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Prediction Held up
Stromberg: VR distribution will shift from download stores to subscription models
“Initially where you know when you have sites like Steam and you know, Oculus site and all these will be the first places that you're able to sort of download, but I can see very clearly a time when you will have this sort of Netflix like library to choose from…”
Robert Stromberg Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:02 a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
Prediction Held up
Stromberg: VRC is developing gaze-driven branching VR narratives
“Where we're going now is we are doing branching narratives, so, which is really cool. So you can be going through a story being told to you, and depending on where you look, take different paths and different stories.”
Robert Stromberg Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:53 a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Stromberg: VR visual fidelity will reach photorealistic levels of immersion
“So I think that you know, the fidelity will get better. The viewing systems will get better. And one day you'll be able to go into the worlds of Pandora, wherever you want to go, but in a very, very real way.”
Robert Stromberg Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:21 a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
Prediction Held up
Stromberg: Virtual reality content will eventually adopt motion rating systems
“You know, I think that, that eventually we'll probably see some sort of motion rating system.”
Robert Stromberg Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:57 a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2022
Stromberg: Dedicated 30-to-40 seat VR motion-seat theaters will emerge
“There's lots of talk of that, and we're talking to people about that, and I think you can very realistically see you know, 30, 40 seat theaters pop up with seats that, motion-based seats that are synchronized to the experience itself.”
Robert Stromberg Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:47 a16z Podcast | Building Worlds with VR, Art, and Narrative
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