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Comment Re:VR is the future (Score 1) 384

The coolness factor of the experience itself is definitely there, but it won't ever catch on unless the displays are extremely lightweight, unintrusive (regular pair of glasses unintrusive), and hi-res. But companies don't want to invest in advancing the technology, because the demand isn't there. Thus the catch-22 that's kept HMDs relegated to a niche market of enthusiasts with lots of disposable income.

Releasing a consumer-friendly HMD right now would be as likely as releasing the iPhone in 1998, or the DS. IMO if it were to ever catch on, it would be in the future when the needed technologies have become advanced enough and cheap enough on their own, and some company has the idea to "go retro" and combine them into a consumer-friendly HMD.

Comment Re:your answer is incoherent (Score 1) 405

First of all, I am not going to do anything about the law. I'm not a legislator.

Most children are not mentally capable of giving informed consent and making a responsible decision about sex right when puberty hits--that's why the age of consent is usually 16 or higher.

While I agree it's pretty messed up to label somebody a sexual predator--on par with the worst pedophiles out there--for breaking the consent law by a year, the line still has to be drawn somewhere legally. There needs to be a distinction between small-time/technical offenses and hardcore predators. But as I've never had to deal with this particular problem I'm not sure how it's handled. And the law varies by location anyways.

Comment Re:your answer is incoherent (Score 1) 405

First of all, I am not going to do anything about the law. I'm not a legislator. Physical onset of puberty is generally not regarded as While I agree it's pretty messed up to label somebody a sexual predator--on par with the worst pedophiles out there--for breaking the consent law by a year, the line still has to be drawn somewhere legally. There needs to be a distinction between small-time/technical offenses and hardcore predators. But as I've never had to deal with this particular problem I'm not sure how it's handled. And the law varies by location anyways.

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