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What it allows is to have the experience at all, and that is a huge change. Before the Quest, VR was out of reach unless you had 4 figures to burn on a top of t
by dTal 5y ago
What it allows is to have the experience at all, and that is a huge change. Before the Quest, VR was out of reach unless you had 4 figures to burn on a top of the range gaming PC and an entire room to dedicate to VR, not to mention the huge hassle of installing drivers, setting up sensors, etc. It was solidly in "enthusiast" territory because the experience, while novel, just wasn't worth the effort.
Now, though? You buy a cheap piece of hardware. You charge it. You put it on. Boom, you're teleported to another world. Saying that's no different from wading through making an HTC Vive work is like saying Dropbox is no different than rsync, except rsync also costs a thousand bucks.
The Ford Model T wasn't revolutionary tech either. The Quest (series) is the Model T of VR headsets. It's the one that everyone's gonna buy, just for fun, because it's finally worth it.