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Probably because I am old and it has been inevitable at this point for nearly my entire life.

The fundamental flaw IMO is that VR always over promises and under delivers.

Meta will make VR indistinguishable from reality but of course we don't mean smell as part of reality.

Indistinguishable from reality but of course we are not talking about going under water, feeling water as being wet and feeling like you are floating in water.

Indistinguishable from reality but of course we don't mean a virtual massage parlor that someone could touch your back and it feels like your back is being touch.

We mean we are going to make the tech equivalent jump from a 15 inch CRT monitor to a 27 inch nice LCD monitor and pretend VR is now indistinguishable from reality because that is what the Emperor wants and the Emperor signs my checks.

To me, you either need a full body suit, disregard smell and then stand on an underwater treadmill with a motorcycle helmet on or it is all a waste of time until we have a good brain computer interface.



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