I like the idea of taking old laser tag arenas, kitting them out with lighthouses, and then having vives hooked up to backpack pcs. Battery life is only an hour or so, but I'd like to see you last an hour of running around a jungle/glacier/moon/starship/wartorn village. You map the physical space into a variety of play arenas built in your engine of choice, so that snowdrift corresponds with that pile of foam, this bridge is that ice bridge, that room is this room, etc.

The tech is already here - the hurdles are pretty minimal, it's just a question of setup.

I've come to the same conclusion: VR belongs in an arcade. The tough part is coming up with a game worthy of a VR arcade... Batman Beyond-style.

If you want to do arcade VR you'll need to solve the Pink Eye problem before I get anywhere near it.

There's a pink eye problem with HMDs? This is the first I've heard of it, but I suppose it makes sense.

Yep. A local company in OC is currently developing a VR headset condom that will solve the hygiene problem. Going to a bunch of meetups and trying out VR can get disgusting.

I'm all up for anything that ushers in a revival of coin-op arcades outside of Japan.