I reckon someone said the same about the first mobile phones when they were attached to a suitcase. Who would want to carry a suitcase around just to make calls. Now, comparing the current VR to the iPhone is a huge leap, the VR technology is still evolving and I think it will surely get lighter.

Not really. They were crazy expensive, but had obvious utility. Aspiring yuppies would stick fake antennas to their cars to project that they had one.

It's a bit like 3D TV though; that didn't fully succeed or really fail, so it has limped on and people still buy them today.

have you tried it? i own an oculus and every family member i've seen has been shocked and loved it. Obviously the oculus is prohibitively expensive but with the release of Playstation VR i think the mainstream is poised to adopt it. I really believe the next game consoles that come out will simply be vr headsets

I have tried it. I owned a PSVR for a month and tried everything available. It was a pretty incredible experience, more immersive than I expected for sure. Most of my family and friends had a great time with it as well.

Ultimately, however, I resold it after a month. There are too few interesting full games available. Nearly every game is mostly a short trial, and most of the games are also very experimental and uninteresting to me in general. As an example, a full 1/3 of games available were musical demos that seemed to be geared toward folks having fun experiences while presumably smoking weed or otherwise in an altered state.

There was never a reason for me to come back to the system, but I would like to see if there are very imaginative useful practical applications that eventually see light. After surveying the other VR options I'm not convinced anything exists yet.

I sold my SNES a couple of months after it launched, because there weren't enough games. Obviously I had to buy it back later.

>There are too few interesting full games available.

That's never stopped consoles from selling. Eventually, those games come out.

> Ultimately, however, I resold it after a month. There are too few interesting full games available.

That seems like a clear example of a problem that will correct itself with time.

What about nature based apps, for coming after work, and just relaxing a bit in nature ? do they give a similar feeling of going into a beach, etc ?

I love that idea but I think we should be more social in person than electronically. I would better go out with someone on a run or a walk than this but again I would love that for sometime

I think almost everyone would prefer to walk with someone in person in nature. However sometimes the more realistic (or perhaps perceived) alternatives might be stay in, or go on a virtual tour with someone online. This makes it relatively attractive.

Game consoles will/should come with VR headsets. My point of view is daily normal consumption.

I wouldn't wear an Oculus while I am home sitting on my SOFA with my family members and not many people play games especially considering third world countries like India. VR would have its place but not to the likes of smartphones.

It's a novelty act right now. Like Google glass. The tech is incredible, but thus far no one has found a valuable application besides games.

I use my computer through my oculus. instead of being in my shitty student apartment. i get to be in a movie theatre or nice apartment with a massive screen and watch videos on it. I find it pretty compelling.

I don't think there is a VR boom. There's just early adopters right now. I'd agree with you if you said that a VR boom will never happen... I think VR will stay niche among a core set of gamers.

Is there a VR boom? There's a heavy hype cycle, is anyone really biting?