Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
by shafyy on Sunday June 10, 2018 @09:35AM
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Of course, there are wireless VR headsets. Check out the Oculus Go. I think this might be the start of VR going mainstream.
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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
by Fnoord on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:49AM
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Interesting, didn't know that, but you'll need a hell of a rig to render two screen of like say 4k. And the quality isn't like having a 4k TV at 2 or 3 meters distance.
The requirement of a high-end GPU, and the current price of high-end GPUs thanks to the cryptocurrency mania, meddle with the adoption.
We're far from VR being mainstream; AR costs far less resources.
Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
by shafyy on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:14PM
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Yeah I think it will take another couple of years for VR to become mainstream (i.e. smartphone mainstream). But I think the Oculus Go is the beginning of the mainstream adoption (maybe like a Palm, and we need 1-2 years more for the "iPhone").
From my experience, VR is a huge gamechanger (a new paradigm that will enable a lot of new innovation) whereas AR is also cool but doesn't have that new paradigm potential (like e.g. the internet, smartphones etc. did).