Can someone explain the appeal of VR Headsets to me?

[SvennoJ]

JazzB1987 said:

People think it will be some kind of .HACK / SwordArtOnline thing.

But its just a helmet that moves the ingame camera when you move your head. (with stereoscopic 3D)


The hype is at least 20 years to early.

No clue what .HACK is, but the big immersion factor comes from the 110 degree field of view with an image that appears to be far away, as opposed to 15 to 30 degrees people normally watch their tv at. Even without moving your head that field of view filling image has a physical effect on you.

The hype is indeed a bit early, anything under 4K will look blurry or pixelated, 8K would be about comparable to how 1080p looks now on TV. The immersion factor and physical effect is still there however.