I think the price reductions are only going to come with time (or mass-market adoption). A VR headset essentially boils down to a high-end (or middle-end) cell phone screen, a set of lenses, a set of accelerometers, and some means of position tracking.erttheking said:They're still gonna have to find a work around for the giant price tags though. I mean for the same cash, I could buy another console so my dad and I could play COD without being in the same room so that screen peaking isn't a problem.
Good thing I wasn't terribly invested in the concept. Doesn't help that most of the games for it look like tech demos. Still, it has potential, particularly if more games are like that EVE game. Although preferably longer and with more reasonable pricing.ToastyMozart said:I think the price reductions are only going to come with time (or mass-market adoption). A VR headset essentially boils down to a high-end (or middle-end) cell phone screen, a set of lenses, a set of accelerometers, and some means of position tracking.erttheking said:They're still gonna have to find a work around for the giant price tags though. I mean for the same cash, I could buy another console so my dad and I could play COD without being in the same room so that screen peaking isn't a problem.
The glass can be mass-produced without much fuss, and fortunately tiny accelerometers are cheap enough, but that screen is a real killer price-wise. Once phones have moved on to UHD OLEDs or whatever, the standard QHD screen will likely reduce in price, but until then $400 (or $460, in the PSVR's case) is probably the best you're going to find without serious quality compromises.
I definitely agree that's its biggest problem right now. Aside from a few racing/flying games, there aren't really any major full-length releases for VR sets. And as with most if not all computer-related systems, software is everything.erttheking said:Doesn't help that most of the games for it look like tech demos. Still, it has potential, particularly if more games are like that EVE game. Although preferably longer and with more reasonable pricing.
My memory's kinda fuzzy (slight hangover, don't ask why), but I thought Yahtzee already talked about this new wave of VR headsets, with some unkind words for he Oculus Rift.Igor-Rowan said:I freaking called it Yahtzee would review one of the VR headsets.
I am concerned about people strictly saying that VR is the future, it can't just exist. And Sony's doing everything to ensure people they hold the ball on this one, which is a double-edge sword if VR is to fail like it did before.