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> but I'm still seeing nothing to indicate anything more than "overpriced, non-essential toy." I saw a reviewer mention that VR is like "having your favorite a

> but I'm still seeing nothing to indicate anything more than "overpriced, non-essential toy." I saw a reviewer mention that VR is like "having your favorite amusement park ride at home": it's awesome, but at the same time you're not going to ride a roller coaster for 3 hours everyday. VR can be loads of fun, but I still find it exhausting, and very focus demanding. It will, for me, always remain a nice plus, but never as essential as something I can easily pause and put down.

jrm4 3y ago
Absolutely. I LOVE "Pistol Whip," but I'm in my 40s. I literally can only do about 2 or 3 rounds of that in one day :)
- Auracle 3y ago
  For whatever reason Pistol Whip gives me crazy anxiety.
  - jrm4 3y ago
    Definitely. A bug and a feature for sure. Superhot lets you slow everything to matrix/bullet time which is super cool, but Pistol Whip is like LETS SEE HOW YOU FARE IN REAL TIME. :)
JeremyNT 3y ago
This resonates for me as well. It's just too exhausting and uncomfortable, and I hate the feeling of isolation from the real world. I think it may be the case that the general public will find putting on VR goggles and losing their visual connection to the physical world around them to be weird and alienating in a way that fundamentally cannot be overcome by technical improvements. Maybe VR goggles are OK for small doses and the novelty, but perhaps this is just too jarring and strange to ever become the primary way people interact with games (never mind the much touted non-gaming applications).
- fomine3 3y ago
  For hardware, visual connection to real is what Apple and Meta are solving with their latest products. For software, non-VR software in the room is still lacking but Apple and third parties will solve it. Many VR software are better with remain isolated.
- chaostheory 3y ago
  Starting with the Quest Pro, I think this problem has been solved. When I started using it, aside from the lightness, I noticed that I didn’t care about adding in the light shields. I liked being able to have a decent view of both my left and right at the cost of immersion. I’m sure the vision pro will take this a step further
crooked-v 3y ago
> having your favorite amusement park ride at home I dunno, I'm still waiting for a good recreation of Haunted Mansion in VR.
- MutableLambda 3y ago
  I think Half-Life Alyx would qualify
dpig_ 3y ago
I regularly play competitive VR shooters for hours at a time - against servers populated with people who do the same.

jrm4 3y ago

Absolutely. I LOVE "Pistol Whip," but I'm in my 40s. I literally can only do about 2 or 3 rounds of that in one day :)

Auracle 3y ago
For whatever reason Pistol Whip gives me crazy anxiety.
- jrm4 3y ago
  Definitely. A bug and a feature for sure. Superhot lets you slow everything to matrix/bullet time which is super cool, but Pistol Whip is like LETS SEE HOW YOU FARE IN REAL TIME. :)

JeremyNT 3y ago

This resonates for me as well. It's just too exhausting and uncomfortable, and I hate the feeling of isolation from the real world. I think it may be the case that the general public will find putting on VR goggles and losing their visual connection to the physical world around them to be weird and alienating in a way that fundamentally cannot be overcome by technical improvements. Maybe VR goggles are OK for small doses and the novelty, but perhaps this is just too jarring and strange to ever become the primary way people interact with games (never mind the much touted non-gaming applications).

fomine3 3y ago
For hardware, visual connection to real is what Apple and Meta are solving with their latest products. For software, non-VR software in the room is still lacking but Apple and third parties will solve it. Many VR software are better with remain isolated.
chaostheory 3y ago
Starting with the Quest Pro, I think this problem has been solved. When I started using it, aside from the lightness, I noticed that I didn’t care about adding in the light shields. I liked being able to have a decent view of both my left and right at the cost of immersion. I’m sure the vision pro will take this a step further

crooked-v 3y ago

> having your favorite amusement park ride at home I dunno, I'm still waiting for a good recreation of Haunted Mansion in VR.

MutableLambda 3y ago
I think Half-Life Alyx would qualify

dpig_ 3y ago

I regularly play competitive VR shooters for hours at a time - against servers populated with people who do the same.