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I wanted to get into VR but it's too cost prohibitive right now. You need a powerful computer. That means either buying a very expensive rig from a brand name
by puranjay 10y ago
I wanted to get into VR but it's too cost prohibitive right now.
You need a powerful computer. That means either buying a very expensive rig from a brand name seller (Alienware or Razer), or building one on your own.
The former is cost-prohibitive. The latter is skill-prohibitive.
A smartphone, on the other hand, is cheap and requires no technical know how to buy and use
- frik 10y agoThe Playstation 4 VR is rather in-expensive and has a good selection of high quality content. And I too think AR (augmented reality, known from Pokemon-Go) has higher potential/adoption rate. We will see it in our every day life soon, everywhere. And everyone has a smartphone, no need for a helmet. (And for VR a "CAVE" is very cool. It's a special purpose small room where projectors point to 3 or 4 walls and the floor and you can just carry light&inexpensive 3D red-blue or shutter glasses and walk around eg with your friends. That's something we will probably see more and more in public locations too.)
- CydeWeys 10y agoVR right now is still targeted very much at gamers, many of which already have a capable enough system, or could get there easily enough with a few upgrades. As a side effect of putting together a good gaming PC I have everything I already need for VR save the actual headset. It's still expensive, but it's a good deal less than the total cost of a good gaming PC.