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" Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it. "

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" It's going to be so obvious when something isn't well made for VR. People are going to use the best VR content. That's the stuff that's going to get shown to people. That's the stuff that's going to get demoed. That's most of what people are going to buy. "

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" Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect? "

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" VR is going to be defined by the content that is designed explicitly for virtual reality. "

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" Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful. "

" I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future. "