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Well Facebook bought the Oculus Rift for $2 billion on the bet that social VR was the future, so...
A lot of extremes on this thread, and the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
VR headsets just aren't designed yet for comfortable long sex chat sessions. They also haven't sold half as well as expected. There is some optimism with the Windows Mixed Reality VR headsets that start shipping this Monday. The majority are cheaper and easier to set up than the Rift and the Vive, and the premium Samsung Odyssey has better specs than either. A components manufacturer for the headsets claims that 80 million will be sold by 2020. That's 40 x the current combined sales totals of Rifts, Vives, and PlaystationVRs. And the cheap stand alone headsets that Google and Facebook will launch in the next 6 months could sell even more.
VR cam sites have failed thus far. AliceX have given up completely, and I don't think Cam Soda and VirtualRealCams are currently offering shows. Ela Darling has been claiming that her cam shows have been doing well but I don't know if that's true as she seems to be the go to media darling (excuse the pun) for journos that want to proclaim that VR porn is the future (and is female friendly).
It was a bit silly to rush into VR cams when VR porn is still a tiny niche trying to establish itself. But live chat in virtual and augmented reality is the future, although it might take 10 years or more to get there.
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