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Re:50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World by AlbertCory on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:40PM (#34990443)
Just last night, I was faced with painfully "typing" Mythbusters into my TV, it offered to let me speak, and I groaned and tried it for the first time. It worked, to my amazement. But VR does seem to work pretty well with my voice.

As for the "um" and "ah": people adopt a stilted, formal method of speaking with VR systems. It's no more natural than typing an email.

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Re:50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World by EFreethought on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:37PM (#34991229)
Frankly I wish more people spoke more formally all the time, myself included.
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