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nwildermuth comments on Look for the Next Tech Gold Rush? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: nwildermuth 25 July 2014 02:24:54AM 0 points [-]

Virtual reality is the next gold rush, but I haven't quite figured out how to capitalize on it yet. It's like being told in the early 90's that the internet will be huge. How would you capitalize on that? Buy some domain names? Start a web directory? Start an online bookstore? Start a payment processor?

Selling picks and shovels, it is said, is a safe way to strike it rich in a gold rush.

I think almost anything you could do to get into Virtual Reality will pay immense dividends ten years from now, if not sooner.

Comment author: ChristianKl 05 November 2015 01:14:40PM 1 point [-]

I think almost anything you could do to get into Virtual Reality will pay immense dividends ten years from now, if not sooner.

I think that's a misunderstanding about how things work. Most ways of getting into virtual reality won't produce any results and any dividends. You would have to pick the right one to have immense dividends.