| pikashoe said: My housemate got it today. It's fun, but in my opinion vr still feels like a gimmick and just is not worth the price. |
It's the opposite of a gimmick. A gimmick is a trick to attract attention, for that you need to be able to show what it's like, which is impossible without trying it and even then first experiences are often disorienting and off putting.
Wii waggle was a gimmick, hugely popular one. Same as Kinect. Both came, attracted a lot of attention, then put to pasture. VR has been around since the 90s, has been featured in movies and currently has over 16 million headsets in use around the world.
https://www.zippia.com/advice/virtual-reality-statistics/
But indeed:
The top barrier to VR adoption is that it’s too expensive, with 55% of survey respondents listing this as their hesitation.
If it was a gimmick, how come there are so many different headsets already
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_virtual_reality_headsets
