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Re:Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015) by zip1234 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @09:02PM (#33541218)
These are all problems that people are working on. There is no reason they cannot be solved.
Re:Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015) by rurp on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @09:10PM (#33541289)
A few 10s of billions of dollars along with a bunch of super smart people haven't made much of a dent, so I don't think vague assurances are going to cut it. Nobody can predict what technology will be like in a few decades, but I don't see any reason to be particularly bullish on VR. At this rate, even if it does happen at some point, Meta likely won't be around to see it.
Re:Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015) by ianbutler on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @09:53PM (#33541609)
They've literally made massive progress inside of 5 years. I don't know that we're watching the same space.
Re:Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015) by rurp on Thursday November 10, 2022 @05:49PM (#33554736)
The goal is for VR to become a dominant platform and their progress has been far from massive. Some technical advancements along the way are nice, but won't matter without large numbers of users.

How many people visit the metaverse multiple times per day?

What percent of the population spends hours per day in a VR headset?

The answer to those questions needs to be much better than "miniscule" for this project to be any sort of success.

Re:Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015) by 6nf on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @09:06PM (#33541254)
>> Nobody likes being cut off from all real human interactions.

> There is no reason they cannot be solved.

Explain?

Re:Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015) by zip1234 on Friday November 11, 2022 @08:50PM (#33569187)
The goal is not to replace human interaction, it is to replace phone calls and video chat. To make the experience better than those things is not an insurmountable task.