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There is no way my mum or my grandparents will buy a VR headset in the next 5-10 years and use it every day. Not a chance. VR is 50-100 years from "mass adopti
by jay_kyburz 10y ago
There is no way my mum or my grandparents will buy a VR headset in the next 5-10 years and use it every day. Not a chance.
VR is 50-100 years from "mass adoption" when the headsets are as light as sunglasses are today, either that, or when my kids grow in a culture of VR. A full generation at least.
- nostalgiac 10y agoI think you are largely mistaken. I work for a Not-for-Profit in Health Care / Aged Care and we have bought Samsung VR headsets to take into the Aged Care Homes and the elderly people there have absolutely love the experiences they had.
- danbolt 10y agoPersonally, I feel as though I'll accidentally think of the elderly as less human than the young, and forget that they can be open to new things as well. The more I've realized it about myself, the more I feel I begin to see it in others too.
- jay_kyburz 10y agoI don't believe I was making the mistake of thinking of people a little older than me as being less human. I have elderly friends that are avid gamers and love thier smartphones, tablets, and Facebook (which I consider to have had mass adoption). VR headsets I put in the same category as the Microsoft Kinect or the Nintendo Wii. They are kind of fun, impressive technologies, but ultimately they are kind of a pain to use.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago> ... Kind of a pain to use. This. The inertia it takes to actually use it has to become as low as flipping on the TV and channel surfing. Having to locate a headset, strap it on, etc. is not what people are willing to do. Also, people don't like things on their face.
- tomclancy 10y agoMy parents would buy it in a second if it made long-distance hangouts with their grandchild more immersive.