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It's definitely still early. Have you seen an add for an AR/VR/XR service with any merit? Have you visited a website on an immersive device? Have you seen even one person wearing AR glasses on the street? The tech might have started years ago, but it's nowhere near its destination, and therefore the names are not worth much yet. The fact that decent offers are already coming in for some in this thread is very promising, considering how not-mainstream these technologies remain at the moment. There's so much naysaying in these recent posts. Why? I see nothing but reasons to be optimistic. I'll accept evidence to the contrary when it's presented, but when evidence that promotes optimism is presented, it also should result in the appropriate response.

Virtual Reality as been about for decades i think ‘early’ is the wrong word.

If something doesn’t take off do you keep saying it's ‘early’ until it does?

I’m big believer in virtual tech; it’s no doubt the next step. The holodeck on Star Trek (the final goal) is a ‘virtual reality’ Elon Musk believes the world we live in right now is a virtual reality/virtual simulation.

Question is are domains needed? If virtual tech progresses how i think it will it will ultimately make internet we know today and domains redundant.
 
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That’s a fair point. But again I’ll point to the fact that when describing the progress of these technologies, referring to their status with respect to the intended destination is more relevant than the amount of time since inception. Until the tech reaches a point where it can be widely adopted and marketed, it is still early.

The scenario you describe is, I think, very valid. It’s unclear how the further development of these technologies will affect domain names and the landscape of the internet. Perhaps domain names will indeed become obsolete. We won’t know until the technology develops further, again because it is still early.

I think you mean to say that it’s late for the domain industry, not that it’s “not early” for the VR industry. There’s a case to be made there. But it’s still, clearly, early for VR.
 
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It's definitely still early. Have you seen an add for an AR/VR/XR service with any merit? Have you visited a website on an immersive device? Have you seen even one person wearing AR glasses on the street? The tech might have started years ago, but it's nowhere near its destination, and therefore the names are not worth much yet. The fact that decent offers are already coming in for some in this thread is very promising, considering how not-mainstream these technologies remain at the moment. There's so much naysaying in these recent posts. Why? I see nothing but reasons to be optimistic. I'll accept evidence to the contrary when it's presented, but when evidence that promotes optimism is presented, it also should result in the appropriate response.

Well, let me say it is not early and yes it is no where near it's destination.

I have mentioned that the total number of 'VR' devices is very good.
But you have to divide them up for compatibility.
It's just not enough to get developers kicking out cool stuff because of the total number of a single potential buyer. They have to write multiple versions of the same thing. And may not work the same on all platforms.
Would you want to dive into that ? I mean there could be ?1M? VR users, but the largest single compatibility block may only be 150k for example.
You may want and like the specs of a Vive Pro but all the games you want to play may be on a PlaystationVR. Hard for the consumer as well.

For VR, we have to wait for standards to develop. Probably on the 3rd gen of products.

AR (glasses style) will have the same problem when it catches up in 3-5 years.
It is going to lag until the pricepoint comes down and the same kind of standards develop for the dev bunch to want to go there. Apple 'may' be a exception because they have such a existing far reaching platform and dev crew, and numbers potential depending on price point.

I am a bit optimistic that the new Oculus stand-alone will crank out to the public in numbers to change this equation for VR a bit.We should see others like it this year, but will they be compatible ? But AR is still a long way off from where we might think it should be. Let's face it, good 3D AR is expensive and not all that good.

As I have said many times in this thread, most of our names are going to sell to 'start-ups', mostly in software.
Names need not just a single user wanting them, but competition for the same name.
But you can always get lucky where a company has to have the one you hold for various reasons.
But will you recognize it when you see it.

As far as I am concerned, the industry is still in beta test mode until the 3rd gen of products.
Anyway... think about the problems and you will perhaps be able to put better time lines on this going forward. Nothing changes quickly. Even when we want to think so.

Mine for VR is now looking like 2020 before we have a 'descent' names demand, no matter where the industry is. But you should know there have been plenty of them already that were under the radar/NDA.
Very hard for most to make good judgement for names in this industry because of this.
I can only judge what I have been watching and what I have. I see names that sold and have no idea for how much.
 
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I agree with the points you made, all of which support my statement that it is still early. The industry, while it may have begun many years ago, is in its infancy. It's only begun to crawl. It has developed for many years. This is true. But this is a moot point. All that matters is how mature the market is today. There is little demand for the products, there is not much content, etc. It is early. Maybe some here have been holding domains for many years and are growing impatient. But don't let your impatience cloud your logic. Until the market is developed, no matter how long that development takes, it is still early.
 
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I should have added in previous post the idea that because the tech is developing in VR first, it would work the same for AR as well. This speeds up the timeline for good AR as well.

Especially when you consider that foveted rendering can also be used in AR as well when we have displays that are greater than 70 degrees where it can make a big difference. Perhaps in Hololens3 ?

But of course HTC would not be the first to really dabble in eye tracking or foveted rendering in a big way...
https://www.getfove.com/
But it is clear to see that it is going to be baked in the future now to solve speed problems and new capability.
I have to admit that HTC's new offering seems to be aimed at enterprise for now with the future #1 use in gaming. Something everyone needs to consider for names as well. If you can pinpoint the enterprise niche.
And I don't see a big niche for it in names. But it is there.
 
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Let's see if there is something interesting in branding with XR.
Keep in mind it can be used for companies making VR & AR but also for devices capable of both AR and VR .


I'm gonna put here some but keep in mind there are many others and of course there are others that don't brand with XR.
Btw, many Domainers are still on the fence so anyone can still get in.

Jauntxr
a big company that raised 100 million.
Using XR in they products names as well

https://www.jauntxr.com/

Varjo a finish company with a VR headset that most say it's the best in the business but also very expensive and aimed at Enterprise.
They have now made the XR1 a new device capable of VR and AR (they are talking mixed reality)

https://varjo.com/xr-1/

Samsung -they are talking about it lately and recently also registered SamsungXR plus added a tm logo filling for it

https://trademarks.justia.com/883/88/xr-88388080.html

Qualacomm- they got a whole vision for XR
Https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/extended-reality

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2017/05/31/extended-reality-convergence

Accenture

https://www.accenture.com/us-en/service-extended-reality

WebXR API previously webVR

https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/

OpenXR an open standard for VR and AR

https://www.khronos.org/openxr
 
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Sorry added here by mistake. Meant to be on the XR thread
 
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Sorry added here by mistake. Meant to be on the XR thread
Not at all mate this thread covers all realities much like Xr a cover all term 🤔
 
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5g will push vr ar xr to the mainstream bigtime very soon im sure
 
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5g will push vr ar xr to the mainstream bigtime very soon im sure
I see you got the boot from some other thread (LOL)

I believe Apple will not enter the VR/AR market until 5G takes hold.
Problem with that is there is a lot of infrastructure to build out so it is likely at least 2 years out.
More likely 3.
It will require many more towers as each cell is smaller in coverage, this is so you can give the same to even more bandwidth to fewer handsets to avoid congestion with a wider signal.
It will come to some major markets in test perhaps this year and build out from there.
At least 2 years before a 50% coverage in 5G.
 
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2D game streaming in 3DVR ? Imagine the massive content that's already out there.
https://www.techradar.com/news/oculus-vp-2d-games-will-find-a-new-home-in-vr
It will be interesting to see if and when this happens. It would be a major move forward as things transition.

Well someone just had a bargain because they purchased VRstreaming (.com) for only $147 which could be an amazing name for the future of these streaming projects.

Myself and @Elad n just purchased one which could be relevant to this kind of thing as well:

VRarcade (.com)
 
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Well someone just had a bargain because they purchased VRstreaming (.com) for only $147 which could be an amazing name for the future of these streaming projects.

@NextGen Brand , the domain VRstreaming / com is still happily residing in my portfolio... I'd be very interested to know where you read about the sale - Pls drop me a PM... Thx! (y)
 
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If you read this (and you should) you will understand a bit how 5G will enable a new world in tether-less content for VR & AR. I am quite sure Apple is actually waiting on it.
But you should understand how this changes things for the stand-alone HMD's.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/18/dont-believe-the-myths-5g-will-bring-ar-and-vr-to-the-masses/

In saying that, I would expect a high premium price for good 5G speeds and I also would not expect this to roll-out in any big way for 2 years. No matter how much the cellular networks advertise it.
It will take over 5 years to build out this kind of infrastructure.
Perhaps you are lucky if you are near a big metro.
 
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I noticed in the daily sales list:

MRinsurance.com $3,435 GoDaddy

There seem to be some insurance businesses called M.R. Insurance and someone is running misterinsurance.com. Still nice to see an MR sale of some kind.
 
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I noticed in the daily sales list:

MRinsurance.com $3,435 GoDaddy

There seem to be some insurance businesses called M.R. Insurance and someone is running misterinsurance.com. Still nice to see an MR sale of some kind.

It’s a great name IMO. I’d bet the farm that the MR stands for Mister though.
 
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Just put this in the XR thread but thought some who read this thread might be interested as well:

"Pleased to announce that myself & @elad just completed a deal for XR P#rn (.com)

Unfortunately we are not in a position to disclose full details of the sale but I did report in another thread that we had turned down an offer of $15,000 previously but a substantially improved offer came through which we decided to take.

Even though we were gutted to let XR P#rn go as we believe it will have a great future. We have managed to acquire the following domain names which we feel are promising replacements:

XR Gaming (.com)
Short Stories (.com)"
 
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Just put this in the XR thread but thought some who read this thread might be interested as well:

"Pleased to announce that myself & @elad just completed a deal for XR P#rn (.com)

Unfortunately we are not in a position to disclose full details of the sale but I did report in another thread that we had turned down an offer of $15,000 previously but a substantially improved offer came through which we decided to take.

Even though we were gutted to let XR P#rn go as we believe it will have a great future. We have managed to acquire the following domain names which we feel are promising replacements:

XR Gaming (.com)
Short Stories (.com)"

Well, I guess we can do stuff together :)

Another XR sale.
XR is my best investment so far and by far!
 
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