Ready Player One and the Troubled Future of VROne of the issues with virtual reality is that expectations have been overset massively with TV shows like
Star Trek: The Next Generation, which promised an artificial reality indistinguishable from reality. VR failed. It didn't have to -- there is a pattern to bringing out successful technology that is repeatable. You create a complete experience regardless of cost, then cost-reduce it.
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Ready Player One and the Troubled Future of VR