Seems short-sighted to me. The non-VR metaverse is doing pretty well. Stuff like Roblox and Fortnight are still incredibly popular.

When you wish upon on pipe dream...

My view on VR after owning 4 headsets, going back to the OG Rift in 2016, is that it's never going to catch on. For leisure time, people want to kick back on their couch, chat with their SO, scroll on their phone, and eat and drink. VR doesn't let you do any of that. It's too active, too isolating, too focused for how people want to chill these days.

Half-Life: Alyx, one of my personal top 3 video games of all time, came out during a pandemic when everyone had plenty of free time, people were spending a bunch of money on electronics, and playing it only required PC gamers to buy a $300 Quest 2. It still didn't catch on.

Perhaps even more damning are the achievement stats. Only 24.5% of people finished Alyx's 10-hour campaign. That's 15 percentage points lower than the number of people who killed Maliketh in Elden Ring - and end game boss in a notoriously difficult and lengthy game. Even most people who buy Alyx just can't be bothered to see it to the end.

If Alyx wasn't good enough, nothing will be.

Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Mar 30, 2023, 03:34:
You're not wrong, but I think VR is for sure the future.

Next century maybe.

In related news a Disney parks union just won significant pay increases, guess Disney now sees more value in keeping their parks running than some BS jargon fest like the metaverse.

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 29, 2023, 19:26:
Personally, if I was a newly hired for a company's "metaverse" department I would keep my bags packed and not make any large purchases.

You're not wrong, but I think VR is for sure the future. We just need to unfuck the headsets, and create a VR operating system. IMO virtual items, crypto, and NFT are dumb AF, but if mofos want to pay for them, who am I to say no?

Personally, if I was newly hired for a company's "metaverse" department I would keep my bags packed and not make any large purchases.

This comment was edited on Mar 30, 2023, 07:24.