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Re:When will virtual reality take off? The $100 bet by jsemrau on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @07:14PM (#25450617)
>That depends entirely on your living situation. If you live on your own, a VR headset becomes just the opposite - you go from being isolated to being in a room full of people.

That is a really depressing and dystopian future that I am not sure if I want to live in. Yes, MMOs and games like GTA-O, Roblox, or Fortnite are in the same area already now available. But in my opinion this only increases the actual isolation and I would believe that the post VR experience emotional drop down could be severe. It also brings up the backdrop of Ready Player One, where everybody is occupied by the VR while living in decrepit containers seemingly without a desire to fix it.

Re:When will virtual reality take off? The $100 bet by wlesieutre on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:51PM (#25452239)
Telephones increase my isolation compared to taking face-to-face but I’m still glad to have the option