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My biased opinion: VR is going to be huge, but it won't look that way for at least a few years while things mature (especially when 90% of the content is just i
by rm999 11y ago
My biased opinion: VR is going to be huge, but it won't look that way for at least a few years while things mature (especially when 90% of the content is just improving games that could have existed on a 2D monitor).
Just off the top of my head, it has the potential to disrupt:
* Television and movies. Imagine an Imax theater in your house. VR is really the obvious solution here IMO. We just need to give it a few years while the screen resolution ramps up.
* The office. Obvious one - virtual desktops. Less obvious - remote working. This hasn't worked as promised yet, I suspect because remote interactions aren't immersive and interactive enough. Skype calls are ok, but I'd love to just stand up and "draw" something on a virtual board with other people. I can see VR making this much more possible.
- wrsh07 11y agoCan you imagine a remote "open office" workspace where you can mute the background chatter when you actually want to work? Or sit next to whoever you want so you can bother them when they're not obviously busy?
- greggman 11y agoThe iMax theater in my house isn't a draw for me. Things I do currently watching a movie that I can't do in VR * Grab my snacks on the table in front of me (can't see them in VR) * Take a drink (headset gets in the way of putting a half full class to your lips and drinking) * Interact with friends and family also watching at the same time
- kristofferR 11y agoThe HTC Vive has a camera in front. It's very limited right now, but it's very likely that future headsets will feature an AR-mode that'll enable you to still see the real environment around you.
- flashman 11y ago> Interact with friends and family also watching at the same time A virtual cinema will let you do this with them, wherever they are. Once Netflix launches a VR app, they'll take care of the movie delivery and syncing, so you'll just pop on a headset and be sitting next to your Dad who's on the opposite coast. Hell, I can see that being a killer app for ESPN.
- greggman 11y agoNot unless they add cameras looking at your lips and eyes. Just being able to see a body with a head in VR is not the same as sitting next to my dad who's facial expression I can see.
- t0mbstone 11y agoI predict a lot more "augmented reality" VR headsets in the future. All they would have to do to enable this would be to put two low-latency cameras on the front of the VR headset and underlay their outputs to each of your eyes, while "projecting" a virtual 80 inch screen on the wall in front of you. My Gear VR has something like this, because the Note 4 has a camera. I am able to watch the camera in "passthrough" mode, and I can actually walk around the house with my headset on. It's pretty laggy, though, and isn't 3D, because there's only one camera. There's a lot of room for improvement, but I can see the potential.
- elif 11y agoI find eating and drinking, while difficult, to be far more satisfying when i'm in virtual reality. It is, in a way, a coordination of 3 identities: the virtual me sitting in a theater, the physical me clumsily making a mess of his face, and the internal ego sitting back judging both of them. It's a pretty easy way to get an out-of-body experience. Also: if you can manage to replace your friends with cats, I find they are much more proactive about interacting with me when i'm in VR.
- rimantas 11y agoProbably huge the same way the 3D TV became huge.