A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge team laid off)

Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by djur on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:20PM (#33810266)

I see this a lot, and I'm not sure why people are so confident about it. Lighter, thinner, more durable materials are a huge upsell and focus of ongoing product development in eyeglasses, and that's to save 10 or 20 grams. The lightest VR headsets are still an order of magnitude heavier than eyeglasses. Closing that gap while also addressing the resolution and battery life issues with existing headsets is going to require breakthroughs.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by whakim on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:31PM (#33811569)

I think it's inevitable in the long run, the question is just whether those breakthroughs come too late for Meta (my guess is they will). The salient point is that given enough time, hardware limitations won't be an obstacle to a metaverse-like something.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @01:44AM (#33813120)

I'll just leave a comment here about flying (and self-driving) cars.

Some things aren't waiting for technological innovation.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by Eisenstein on Thursday December 01, 2022 @03:54AM (#33813914)

Flying cars aren't a thing not because we can't practically do it, but because it is an absolutely horrifying idea to turn the average driver into a pilot with an aircraft that they are in charge of maintaining. (Or was that your point?)

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