Re:Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film s...
by GuB-42 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:12PM
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I think it is closer to electric cars.
Electric cars are far from new, in fact, the first car to exceed 100 km/h in 1899, was an electric car named "La jamais contente".
And for decades after that, other impractical electric cars came out. But as technology improved, they started looking more and more promising, then commercially viable, then desirable, and they are on their way to becoming mainstream.
I think we are at about the same point with VR. It is more than a novelty, but here are still kinks to iron out before it becomes mainstream.
Electric cars are far from new, in fact, the first car to exceed 100 km/h in 1899, was an electric car named "La jamais contente".
And for decades after that, other impractical electric cars came out. But as technology improved, they started looking more and more promising, then commercially viable, then desirable, and they are on their way to becoming mainstream.
I think we are at about the same point with VR. It is more than a novelty, but here are still kinks to iron out before it becomes mainstream.