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I don't get why there's not a greater push to get smartphone/casual VR streaming from the PC using a wired video connection. Seems much easier to justify a $70

I don't get why there's not a greater push to get smartphone/casual VR streaming from the PC using a wired video connection. Seems much easier to justify a $700 phone purchase that just happens to have decent VR as a feature than it is to justify purchasing a $600 dedicated headset. But I guess by throwing their chips in with the Vive Pre, Valve decided not to port their in-home streaming + some stereoscopy to phones. Maybe they found it lacking?

CookieMon 11y ago
I tried a VRBox (a plastic version of the Cardboard) and it had zero presence, it feels like looking through a high tech "look anywhere" View‐Master — which is frickin cool in its own right if you ever liked View‐Master (like me), but it isn't VR. I realized even my low-end game ideas wouldn't work on that kind of device. It left me with a fear that devices like this would shape mainstream perception of VR as a pointless gimmick, but it sounds like the PS4 may be coming to the rescue. (Edit: I think I misread your comment, you are suggesting high‐end headsets with proper head-tracking, fresnal‐hybrid lenses etc. — the works — except for the screen part which is supplied by a modern smartphone with a low-latency video port?)