Ufff, Dear Tech Bro, Please Don’t Tell Me VR Is Dead Not with that tone. Not with that shrug. Not with the confidence of someone who tried it once at a party with a beer, laughed awkwardly, and handed the headset back like a bad magic trick.

I’ve been living here.

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You “Tried It Once.” I Moved In.

You tried VR:

• once

• briefly

• socially

• uncomfortably

• while people watched

I use VR:

• daily

• alone or intentionally

• for work

• for gaming 

• for movies 

• for art

• for fitness

• for spatial thinking

• for calm

Tried it once??? To me thats like saying:

“I sat on a toilet once. Didn’t really work out.” 🚽 

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“It’s Embarrassing”

Yes.

Because you were inside it.

VR doesn’t flatter performative confidence.

It exposes:

• learning curves

• body awareness

• presence

• curiosity

If your identity depends on looking effortless, VR will feel hostile.

That’s not a tech problem.

That’s a mirror.

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“It’s Not Ready Yet”

Translation:

“I wasn’t patient enough to adapt.”

VR readiness isn’t about specs.

It’s about neuroplasticity.

Your brain needs time.

Your body needs time.

Your spatial sense needs time.

I gave it time.

You gave it ten minutes and a beer.

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“Too Heavy. Too Expensive.”

Interesting.

You say this while:

• carrying a heavy laptop

• upgrading GPUs yearly

• wearing tech on your wrist

• replacing phones every 12 months

What you mean is:

“I didn’t immediately understand the value.”

I didn’t either. Then my body adapted. Then my sense of space rewired. Then it stopped being a gadget and became infrastructure.

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VR Didn’t Fail

Marketing Failed

VR didn’t die.

It simply stopped entertaining people who:

• don’t like being beginners

• don’t like embodiment

• don’t like silence

• don’t like tools that can’t be summarized in a tweet

Real tools don’t shout. They wait. Artists stayed. Rehab stayed. Training stayed. Designers stayed. People who build stayed.

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About Me (The Part That Breaks Your Model)

I’m not 22.

I’m not chasing hype. I’m not selling anything.  I don’t need permission to explore. I’m fit. I’m calm. I’m creative. I’ve been using immersive tech for years. That’s why you hesitate. I don’t match your stereotype. And that’s okay.

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A Friendly Boundary

So here’s the deal, dear Tech Bro:

You can say:

• “It wasn’t for me.”

• “I didn’t stick with it.”

• “I don’t like embodied tech.”

But please don’t say:

“VR is dead.”

Because some of us are already local in the future you visited briefly and left. And locals don’t argue whether the city exists. They just keep living there.

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With warmth, patience, and spatial awareness,

Oddly Robbie