I mean yeah it’s obvious that it’s an oportunity for making money on a new marked and so on, but, even if it’s a bit silly, dreaming of VR technology like in Ready Player One(minus the distopian world) for real life it feels like the bad guys already won, when we will have the technology. Like the omni One is just about to be launched for the market and it’s sold in a bundle with the pico 4, which is owned by Tik Tok. Do you get what is grinding my gears about that?

  • Sirsirsalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    TikTok has a VR now? The company that is tracking people’s retina signatures has a device that people strap over their eyes?

    • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ok I found this post like a week late, but TikTok bought a VR company called Pico several years ago and they were investing money into new software and headsets, but recently cancelled all of their planned games. They are still making a new headset, but they also seemed to cancel their entry into the US market. They also had a ton of layoffs last year.

      So basically, I think they’ve lost interest in VR.

      • Sirsirsalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Or they got enough eye scans already and don’t need to continue the charade.

        *Conspiracy theory intensifies!