Is VR just a meme?

Is VR just a meme?

Will I be blown away?

Probably buying a Vive btw

>Is VR just a meme?
Yes, see Ghost in the Shell SAC
>Will I be blown away?
Yes, but you'll get annoyed that there isn't any substantial content yet.
>Probably buying a Vive btw
You made the right decision.

VR porn is pretty great.

Had a go at Oculus Rift + Touch Controllers for an afternoon at a friend.
Good fun but hard to get vision clear and pixel count isn't very high yet.

No, its definitely not a meme.

Yes, you will be blown away.

However, I would recommend waiting until Gen2, as it'll be much much much better than it already is.

If you're wealthy though, go for it.

What does anime have to do with vr

>Is VR just a meme?
No, the tech is solid but the lack of a 'real' AAA game/killer app is making it seem like meme. Also all the cheap chink google cardboard grade mobile 'hardware' is really harming VR's reputation.

>Will I be blown away?
Yes, but unless you are a nichè gamer who enjoys Tabletop Simulator, flight sims or similar user generated/creative experience you wil quickly get bored of all the glorified rail shooters. (3D painting is awesome.)
Again, VR badly needs a killer app.

>Probably buying a Vive btw
Well the Vive's Devs aren't retarded and it has the highest degree of compatibility.
Playstation VR would be a good option if you had a restricted budget, (Also Ace Combat 7) and everything the Oculus can do the Vive can, has and will continue to do better.
So you made the right choice.

VR is literally cardboard box fag. The only reason VR Camelback is cause smartphones got good screens and are thin an somewhat powerful.

VR is just paying for software development on the VR side with smartphone grade tech

>have 17.7k saved up
>still cant justify buying a vive

I just feel like i would get nothing out of it. The only game i'd even want to play on it right now is accounting which is like 2 hours long at best.

just imagine how much money you'll have when there's finally something good out for vr headsets

It feels like a catch 22 problem. No one will develop high end VR game till a lot of people have vr headsets, and no one really wants to buy vr headsets in the general public because there's nothing truly amazing for it.

someone indie is going to come up with something that makes everyone shit their pants that's only in vr
that's really the only hope it has at this point other than carnival ride simulator

Spent $100 and got one for my S7
No regrets, the VR porn is amazing.
Keeping the lenses clean is a PITA though

What the hell are you doing to the lenses, jizzing with your eyeballs on them?

>VR is literally cardboard box fag.

Yep. Lets ignore the motion controles, room scaling & head tracking requirements and just break down VR into being two lenses you place in front of a smart phone.
If that was true VR would have been around years ago.
I mean, according to you if we just bolted a better screen onto the Nintendo Virtual Boy it would have been a success.

I feel it's less catch 22 and more that VR hardware is still so obscenely expensive even if there was a killer app they would have problems getting people to buy it.

I've got cats, causes a lot of dust I guess

VR is dead. People don't buy VR sets because they're too expensive and there are no good games.
Companies don't make VR games because nobody has a VR set and it would cost a lot to make a good VR game. It's too risky an investment.

VR is dumb, AR is where it's at

>Is VR just a meme?
No. The only problem is that it still is expensive as fuck. The Vive costs around 1k, and needs a 2k rig to run it. You need three thousand dollars to play shitty games in VR. However it's absolutely groundbreaking for driving and flying simulators, which sadly are too much of a niche to drive the prices down with an economy of scale.

I guess in four years average computers will be enough to support VR, which by that time will be more optimized and possibly cheaper, and if we're lucky competitors will pop up in the scene, to close the gap between chink cardboards and the uber-expensive Vive/Oculus, also driving forward the research with some good competition. This will allow developers to invest in actually good games built exclusively for VR, and casual buyers will have more reasons to invest on VR.

With the PSVR and Microsoft's announcement, I think Gen2 might end up being worse experience-wise, since the main focus won't be on better hardware as much as more affordable one.

I mean, as much as I'd like one, paying more than 300$ for what is currently a gimmick, although a very exciting one, is just out of the question for me (and other people with my financial situation I'd assume).
I would totally buy something PSVR/ODK2-like for less than 300$ tho.

More adoption means more interest in developing VR software anyway, so making VR super accessible would benefit everyone, even those who sink thousands of dollars into it.

anything anyone suggests to you on this board is either a fag from Sup Forums or a meme retard. It's russian roulette.

>Is VR just a meme?

No, it's here to stay but it's still too expensive to justify buying a thing meant only for playing and goofing around. The people buying VR right now are the hardcore hobbyists - the type of people who drop many thousands of dollars on model train sets and such. In a few years the stuff should trickle down within the reach of normal people, and there will be more content for it too.

>Will I be blown away?

Probably not, but it will be great fun. What gets you the first time is how real the sense of scale is. I can't say i've been able to genuinely feel exactly how big or small something is anywhere else.

>Probably buying a Vive btw

Best choice on the market right now

Some normal non VR PC games have added VR support, like Elite: Dangerous and SNOW. I tried a Vive, and it was fucking insanely immersive. Onwards is pretty good too.

>Not waiting until Xiaomi or another chink shit company makes a VR headset for $50
You're doing it wrong user.

>Vive
Don't buy from Valve, enemy of Linux and your freedom

If I buy a VR headset I'd probably get the Razer OSVR headset because it's compatible with Linux and free software.

Vive and Oculus are both locked-down proprietary windows-only garbage

>VR
>free software
Boy that's gonna be some shitty ass VR

Good pajeet, go earn that paycheck

Funny that, seeing how Valve is only digital distributor who treats Linux seriously, providing over 5'000 SteamOS ready title, co-developed and funded Vulcan, has 3000 None steam OS Linux titles on it's platform...Super evil.

>Funny that, seeing how Valve is only digital distributor who treats Linux seriously
You mean the part where they keep advertising Linux support in their pre-sales and then never deliver? Yes, how wonderful of the company to fuck over^W^Wcare so much about Linux users!

Also, your argument would hold if the Vive and SteamVR actually worked on Linux, despite their pre-sale claims of targeting Linux as a day-one launch platform :^)

>I guess in four years average computers will be enough to support VR
yea, OLD vr lol. Better start buying a new 2k rig in 4 years

Developer states a Linux Release, pays Valve to advertise Linux Launch, Valve dedicates recources to promoting the Launch, allocated server space for the Linux port client,
Then you blame Valve for the Third Party Devs on not delivering.... When the games in question aren't Valve products. Got'cha

yes, have you seen the sales? sad even during christmas season. it has been exposed as a meme for Sup Forums gaymers just like all non autists predicted. i still havent tried it though

>Vive / SteamVR is not a valve product

Also, if you want an example of linux gaming done right, look no further than GOG.com

None of the shitty Valve marketing jewery, doesn't require you to use a shitty proprietary bloatware / malware client, and all releases are DRM-free (can't say the same for Steam, which is basically a DRM platform)

Seriously, peole need to stop promoting this “Valve loves Linux” meme, it's a cheap marketing trick they use to steal your fucking money. If you want Linux gaming, look no further than GOG

Third parties who develop Vive/VR games... Are not Valve. You can't bitch about software yet blame the hardware manufacturer.
Valve jusy gave the Devs the SDK. What the Devs do (or do not do with it) is none of Valves business.

GOG is a better option, but it still doesn't bypass the staggered release problem, certain games will still state 'Linux comming soon" on GOG aswell as on steam.

And also.
Are You seriously stating that you would buy a Vive, most likely an accompanying high end GPU and CPU needed to run VR games...
And choose Linux as your OS of choice? What did you expect to happen?

You choose the 'super serious OS', if you want to game just run Windiws like a Normal person person. Or dual boot so you keep your Linux and avoid all of the above issues.
You can't blame valve for not providing you comfortable running shoes if you go ahead blow your own legs off. The point is kinda mute by that point.
Valve can only do so much and will obviously focus the majority of their support on the OS which has the wider install base.

"I can't do all the things my friends can because I run a different OS. Why aren't they accommodating me? How dare they assume that if I really cared about 'x' I would switch to the most popular OS!?!?!"

>Third parties who develop Vive/VR games... Are not Valve. You can't bitch about software yet blame the hardware manufacturer. Valve jusy gave the Devs the SDK. What the Devs do (or do not do with it) is none of Valves business.
Top meme, Valve apologist; you realize the SteamVR SDK does not run on Linux, right?

Stop trying to defend a company that makes it pretty clear they only “care” about Linux to the extent that they try to fuck them over as well

>Valve is not the problem, it's your own fault for using Linux! You should give money to the Microsoft jew if you wanted to use hardware that was advertised as being Linux-compatible, you stupid goy

Thing is without an omni directional treadmill room-scale vr is just a meme. So for good vr you need a steering wheel, hotas, an omni, plus some sort of gun that detects position that as of yet is not out yet

Well this Hardware discussion derailed spectaculous into a debate about Special snowflake linux users being too impatient to wait for support.

Good job guys.

>impatience
Ah yes, advertising launch-day Linux support and then pulling out is just a sign that Linux users are too impatient

I mean, Linux support is coming after all, you just have to wait 5 years and WINE will be able to emulate it perfectly :^) I don't see what the problem is

Behold. The reason why Linux is Nichè product.

>Is VR just a meme?
No. Right now it's just begging to have applications developed for it, it's being shit on for having lack of content.

>Will I be blown away?
Yes, but see above

>Probably buying a Vive btw
Best choice, but at this point I'd wait for 2nd release.

VR right now

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