Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been using VR to socialize lately?
by SI_Rob on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:37PM
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It sounds rather like the coordination friction that constrained social usage of the internet before "always on" (and its exponent, the drool-proof smartphone) became the default; perhaps VR is still in an ergonomic analogue to the dialup era.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been using VR to socialize lately?
by davidandgoliath on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:21PM
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Try poker vr. Perhaps too many kids at this point, but it'll return to normal soon enough.
As for my friends who have the Oculus and being social with them, again I find this missing something. It seems like despite Facebook being a social media company who's stated purpose is to connect the world, they've really done a lackluster job in the ability to have decent group experiences in Oculus. For example, I'm often not aware of when my other friends are using the Oculus, they could make it easy for me to see who's online and what they're playing. And when I start a party with friends to play games together, there's no native features to help us join the same game, make sure we're seeing the same thing. It would be cool if I could virtually see what a friend is seeing so I can at least help them get into the same game as me. Coming from Steam, it seems rather basic.
I'm curious how the social experience compares with other VR devices.