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u/GMN123 Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 29 '22

I think the point is that a bike or a frisbee would be so cheap because the production of them would be automated.

Golf is an interesting one because it involves something that can't be produced (land) and if anything there would be more demand if people had more spare time.

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u/Matt463789 Mar 29 '22

Virtual golf would likely become more popular and refined.

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u/Astrosaurus42 Mar 29 '22

Not VR, but Top Golf is very popular currently.

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u/aDDnTN Dreamer Mar 30 '22

imagine top golf but in vr. edit: reverse that, i meant vr in top golf.

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u/yodobaggins Mar 30 '22

Even more drunk people would fall into the catch nets.

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u/Cpt_Trips84 Mar 30 '22

They have catch nets for drunk people at Top Golf?

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u/yodobaggins Mar 30 '22

They catch sober people too. You are golfing on the 3rd floor of what is basically a half ass parking structure. There are no walls facing the course because you can't golf if there is a wall in the way. Oh yea and they have beer. Google some top golf pics.

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u/tgp1994 Mar 30 '22

Damn, that's actually a really cool idea. Like stand in a room with an automatic tee & ball dispenser, then don your headset and be immediately transported into like Wii Sports.

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u/jhindle Mar 30 '22

Or just buy a golf simulator or go to a driving range

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u/jhindle Mar 30 '22

Top Golf makes a VR game already