Why would regular glasses be an uphill battle? People optionally wearing glasses for fashion has been a thing forever. Sunglasses are a status symbol.
You must have a narrow definition of "the norm." 33% of teens are growing up with a VR headset. When you think of the % who grew up with NES in the 80's, it's not so hard to envision a bright future for VR.
VR is literally full of kids right now because of quest 2 and 3.
The key with glasses is that you put them on to see the world around you better (or less commonly to look good). VR glasses have the opposite purpose. AR has potential but even that introduces friction because the world around you is obstructed somewhat.
When I talk about glasses, I assume AR.
I feel called out, lol. Many of the 'vast' challenges have already been solved. Quest 3 is a high-fidelity, lightweight, portable headset. Big screen Beyond is more goggles than headset, and Quest 2 is affordable.
If we're talking sci-fi transparent glasses, sure.
In this case it's mostly targeted at Meta but for me it's because of exclusionary the technology is and 5 years back, VR's biggest fanboys were incredibly nasty about that if suffered from headaches, eye strain or simply couldn't use the tech for the many of reasons (not helped that back then devs REALLY were trying to re-push motion controls and stood up motion controls at that); they'd at worse tell you to fuck off and tell you that you didn't belong in the future or at best ignored those issues or downplayed them as not important. To me, the biggest fanboys really soured the pot especially since it doesn't seem VR has done much to improve on those issues. Plus it's hard for to want a future where gaming become more prohibitive or becomes impossible for me to play.
Quest 35M
It's not even news of VR "failing," or even news period. It's just the quarterly reminder that Meta continues to invest in their longterm VR and AR vision despite the upfront losses.
In theory, yes. In practice, I'm skeptical how well this will be implemented.
For me it's because it's Meta.
Walkabout is the killer app people keep saying doesn't exist.
www.uploadvr.com
VR is a much less popular Wii Sports targeted at porn addicts and NFT entrepreneurs.
33% of teens? Where in the US? Even then I would call bullshit on that number.
This take isn't out of touch like most people here, it's willfully ignorant and incredibly inflammatory. What the hell?
I agree with you. I rarely play online with my Quest , but when I do I notice way more kids chatting away than Adults.
This was largely solved with the Quest 2 (back in 2020).
It's the perception of VR on a whole. It doesn't interact with reality. It's treated like a toy. Apple wants it to be another vector for interacting with reality. VR in 2024 is a niche entertainment platform for nerds and enthusiasts. It's not a mainstream product children are trained to interact with like PCs that had productive applications like word processing.
