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This would be super incredible inside a vr headset like quest. But i think the video resolution must be scaled a lot like 4k at least, 8k preferably for it be meaningful.

I actually did have an app that was kind of similar and it used to make you exercise in streets of paris, etc in first-person pov but the video resolution was so bad it just didn't work. But i am sure there will be a huge demand for this in vr as it gets more popular.

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This kind of video content in VR is of almost no interest to me as long as it remains 'flat' (2D in wraparound)-- once you've seen videos in true stereoscopic 3D, everything else pales in comparison. That may not be an issue for most people, but I know I'm not the only one. It kinda seems like most of the reason to use a VR headset instead of just a wide monitor in the first place.

I'm sure it's possible to do some kind of software based interpolation/upscaling (not sure what term to use here) to convert 2D to 3D, but I don't know how involved that process would be.

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