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I organized a vr party recently with my old beat up vive and people played keep talking and nobody explodes for 6 hours in a row That’s the state of VR today.
by Lewton 6y ago
I organized a vr party recently with my old beat up vive and people played keep talking and nobody explodes for 6 hours in a row
That’s the state of VR today.
Whenever I do VR as a social activity there’s never anyone leaving unsatisfied. And I’ve “sold” plenty of headsets that I hear reports about still getting regular use several years later
And now with oculus quest it’s an even easier sell
Every time there’s any vr related post on HN, the most upvoted comment is about VR being dead tech, all the while oculus and valve have their headsets on constant back-order
Maybe consider that you’re not the target audience
- alangibson 6y ago> I organized a vr party I'll bet people were responding to the party, not the Vive. It's exactly the effect I reported: it's cool once when everyone is doing it. > I hear reports about still getting regular use several years later Yes, a percentage of the population is no doubt into it. My point is that it's honestly surprising at this point, given how good the tech truly is, how uncompelling the overall experience is. The vast majority of people just don't feel the need to come back. > VR being dead tech The tech is great and getting better all the time. But that's not enough for it to be transformative the way smartphones were. And yes, I know, there's no requirement for AR or VR to be the next smartphone. But we do at some point need another paradigm shift in hardware to enable another wave of software innovation. This I think is why there is such animosity between VR proponents and skeptics: one wants to play some sweet games and the other wants a massive world-changing wave to ride.
- justin66 6y ago> VR as a social activity How are you sanitizing the equipment these days? Just curious. > nobody explodes for 6 hours in a row I shudder to think of what happens when the party ends.
- luckydata 6y ago> I organized a vr party recently with my old beat up vive and people played keep talking and nobody explodes for 6 hours in a row I've been hanging out in real life with a lot of people and nobody ever exploded. That seems to be par for the course, not something to brag about.
- dbmueller 6y agoWhat is meant by "exploding" here?
- pbk1 6y ago"Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" is a VR-enabled videogame [0] [0] https://keeptalkinggame.com/ https://keeptalkinggame.com/
- effingwewt 6y agoNow the comment makes sense, appreciate it.
- zhoujianfu 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Talking_and_Nobody_Explodes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Talking_and_Nobody_Expl...