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High-resolution audiovisual virtual reality is available anytime.

Reference judgmentLateDisputedResearch snapshot · October 15, 2026
Source confidence & research status
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Editorial paraphrase · evidence v0.3. AI-assisted editorial assessments; original book editions not independently collated. Attribution and outcome confidence are recorded separately.

Source state: TEXT CONFIRMED IN LISTED SOURCE.

Attribution confidence
MEDIUM
Outcome confidence · deadline / review
MEDIUM / MEDIUM
Timing confidence / kind
MEDIUM · DOCUMENTED BY
Population
Technology markets and relevant users; no universality unless the forecast expressly requires it.

Our reading of the claim

Reference (stated reasonable reading)

Late

Criterion: Consumers can use immersive high-resolution visual-plus-audio VR on demand, without requiring a specialist installation.

Deadline: 2010 · Included in this comparison

At original deadlinePARTLY FULFILLED
By review dateFULFILLED

Earlier VR systems existed, but ordinary portable on-demand immersive access was limited in 2010. The standalone Quest shipped in 2019 with tracked immersive visual/audio use. “Immersive” is not silently strengthened to indistinguishable reality or all senses.

Deadline and follow-up notes

At deadline: Earlier VR systems existed, but ordinary portable on-demand immersive access was limited in 2010.

By review: The standalone Quest shipped in 2019 with tracked immersive visual/audio use. “Immersive” is not silently strengthened to indistinguishable reality or all senses.

Evidence: N05 (opens in a new tab)

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The forecast and its attribution.

EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE

High-resolution audiovisual virtual reality is available anytime.

How My Predictions Are Faring — Ray Kurzweil

2005 · Attribution / year unconfirmed
The Singularity Is Near predictions for 2010, prediction 6, printed p. 132

AUTHOR RETROSPECTIVE REPRINT

Source publication: 2010-10 · Access: text checked

Official author archive. Cover says October 2010, but the available file contains later updates. Reprinted forecast passages are used for attribution; the author’s favorable self-grades are not independent outcome evidence. Original book editions were not inspected. Page locators below are PRINTED pages, not PDF viewer indices.

Catalogue entry P01
Open listed source (opens in a new tab)
Normalized claim
High-resolution audiovisual virtual reality is available anytime.
Success criteria
Consumers can use immersive high-resolution visual-plus-audio VR on demand, without requiring a specialist installation.
Claim type
Capability
02

Timeline

PREDICTION MADE2005Attributed forecast year; original edition not collated
ORIGINAL TARGET2010Deadline supplied by this assessment
FULL REALIZATIONBy 2019Evidence bound, not first achievement year

DOCUMENTED BY: Documented by 2019; after 2010, no later than 2019

2010 in the retrospective’s early-2010s grouping.

Outcome at original deadlinePARTLY FULFILLED
Outcome at reviewFULFILLED

Supplied target wording: 2010 in the retrospective’s early-2010s grouping.. The original deadline is preserved if a later forecast revises it. Forecast horizon: not established. Drift is a calendar-year difference, not a precise elapsed duration.

03

The evidence.

CONTEXT · 2019-05-20

Qualcomm: Snapdragon platform powers shipping Oculus Quest (opens in a new tab)

Primary institutional, research, or issuer source. Dates in the claim refer to the observation or product event, not the review date.. Primary institutional, research, or issuer source. Dates in the claim refer to the observation or product event, not the review date.

Source checked as of 2026-10-15
PRIMARY RESEARCH OR OFFICIAL

Source publication: 2019-05-20 · Access: web text or indexed extract checked

Primary institutional, research, or issuer source. Dates in the claim refer to the observation or product event, not the review date.

Catalogue entry N05

Capability, adoption, and timing

A related breakthrough is not automatically fulfillment. Review must check the actual capability, how widely it was required to be used, the specified technology, and the original deadline. A prototype cannot establish a claim about routine or widespread use.

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Alternative interpretation: Spatial resolution is evaluated against usable consumer VR, not human retinal acuity, which this particular forecast does not specify.
04

Research notes & history

Spatial resolution is evaluated against usable consumer VR, not human retinal acuity, which this particular forecast does not specify.

Open questions

  • Original-edition collation remains an attribution task; it does not erase the stated outcome assessment.
  • An earlier documented instance could refine timing; the documented-by date is not claimed to be the invention year.
Imported from
kurzweil_verification_v0_3_package/predictions.canonical.v0.3.json
Legacy identifier
None
Forecast family
K017
Parent statement
Not assigned
File checksum
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Review history

— Evidence v0.2: UNREVIEWED. An Oculus/HTC launch alone cannot settle every qualifier or an ambiguous deadline. Conversely, this audiovisual claim is not identical to the separate total-touch forecast. Change: Complete deadline/current outcome assessment under explicit scope; separate uncertainty from verdict.

— Evidence v0.3: EDITORIAL_ASSESSMENT_COMPLETE; supplied verdict LATE. Earlier VR systems existed, but ordinary portable on-demand immersive access was limited in 2010. The standalone Quest shipped in 2019 with tracked immersive visual/audio use. “Immersive” is not silently strengthened to indistinguishable reality or all senses.

Related forecasts.

No forecast family has been resolved for this record. Related statements and revised deadlines will be linked during research.