Gorillaz turn the world into a stage with augmented reality

Re:Gorillaz turn the world into a stage with augmented reality by hankman86 on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:23PM (#35695853)

VR is dead in the water and so is AR. I thought Google had learned that lesson from their own foray into the space with Google Glass. Latest evidence: Sony’s PSVR2 doesn’t sell. Oh and the ongoing crapshow that is Meta’s VR-based Metaverse program that doesn’t even draw in their own staff.

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Re:Gorillaz turn the world into a stage with augmented reality by MuffinFlavored on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:34PM (#35695926)

but Apple is due to release a headset at WWDC in June

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Re:Gorillaz turn the world into a stage with augmented reality by yummypaint on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:11AM (#35696730)

Valve's VR ecosystem has been quite healthy as it actually caters to what its users want. PC based VR with wires is very unsexy right now but the index consistently delivers an experience that can't realistically be matched. VR is here to stay but it won't become ubiquitous overnight.

Valve is building hardware that acts like a monitor while almost everyone else is pushing the equivalent of VR smart TVs. People want to do fun things that were impossible with previous technology. All facebook's metaverse has to offer is a vision of its users "working" and "shopping" under total surveilance. People's rightful rejection of that doesn't say that much about the medium of VR itself.

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Re:Gorillaz turn the world into a stage with augmented reality by Deegy on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:43AM (#35701180)

Not sure how you could possibly think that these technologies are dead in the water. Sure, the hardware and software just aren't there yet, but imo they are inevitable.

Here's an interesting mock-up: https://twitter.com/AiBreakfast/status/1650685584132939783?s...

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