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Re:Ask HN: Is VR/AR just a fad? by d--b on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:56AM (#29046089)
IMO, VR/AR’s main issue is that interaction between people is going to be avatar-based (cause nobody wants to see you with that thing on your face). And that’s not going to cut it for most people. It’ll always feel like a game.

If you can’t do visio, it’ll never replace phones.

If MagicLeap did manage to cram AR in such small devices, then maybe… but visio will be as if everyone you’re talking to has sunglasses on…

Re:Ask HN: Is VR/AR just a fad? by Adrig on Saturday October 30, 2021 @01:08AM (#29046141)
Have you seen the research demo for Facebook photorealistic avatars? It looked like face tracking and realistic avatars are a solvable problem.