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A buddy of mine sunk about ~$2,000 into VR just as a casual gamer and not is not including the cost of a PC. He bought Oculas at launch, bought the controllers
by onedr0p 8y ago
A buddy of mine sunk about ~$2,000 into VR just as a casual gamer and not is not including the cost of a PC. He bought Oculas at launch, bought the controllers at their launch and bought many other accessories for driving and flight VR games. I initially thought VR was a fad but was still skeptical of its success. At this point I believe my skepticism is over. He and my other friends that bought headsets never use them anymore, it's been a year since they have played. They still defend their purchases, to them they say they got their moneys worth out of playing.
EDIT: One other thing I forgot to mention. Having the space to play and dealing with the wires is a huge frustration I saw my friends deal with. Every time they wanted to play they had to spend over an hour setting it up to just play for an hour or 2. That is unless you had a dedicated space for it. I hope no one wants their living room cluttered with wires going across the floor and VR accessories laying around.
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- Animats 8y agoIt's frustrating. The experience is fun for 20 minutes or so, but it's downhill from there. I've used both the HTC Vibe and the Microsoft HoloLens, and enjoyed them. I've tried VR headsets all the way back to Jaron Lainer's original prototype. But I wouldn't spend two hours wearing any of this stuff. This seems to be the general opinion of people who can tolerate the things. About 25-40% of the population becomes nauseated [1], which is a problem for a consumer product. That's higher than roller coasters. VR is just not going to be the Next Big Thing. Simple overlays in AR, maybe. [1] https://www.sciencenews.org/article/virtual-reality-has-motion-sickness-problem https://www.sciencenews.org/article/virtual-reality-has-moti...
- onedr0p 8y agoI would definitely fall into that percentage. That mixed with myopia was a definite no-go for me, trying to wear the headset with glasses was too much of a hassle for me. If I didn't wear glasses the screen would be blurry and I would start to get a migraine after 30 minutes of playing. I am still interested in what AR has to offer.