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That's nice. How many game or film studios will be driven bankrupt by the yet-again increased cost of content production?

But yes, Blood Soaked Shoot-em-Up 93x-treme is going to look very realistic. It will be almost as if I was really invading Iraq!

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Look on the bright side; it's good news for the people with the content-creation skills. It isn't as though the ever-increasing complexity of software has had a negative effect on the industry.

I see another avenue for this. "Reality simulation" - not virtual reality - will, I think, be something to explore. Especially with something like Oculus down the line, there would be a market for it. Why surround yourself with your humdrum home when you can live in a much better one with better surroundings. Watch TV virtually. Read a book virtually or even take a nap on your virtual sofa in front of a magnificent view while on your "real" bed surrounded by boring walls you don't see.

That's just... ew. No. That's just wrong. The average person's living conditions shouldn't be so poor in the first place that he feels the need to step into an Oculus to get a nice sofa.

Living conditions don't need to be poor. Think of it as a hyper-realistic Second Life. There's a reason Sims are popular too.

I'm pretty sure that on an absolute scale, Second Life and The Sims are not actually very popular at all.

Not sure why you're getting downvoted--I think you've hit on the point excellently.

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