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This is my concern with VR not taking off with the mainstream. Many gamers (myself included) want to plop down on the couch and not move around much. Many of th

This is my concern with VR not taking off with the mainstream. Many gamers (myself included) want to plop down on the couch and not move around much. Many of the VR experiences coming out require movement, not to mention the initial effort to put on the headset. I'm a huge proponent of VR (backer #238 of the Rift on Kickstarter), but I worry VR headsets will end up in the dustbin with the Kinect for this very reason...

make3 9y ago
vr has larger problems. mainly, the nausea thing: your character can't accelerate at all without giving you really unpleasant nausea. The strength of that nausea isn't being exaggerated. That takes out all games that you would think are good ideas for vr, like sports games, fighter jet games, .. first person shooters where your character walks around.. basically first person anything where your character isn't always moving at constant speed or teleporting is ruled out. It's a shame.. but it's really how it is
- agar 9y ago
  Have you actually played VR games recently? The most popular games are flight simulators and first person shooters where people walk around (Elite Dangerous, Eve: Valkyrie, FSX, Onward, Pavlov, From Other Suns). The best games released, Lone Echo and Echo Arena, take place in zero-gravity environments with highly non-constant speed and no teleportation. Any game that gets released without joystick/trackpad locomotion will get a flood of angry message board postings. Nausea is certainly a concern, but huge strides have been made in addressing it for the vast majority of players.
Macha 9y ago
There are seated vr experiences too, but as a Vive owner, I don't think they're going to get cheap enough quickly enough to take off. Maybe we'll get attempt #3 taking off next decade..
- criddell 9y ago
  I don't think price has much to do with it. Even if they were free I can't see them taking off.
  - annabellish 9y ago
    VR isn't going to replace flat-panel gaming, it's a new medium, and for more than just games. Think of a VR headset as a new kind of output display, not a new format for video games.
    - criddell 9y ago
      I agree with that. When I say "take off", I mean become popular with or useful for the general public. It makes a great demo though. Also, I'm talking about the current generation of VR that involves strapping something to your face. Get rid of that and everything changes.
dbbk 9y ago
I don't see any way that VR can take off with the mainstream. I honestly just don't get it. If the Kinect and 3D TVs didn't work, why would this?

make3 9y ago

vr has larger problems. mainly, the nausea thing: your character can't accelerate at all without giving you really unpleasant nausea. The strength of that nausea isn't being exaggerated. That takes out all games that you would think are good ideas for vr, like sports games, fighter jet games, .. first person shooters where your character walks around.. basically first person anything where your character isn't always moving at constant speed or teleporting is ruled out. It's a shame.. but it's really how it is

agar 9y ago
Have you actually played VR games recently? The most popular games are flight simulators and first person shooters where people walk around (Elite Dangerous, Eve: Valkyrie, FSX, Onward, Pavlov, From Other Suns). The best games released, Lone Echo and Echo Arena, take place in zero-gravity environments with highly non-constant speed and no teleportation. Any game that gets released without joystick/trackpad locomotion will get a flood of angry message board postings. Nausea is certainly a concern, but huge strides have been made in addressing it for the vast majority of players.

Macha 9y ago

There are seated vr experiences too, but as a Vive owner, I don't think they're going to get cheap enough quickly enough to take off. Maybe we'll get attempt #3 taking off next decade..

criddell 9y ago
I don't think price has much to do with it. Even if they were free I can't see them taking off.
- annabellish 9y ago
  VR isn't going to replace flat-panel gaming, it's a new medium, and for more than just games. Think of a VR headset as a new kind of output display, not a new format for video games.
  - criddell 9y ago
    I agree with that. When I say "take off", I mean become popular with or useful for the general public. It makes a great demo though. Also, I'm talking about the current generation of VR that involves strapping something to your face. Get rid of that and everything changes.

dbbk 9y ago

I don't see any way that VR can take off with the mainstream. I honestly just don't get it. If the Kinect and 3D TVs didn't work, why would this?