Sheikh laid out a world where users could play a poker game with friends over VR that is so sensitive that you can read their tells. He describes what it could mean to people who live far away from their families to be able to interact with them through a headset. And he said that eventually his team hopes to make VR social interaction "indistinguishable from real life."
Of course, this will all take a lot of work.
A study released Wednesday by Greenlight VR predicted that it will take six to eight years for virtual reality to go fully mainstream.
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