It always feels like some form of VR tech comes out with some sort of fanfare and with a promise it will take over the world, but it never does.

  • early_riser@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The sad part is VR has excellent accessibility applications. I have a head-mounted magnifier that’s just a Samsung Gear headset and cheap phone with some gubbinz stuck on the side. (Let’s ignore the fact the magnifier costs $3000 when the components cost maybe $700-$K tops, but that’s assistive tech for ya). If VR really went mainstream It would help reduce the cost of the AT that relies on it.

    Now if only we could find a mainstream market appeal for tiny piezoelectric crystals then braille displays could stop costing an arm and a leg.