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Why can't more immersive entertainment be an exciting goal and vision? That alone is amazing. To have an entire movie theater in any room in your house or in an airplane.

Or gaming.

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It can, but that only appeals to gaming or movie/TV aficionados, and otherwise is only for very occasional use as a novelty. It’s not something that would become an integral part of most people‘s life like a smartphone.

> It can, but that only appeals to gaming or movie/TV aficionados

I think you just described something like 95%+ of the US population. TV and movies and games are exceedingly popular.

Most of them usually watch the Currently Popular Thing on their phone with their $50 headphones. That's not what an aficionado does.

That’s not what “aficionados” means.

Personally I love the immersive feeling, at least for some experiences. IMAX movies are a level up from normal cinema, which is a level up from TV.

I would think though that if that is the main target use you don't need to strap a computer on your head.

Crucially, I don't want the hassle of a headset to play something like Civ. """immersion""" doesn't add anything to that experience, and is actually a massive distraction

I said before somewhere else that I want to be invested in video games and their stories, characters, worlds.

I don't particularly want to be immersed in Slender or Diablo or MTG.

part if it is to extend my house - I have tiny rooms, in VR I am in a giant open world.

Same on the plane or train. I can wonder a beach or sail the ocean.

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