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Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better (techcrunch.com)
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[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

What do you mean "any better"? That's great.

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I have a component of my job that is VR, so a part of what I do professionally requires me to stay up to speed. For years now we've been seeing this and for the love of all that is good, I've yet to meet 5 people that said they used VR in any (non required) capacity or had any desire to; so I just can't fathom why companies still pour billions in. Is this like AI trading billions between each other? Am I missing something?

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