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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by istorical on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:18PM (#28934915)
that's sorta like saying 'I can't see how computers will be bigger than pen and paper. In public I won't be using a mainframe computer, but I will pull my journal out of my pocket to take a note'.

the implicit premise is that the category (AR/VR/XR) remains the same but the technology improves until its better for pretty much all usecases we currently use 2d screens.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by mechanical_bear on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:56PM (#28935508)
I can see your point, and admittedly I see how mine might come across a bit heavy on the Luddite. That said, I feel like this is one of those things that has been “just around the corner” for some time.
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by istorical on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:51PM (#28991624)
that's fair, and it does remain to be seen if the 'truly good VR/AR' is a few years away or several decades. I'm not optimistic about solving for virtual 'touch'/kinesthetic sense.
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