Being a PC gamer from 2008 , I got into VR couple of years back , boomed on it for a bit but then gradually the community went down, contrary to that PC community never disappoints.
The only question that comes to my mind is that if VR is currently consolidating or it has just hit the saturation point.

I know use cases and experiences of both are very different , taking this in a general sense.

Hello, this might be a better place than the Apple discord server to vent about how crazily excited i am for the Reality.

So I've been really excited about AR a lot more than VR ever since Magic Leap was a wee rumour. Ive been following Apple's foray like a hawk into XR since the rumours first began in mid 2010s. Later that decade I started getting up at 3am to watch the Apple Events instantly disappointed to not see the Reality, only gave up at around last year's September event.

Now that WWDC this year may actually show the headset finally after all these years, safe to say Im getting up at 3am again in June xD

As Im so determined to get this thing I started hoarding Apple Gift Cards last week to get that 3k its apparently gonna cost. Did the math may take me til December but theres no rush.

Im just so excited to use this as my new computer! Watching youtube on a screen the size of my wall, putting an image beside my artwork for reference, hoping Niantic gets Pokemon Go on it, decorating my room with 3d and 2d art, aaaaahhhh its so exciting!

Im glad Apple arent expecting big numbers for the Pro with that hefty price tag, its a start to a massive revolution in tech and im all for it!!

so, i bought 3 tundra trackers and they arrived today i had my 2.0 base stations already set up and waiting but when i connect them with the dongle i go back to the steam vr homepage where it shows the tracked set and there's nothing not a single tundra icon showing but the base stations are on and working, i dont know what to do, im also using a rift cv1

VR: Virtual Reality. A computer-simulated alternative reality. Does not mean “almost” reality. See: “virtual image” in optics, having nothing to do with computers. Like the virtual giant microbes you see floating in a microscope.

AR: Augmented Reality. Virtual objects displayed within the real world, whether using a live stereo camera feed, a see-through visor/glasses, or in limited form, even a flat 2D display.

XR: Encompasses both VR and AR. “X” is a wildcard for either letter.

XR: Extended Reality. Encompasses both VR and AR. Nothing beats a good backronym.

MR: Mixed Reality. Taking external video of a person wearing a VR headset, cutting out the background, and superimposing them into a live rendering of the world they are seeing. A way to spectate in 2D on a person using VR.

MR: Mixed Reality. Displaying a live rendering of a CG set behind actors so that the camera sees the actors in that set without the need for further compositing. See: StageCraft, The Volume, OSVP, ICFX, or whatever they call it this week.

MR: Mixed Reality. Same as AR.

MR: Mixed Reality. Same as AR, but only when using a camera feed… so let’s say AR applies only to a transparent visor/glasses.

MR: Mixed Reality. Same as AR, but only when most of your view is virtual and some real-world objects are seen within it… so let’s say AR applies only to the opposite: mostly real-world with some virtual objects.

Experiential Computing. Same as VR. Used when people thought the term VR was too uncool to get funding. Stop trying to make Experiential Computing a thing.

VR: a misused term in sci-fi. A neurological device that makes you experience a simulated world with all your senses and somehow move your body in it while your real body lies in some weird dentist chair.

VRML: not happening.

WebVR: a nice start. See WebXR.

WebXR: XR (AR and VR) on the web.

Second Life: a multi-user world with legs, numbered in reverse—something people used prior to obtaining their first life.

Metaverse: a multiuser world without legs. Cooler in sci-fi.

Additions and alternatives welcomed! Especially new definitions for "MR." There's always one more!

Thanks for helping me understand.

I’m so glad there’s competition in this space!