Back in my day we had to read magazines or play our Gameboys if we wanted to ignore people on the bus/train/doctor's office! Not like you spoiled kids today with your fancy Shmansy VR!

Ha! I actually don't hate VR, it just doesn't interest me. Now if they ported the classic Playstation game Bushido Blade to some VR console/whateveritscalled then...well...I would eat my words with joy!

Interesting gimmics, but all.. so derpy XD

Ugh..

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For games? Nah. Needs massive improvement for convenience, immersion and not making people sick.

For augmented reality? HoloLens and Google Glass are already there. I don't know if it's a good idea or a bad one, but there's no stopping it at this point.

That's me .

Just imagine the future - in order to play Dead Space X with the VR kit you have to put a diaper on first :D

I don't think that would be a problem though. You'd experience VR the same way you experience the real world.

I guess that all works, not to keen on the actual walking thing... give me a holo-deck and I'll be happy though.

And I wouldn't say I'm bashing it, or at least I don't mean to. I'm more or less questioning because I just don't see the possibility of it being anymore than a fad, I want to see it be good but I'm having troubles with it...

Which brings me to my next question... I've got glasses... I'm assuming I'm screwed than aren't I? I can't see 3D Tv's without my glasses (for some reason.. it's just 2 of everything but only in 3D movies) and with them on it's literally a pain. As well how does having a screen that close to you effect your eyes?

Again, not bashing just questions that keep me from having faith in this device haha.

The big problem with VR is that by the time it becomes relevant and widely used, it will have become extremely dangerous. Human hacking will be a free-for-all, which will cause people to demand governments to get involved to protect 'human-computer rights' and we'll be that much deeper into the sci-fi twilight zone.

Call me old fashioned, but I like my computer components outside of my body and with my organic senses still in control. I have no desire to ingest games or live in some sort of Matrix/Lawnmower man AI bubble. Once total cognitive control is taken out of my hands, that's when I see my hobby go away.

Yeah, no offense, it's just that I've seen similar negative posts about the technology before, usually from people who have never actually tried it.

Anyhow, I think it's not even a question any more -- this whole VR and 3D thing is here to stay. It's just a matter of time until the technology is cheap and advanced enough that it will be widely available to "normal" customers. You might even get your holo-deck ( or at least a cheapo knock-off of the "real thing" in Star Trek ), the only question is how long it will take. We'll probably be old ( even older ) farts by then. :P

Nah, VR is over-rated and in my opinion, "half-baked" in a sense. I will get excited when something like in Hack/Sign happens. The ability to actually "appear" when you log in to a game. How cool is that? It's still science-fiction territory for now though.

Realistically, I personally have some bias, as what VR will give me would be nothing but bouts of nausea from motion-sickness.

I don't see a big problem with making this holodeck, all you'd need are

a) augmented reality glasses
b) a specially designed blank room (maybe with curved walls) with some bright infra red LEDs
c) a white or transparent Cyberith Virtualizer in the middle of the room
d) force feedback suit
e) vr gloves
f) very sophisticated software

=> lots of money and space

Actually, most of this stuff is already out there and
I'd prefer this to the Oculus and it's brothers.

I had two different experiences, one with the Rift DK2, and one with a Samsung prototype (which is also Oculus based). With the Rift I need to wear my glasses to view the image correctly (it wasn't a problem to wear the Rift with the glasses, but they're rather small). With the Samsung I see better without them (and it's more convenient). I guess what affects this is the kind of lens the VR headset uses, and how it focuses the image on the retina.

The media in the field of computers and the gadgetfreaks are the only ones that are "convinced" to be honest, the rest of the world just waits and sees.

I wonder what motivates them to be so convinced... hmmm... I wonder. Big question.