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zorg1000 said:
Conina said:

Well, people also aren't too happy about wearing a helmet on a motor bike, quad, kart, skateboard... or to strap on ski goggles or swim goggles or diving goggles to ski /swim / dive, but they put them on anyway to have either more security or a better experience. And it doesn't stop there, they even put on diving suits, protective gear, etc. to enjoy their hobbies.

It is the same for VR headsets: for a minor inconvenience you are getting experiences not possible without the HMD. If the experiences and immersion are worth it, people will accept the necessary minor hassle. Mileage will vary from person to person, but the VR-experiences will get a lot better over time and the hassle will get smaller over time.

Are you really comparing safety precautions to VR?

Are you really ignoring most of my post? I'm talking about devices or clothing which are necessary or helpful to enjoy a hobby.

For example swimming or diving goggles which aren't safety precautions. These goggles help you to see underwater and help you to enjoy swimming, diving and snorkeling.

A VR headset helps you to see the content of a virtual world, where you can look in every direction of that virtual world with stereoscopic depth perception. It helps to "put you in this world" instead of looking through a tiny window into this world.

It also helps to be impressed by the the scale of some virtual worlds or the scale of some creatures in this virtual world, f. e. the size of Trico in "The Last Guardian VR Experience" or huge rock walls, deep gorges and big ancient machines in "Obduction". Climbing the giant (and fast growing) plant in "Astro Bot" lets you fells like Jack in "Jack and the Beanstalk".

Last edited by Conina - on 09 March 2019