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You are seeing the tipping point of a new industry. Products will be made in volume. The critical difference is that there will be lots of revenue generated, which will fuel further development, accelerating innovation.

The original iPhone was a bit of hype too, right? The Apple Watch? Bill Gates showing off "pen computing" in 1991?

https://youtu.be/eenDjMXfVBQ?t=142

Personally, I don't see the point in being "that guy" who feels the need to explain to everyone that the nascent technology is hyped. Your comment can apply to most technology. In fact, someone should create to "AI" to announce the overhyped AI that we're going through.

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Certainly not trying to be 'that guy' for anything, ever. In fact, I try to avoid being 'that guy' in most walks of life. Simply adding my opinion.

VR isn't a nascent technology though. It's a technology that has been reimagined, then push back to the fore in a repackaged form to a world with different software capabilities to what existed in the mid 90s. It's todays version of the 3D cinema - an older idea being reapplied in a new world.

I hope it can change our lives as human beings for the better, but from what exists today, I'm yet to see anything game changing. The future - who knows. You could be right, it could explode, or it could come to nothing. My comment merely stated it would be interesting to watch and find out if everything that has been said to date will actually happen.

The fact that the market will grow an order of magnitude in 2016 is a game changer. What you think about the technology is irrelevant. It's economics. Now the curve can steeply increase over the next decade:

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/iphone...

Could you also give me your stock market tips please? Would love to know what else the future holds as facts.

Sure, in my opinion this week is going to be bad. That's an analogy to your "overhyped" comment. In 10 years the market will be much higher than today.

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