Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality

Re:Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality by ekianjo on Friday January 10, 2020 @10:07AM (#22011420)

> Yeah, the evidence they cite for VR declining seems to be entirely within the space of 3DoF VR, like Google's Daydream and VR video:

If VR were such a hot market surely you would not see the Google Daydream news and Samsung killing off GearVR. You have to take in account all news, positive and negative, to get an actual view of how the market is doing. And also the investment. And investment in VR has been in the decline for a couple of years now after an initial peak.

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Re:Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality by Fr0styMatt88 on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:14AM (#22011973)

To me, Google killing off Daydream and Samsung killing off GearVR is akin to TV manufacturers killing off their black-and-white TV models because everyone has moved on to colour.

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Re:Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality by kalado on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:08AM (#22011917)

Holding your phone in front of your eyes with some glass inbetween is a bit of a difference to a real VR Headset.

And don't ignore how active the porn industry is in the VR space.

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Re:Why we've never fallen in love with virtual reality by ekianjo on Saturday January 11, 2020 @01:25AM (#22018518)

Do you expect porn to bring VR mainstream?

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