Facebook buys Oculus Rift for $2 billion

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

BenVTrigger said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

BenVTrigger said:

I dont understand why you keep saying this.....they arent the same thing. At all. Its impossible to use AR for something such as VR tourism.

AR like Google Glass is very useful for something to wear daily. VR will be for specialized scenarios such as gaming, tourism, movies, and meetings. The two technologies really pose little threat to each other.

Those specialized scenarios aren't mainstream. VR tourism is a nice concept, but AR does it easier and cheaper, same with meetings. Only with media consuption does VR have the advantage and even then, it depends on how much of the environment you need to be aware of. VR inherently has a disadvantage with multitasking.

Did you just say movies arent mainstream.........

No. I never said that at all.

Your whole argument here makes no sense. AR and VR are different things. They arent even competing technologies.

No again. They weren't competiting technolgies but now that OR is bought by facebook, chances are they will be.

In the realm of technology just because two technologies are different does not mean they can't overlap.

In fact, the only thing that seperates AR and VR is the level of immersion. That immersion gives it an advantage with media consumption but is inherently bad at multitasking. Furthermore, since VR "creates" a new reality rather than augmenting your present one, it can't be mobile at all. In specialized scenarios where the user is sedentary, yes VR has the advantage but social scenarios thrive in mobile situations. Not to mention the other disadvantages VR has in comparison to AR.