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Technology Stocks : Virtual Reality
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To: FJB who wrote (1)7/8/2015 10:02:51 AM
From: FJB   of 125
 
Do you think it could also replace how we use the basic internet?

Ondrejka: [It’s not clear if] the right way to represent the web is some very literal spatial model. That’s where things get more complicated because the web is so vast that spatial models tend to break down. You can’t put enough things close to you if you’re trying to do a truly spatial model. You don’t want text floating in space in random orientations — you want it where you’d hold a book. There are limitations in how we’d consume 2D content in 3D.

"You can name and locate 1,000 things scattered around an apartment, but you can’t remember the file structure on your computer or the files on your desktop."

We are evolved to operate in 3D spaces. You can name and locate 1,000 things scattered around an apartment, but you can’t remember the file structure on your computer or the files on your desktop. We are very good at remembering spatial environments. VR has the advantage of being able to plug into that.

The other input is what we’ve all seen in science fiction movies. The great thing about science fiction movies is that we have a 30-40 year heritage of people exploring how you’d represent imaginary content. The challenge there is that while those imagined interfaces tend to be exciting visually, they are built to be entertaining, they’re not built to be useful. No one’s had to live with a sci-fi interface for eight hours a day at their desk.
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