[hardvr]

Came across this article about how VR/AR is going to make cell phones obsolete. Thought there were some interesting points in the article but ultimately I wasn't convinced. Just hard to imagine something more convenient than my phone at this point but maybe I'm wrong, what do you guys think?

https://virtualrealitypop.com/this-i...s-70a3fa0d8e33

[pkcable]

Maybe, and more so AR, and wearables, but it's probably going to be a while. BUT eventually smart watches and smart glasses WILL replace our smart phones, but I think we are at least 5 years from that, or more.

[krisguy]

It is going to take a long while before anything like that would happen. There would have to be major changes in a lot of society before it would be accepted (especially cars).

[pkcable]

This is THE first video played on MTV!

[Pavel_71]

In science fiction described the expander of human memory called PAM, he will kill them both.

[George Willson]

Can't agree with you more

[Talkivr]

Think it has to be organically accepted, price point and other factors make it doubtful. Think of smartphones in general they were accepted really fast despite slightly high price point. You'll know its caught on when you see people walking around with them.

[vitaliesolomon]

yeah, mark zuckerberg also said the same thing (i have read it somewhere in the internet)
i dont know how the phone will die. but what is a phone? what is its definition?
if we understand a phone like a device that receives phone calls and has wifi and 2g, 3g, and 4g connection. then the new devices will have also this kind of connection. so, no, the phone wont vanish.
if we understand the phone as a device with certain shape, then no. we will always need a device to look at and interact. smartphone sized device maybe will get smaller and thinner, but wont vanish

[badelhas]

I'm not convinced as well. It's two completely different kind of tech use.

Cheers

[mase123987]

I don't see how we move past the smartphone without something that also requires touch. Nothing replaces the consistent performance of touching an object vs using gestures or voice. I don't want to be forced to wear a watch or glasses.

[VR-Sim]

It's always hard to predict the future, however I'm sure that the Smart Phone will remain the dominant communication technology for the next 10 years.

[badelhas]

It's always hard to predict the future, however I'm sure that the Smart Phone will remain the dominant communication technology for the next 10 years.

Yeah but I would love to contact with someone by virtual reality. Why can't we do that already? I don't understand.

[jebaeza]

It could be but when vr has a lot of functions

[badelhas]

It could be but when vr has a lot of functions

And available graphic power, right?

[Chemy JMHT]

I don't feel that VR itself will end smartphones but instead AR, having information of the real world while you are doing your daily tasks, but in VR you are away of reality, so you will be able to do only some task that are not necessarily related with what the smartphones are for these days.

[badelhas]

I don't feel that VR itself will end smartphones but instead AR, having information of the real world while you are doing your daily tasks, but in VR you are away of reality, so you will be able to do only some task that are not necessarily related with what the smartphones are for these days.

I agree. They have different purposes. But I would sure love to have video calling in VR right now

[Chemy JMHT]

I agree. They have different purposes. But I would sure love to have video calling in VR right now

I imagine that but with huge screens like a holodeck or something,because otherwise the headset will cover our faces :/ lol

[chookhunter]

AR probably ... eventually ... VR probably not. I don't think smart phones are in any danger of being replaced for quite some time though.