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Will virtual reality ever become a daily reality? (www.wbur.org)

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The Vision Pro is Apple's new $3,500 virtual reality headset.

Since its debut in February, users have found new ways to use this latest iteration of a decades-old technology: scrolling TikTok at work, driving Tesla's Cybertruck, recording their kid's birth.

But can VR truly integrate into our daily lives? Or will it forever remain a niche technology for geeks and gamers?

Endless Thread dives into the history of VR and its potential for the future.

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[–] fart_pickle 2 points 6 months ago

Hopefully not. But given people's ability to ignore everyday problems and look for easy solutions, it could be the "escape drug" from real problems. If I would have to make a guess, the VR will elevate few of us and make the slaves (in a wide meaning of that word) from the rest of us.