Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Yui Hirasawa
It's another category of hardware if anything. I hope it won't be as proprietary and closed down as the smartphone market is currently. >>> >>> Hardware is not really the issue, in my opinion. The Oculus Rift, >>> for example, is a relatively simple device. A smartphone can be >>>

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Nicolas Kozic
> On 03 Mar 2016, at 09:56, Fabio Pesari wrote: > > I think at some point there will be a global VR network, and since > companies like Facebook and Google already invested heavily in VR, they > will be the ones setting the rules. Hi, When I was 17 years longtime ago 1990 there

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Yui Hirasawa
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 11:00:12AM +0100, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 03/03/2016 10:25 AM, Yui Hirasawa wrote: > > It's another category of hardware if anything. I hope it won't be as > > proprietary and closed down as the smartphone market is currently. > > Hardware is not really the issue, in my

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 03/03/2016 10:25 AM, Yui Hirasawa wrote: > It's another category of hardware if anything. I hope it won't be as > proprietary and closed down as the smartphone market is currently. Hardware is not really the issue, in my opinion. The Oculus Rift, for example, is a relatively simple device. A

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Virtual Reality and user freedom

2016-03-03 Thread Yui Hirasawa
> I think at some point there will be a global VR network, and since > companies like Facebook and Google already invested heavily in VR, > they will be the ones setting the rules. I don't think there will be a separate VR network, just VR headsets communicating over the regular Internet. >