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> Speaking as an avid gamer, every VR headset looks like pure garbage Have you tried any headsets? I got a free GearVR with my S7 and comparing the experience
by ux-app 11y ago
> Speaking as an avid gamer, every VR headset looks like pure garbage
Have you tried any headsets? I got a free GearVR with my S7 and comparing the experience to a monitor just doesn't make any sense. With VR you get a sense of scale that a monitor just can't convey. In VR I feel that an object is right there in front of me. I can estimate its distance from me, as in 'that table is about 1 meter away'. It's a surreal feeling.
> you need to beef up your machine for the privilege of a worse experience.
Again. This doesn't make sense. The experience isn't worse. It's just different. It's so different that it's difficult to even compare monitor to HMD.
I gave my dad a demo and the sense of presence was so strong for him that he lost his balance just looking around in one of the lobbies. He's not a gamer and he had an ear to ear grin just looking around in the Oculus video lobby.
> They're expensive, you look incredibly stupid wearing one
That's true. I felt like an idiot wearing the headset.