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		eli_gottlieb on Aug 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Next-Gen Lighting Is Pushing the Limits of Realism That's just... ew. No. That's just wrong. The average person's living conditions shouldn't be so poor in the first place that he feels the need to step into an Oculus to get a nice sofa.

ejr on Aug 22, 2014 [–]

Living conditions don't need to be poor. Think of it as a hyper-realistic Second Life. There's a reason Sims are popular too.

eli_gottlieb on Aug 24, 2014 | [–]

I'm pretty sure that on an absolute scale, Second Life and The Sims are not actually very popular at all.

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