Posted August 28, 2017
Outside of gaming and maybe some niche stuff like medical purposes, are there any other useful, er, uses for VR at this time? I could see how it might a cool sales tool for real estate, automotive, and industries where a walk-around or tire-kicking are the norm but have any of those been developed yet? Beyond stuff like that, what useful things will VR offer to the rest of the world, that can't already be accomplished with a regular screen?
Even if it weren't for my eye problems that place personal limitations on the tech, I struggle to see how VR would improve on the things I already do with a PC, except to make a really huge virtual desktop simply by panning farther in any direction. But even that is reasonably solved with a second or third monitor.
Is it cool? You bet it can be, if done well. Cool enough for $600 and - for now - only a small number of ways to use it? Not for the average person. We don't blink at $700 smartphones because they do a large number of things for us. But a bulky $600 headset is quite limited - and limiting.
Even if it weren't for my eye problems that place personal limitations on the tech, I struggle to see how VR would improve on the things I already do with a PC, except to make a really huge virtual desktop simply by panning farther in any direction. But even that is reasonably solved with a second or third monitor.
Is it cool? You bet it can be, if done well. Cool enough for $600 and - for now - only a small number of ways to use it? Not for the average person. We don't blink at $700 smartphones because they do a large number of things for us. But a bulky $600 headset is quite limited - and limiting.