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The reason why 3D died is because it required extra equipment for each person wanting to interact with it and that you needed to keep charged and was causing some people nausea or headaches. If you wanted to watch a movie in 3D with your family you had to buy everyone 3D glasses and keep them charged. If one of your family members was suffering from nausea due to the 3D effect then you could either watch it without them or just watch the movie in 2D. If you want to look for parallels to that, VR is more like 3D and it remains a niche 10+ years after it was lauded as making traditional displays obsolete. Well, traditional displays still exist and it's VR that's not doing great.Is 8K even needed? I think 8K is going to die like 3D did. No one really cares that much. 4K is enough for most people and few manufacturers even make 8K anymore. Even the new behemoth 110 and 115" displays, like the new TCLs, are only 4K.
8K is just a higher resolution. People said 4K was unnecessary when it started being available in consumer displays and it's now the standard. 8K will also reach mass adoption at some point. If you want to look for other tech to draw comparisions, this is more like HDR - just making what's there better without requiring putting anything on your face.