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The 3D format is not responsible for those items. If my proximity to an object triggers things it’s really no different than passing a call to another layer. Think web resources and hyperlink agnosticism



The common piece I see being talked around here is ownership. I bet that, more than anything else, is what drives the pushback. I was there too. People do not want open 3D, because "land grab", next really big, big thing.

"If only WWW would have charged to make a link...."


People have been floating the idea of 'micro-transactions' since the first days of the commercial world-wide-web. People just don't want to do it. There's a reason why average users made the choice to use the wider internet, instead of things like Minitel.


Totally!

But that won't stop developers and founders from doing gatekeeping management math.




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