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VR looks different at Siggraph

Maybe you've read that VR is fading. Certainly, the hype is fading, and here at Siggraph that doesn't seem like a bad thing. The lines for VR applications are not so crazy, though they do exist. People aren’t so eager to put a headset on and look around. They’ve been able to do that with cardboard viewers for years now. ...

Kathleen Maher

Maybe you've read that VR is fading. Certainly, the hype is fading, and here at Siggraph that doesn't seem like a bad thing. The lines for VR applications are not so crazy, though they do exist. People aren’t so eager to put a headset on and look around. They’ve been able to do that with cardboard viewers for years now. People are becoming picky about content, and that’s a shift that has had to happen. Further evidence comes just after Siggraph with the disappointing news that Google and Imax have dropped their collaboration on a movie-sized VR camera to be
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