With Oculus, IG and FB, they seem pretty close to being the ones to pull it off.
it always seemed weird to me that fb, that sort of defined "casual interaction", was doubling down on such an immersive technology. the "metaverse" described by Rosedale & Ondrejka was nothing if not immersive.
I think having IG and FB is a liability for them. Imo Epic Games is making better choices right now with their acquisitions and marketing strats. Seems more appealing to me.
Those liabilities will bring in millions of people. Epic wished they had those platforms to onramp users.
Epic doesn’t even have a software platform for VR yet. It’ll be awhile before they even catch up to Valve.
Facebook will likely try to acquire Epic in the near future.
Why Epic as opposed to any other forward-thinking gaming company like Valve? Sort of random.
By the time the film came out it was already a dated future.
Facebook is IOI. There are no Gregarious Games in reality.
yes that was my point. "zuck in charge" would be like if IOI won the contest
I think that's their goal, they issued a copy of the book to each Oculus employee.
Wasn't that book supposed to be a bit of a dystopian/cautionary tale against VR? I thought the resolution of the character arc was that the guy decides to take the headset off and engage in the real world more.
It's amazing how many different cautionary tales were eventually adopted as how-to manuals.