Re:Behind the Tech with John Carmack: 5k Immersive Video
by baby on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:13AM
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Oculus Go is here for 200$. I’ve been telling all my friends to get it. Got one for my parents.
Re:Behind the Tech with John Carmack: 5k Immersive Video
by GFischer on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:34PM
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Their marketing is failing, how come I didn't hear of it...
I want something like that, I bought the old Xiaomi headset (basically a Google Cardboard) and I can't run Netflix on it (which was what I wanted them for :( )
The Standalone Xiaomi one does seem to run Netflix though :)
Re:Behind the Tech with John Carmack: 5k Immersive Video
by obmelvin on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:26PM
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> ...check out the number of videos and view counts...
Why do you think that is an indicator of success? VR has plenty of hype; marketing is not the issue. There are plenty of people who are interested in watching a video on YouTube that won't buy a headset.
Re:Behind the Tech with John Carmack: 5k Immersive Video
by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @07:11PM
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>Why do you think that is an indicator of success?
Because this is what people in the video game industry are literally looking at as a gauge of success.
Just look how much they court youtubers and streamers. Games are literally built around them in 2018.
(Note, I don’t like that this is true but the sad fact is that it is true)
Some are, others are going all in and it's just getting good. Compare Lone Echo to launch experiences, it's a completely different experience. Not to mention Fallout VR and Skyrim VR launched this year.
> The VR virtual worlds are a disaster
Go on YouTube and search for VR Chat, check out the number of videos and view counts. VR Might not be mainstream yet and I don't believe it will be until stand alone headsets drop but it's naive to write it off just yet.