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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 27 points 8 months ago (18 children)

I've been hearing people claim that it's the next incremental improvement that's gonna do it since the very first Oculus prototype. Turns out there's always another next incremental improvement.

Look, I have owned what? Five? Six? HMDs since VR started. I'm looking at two right now. I'm not a hater. But it's way past time to acknowledge that this isn't mainstream tech. This thing is behaving like all other standalone VR devices. Which is impressive, because the price tag is absurd, it should have been dead on the water day one.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I suspect, nothing less than Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft going all in on their next generation console would be enough to bring VR mainstream. As in, the VR being the primary way to play.

Of the three, I can’t see Sony or Microsoft doing it.

Maybe Nintendo, as doing weird stuff is kinda their thing, but even that’s doubtful.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

as doing weird stuff is kinda their thing

Their corporate culture of doing weird stuff is an extension of their corporate culture of not trying to compete on cutting edge tech. Nintendo's hardware has always been a generation behind in actual performance, so they focus on making that stuff fun rather than competing on realism/performance.

Their biggest flop was when they strayed from that principle and released a VR headset 1995.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah… there were a bunch of issues with the Virtual Boy.

A Sudo 3D experience on hardware that couldn’t handle 3D graphics, needed to be setup on a table, and a color palette that made the GameBoy seem high fidelity, never mind the red was horrid to stare at for too long.

It really was ahead of its time… in all the wrong ways.

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