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It's the segway solution. Cool tech that solves a problem which doesn't really exist.
by three_seagrass 7y ago
It's the segway solution. Cool tech that solves a problem which doesn't really exist.
- adamc 7y agoKind of like VR for games? Which I have yet to meet anyone who uses...
- BillinghamJ 7y agoApparently HL Alyx is exceptionally good, maybe will Mark a bit of a turning point
- three_seagrass 7y agoMaybe. VR is more chicken-egg, like the Windows phone with apps. The more people with VR headsets, the more VR games get developed, but more people won't get VR headsets until there are more games developed.
- wpietri 7y agoI think "vicious circle" might be closer here. Just to check things out, I rented a Quest over the winter holidays. There was very little content that was a) VR-specific, and b) so much better on VR that it was worth the hassle. After we sent it back, the kids never even mentioned it again; they're happy with their Switches and the PS4. Game designer Jesse Schell said "If Oculus Quest can’t succeed we should just hang it up" [1] and I think he's right. The obvious technical problems have been fixed. It's technically very impressive, and it has a strong novelty rush at first. But if the current market isn't enough to drive the creation of must-have games, I expect it's a descending spiral from here. [1] https://uploadvr.com/jesse-schell-oculus-quest/ https://uploadvr.com/jesse-schell-oculus-quest/
- Kiro 7y agoI don't recognize that at all. I know too many to count that have an Oculus Quest and quite many had regular VR headsets before that. Personally I play Beat Saber on a daily basis and pretty often other games as well.
- alasdair_ 7y agoHalf Life Alyx is genuinely incredible. It’s worth getting a VR system just for that one game, assuming you already have a gaming PC.
- driverdan 7y agoHave you actually played any VR games? It's not perfect yet but it's good enough. They're quite fun. They're still niche because they require hardware and space. Many people, like you, don't get it until they try it.
- andybak 7y agoThat's funny. I know about half a dozen VR gamers - and that's people I already knew or met outside of the VR scene.
- rvnx 7y agoThe segway has been technologically superseded by electric scooters
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- three_seagrass 7y agoThey don't use gyroscopes so I'm not sure I'd say they superseded segweys technologically. I also would hesitate to say they solve a common problem because the current market glut seems to be trailing a recent hype bubble of electric scooter startups.
- catalogia 7y agoHumans already have two "gyroscopes" in our ears, which for most people work well. It's really no surprise that bicycles are more popular than segways.
- fumar 7y agoOr the Onewheel. I use my Onewheel to get around in LA for short trips.
- iandanforth 7y agoSo mall-cops are all going to be using Magic Leap tech in a few years?