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Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by umeshunni on Monday January 07, 2019 @03:56PM (#18849974)
> 1) Writing on virtual whiteboard in VR just doesn't feel right, there's no tactile feedback.

To be fair, people said that in 2007 about virtual keyboards.

Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by radiorental on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:01PM (#18850011)
Are you talking about the iPhone?? That's not a virtual keyboard. Your finger knows when it's touching the screen. Also, tapping on designate target and freeform drawing are two very different things

There's no possible such affordance in virtual space. You're literally writing in air.

Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by rock_hard on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:11PM (#18850124)
I think what she/he meant is that “doesn’t feel” right is a moving target
Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by coldtea on Monday January 07, 2019 @06:07PM (#18851226)
>Are you talking about the iPhone?? That's not a virtual keyboard. Your finger knows when it's touching the screen

But it doesn't feel that it's hitting a button (because the button it's virtual), and people then had made this point repeatedly (e.g. in favor of Blackberry).

Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by qu4z-2 on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:10PM (#18852468)
I would've made that argument then, and it's the reason I have a Blackberry today. It's just straight up not as good, in my opinion. But yes, people in general seem to be fine with it. I just wanted to push back against the idea that "Well, everyone said it would be bad and then it was fine.". The people who thought it was awful in many cases probably still do, they're just quieter about it 'cause it's a lost cause.
Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by rjvs on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @08:32AM (#18855364)
There are haptic capabilities to give some feedback... and the software can place the whiteboard where there is a physical wall for you to press against if you wanted it to, it doesn't have to be "writing in air".
Re:Marc Andreessen: VR will be 1,000 times bigger than AR by rhacker on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:22PM (#18850256)
Guessing he was referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_keyboard