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I recently watched a ThioJoe video where he mentioned what the new WiFi standard 802.11ad was about. It's a 60 GHz WiFi signal that can't go through anything (basically), but is very fast and has basically no latency. 

One example he gave was that it might be used for VR, where you don't have a tether, and just have the headset with a battery. Or you could use it for TV without an HDMI cable. 

Well, there is some credence to the VR statement. I'm watching Valve's Dev Days youtube videos and for the VR section, they specifically stated they had invested in a company that was using a 60 GHz WiFi signal to produce a tetherless head mounted display and they liked what they saw in the demo so far.

So yeah. It's basically happening. Between that, and their prototype controller that allows gripping for the gripping function (i.e. you grip the controller to grab things in VR), I'm very excited for the future of VR. If you let go of the controller, it doesn't fall out of your hand.

Just.... all my yes. VR is the future. And even if it feels like it's stagnating atm, their video states that there are 1,000 new VR users every day on Steam with 600 apps (over 100 have made $1,000,000 so far). 

The future looks bright.

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