Microsoft’s HoloLens Looks More Promising Than VR, but May Be Ahead of Its Time

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Jimbo1337 said:

Vasto said:

PwerlvlAmy said:
I think VR is gonna flop just like it did years ago. I just don't see it taking off. I see it like when they were trying to re-push the 3D craze and no one bought into it. I think its gonna be the same with VR(as far as the gaming side goes).

I see Hololens having the long future because it in the long run i feel it will have more use in the real world than something like Oculus and Sony's VR

 

Exactly,

VR is just a kids toy. AR just does so much more.

I would actually argue that VR has endless possibilities because it has endless realities, while AR is confined to just the reality that we are currently living in.

How is VR "a kids toy"?  

Do you not value the applications of VR in say....the military?  Or do you think that war is just another game to you?

A kids toy:  Something that could provide combat training, combat simulation, flight simulation, vehicle simulation, battleifield simulation, and medic training is childs play right?  Or how about providing virtual reality to our wounded soldiers who are now disabled?  Virtual reality would rehabilitate patients to help them walk again or give those an experience who may have lost their limbs in a war or an accident.

Now this is just one specific area that I decided to pull up out of the multitude of possibilites that VR can provide.  

 

 

Sure their are possiblitles for both VR and AR but what do we see the current VR devs trying to do? They are all trying to makes games but with AR it looks to be trying to change the way we live our everyday lives.  Just look at how Microsoft presented Hololens and see just how different it is. I was all in with VR until I saw Hololens and started to read more into AR.