At the moment, my biggest complain with VR is that there's no access cause Valve's and Oculus' products are STILL NOT AVAILABLE YET. If we consider that OR is the most advanced, they don't even talk about a final product for a commercial release.

Ok, it interests the developper world, ok, we have news about everybody and its grandma jumping on the VR bandwagon.... thing is, apart the tiny dev world, nobody has the headsets, so nobody know how big the market is cause it doesn't exist. I'm a bit afraid it's going to end like a bubble, with a lot of ppl investing time and money in something that's not happening now. I've the impression we're like the motion control era started by Ninty, everybody tries things with the tech and then, it gives the pile of turd we know.

Ontopic : If VR is antisocial, stop playing videogames and go back to meatspace, chummer.

EDIT : I love that one, that's very interesting : 

But surely those portable devices are much more social, since you can interact with them and other people at the same time (just like me typing this on my phone, preparing a meal for my kid and listening to music simultaneously). While VR apparatus is one giant blindfold, and while using it you are separated from the rest of your surroundings. Put headphones on, and all of a sudden two of your main senses become completely isolated from reality.

That's why many people consider VR more antisocial than any other device.

This comment would be better suited if this were the 90's ;P

I am still on the fence about it. However, as opposed to treating it like the next big thing, I see it as just another accessory (no different then a steering wheel that you would get for a racing sim).

Flight sims and racing sims will probably benefit most from it. I don't see why anyone would want to use it for an MMORPG or any casual game.

I know I have also seen VR marketed as a big screen TV replacement (because it can be cheaper, or because you may not have the room on your wall for a big screen TV). I don't see this appealing to me though.

Unlike 3D, I think VR will, over time, be a big thing.Its potential applications go way beyond gaming.

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I respect this guy's position and I understand his point of view. Now, it is up to the player to be social or not and VRs are not going to change that. If you play with friends (using VRs too), it is as social as playing over Xbox Live / PSN alone in front of your bigscreen with headsets...

No big deal.

I for one am very excited to see where VR goes, but why are so many of you attacking what the guy said?

He didn't insult your family lol! Maybe he is right, maybe he isn't, but simply saying things like "Ok F*@& you I can play alone if I want" adds nothing to the discussion.

I dont see how he's devaluing other people's opinions. More people in this thread are doing that rather than him.

I dont understand why everyone is burning this person at the stake for stating his opinion. He values interaction in gaming and so does not like where VR is heading. He said he doesnt like the type of gaming it promotes.

People quickly respond by insulting him and calling him an idiot. It seems incredibly and unnecessarily defensive.

And everybody, including me, skipped over the part in which he shows distrust in Facebook, and his fear that VR will, instead of all good uses, become just an advertisement tool.