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Now watch this face plant in the market. It's a niche product with horrifically overinflated expectations, steep pricing, and no application ecosystem or clear,
by melted 11y ago
Now watch this face plant in the market. It's a niche product with horrifically overinflated expectations, steep pricing, and no application ecosystem or clear, killer-app use case. Good luck folks, you're gonna need it.
- swalsh 11y agoI mean, i'm not going to buy it... but only because I think the vive offers a better experience. I think VR in general is pretty promising, and a bit more than "niche"
- melted 11y agoWhat's the use case to justify the massive cash outlay these things require? I don't see it.
- swalsh 11y agoI mean, immersive gameplay is a pretty big use case. To me personally, as someone who loves FPS games, that's a huge win. It's worth it to me. When it comes to making predictions, i'd remind you of this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
- soared 11y agoUse case? Video games,obviously. This is early-early adopter tech. Chill out with your absurdly premature predictions.
- melted 11y agoWe're talking $1500 for the headset and GPU able to support the headset. Plus a pretty beefy workstation to feed that GPU. Plus the games don't actually exist yet, and they face a massive chicken-and-egg problem. No one but the most dedicated early adopters will buy this until the price comes down like 3x.