> VR is going to fulfill the promise of teleconferencing.
This is perhaps the most important aspect of VR to me. Presence with people who aren't present will be VR's killer app. Time and time again we see that messaging is the biggest use of most platforms. Messaging in VR will just be turning your head and talking to someone.
I am really interested to see whether meatspace office buildings will be able to compete with shared virtual workspaces.
Turning your head or walking across the room to ask someone a question was always the key differentiator for physical offices. VR takes that away. Maybe there is some killer feature left for offices, but I kind of think this might be the moment where the disruptive technology (telecom) overtakes the incumbent (meatspace).
I'm actively hoping meatspace office buildings become a quaint, too-expensive-to-compete contrivance. With AR and virtual work spaces, I think it'll be possible to make people more productive than they would be without VR. If that happens, it will be economic suicide to NOT use VR. The savings in green-house gasses, the extra time people will have, the reduction in cost of living. We'd finally have a truly global economy.
This is perhaps the most important aspect of VR to me. Presence with people who aren't present will be VR's killer app. Time and time again we see that messaging is the biggest use of most platforms. Messaging in VR will just be turning your head and talking to someone.
I am really interested to see whether meatspace office buildings will be able to compete with shared virtual workspaces.
Turning your head or walking across the room to ask someone a question was always the key differentiator for physical offices. VR takes that away. Maybe there is some killer feature left for offices, but I kind of think this might be the moment where the disruptive technology (telecom) overtakes the incumbent (meatspace).