Burek on 15 July 2014
| SvennoJ said: Handhelds, tablets, laptops, phone games, playing in your room / man cave, all anti social. VR is just another display device, and imo completely impractical for MMORPG. VR didn't seem anti social at all in Otherland. Maybe he should read better books. |
But surely those portable devices are much more social, since you can interact with them and other people at the same time (just like me typing this on my phone, preparing a meal for my kid and listening to music simultaneously). While VR apparatus is one giant blindfold, and while using it you are separated from the rest of your surroundings. Put headphones on, and all of a sudden two of your main senses become completely isolated from reality.
That's why many people consider VR more antisocial than any other device.
