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CladInShadows on 23 December 2014
bananaking21 said:
Cobretti2 said:
CladInShadows said:
Am I the only person that's annoyed that you need to buy a 300+ dollar VR headset for every system? Would have been nice if we JUST had the Rift and it worked on all devices.


yep this is why VR will fail. too many cooks in the kitchen.


thats like saying consoles will fail because there are too many cooks in the kitchen. 


I'm not necessarily saying it will fail. But I have pretty much written off any non-Rift VR solution because I don't need multiple headsets (and their associated costs) cluttering up my life.



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SvennoJ on 23 December 2014

I'll believe it when I see it. They might make a cool prototype, show it off at E3 and other places with powerful hardware behind it, then say it's too expensive to release to the general public like illumiroom.



Cobretti2 on 23 December 2014
bananaking21 said:
Cobretti2 said:
CladInShadows said:
Am I the only person that's annoyed that you need to buy a 300+ dollar VR headset for every system? Would have been nice if we JUST had the Rift and it worked on all devices.


yep this is why VR will fail. too many cooks in the kitchen.


thats like saying consoles will fail because there are too many cooks in the kitchen. 

Consoles have more to offer (i.e. exclusive games). Peripherals that do the same thing on each system and will cost around 300 mark each will be a turn off. If they make it 100 like a controller then it has a chance.



 

 

CDiablo on 23 December 2014

No thanks MS, spend your time/money on some exclusives.



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Darth Tigris on 25 December 2014
Cobretti2 said:
CladInShadows said:
Am I the only person that's annoyed that you need to buy a 300+ dollar VR headset for every system? Would have been nice if we JUST had the Rift and it worked on all devices.


yep this is why VR will fail. too many cooks in the kitchen.

Great.  Now that song is in my head for the rest of the night ...



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riderz13371 on 25 December 2014
kowenicki said:
AR > VR

VR currently holds no interest for me.

Have you at least given it a try? Have you given either AR/VR a try?