I hope not. All of those crashed hard and suddenly. If VR is to expand, it has to do it by making it easier to get into and having good software. Fads are fickle, a solid base is much better.I still think it's gonna have a Guitar Hero/Rock Band/Wii moment of total cultural domination.
Yep. VR is in the same boat as many other paradigm shifts like mobile and even console gaming pre-Steam to an extent: one side clamoring that it's gonna completely replace what we're used to, the other side saying it'll die and be looked back on as a fad.It didn't die nor it has become the Future of gaming yet. It found a decently sized niche and I expect it to grow .
Who said that and when?If you're going to remember extreme posts why arent you commenting about all the people that thought VR would be the standard by now as well?
If you're going to remember extreme posts why arent you commenting about all the people that thought VR would be the standard by now as well?
It more so faded into a niche. It's not what people wanted it to be, but it's its own thing, and I think that's cool.
People who expected it to be this huge thing over night weren't listening to what people in the VR industry were saying. It's going to be big, but like all disruptive technology, it takes time.All I remember is how some people thought VR were gonna be the next big thing in gaming after they'd had their VR cherry popped. Years later it's still a very expensive niche product
The most extreme thing VR backers said was that it would be mainstream by now
If you want to believe in that...
Guess me and all the other people remembering the "future of gaming" posts are just having collective allucinations
All I remember is how some people thought VR were gonna be the next big thing in gaming after they'd had their VR cherry popped. Years later it's still a very expensive niche product
I don't think ever claimed that VR is dead or dying, it'll just forever be a niche for a great number of reasons...price, complexity, room space needed, etc.
If you're going to remember extreme posts why arent you commenting about all the people that thought VR would be the standard by now as well?