
The Failures and Futures of Virtual Reality (Ep. 7)
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What Happened to VPL?
Lanier: VPL at its core wasn't really a product. It was this poster child for this tech subculture's dreams about the future. Most of the business friction that virtual reality has encountered, he says, comes from dissonance between cultural imagination and often underwhelming reality. "VR plays this role in our art and our culture that's way more comprehensive and aspirational," Lanier says.
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