The advantage is in being able to move your head to see more than what is directly head of you. Maybe they could do something like how in Elite Dangerous you h

The advantage is in being able to move your head to see more than what is directly head of you. Maybe they could do something like how in Elite Dangerous you hold middle mouse button(? can't remember exactly what the control is) to freelook, but that's not as good as being able to control your PoV directly by moving your head.