tbf, google glass and similar are AR rather than VR. Honestly the technology has been improving over the last few years, though not in as dramatic a fashion as when it went from a rare lab or obscure tech hobbyist thing to something mainstream consumers could buy, if expensively, more in the same sense that things like computer gpus get a little bit more powerful each generation but stay fundamentally being the same kind of thing. The cost has also gone down a bit on the low end (though the higher end is still thousands, its possible to get a decent headset for the mid hundreds, or low hundreds if you get a refurbished or lightly used one). I dont think it will really revolutionize all that much, but I do think it will gradually become a reasonably significant area of the entertainment market, in the same way that things like video game consoles arent revolutionary technology beyond a certain segment of the entertainment market, but are still common enough to be economically and culturally relevant. With the current prices and use case, video game consoles are essentially what they are. Im personally exited to see where the tech goes, even though it probably wont be the next smartphone the way some claim.
Doubtful, while facebook does have a huge segment of the VR market, they’re not the only relevant player, so dont have the ability to entirely control it, and while I’ll certainly not be buying any headset of theirs given their extreme lack of trustworthiness even for a tech company, they have played a pretty big role in improving the tech and bringing the costs down a bit. I think some people just expected the tech to go from “blurry 3-d monitor strapped to your face” to “indistinguishable from reality the way its shown in fiction” in short order and have taken the gradual refinement of the tech instead of rapid leap as a sign that the technology has failed or something.
honestly, I feel like something like Pico is more of a competitor to facebook/meta in the VR market, considering apple’s vr seems to be aimed at an entirely different part of the market, whereas pico makes hardware that is very similar in capability, use case and price to what meta puts out.
One of their first rockets was a slightly modified copy of the German v-2 rocket, which was fuelled by alcohol. Unsure what the soviets made their alcohol fuel out of, but it would at least have been possible to make that with potatoes…
The left behind style rapture probably wouldn’t really have that dramatic an effect on the percentage of religious nuts tbh, because that kind of zealotry can exist in any religion, and the specific types of Christianity with that rapture idea are only a fairly small percentage of the world.
Ironically I have had good enough experiences with one or two Chinese brands to probably look at their stuff first whenever I ultimately replace/upgrade what I’ve got from them, but they certainly aren’t the “spam random letters to game Amazon’s systems” sort of brands and are really only slightly cheaper than the equivalents from elsewhere.
Reminds me of a guy that used to live in a neighborhood near where I was living at the time, that had both American and Confederate flags attached next to eachother on back of their pickup truck.
Consider the physics of it, a seismic event of a sufficient scale as to be a useful weapon would represent a colossal release of energy. Where would that energy come from?
The point isn’t penny pinching, its more that if you’re trying to address climate change, and you have a limited budget (which every organization does), then it makes sense to do whatever will let you achieve the greatest impact with what you have.
I mean, snakes, lizards and sharks have that setup. I’m not sure exactly what benefit it has, but they do. Though if you wanted to justify it, maybe the reason would be redundancy in case one gets damaged, considering their affinity for violence.
Aren’t they supposed to be even more emotional than humans by nature, with the logic thing being a result of having a cultural emphasis on repressed emotions and rational thinking? It doesn’t seem too absurd for people in those circumstances to use any outlet for emotional expression they can that doesn’t come with loss of social status.
Y’all, this is why you need to vote, including your local races. All an ideology like this needs to grow is fertile ground, a propaganda apparatus to spread it, and a willing legislature....
Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected (techcrunch.com)
Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
They're multiplying like rabbits. (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Did you know that the soviets used to have a potato powered rocket?
It was a part of the Spudnik programme.
Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox (sh.itjust.works)
Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox
A world without religion (midwest.social)
get infamous, yeah! (mander.xyz)
Greatest train robbery ever (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy endorses Trump’s plan for mass detention and deportation of migrants (www.sltrib.com)
Getting a human to assemble something is usually more expensive then getting a robot to do it. Provided that the human gets paid, that is. (lemmy.world)
This sovereign citizen has a Blue Lives Matter sticker on the same vessel with his sovcit license plates. (lemmy.world)
I used to have literally zero conspiracy theory tendencies. It's just that nothing seems completely implausible, anymore. (lemmynsfw.com)
I don’t think any of us will ever feel normal again. It’s so exhausting. I just want to go back to, like, 2009 so fucking badly.
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
I will go first, a stealth tank (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
What is the cheapest way to beat climate change? | Simon Clark (www.youtube.com)
This Easter, instead of hiding eggs filled with candy, we're going to hide _____ for the children to find.
He can't prove it? (lemmy.ca)
We only have that one peeing scene to go on, right? I think people made the wrong assumption. (lemmynsfw.com)
It’s less sexy, isn’t it?
4000 UFO’s of Hiller Aircraft (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Dramatic clothing is logical (lemmy.world)
Texas Republicans Call For Execution of Women Who Receive Abortions, IVF In Horrifying Video (www.meidastouch.com)
Y’all, this is why you need to vote, including your local races. All an ideology like this needs to grow is fertile ground, a propaganda apparatus to spread it, and a willing legislature....