WormFood@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
in my opinion the market is too segmented. Facebook took Oculus and refocused them onto standalone vr instead of pcvr, and secluded away a bunch of releases as Oculus exclusives. psvr is in a similar state. there isn’t enough vr software being made to support two separate walled gardens plus steamvr. in their rush to establish a vr monopoly, Facebook killed it. that’s my opinion
I’ll be hanging onto my vive cosmos for occasional games of beat saber but I think vr at this point has become an expensive novelty
Quest 3 is relatively affordable and provides excellent pcvr experience.
There really aren’t and have never been any such offerings in this price level, and wireless is an absolute game changer.
The fact that most people use it as standalone is understandable. It’s like pc vs a console - regular people just want to press power and go.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Always has been. I went to demonstrations of this tech in the nineties when I was in college. It was going to be the next big thing. That never happened. It seems to come back every few years and then fade out again.
shikitohno@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s seems like the 3d movies of the tech world. Every so often, they release a new iteration, tell us it’ll change everything, and while people get excited at first, they rapidly realize it’s not as useful as it was presented and often impractical. Start developing the next gen version, rinse and repeat.
kemsat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, when I had some extra money I considered getting VR but ultimately decided that it would be a waste & I’d only use it for 1-2 games then never tough it again.