A. I recommend people never have -one- thing they do. Having -one- thing makes you dependent on the outcomes of that one thing, which will ebb and flow. Start putting energy in something else as well (I especially recommend strong relationships, or a physical activity pursued at the hobby level), and when your original project hits a low point, use your other activity to recharge.
B. Are they really newbie? Did they do 5 years of work in obscurity, and you just saw the point where they broke through?
C. Community glory tends to be a 'winner-takes-all-affair'. 8 people get 10% each, 2 people get %40 each. Try to live your life such that such long-shots are capable of enhancing it, rather than depending on it for your happiness.
D. You're not your status in the community. You're a worthwhile person for existing.
All of that is what you should focus on to not be so outcome dependent, and thats what I would suggest focusing on right now. There's also the legitamte question of how to have more of an impact on your chosen field, but I think that would require more ifnromation.
No clear and obvious winner. They should all have pretty similar capabilities. I haven't tried any of the motion input systems of the headsets besides the HTC Vive, but I've heard they're comparable (Rift's will probably be slightly better than Vive's, and Morpheus's slightly worse)
* Find extroverted people you can tolerate, they can introduce you to a lot more people.
* Find the groups of people who have problems with the tech/startup world but are still interested in tech (Who I'm assuming you're one of), there's a lot of people out there like that and you'll have a lot to talk about.
* If you're not great at conversation, try to focus on just being with people, say something like "I don't really have a lot to say, but I appreicate the company". Find people who want to just be around others.
I think you should probably clarify how much you don't want to work a regular job (Seems like the simplest way to make that amount of money in that time)
The article seems to be lacking a lot of context about several of the projects it addresses... I don't think it makes sense to namedrop TempleOS as the christian version of linux as much as a project that is very influenced by a particular mental illness.
2. Undelete facebook, don't read the news feed, let people add you and add people you meet and let them invite you to events.
3. Find out what messaging programs people use (Skype, etc.), install them and keep in touch when possible.
4. Go to meetups about things that interest you.
5. Work on your english. Even better, if at all possible, go to language related meetups and get teach someone your first language in exchange for them improving your english.
6. Lower your standards. When you don't know anyone you can't be super choosy. You can raise your standards after knowing more people.
I'm probably not the only VR nut who confused the person in the title with Vladimir Vukićević, the Director of Engineering of Mozilla who has done worked on some Oculus-centric web vr stuff for Mozilla.
B. Are they really newbie? Did they do 5 years of work in obscurity, and you just saw the point where they broke through?
C. Community glory tends to be a 'winner-takes-all-affair'. 8 people get 10% each, 2 people get %40 each. Try to live your life such that such long-shots are capable of enhancing it, rather than depending on it for your happiness.
D. You're not your status in the community. You're a worthwhile person for existing.
All of that is what you should focus on to not be so outcome dependent, and thats what I would suggest focusing on right now. There's also the legitamte question of how to have more of an impact on your chosen field, but I think that would require more ifnromation.