Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan
by ghaff on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @08:25PM
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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-...
Re:Magic Leap: When Reality Hits the Fan
by zardo on Thursday February 16, 2017 @01:18PM
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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.
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.