Dixon: Critics comparing VR to 3D TV haven't experienced high-end VR
Chris Dixon · a16z Podcast | Mapping the Future of Virtual Reality · Jan 2, 2019 · at 6:21
Chris Dixon (General Partner at a16z) addresses skepticism surrounding early consumer VR technology and distinguishes low-end phone-based VR from true room-scale VR.
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“Some of the critics, most of whom I think haven't tried the high end VR, compare VR to three D TV. There's, you know, with the low end devices, it is a little bit like three D TV and that you have just a sort of, you know, you have this parallax effect, but it's only for far away. It's for far field objects, right?”
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