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And so I expect that one of things I’m really interested in seeing is like some of these different startup companies within the VR space that are remote, and they have to kind of dog food their own remote collaboration tools. And I think eventually we’ll get to the point where maybe you could live out in the middle of the country.
And so I expect that one of things I'm really interested in seeing is like some of these different startup companies within the VR space that are remote, and they have to kind of dog food their own remote collaboration tools. So it'll be interesting to see how some of these remote companies are able to adapt and create these tools.
And so I expect that one of things I’m really interested in seeing is like some of these different startup companies within the VR space that are remote, and they have to kind of dog food their own remote collaboration tools. And I think eventually we’ll get to the point where maybe you could live out in the middle of the country.
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