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I’m only a single point, but I have Oculus and an old Xbox. I spend much more time on the latter.

The Oculus is painful to wear for more than half an hour. I can only play when everybody has left the house or is asleep, lest I bump into them. I forget to charge it. The games are mostly mediocre. It’s difficult to show people what to do, even to put it on, especially if they wear glasses. Sharing is uncomfortably intimate.

I’ve found Oculus to be a novelty. It’s fun for the first 20 minutes, and after that, it gathers dust in a drawer.




> I’ve found Oculus to be a novelty. It’s fun for the first 20 minutes, and after that, it gathers dust in a drawer.

VR headsets likely aren't the answer. Unobtrusive smartglasses may very well be the answer.

Like I wrote in my previous post, Meta is a smart move if AR becomes ubiquitous. This will likely happen if and when smartglasses or something similar become a viable replacement for eye glasses.

If Apple Glasses takes off (who knows), Meta may look like a very prescient decision in a couple of years.




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