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Wired just published an article titled
Virtual Reality Is the Rich White Kid of Technology
https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-reality-rich-white-kid-of-technology/
and, coincidentally, this occurs at about the same time that I've come to the conclusion that , no matter what XRAccess.org keeps promising visually impaired tech users, media companies aren't really interested in developing accessible XR for visually impaired people.
Could it have anything to do with the fact that it's more difficult to sneak in advertising to visually impaired users than it is to, say, Facebook users
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/07/04/facebook-just-gave-1-million-oculus-users-a-reason-to-leave/?ss=cybersecurity&sh=396c7bfa76f5
wearing Oculus headsets?
Virtual Reality Is the Rich White Kid of Technology
https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-reality-rich-white-kid-of-technology/
and, coincidentally, this occurs at about the same time that I've come to the conclusion that , no matter what XRAccess.org keeps promising visually impaired tech users, media companies aren't really interested in developing accessible XR for visually impaired people.
Could it have anything to do with the fact that it's more difficult to sneak in advertising to visually impaired users than it is to, say, Facebook users
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/07/04/facebook-just-gave-1-million-oculus-users-a-reason-to-leave/?ss=cybersecurity&sh=396c7bfa76f5
wearing Oculus headsets?
