I want one but it all sold out here in Melbourne. Gonna wait for the next shipment

It has begun

Why won't Santa be playing summer lesson a second time?

Yes, I got myself the Oculus Rift as well as Gear VR and I tried HTC Vive for several hours at a friend of mine. Biggest problem by far is the resolution. Those pixels are just so friggin' HUGE, it's not even funny. At first I told myself it's okay and that I will get used to it, but that never happened. I can't stand it anymore, I haven't uses my hardware in weeks. And now PSVR comes around, where the resolution is even lower than with mobile solutions or Oculus and Vive. Yikes.

The lack of content isn't even a real problem for me. One of my favourtie apps is just the Oculus cinema. Just sitting there in a big ass cinema enjoying whatever the hell you like from movies to games was an awesome imagination for me! But again, the low resolution makes everything not pleasant at all. Movies are somewhat ok if you're just watching for 30 minutes or something. But gaming isn't fun at all in the cinema. It's too damn eye-straining, I can't stand it for more than 5 minutes.

I am even lucky enough to not get motion sick, I can play Minecraft in VR for hours without problems, jumping around, running like a mad man and whatnot. But in the end you very soon will find that it's the exact same game and VR delivers nothing to it. The idea of being in that world is nice, but the tech doesn't allow full presence right now. Besides the low resolution, the FOV is also too low.

Oh yeah, there's porn. Been there, done that, it's not as mind-blowing as I would have thought. More often than not the perspective is fucked up and you get double images and whatnot, not a pleasant sight. With the Gear VR I can get it somewhat under control by moving the lenses. But I don't care enough to do that all the time.

Those are just some examples from the top of my head. Bottom line, I really REALLY wanted to love VR. I spent a shitload of money and tried everything there is, I tried that shit for countless hours with every setup imaginable (Oh boy is cardboard shitty!) but I can't any longer pretend that it's somehow even remotely cool. The drawbacks are FAR too big right now, technology still has a long long way to go. The way I see it, most people will use the headsets maybe two weeks and then they will just collect dust somewhere. I mean, I am an enthusiast, and even I am turned off by VR by now. Looking at the steam stats, Oculus and Vive aren't doing too hot either. They are barely selling at all, despite being available at amazon and local retailers by now.

Let's face it, VR has failed yet again. It's just too soon for the tech, even until this very day.

Thinking of giving PSVR a try for comparison's sake?

Japanese line up for PSVR. Preorders sold out. PSVR hasn't released yet. 'PSVR has failed' (past tense). Incredible.

This, is the swan´s song for the first generation of VR experience.

Sales are stalled for every other consumer level VR device.

It will crash hard next year.

Now why would you want that to happen ...?

Have you got any idea how transparent this is?

Are you aware that the Wii U was sould out every whare the first few weeks?

And the Kinect sould realy well for months, so well that convinced MS to build XO specs to explore it. I would de surprised, in fact if all VR devices combine sell more than half the Kinect first year.

A few educational links.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQvLrfYnv8

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/is-vr-already-dead-33359709/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_h6GYI8ddA&t=788s

Yeah, this doom-saying is a yawn fest...
I mean, fuck if I know what kind of success it will have, but come on...

This thread topic (before off-topic trolling) does make me think about how VR
might have different success and courses of development in different countries,
it's usage pattern and what it offers may appeal more or less to different cultures.
Much has been made about how console gaming has heavily fallen off in Japan,
no doubt heavily helped by the dynamics of PS3 generation, but how does VR change that?