My prediction VR will go the way of 3D. Pretty Cool, But who want to wear that stuff on your head? Anybody remember the Virtual boy from Nintendo?? lol
You've obviously not tried any modern VR headset.
3DTV's offered nothing compelling. even the 3D effect isn't very good. You can get the same experience without the glasses and be far more comfortable doing it. You can't match VR with any other experience. There's a very compelling reason to have the headset on. Once you try it, you won't care how silly you look to others.
Virtual reality is getting massive support from all forms of industries.
Gaming is the obvious starting point, but there are so many other things coming for virtual realty HMDs.
360 cameras are popping up all over the place - you will be able to make your own content just as easily as recording with a go-pro.
YouTube, Facebook and other video services already support 360-degree videos that can be viewed with Oculus, GearVR or Google Cardboard.
Virtual tours of tourist attractions are already happening
virtual tours of real estate (rental and sales)
Virtual concert experiences (as if you were sitting in the crowd, when you can't possibly have been there.
Phobia treatment and other therapy
Medetation and relaxation
the list goes on.
You may not know this, but virtual reality has been a thing for over 100 years. There have been people working on the science behind all of this for generations and we're finally at the point where the technology had caught up to the idea.
Trust me when I say, VR is hear to stay this time.
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