Bamba wrote:
Pundabaya wrote:
VR is an old technology too. It died on its arse the last time, and I don't see how they've actually sorted out the issues that scuppered it the last time. (Looking like a prick, massive headaches, not remotely working for people with relatively minor vision issues). I mean, looking like a prick has been enough to scupper home 3D tv on its own.
That's all a load of nonsense surely? The stuff about VR and 3D.
I'm sure I had one of my standard issue rants earlier in this thread about how the market for people who were prepared to sit in front of their PC with a massive FUCK YOU REST OF THE WORLD device strapped to their head was really quite limited.
Oh yes here we are, from nearly two years ago -
viewtopic.php?p=806368#p806368Ha! We've already had this one out
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viewtopic.php?p=806413#p806413And I remember VR had a big push in the 90s, turned up in Blackpool arcades for a while too, and it did indeed die on its arse. Also I know plenty of people with 3D tellies who after the initial ZOMG 3D rush never watched anything in 3D ever again.
I do genuinely wonder if the whole area is something that a lot of folks just flat-out aren't really that comfortable with, because it fundamentally messes with our entire lifetime's worth of what our senses are supposed to work like.