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Metaverse

The metaverse is a dead architecture — promised as universal, delivered as fragmented, abandoned before it shipped.
11:04

PlayStation VR

Sony · 2016

PlayStation VR is a tethered virtual reality headset developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment and released in October 2016. It requires a PlayStation 4, uses camera-based tracking via nine LEDs, and enforces a minimum 60 fps across all software. It sold at least 5 million units before being succeeded by PlayStation VR2 in 2023.

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HTC Vive

Room-scale VR wasn’t invented by the Vive—but it was proven, priced, and shipped by it.
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Oculus Go

Standalone VR succeeded not by promising immersion—but by delivering convenience.
10:42

Oculus Rift

VR was broken until Oculus Rift proved wide FOV and sub-20ms latency weren’t luxuries—they were prerequisites.