To me, the graphics race is a gimmick. And a very temporary one at that.

Gameplay is what is important. Horse power is only relevant, when it affects gameplay, not graphics.

The NES for example, could display graphics inferior to computers at the time. But the NES was good at side scrolling, and that affected gameplay. Ever since the horse power has been improved, but it only mattered because of what it did to gameplay. If I just wanted graphics I would play FMV CG games, and be done with it.

Did you even read the last line , I'll paste it for you and bold it: "As I've stated before I am a person that is interested in VR for some games."

What I am criticizing is the ridiculous claim by Habam of "Cool thing with VR is: Everything you can imagine is possible in VR."  again in it's current iterations not everything I can imagine is possible.  Taste and smell can not be convened in the living room at present. Even touch cannot currently be fully realized.  A little force feed back does not mean that I can feel the difference between silk and stainless steel in a VR setting.  To be crass can VR allow me to know what Pam Anderson's pussy tastes like? The answer is now no and when it comes to taste in particular there is a fair chance VR will never get there. Although very cool in my opinion in no way is "Everything you can imagine is possible in VR."  Agree or disagree?

It is far from drivel, as I've already said VR in it's current form is still intriguing.  I will likely buy PSVR this year for resident evil 7 alone because I think that game would be kick ass in VR.  Don't think because I am criticizing his over zealous statement that i am some hater.  I'm simply calling bullshit on that particular claim as well as a couple other incorrect or cherry picked examples.

Oh I see, now you’re trying to make the sales motion sensing cameras look bad just because every base Xbox One (which is probably slower than 95% of gaming PCs out there) are Kinect ready.

There’s a market. Microsoft dominates the market. No spin needed.

Indeed. Most people downplaying VR are people that favor either Nintendo or XBox or are known to downplay PS related stuff. I'd also bet most of them also haven't even experienced the current high-end versions of the tech (but they would never admit it, since that would put their credibility in doubt).

No worries, I agree sight and sound are the big two, touch would be next, smell then taste in my opinion. 

I don't know that being able to add smell would be any more of a gimmick than the sensation of touch.  Not a necessity but yet another element that adds to immersion and brings the overall experience closer to reality. I also think it would be easier to implement than taste which as I stated earlier I think would be near impossible.  The only way I can see taste getting pulled off is some sort of neural interface.

Again as I said to Errorist76 my response in this thread was more to curb Habam enthusiastic claims of "everything is possible".  As much as I hate to give him this out, he may have been talking of the future of VR rather than what is possible in the here and now. Even then the Everything is an awfully big claim to make even when talking of the future.

1. Most VR games are way better with motion controllers than a normal controller because they give you more agency than just using thumbsticks. Control schemes are still being worked on because it's so new, but they'll get there. Like FPS at the beginning of the century.

2. There's no way PSVR2 will have compatibility with the original PSVR. The tech is changing so quickly and I fully expect PSVR2 to use a totally different tracking system and motion controllers than the original. Games for the new system just aren't going to support the old hardware.

I can see where you are going, like I said touch ranked in third for me. 

Can you imagine if smell were perfected (perhaps things would get too realistic) how that might affect gameplay.  I imagine I might be even less inclined to go into a sewer in a resident evil game if i also had to put up with the smell let alone whatever creatures are lurking down there.  Or the smell of rotting flesh if I let a zombie get too close, ect ect. 

Or smell smoke in the distance, or gun smoke as you fire off a few rounds. Smell plays a large roll in our lives but again, not as big a roll as touch in my opinion.  We are visual creatures first and foremost though to be sure.

We will near the summit of the tech when all 5 senses are engaged but i see that as being far enough off that I may never see it.

I'm still surprised Errorist76 went off on me like he did, I'm one of the guys that wants this tech pushed forward.  I think it is very neat (even in its current iterations), but at the same time I understand the practical limitations of today's technology, mostly notably in low cost interfaces.

I just want to make one thing clear. I fully support the industry pursuing VR going forward. It does nothing for me because a decent (not good) experience is still way, way too expensive. But, that doesn't mean that technology won't exist some day.

But, let's not fool ourselves here. VR is far more popular than it has ever been, but it's still extremely niche. It's not popular amongst gamers, sales are not good, the price is a complete turn off for a casual audience no matter how "neat" or "amazing" they find it, and the technology is still way too basic and causes motion sickness in far too many people after extended use. It's got a long, long ways to go, and that isn't going to happen soon. It's not 3-4 years away, it's probably not going to happen in the 2020's. So let's temper our expectations and not get ahead of ourselves.

Eh, I get loads of immersion playing in a dark and sound-proof room or under my bed covers. Super cheap and involves little set-up.

Same. Taking away all the options and telling you to game with a VR headset only is just going to throw a lot of people off.