Wednesday 20 February 2019

The VR revolution is already here — and it isn’t gaming


Reports of the death of virtual reality are greatly exaggerated. In fact, far from dying, the VR industry is poised for explosive growth in the near-term according to analysts. Modern VR headsets arrived less than three years ago. But to hear pundits talk, you’d think the technology’s already reached its developmental zenith. Upon closer inspection, it turns out these people are usually referring to VR as a gaming platform. Condemning VR, on that basis, is like saying the robotics industry is a failure because giant robot fighting has yet to take off. We’re still hopeful. Games are great; but VR…

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https://ift.tt/2TaI4Xi Tristan Greene February 19, 2019 at 06:00PM

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