Wrapping my head around "VR Has Failed" makes my head hurt (Gaming)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Thursday, January 07, 2016, 16:31 (3040 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Disclaimer: Have an Oculus DK2

I saw today that the Oculus will be $600.

VR will now officially never take off in the near future.

What the hell does "officially" mean to you? When you double down on some poorly supported theory of yours, it's now official? Interesting...

Having sampled VR before I can safely say that it is unsuitable in its current form for gaming, except in very specific (racing games, RTS) circumstances. People will buy it, and they will be disappointed. I was disappointed and I used it for free!

There is definitely a disconnect between the normal experiences in games and what a proper VR experience will be. It's a very exciting time to be a dev and to figure out how best to do this.

I recently spoke with a friend who gave up a great job to work full time in developing VR movies. I told him he just made the biggest mistake of his life. VR movies, unlike games, have no positive qualities at all.

High Wire will have a very difficult time with their game being VR only, let alone making it be better than a non-VR version. It's certainly possible, but nobody is going to play it. When I joked that VR Gran Turismo is needed to get VR off the ground… that's actually kind of not a joke anymore. That's literally the only way you are going to get these headsets into the hands of millions and have something quality to play on them.

Why aren't all TV shows shot in 3D and shown on 3D TVs in every household? Same reason VR will never take off. Even though both are awesome.

You're really into reductive arguments comparing drastically different industries/audiences. I am not into the idea of 3D movies, however even my in-laws dropped their jaws when experiencing the most basic demos running on a freaking laptop of all things. Can't wait to show them on the new PC I built for this purpose.

You're occasionally right about some things, that by no means makes you sound any less silly when you throw out absolute nonsense like this.

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VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-06, 23:16
- VR has failed - General Vagueness, 2016-01-06, 23:44
- VR has failed - ObsidianKitteh, 2016-01-06, 23:44
- VR has failed - stabbim, 2016-01-06, 23:51
  - VR has failed - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 12:46
  - 3D in films - Kahzgul, 2016-01-07, 15:54
    - 3D in films - stabbim, 2016-01-07, 18:24
      - 3D in films - Kahzgul, 2016-01-07, 23:45
  - VR has failed - Claude Errera, 2016-01-07, 16:13
    - VR has failed - Ragashingo, 2016-01-07, 16:29
    - VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 17:02
      - My problem with 3D movies is how dark they all look here - ZackDark, 2016-01-07, 17:43
      - VR has failed - Claude Errera, 2016-01-07, 19:06
        
        Good point. - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 19:20
        
        You know, the Rift does all of that pretty well - ZackDark, 2016-01-07, 19:50
        
        You know, the Rift does all of that pretty well - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 23:19
    - same here. - Kermit, 2016-01-07, 18:34
    - Agreed - Blackt1g3r, 2016-01-07, 20:09
      - Agreed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 20:26
      - Agreed - dogcow, 2016-01-07, 21:32
      - Moral of the story - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-08, 12:13
        
        My ADD says otherwise - Blackt1g3r, 2016-01-08, 13:28
- Agree to disagree. - cheapLEY, 2016-01-06, 23:52
- Already?! Glad I didn't buy... - Ragashingo, 2016-01-06, 23:53
- VR has failed - bluerunner, 2016-01-07, 00:57
  - So that's what Cody meant. :p - Ragashingo, 2016-01-07, 01:07
  - You're Wrong. - Morpheus, 2016-01-07, 02:05
- VR has failed - Kermit, 2016-01-07, 01:14
  - VR has failed - uberfoop, 2016-01-07, 01:38
    - Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - narcogen, 2016-01-07, 05:55
      - Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 13:06
        
        Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 13:09
        
        Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 13:22
      - Maybe, Maybe Not, but the Rift will not be mainstream - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 19:40
  - VR has failed - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 01:44
- VR has failed - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-01-07, 01:30
  - VR has failed - Ragashingo, 2016-01-07, 01:48
  - VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 02:36
    - VR has failed - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 03:00
      - VR has failed - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 03:10
        
        VR has failed - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 03:21
        
        VR has failed - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 13:03
- Palmer Luckey AMA on Reddit. - cheapLEY, 2016-01-07, 02:26
- Way off. - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 03:52
  - Way off. - ProbablyLast, 2016-01-07, 16:17
    - Arguably VR's greatest feature. - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 16:34
  - I don't know - Monochron, 2016-01-07, 17:03
    - I don't know - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 17:17
      - lol - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 17:45
        
        That wasn't a joke... - MacAddictXIV, 2016-01-07, 17:50
        
        That wasn't a joke... - Cody Miller, 2016-01-07, 18:06
        
        ayyyyup. - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 18:08
    - I don't know - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 17:45
- Why do you 'get off' from making polarizing statements? - Pyromancy, 2016-01-07, 04:03
  - "It is a failure. Should've listened to me!" - Cody on forum - Funkmon, 2016-01-07, 04:13
- so does it have Mario tennis? - Schedonnardus, 2016-01-07, 12:31
- Wrapping my head around "VR Has Failed" makes my head hurt - kidtsunami, 2016-01-07, 16:31
- Thanks for the heads up! - TheeChaos, 2016-01-08, 13:32

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