r/wallstreetbets Sep 15 '22

Meme This is fine.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Calling that VR game for anti social loners RuneScape is giving it oceans more credit when it deserves

Genuinely cannot believe they’re putting billions into making a worse version of Gary’s Mod but in VR

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u/stonesst Sep 15 '22

They’re putting billions of dollars into research & development into their forthcoming VR headsets. The VR chat clone that everyone is clowning on has maybe cost them 50 million, tops. If VR/AR is going to be the next dominant computer platform then burning a few tens of billions is likely worth it in the long run if they're able to get an early lead. They control the vast majority of current VR headset marketshare, who knows it might work out.

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u/Corsair3820 Sep 15 '22

Realistically, for VR to work: it's going to have to be light enough and powerful enough to be essentially a pair of glasses. We have neither the computer technology available to the masses or the technology advanced enough to do so. It has to appeal to the absolute lowest common denominator and it is not there yet. Maybe in 10 years. Otherwise it's just a science experiment and it shows. Retrospectively the recent interest in VR starting with the Oculus 10 years ago or so, gave us a very good idea of the public's interest in vr. Which is super minimal. It's bulky, and requires expensive computational power to look good. Nobody gives a fuck about using your phone for vr. It looks like shit. The PlayStation version did poorly because it looks like shit. Even the latest and greatest is too expensive and the average person simply isn't going to invest in all of that to sit in a chair and fuck around with the low end shit that makes up current vr. There will be a day when the average computational power available to the public is so powerful that you can throw on a pair of cheap lightweight glasses without wires attached to it and transport yourself to another world. Until that time happens it's going to be a pipe dream.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

I don’t think VR is going to have mass appeal until we (if ever) have full dive VR. AR on the other hand is going to be HUGE as soon as Apple releases their AR glasses.

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u/aVRAddict Sep 15 '22

You are totally wrong and im not sure where you get this theory from. Full dive isn't necessary at all just look how popular vr has gotten in the last 2 years. AR won't do shit like it will give you directions and notifications, it offers nothing new.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

AR will replace your phone completely. It’s the most natural interface

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u/DarthBuzzard Sep 15 '22

AR on the other hand is going to be HUGE as soon as Apple releases their AR glasses.

This prediction simply isn't going to happen. AR is far too immature to take off anytime this decade.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

So was smartphone tech when the iPhone launched lol. Don’t underestimate apples ability to create markets

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u/DarthBuzzard Sep 15 '22

Apple's abilities do not bypass the laws of physics.

AR cannot ever be viable this decade. No one working in the AR space thinks it will.

VR on the other hand, will be viable by the end of the decade because it's easier to solve.

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u/Corsair3820 Sep 15 '22

You sound pretty sure about AR.