Alphabet was realistic. Meta looks desperate. I have the same impression as you, Michael. It will come to nothing.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 8:35 PM Michael H. Goldhaber <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember in the early ‘50’s being excited to go to a pioneering 3-D > movie, but they soon fell out of fashion. There followed a whole series of > similar attempts, all failing to last or become anything as widely accepted > as color movies , TV, or videos. The same fate is likely, I strongly > suspect, for various iterations of virtual reality, including Zuckerberg’s > fantasies. You hold out your hand to shake with your distant friend, but > nothing is there; or they “serve you some food” but you feel, taste, and > digest nothing. And so on. > > Also, of course, there’s the little matter of the finite speed of light. > Singing or dancing or playing music or tennis with distant partners just > can’t work unless speeds are tortoise-like. > > Best, > > Michael via iPhone, so please ecuse misteaks. > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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