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Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan by ghaff on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @02:08PM (#13654525)
You have to squint pretty hard to see VR today as any sort of success. It's mostly the province of a gamer niche that's willing to overlook shortcomings, some of which will be inherently hard to overcome, and general lack of content.
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Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan by zardo on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:25PM (#13655952)
How is that not a success?

They have hundreds of thousands of units out, developers of all sizes working on content, and an enthusiastic (and paying) community of users. That's a pretty good launch for a new consumer tech category.

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Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan by lokedhs on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @08:09PM (#13657099)
Do you remember the enthusiasm just 6 months to a year ago? Did you see how media was was proclaiming that VR was the next big thing, and I even recall that line repeated on the Motley Fool podcast.

Then the devices came out, and you hear nothing anymore. Sure, there are a bunch of people who bought it, but when none of the vendors are even releasing sales figures, you know it's disappointing. With the recent news that Oculus is closing their demo stations because no one is using them suggests that things aren't going too well.

VR is probably not as bad as 3D TV in terms of a flop, but I don't think anyone can call it a "success" unless your expectations are very different from that of most people.

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Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan by ghaff on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @08:25PM (#13657168)
This year's CES was probably the point where a lot of people realized that, whether or not there's a glorious future coming, it's not there today.

https://www.cnet.com/news/vr-disappoints-at-ces-2017-lenovo-...

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Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan by zardo on Thursday February 16, 2017 @01:18PM (#13662191)
If most people buy into the ridiculous hype, then yes, I do have much lower expectations. Or at least, much slower ones.

Selling hundreds of thousands of $800 units is $80M in revenue, not a bad start for a new technology starting out in the "consumer goods, luxury entertainment" market.

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