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Simula One aims at becoming your portable Linux VR computer

The Ghost Howls

I can make an analogy to what happened in 2003, when most people believed that Windows and Palm were destined to control the mobile market, but instead, an obscure Linux-based OS named Android (running on a small number of ultra-premium phones, like the T-Mobile Sidekick) actually beat them to it! Valve Index or HTC Vive controllers).

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

In the 00s, however, that future seemed to simply dissipate with a few notable exceptions, including the 2003 launch of early metaverse, Second Life, which remains in operation nearly 20 years later. Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR.

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