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> I doubt strapping the headset on is anywhere near the top For me personally, a side effect of that is the reason I'm not excited about VR: it's anti-social.
by untog 7y ago
> I doubt strapping the headset on is anywhere near the top
For me personally, a side effect of that is the reason I'm not excited about VR: it's anti-social. I'm shutting myself off from anyone else in my apartment in a way a normal video game doesn't do. It makes me way, way less excited about the potential of VR.
- baby 7y agoInterestingly, I've had the most impressive social experience in VR. I got the Oculus Go when it came out and bought Catan (the board game, but in VR). I then launched a game online, and ended up playing for an hour with a finish kid and a canadian dude. We talked like we were all together, and at the end I couldn't just leave without saying goodbye (usually I just quit a game, but here I felt some social pressure to do the right thing). We even shook hand.
- untog 7y agoThat's a very different social experience, though. You're still blocking yourself off from other people in the room with you.
- rocky1138 7y agoAgreed. I pinged Oculus on Twitter a few months ago saying that if they wanted to win Christmas they should make a "his and hers" headset pack.
- baby 7y agoSure but don’t you do the same when you are watching a movie or playing a videogame? There are games to interact with other people in the room btw and they are super fun as well! Check “keep talking and nobody explodes” and “acron: attack of the squirels ”.
- chrischen 7y agoYou’re talking about a very specific type of game: single player games. Not to mention most people don’t play games the way you are describing and the appeal of games certainly isn’t just to be able to talk to people in the room with you while you’re playing (even if it is appealing for some).