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[–] Mangoguana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I member when they wanted to add this complicated solution to an already complicated process (making videogames).

Truly the machine spirit of middlemen.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Oh hey, a wild PhilosophyTube reference! Go check out their channel. If you like this kind of wit, you'll find it incredible.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 hours ago

Just don't look up her history with contrapoints if you still want to enjoy the channel

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago

The skinwalker actually has talent.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What is the intrinsic value of a piece of paper? Money is a social phenomenon.

[–] SorteKanin 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Money is a social phenomenon

Perfectly explains why NFTs don't work. Nobody believes in the value of some bits on a blockchain, so it has no value.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Odd, there's a significant part of the world population that doesn't believe the Canadian paper money I have has any value and will demand payment in their local paper. Does Canadian money have value?

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

You'll find this question already answered in the comment you replied to.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Well some people do. And when some people believe a thing against all reason, we call that a cult. If they get big enough it's a religion. I worry about the future of the techno priesthood.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 day ago (35 children)

I am soo glad that NFTs quickly died out.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They were killed by metaverse which was then killed by AI.
Actual cool tech like VR got wounded pretty bad in the process tho.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

VR is still a solution looking for a problem.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

uses for VR:

Gaming, mostly gaming

horny Furry hangout (VR chat)

Some 3d design processes are easier in VR

Porn

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Horny Furry Hangout?

Sold!

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 12 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

You never played Half Life Alyx I guess

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't but of course I'm aware that VR gaming is a thing. My point is that VR has been touted as the "next big thing" for decades but still isn't more than a curiosity for the average person. There is still no "killer app" in sight that might change that.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Vr in pass thru mode is what the future will look like.

Half Life Alyx for one of the coolest games I've ever played story and mechanics wise, things like Blade and Sorcery are hands down some of the most run I've ever had playing games.

You want to feel cool? Jump from a ledge and land on a golem's back, panic-drop your dagger, grab the hatchet at your belt and bash the golem's crystal, rolling away from his tantrum. And that game doesn't even HAVE a story (it does..but it doesn't)

That doesn't even bring up any of the cute platformers I'm less keen on, or the various exercise-type games disguised as fighting (i love you, Rumble).

I don't play VR exclusively, hell it makes up less than a fifth of the time it spend on games as a whole, but damn if it isn't the most engaging medium for me.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Large scale Construction.

Companies can save millions in redesign costs by spotting problems before they are built.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

Why do you need VR for it, and not just explore it on a cheap screen?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

First person shooters and boneworks.

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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

If you gaze long into the pump'n'dump, the pump'n'dump gazes also into you

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

*Gazes into you and pump'n'dumps* :3

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