unless hardware costs come down drastically and they can figure out a way to make VR headsets look less dorky

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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by phatfish on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @09:14AM (#12085859)

In 5-10 years i see self-driving on freeways and maybe other main roads that have standard junctions, markings and signs. Maybe with lanes only for self-driving.

A self driving vehicle would do the long-haul and a human would do the tricky city/country lane leg of the journey.

Automating the whole journey is a long way off as you say.

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