Gamers are generally anti-progressive and generally don't like change until it's forced on them to the point where they realize what they were missing. If we recall every major advancement in gaming in the past, gamers never really asked for them. This includes 3D graphics, analog sticks, multiplayer.Out of any medium 3D makes the most sense with video games, I don't know why people scoff at it. Haha look at those people who wanted to try something new. Are people going to laugh at anybody who buys a valve index when VR slows down enough to be forgotten?
I loved the 3D on 3ds, it was a damn shock and a shame when Pokémon x&y barely used it and used it very poorly.and that was really the beginning of the end. Mario and Luigi Dream Team, absolutely fantastic in 3D loved it really sold me on the feature.
PS3 wasn't made for 3D most games that supported it, did so very poorly but pc and PS4 forward there wasn't any reason to stop it except for lack of adoption. I'm glad VR seems to be sticking better with people even if it's slow to take off likely because of the price of entry.
That being said, 3D was a precursor to VR that wouldn't be able to compete against it, so there was little chance it could make an impact. There's nothing left to replace VR though. That was the endgame.
Now light-field TVs? Those could take off, but that entirely depends on whether there's any real value in TVs by the time they become viable. You can have a virtual light-field TV right now using VR/AR at no extra cost. So society will have to choose whether glasses-free true stereoscopic 3D is worth owning over just using VR/AR.
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