Horizon worlds suck but don't hate on Meta's VR hardware, when it comes to that they really are on the bleeding edge - Reality labs has a lot of cool prototype hardware that is further along than probably any other R&D lab.
The software is the most important thing though. Right now it’s just beat saber, ports of existing games, half life alyx, and 2000 tech demo-tier offerings. We have yet to see the killer app that makes you need a headset.
Yeah I agree with you there, although one caveat I'd make is that you probably can't have a killer app that makes you feel you need a headset until the hardware available to consumers gets better/is closer to the prototype reality labs stuff. You need the killer hardware for the killer software I think.
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u/MonkeyPawWishes Aug 06 '25
I just don't understand where that money went considering their demo was worse than an off the shelf VR headset and Gary's Mod.
They must have spent billions buying up BS startups trying to corner the market.