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Russell: Public metrics turn Instagram and Facebook feeds into happiness theater
“So a little bit of a counterpoint or pushback against that is, you know, if you look at Instagram or Facebook, the nature of having metrics publicly exposed to people and comment counts and things like that means that content typically can devolve into somethi…”
Kyle Russell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:29 a16z Podcast | QR. AR. VR.
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Russell: Screen usage perceived as antisocial is actually highly social behavior
“What looks like antisocial behavior is actually social behavior because there's more interesting people on the other side of that screen.”
Kyle Russell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:38 a16z Podcast | QR. AR. VR.
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Russell: VR motion sickness is caused by software design, not hardware
“Something I think isn't communicated well enough today is the fact that nausea typically, it's not the hardware itself. Oh, if you use this gadget, you're going to get sick from VR. It's experiences built in a certain way, using acceleration a certain way, mov…”
Kyle Russell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:16 a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
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