Practical Magic: VR and AR Are the Next Big Thing... Again
CNET, Thursday, January 4th, 2024
In 2024, what was once called the metaverse will now be searching for function. Bigger players like Apple, Samsung and Google could make that happen faster.
Days after reviewing Meta's newest VR headset, the Quest 3, last fall, I was hospitalized with high blood pressure. Although the two events were unrelated, the latter changed my life quite a bit. Besides needing to pay even more attention to my eating habits, and going on a lot of new meds, I was told to focus on getting regular cardio exercise. These were familiar reminders: I've faced this path before.
When I told a friend I needed to exercise more, she recommended a VR fitness app called Supernatural on the Quest. I laughed because I'd already tried it, but this time I was hearing a testimonial from someone I didn't even know used VR. She got the Quest 2 as a gift earlier in the year and has been using it ever since. So I joined again too.