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Re:Daydream – Google VR by imaginenore on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:33PM (#12639672)
Well, there are only a few real options

1) A dark box on your head with a screen (or a projector) inside

2) Direct connection to the brain

We're not even close to solving #2, and even if we were, I'm not sure many people would agree so a surgical procedure.

We could create a light weight version of #1 without the box - something like glasses with screens or low-power laser projectors, but then you'd need to be in a relatively dark place for the true immersion. Dlodlo V1 VR is doing that, I think. And ODG R-7 Smartglasses, kind-of.

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Re:Daydream – Google VR by montibbalt on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:58PM (#12639877)
I'm not even necessarily talking about just the hardware specifically - the whole experience stinks. Nobody's really figured out what to do with it yet. I think mainstream VR as a whole will have to be something way different from what's being made now, and I don't know what that even looks like.
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