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Re:Meta Quest 3 by disqard on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:20PM (#37683974)
...and remember, the smartest people in the world (including some super-perceptive folks like Jaron Lanier) innovated in this space in the 1990s -- no one back then was able to come up with a "killer app" back then. The hardware has gotten smaller, and we have more pixels.

Are these changes fundamental improvements? Are they enough to unlock some brand-new killer app that nobody could even envision in 30 years ago?

I remain skeptical...

Re:Meta Quest 3 by MBCook on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:31PM (#37684484)
Exactly. I think Apple is doing something fundamentally different by emphasizing AR so much that they built the hardware around it with ultra-high resolution screen and no controllers.

If something can enable that next step, I think that may be it.

But I really question if that will ever pass being a niche product. VR may just never have a popular use besides some gaming. I’m not sure AR in a headset has a big future either. Some specialty applications sure. But common?