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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by the_af on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:27PM (#28678626)
Your last paragraph reminded me of Isaac Asimov's novel "The Naked Sun" and his fictional world of Solaria, where people have grown used to living far from each other and only "meet" in VR, and this has happened long enough that people feel repulsed by other people and feel sick if they believe they are in the actual presence of another person.
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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by dougmwne on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:10AM (#28681052)
Well that one certainly came to pass, didn't it?

The pandemic is the best opportunity FB will ever have to push VR into the mainstream. Zuck has also been playing up that it could replace business travel post pandemic and there have been leaked specs for a Quest Pro that would deliver a very cutting edge productivity experience.

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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week by wlamartin on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:26AM (#28681972)
Years ago I had a dream that VR companies had released an airborne virus such that the only way for humans to experience outside was to wear VR tech.

I woke up thinking, "I need to invest in drone deliveries!"

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