Why did VR fail despite years of hype?
Lack of good, platform specific content? Idk, it really has the same value as a paperweight if there's nothing fun to do with it.
It hasn't failed, it has barely even been released
Overpriced
It's still not widely available despite years of hype. There's no special content for it which is important for any product launch.
>Customers don't want to spend money on buying VR because barely any games/useful shit currently exist for it
>developers don't want to make investments developing games and software for hardware most people don't have
The ride never ends
>>54286427
Damn that dude lucky he got found before he died
OP to answer your question, the only way that VR is ever going to be successful is if the hardware is cheap enough to not pose a significant barrier to entry once something with enough hype that requires it releases. An example would be like if Half-Life 3 released for VR (which is probably will given Gabes hardon for it), and the hardware was somewhere around 300 dollars. For that price, you could reasonably purchase the equipment for a single application, which gives the rest of the industry an install base to target.
For some crazy ass reason everyone decided that $500+ was the right way to go, even though that's obviously too high. I mean, just look at the Xbox 360 vs the PS3; the PS3 released at about $500, and because of that it took years to even approach the market share of the Xbox, which launched at a lower price. What makes it even more egregious is that the VR headsets can't even play the games themselves - you still need a (relatively) expensive gaming computer to make use of them.
>>54286890
>$500
>too high
T. Pajeet. Everytime something new comes up, rich/stupid kids will buy it first. If it catches on, the factories will ramp up production and it becomes cheaper per unit. Then even cheaper knock offs will appear. That's where you come in, Pajeet, and do the needful.
>>54286427
But all that stuff years ago was prototyping, it's just barely begun
I'm still not buying one within the next year, though
>>54286614
>generic excuse number 1
>>54289665
>not understanding rich/stupid kids are what makes the demographic market share.Not understanding that if there is not synergy between price and parent there is no market,and takes forever to become cheap
Are you the same faggots that were laughing at 1st gen Tesla?
>vr failed
nice meme. you're legit retarded if you don't realize this is just the beginning of vr. we are in the commodore 64 days of this technology, and it holds a shit load of potential.
at this point, it's pretty lame. but you have to be a nigger to not see that this is where the world is heading.
i don't blame the companies for putting mediocre and expensive products out there on the market. they need to start somehow.
>>54286427
It hasn't failed yet, it has practical applications in day trading and other businesses that require several monitors.
>>54290968
>Laughing_girls.jpg
>>54290968
I ordered a vive earlier this week and I still think this is retarded.
At least this point, the resolution isn't there yet.
Because VR and 3D are recurring memes which get bought by idiots and then die. Only going to look at shit like that if any product made it for five years regarding new/improving content and support
>>54291195
It's more than a meme this time. They've got more than fickle consumerist dipshits on the hook.
>>54286427
If they manage to make it easy to build a custom room with arbitrary size/location virtual screens I'd love to get one.
>>54286427
according to your pic VR seems to have won
same reason 3d TVs are dead.
>>54286890
>>54286427
This is my biggest phobia. I study abroad and live alone in an appartement, I'm also in an internship not in the same city my friends at school are. Basically if some shit like falling on a hard corner causing bleeding on my head + inconsiousness, I'm fucked. Co-workers don't know where I live, family has to fly here etc...
>>54291345
Look on the bright side anon, at least if you die you'll never have to read another shitpost again
>>54291345
Just don't choke yourself like a fucking redditor and you'll be fine.
>>54291215
Just wait 2-3 years and VR will be as popular as 3D without glasses is now. 3D without glasses will be the new exciting shit. Repeat until everyone gets an implant to stream porn right to their brains.
How the fuck is this shit technology related when the reason this dude bro was in the hospital in the first place was due to auto erotic asphyxiation?
This has nothing to do with vr.
>>54286427
Sounds awesome. Sign me up.
>>54286427
One step closer to Gensokyo and your glorious waifu. Keep trying.
>>54289665
>do the needful
I used to work with indians, every damn email:
>help, I am error
>please do the needful
>>54289665
>do the needful
ismerlek?
>>54291345
I hope you get fucking shot
Oh god I kek at the retards that bought into the hype
>>54289724
How is that an excuse? It's a new technology still being developed and descending into affordability - it hasn't necessarily failed or succeeded yet.
>>54286427
>Why did VR fail despite years of hype?
VR failed? Looks sold out for months to come. I'm *still* waiting to be able to order one.
It didn't fail. Just nothing that makes it worth buying for the average person, so far only guys like the one in OP who buys it for VR porn.
>>54286427
He should have tried a CO2 bag.
>>54286427
i'd be happy to buy a hmd when my monitor dies. idgaf about 3dvr bullshit
Because Apple aren't in the game yet. Now that iPhone sales are dropping, it's only a matter of time until iVR. You pay for 'experiences' in a closed environment.
All the fanbois will be calling it an Apple invention.
>>54292328
More like ismerkek
>tfw all these people unironically believing the Instagram post on OP
>>54286427
Who the fuck actually believes this post?
Who took the picture of him on the floor and why would he post it along with admitting that he tried to choke himself to feel sexual pleasure?
When will I be able to get cheap, but decent, vr to play rollercoaster simulator while high.
Because you need 4K for a decent experience and hardware to drive it. Even for the current headsets, remember the 970 is a MINIMUM requirement. Also the gear costs 800 € which is too expensive for mainstream, considering there aren't much games for it.
I had the DK2 myself, its nice but still needs work.
>>54286427
Personally because I'm too lazy to turn my head around while in VR (also kinda feel like an idiot) and I feel I'm losing some of the experience if I don't continuously look around.
Flat monitors that fit in my field of view are better
>>54286427
Did you expect tons of people to come out and buy $600 VR equipment right off the bat... especially when there's no must play titles for it at the current time?
Everyone's waiting for those GOTY titles and massive price drop. I sure as hell ain't paying $600 bucks for VR. Maybe $400... and that's the exact launch price for the Sony Playstation VR.
>>54286427
so his roommates took a pic of him unconscious before even checking if he was alive or removing the fucking belt to make sure he stays that way?
what a fucking garbage
Nintendo 3DS proved that only Nintendo can do it right.
>>54286427
It hasn't failed, numbskull
As someone who makes VR shovelware for a living let me tell you this shit is going to get forced. People are pouring millions into this shit.
>>54296799
>tfw you joined the VR shovelware bandwagon
>>54295584
Nice shitpost, retard.
Linux support anyone?
>>54289665
$500 isn't too high because it's much money, it's too high because you get shit for it. Kinda same way $5 would be too expensive for a keyboard with one button.
>monkey is so stupid he nearly kills himself using new tech
Fucking christ the simpsons have come real
>>54286427
it makes you look like a dork
they led people to believe it would be within a certain price range and then doubled the price at the last minute.
why would the majority of the technology board hate something as exciting as VR?
>>54299485
no holodeck prostitutes yet
>>54299485
those who have vr are having fun playing it
those without are shitposting on the chans
you're just seeing a skewed sample
>VR too expensive
>perfectly reasonable to spend $600+ on a cellphone every year
>>54299754
this.
If VR were DOA, we wouldn't have a month-long wait list for the Vive.
Because cockulus still hasn't shipped my order and won't do it till June
Parts shortage my ass
>>54299485
Half thinks it's for gaming only and gets salty due to /v/'s excessive presence on this board
Other half is just too poor to afford it and is salty about it
>>54299819
That means there's still time to cancel the order and buy a Rift instead, anon.
It's for your own good. Friends don't let friends get cucked by the zuck.
>>54299839
But I don't want any roomscale lighthouse buzzing bullshit or have to deal with those dumb trackpad wands
>tfw you fell for the VR meme
>>54295276
This really depends on what you're doing. E.g. when I'm being an autist flying a spaceship around having the ability to turn my head is super useful.
>>54299863
You can use the Vive seated down too except still get better tracking and also the ability to point at virtual objects without neck strain
>>54286427
Just like the 3D meme of a few years ago. People didn't need it.
>>54300042
Are the lighthouse things and open space necessary to use it sitting down? I have a small office space sized room and I can't clear out shit, bolt things to a wall, and run chords across the ceiling just so I can use an hmd in a chair
>>54300099
https://youtu.be/tpWz_LcPXrI
5 fucking seconds on google
>>54300099
You only need empty space for roomscale
>>54300096
3D tv's had no content or uses outside of tv/ movies though.
Wasn't the only real content some movies and sports?
Who gives a shit about those things?
VR can be used for more than that.
>>54300123
So you still have to use those light boxes and piss Wii controllers, I would probably get a vive if they had an option without those but I'm good without ;)
>>54300187
Well then go buy your Facebook machine and fuck off back to >>>/v/ where you belong
>>54300214
Says the shill advocating a steam hmd designed for games. Oculus is a far more professional choice for an hmd with its better ergonomics and a focus on professional software support.
>>54289665
That's too high for something so little you dumb faggot
>T. Pajeet
t. memeing faggot
if the gimickshit 3d managed to make its way this far then the vive which actually has value will do well imo
>>54286427
what are you on about
the hype train hasn't even reached the station yet
plus this round actually has some use for professional applications like CAD and simulation rather than a novelty for gamertards or academics
>>54286427
It JUST came out so it's...
overpriced and has little content.
It's exactly why 1080 resolution failed, because no games ever took advantage of that kind of visual fidelity and PCs are just way too underpowered to push those pixels.
Oh wait...
I'm out of the loop here. I thought Oculus is the most hyped shit back then?
Now everyone says that Oculus is crap and Vive is the shit.
What's with the Vive?
>>54286826
dude if I wasn't a fucking poor chemistry Student, I would already bought the vive and locker myself inside Googles Tilt brush
>>54302096
that is the worst analogy of 2016
And I think we both know it
>>54299485
It's not the majority. It's just a dedicated number of shitposters who know that a lot of idiots will get pissed off if they talk shit about their favorite new tech.
I suspect that many of them are from /v/.
>>54302127
Both of the headsets are great from a technical standpoint. The current problem is that they're expensive, Facebook is jewing backers (prioritizing selling stuff to Amazon etc. while the backers are still waiting for their stuff), and (most importantly) there's almost no support from game devs. Due to Steam Greenlight there is a ton of shit tier indie tech demo "games" that costs like $40 so you can play in a virtual sandbox and move some legos around.
>>54302147
Porn will drive VR just like it did for blue ray
>>54302127
Oculus gave a false impression of price, people were expecting $450 at the most, it was $600.
Oculus is shipping slow and retail stores are getting their bundle units before people who preordered
some QC issues
Vive is doing pretty well on shipping, never gave a price for people to mislead themselves with, and doesn't seem to be having too many QC issues that I can tell.
Wrist straps for the wands are shit though, if you get the vive swap them for something better.
Like wiimote straps (Which are backordered until late june because people bought them all for their vives yesterday)
>>54302096
>sarcasm_ontheinternet.mp3.exe.com
When will this whole Television hooey go away? It's been around for only nearly 5 years and we have yet to hear sound or see color. It's not like I can afford this orchid anyway. A bushwa meme is what it is /g/
>>54292328
get off my board magyars
>>54291345
>tfw you regularly spend about 2 weeks per year hiking in extremely remote wilderness
>tfw you've encountered a bear before
>tfw you've triggered a rockslide that almost killed you
insider tip, they're still trying to make the optics right
>>54289724
>why vr failed
>well, maybe because it's not even fully "out" yet
>hurr durr generic excuse number 1
as they say, hurr durr
>>54295584
That's what good friends do
>>54286427
Nice job, pornhub shill. Almost makes me wanna choke myself, or you, too
Just once in my fucking life I'd like to logon to Facebook and not see this "advertisement" for VR.
>>54286427
It's doing better than the 3D TV at home meme
>>54286890
Take picture first, check airways second.
>>54286427
Idiots forgot normies don't like strapping stupid shit to their faces. That, and the killer app doesn't exist and may never exist.
>>54305817
no, it's just the same
it will die just like firewire and the powerglove
>>54305837
The killer app is porn, if that don't convince normies, nothing will.
>>54290814
nobody was laughing at 1st gen tesla, you moron
>>54299780
or maybe they just don't have more than 10 units to deliver because they know nobody's really going to buy this piece of shit and they just want to hype it. there's probably no real waiting list either
>>54302096
>le funny sarcasm joek
oh wait..
you're just a faggot
>>54305863
If you wouldn't buy a USB Powerglove immediately upon release I don't know what the hell is wrong with you but you've got issues.
>>54306272
if you can't tell that the entire premise of VR is retarded then i have news for you...
>>54306310
and by VR i mean VR as the piece of shit that is presented to us
>strap this heavy thing on your head
>look at these screens and get grid vision after 10 minutes
this is NOT the fucking way to do VR
>>54306319
So how do you do VR, anon?
>>54307265
the technology for proper vr doesn't exist
i don't know what's more suited for this. holograms? direct link to the brain stem? being inside a huge dome and strapped into mechanical pants to fake walking?
but please, don't strap shit to my face and ruin my vision with facebook's cancer. that's definitely NOT how you do VR
>>54307336
They had to name it something, it's a start to VR
Imagine if we get the ability to walk around, with maybe some sort of treadmill that works, full body tracking, and feedback from the world. Plus using a headset like this with higher resolution and eye tracking, that would be pretty close to VR
>>54286427
(((facebook))) owns one and (((sony))) owns the other.
FUCKING
>>54307554
DESIGNATED
>>54307646
SHITTING
>>54307657
STREETS
>>54307440
What are you implying?
>>54286890
except it's 1000$ in europe so no one there will buy one
>>54307411
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO_JGtub5T8
This guy's idea is pretty good, I think.
Walk/ run in place and the game will do that, but you'll actually move.
>>54286427
This will be me in due time.
>>54286427
The hardware is good, the content just needs time to evolve. You faggots need to be patient.
>>54286890
>look at the Xbox 360 vs the PS3; the PS3 released at about $500, and because of that it took years to even approach the market share of the Xbox, which launched at a lower price
and now you can get them for <100$
PS4/XB1 also releaset at around 500 and now its down to <300
Too many manufacturers invested too much in VR to simply drop out, therefore there will be a gen2 of every current VR product and then it will trickle down to the masses
>>54305793
>No adblocker
Why are you here and why haven't you killed yourself yet?
>>54308415
>Too many manufacturers invested too much in VR to simply drop out, therefore there will be a gen2 of every current VR product and then it will trickle down to the masses
with traditional 2d media you can sit down and relax. With VR you have to look about, move about, all sorts of stupid shit. Lots of people work all day and exercise at a real gym with weights / cardio already and dont want to do more exercise. This is DOA
I love when /g/ code monkeys try to comment on new tech experiences. Uxer here who's done work in VR for e-commerce. You guys are idiots
Friday and today I tried vive dev kit and it is amazing. will definitely buy it if there will be enough content to justify it.
good sides
lots of guys tried it on our company and there is no sickness. immersion is amazing, a guy actually almost fell because he tried to lay onto an imaginary table (the table at valve lab, he tried to grab something far).
I believe the actual product will have higher resolution, even currently it is not that bad.
When you approach boundaries of your room, it warns you with force fields, it is quite easy to learn limits.
bad sides
cables, there are lots of cables. with longer cables I think it would be better but it is still a problem.
lack of content.
the controllers drain batteries quite fast.
software is not that great, some times controller goes offline for no reason. some games does not work correctly. sometimes it forces you to restart steam, once we had to restart computer.
you will need some empty space and will need to attach two cameras on your walls.
>>54309733
lel
>>54310030
>you will need some empty space and will need to attach two cameras on your walls.
Good way around this is to mount them to contractor poles or use the picture hanger mounts someone came up with. *if you have access to a 3d printer)
vr right now is literally a capitalist push for consumers since graphics have plateu'd and they need a new thing to shill to consumers.
>>54286427
I don't think it failed. It's just that Vive and Oculus seem to target same people as the Wii instead of actual gamers.
Maybe it's gonna be good for simracing.
>>54312328
I used to race gokarts and this will never be THAT.
>>54312328
I'm pretty sure people have posted improved times on stuff like dirt rally.
At least in December one of the top times was set with the help of VR.
https://youtu.be/8gJzDgQ6KYo
