Former Microsoft CTO says VR/AR at least 'a decade' away from being mainstream

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Normchacho said:

Landguy said:

Iphone analogy isn't comparable.  The iphone replaced multiple items(phone, music player, calculater-think apps, internet access, movie player) that you use every day with one item.  VR enhances something that people use(gaming initially) less often with a different, not necesarily better experience.

I'm not saying that the situations are necessarily comparable, I'm illustrating just how far tech moves in 10 years.

The actual tech behind VR is pretty much ready today. To expect it to take another 10 years for VR to become mainstream is failing to see how quickly these things happen.

I'm with you: in less than 10 years, the iPhone became the smart phone paragon. Prior to that, I was using an old school RAZR, like the rest of the world. Hell, I had a Rio player: the iPod revolution was just beginning. All this happened, in 10 years, with far less-developed builds out or releasing. Several VR platforms are products today, so I think a short term adoption would be unsurpising.