jonny_wonny

Virtual reality as a concept has been validated since the initial release Oculus’s DK1. You are quite behind the times on this one.

We don’t have to imagine what it’s like to be surrounded by ads, because that’s literally the physical world. Billboards, posters, and screens creating awareness for new brands and content are everywhere we look. It’s been that way for decades, and the world hasn’t ended yet. It’s not that big of a deal.

That’s absolutely false. Many people do experience discomfort when they are new to VR, but with time most people adjust, and are able to play for any amount of time with no negative side effects.

You should focus less on constraining yourself to arbitrary ideologies and focus more on writing good code that’s easier to maintain and understand.

His Joe Rogan podcast is pretty incredible, if you haven’t seen it yet.

I mean, I think the last thing he said regarding Moore’s Law was the comment about what that AMD exec said, which was basically that they still have tons of room for future improvements.

Yeah, that dude definitely didn’t comprehend Carmack’s talk very well. Carmack wasn’t in any way pessimistic about VR, he’s just disappointed with the pace that things are moving in. As he said, he always wants things to move faster.

But if anything, Carmack expressed overall optimism. He said that we pretty much have everything we need to implement his ideal vision of VR. It’s just a matter of putting all the pieces together.

Might be possible with foveated rendering

Finally

That had nothing to do with tracking. Cambridge Analytica was able to gain access to large amounts of data that people had created while using Facebook as it is intended to be used. Even if no one was being tracked, the exploitation could have occurred.

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