Former Microsoft CTO says VR/AR at least 'a decade' away from being mainstream

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Sharpryno said:

vivster said:

While I agree to some extend please don't compare today's VR with that shameful stuff in the 90s. That wasn't VR, that was just a screen taped to your forehead. The VR we have now can actually give us the feeling of presence which is several levels above what past VR could do for us. Basically there was no real VR before the development of the OR. It's not just a stupid gimmick like 3D or motion controls, it's a whole new experience you can't get any other way.

Wrong, VR in the 90s did exactly what you are explaining.  Professor at my Uni says he attended SIGGRAPH in the mid 90s and they had VR tech there.  Said he put it on and started traversing, and all of a sudden in the "game" you fall into a free fall and most people would fall down or lose balance, their body would freak out.

Its still vastly superior today, but it wasn't horrible a decade ago.  Personally, I can't think of one game I'd want to play on it.  Would be cool to try out, like laser tag from time to time :P 

No wonder people fell down, the technology just wasn't strong enough. Just look at that frame rate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVn3H93Ysag
At the 7 minute mark they show Dactyl Nightmare.

Screens have gotten much better, lower persistance, high fps, better resolution, the devices are a lot smaller. I imagine the lag has been vastly reduced as well. Compared to VR nowadays, it was pretty horrible.

I can think of plenty to play on it.
- Any racing game, flying game, wipeout etc
- Descent like games
- Survival horror
- Myst like adventure games
- Puzzle type games like Fract OSC, Anti chamber
- REZ
- Flower