[ExI] things to buy

[William Flynn Wallace]

So if you watch VR on headsets you have to have two copies of the program
for both to watch at the same time?  I really want a shared experience with
my wife.  bill w

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 10:03 AM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 10:27 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Well Dave, you pleased me anyway.  I was dimly aware of VR.  What is
>> better (regardless of cost):  the headsets, or viewing on a big TV?
>>
>
> Cool. :-) They're apples and oranges. TVs are a rectangle usually across
> the room. You watch it passively: the director of the production determines
> the POV. With a VR headset, the experience is immersive: you're in a 3D
> world and you can look in any direction and move in any direction. You
> wouldn't use VR to watch a movie; you'd use it to play a game, take a
> virtual tour of a historical site, visit a museum, etc.
>
>   If headsets, can two people wear them and experience the same thing so
>> it can be shared?
>>
>
> It's probably possible to have multiple headsets, but they'd likely be
> independent. Both people would be in the same world, but they'd look and
> move independently. And they'd see each other as avatars--some rendering
> that may or may not look anything like the person wearing the headset.
>
> Can you easily exchange your bitcoin for regular money?
>>
>
> Sure, if you use an exchange like Coinbase. You tie it to your bank
> account and can transfer to/from your Coinbase account.
>
> Thanks again
>>
>
> Glad to help.
>
> -Dave
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