Neon's Top 5: Why VR Will Fail

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One of the primary arguments that people who love VR have towards people who don't is "You haven't tried it yet." Well, I'll tell you the reason why we haven't tried it yet: We can't afford it. Seriously, have any of you even seen how much these VR headsets cost?

Technology gets cheaper by the year, it might be a little salty right now but it'll get better in a near future, probably

Then there's the technology needed for VR to work. What kind of computer are you currently using to view this website? Chances are, it's specs probably don't match the ones needed for your Rift or Vive or whatever the hell you're using. To put it bluntly, you need to have the strongest and fastest computer in the whole wide world in order to get the full experience of VR.

While owning a console yourself is indeed expensive, imagine this being tested in arcade centers. It could work - with proper equipment and peripherials. You just need to pay and play.

One of the Underlying problems with VR is the psychological impacts it will have on the human body; some good, most bad. Specifically, the effects of nausea.

Sonic gives me motion sickness. It's still being produced.

If you play this in short bursts, nothing bad will happen.

Not to mention that when you're in the Virtual World, you'll pretty much lose all connection to the real world. Oh sure, that road in Skyrim may look straight and clean, but chances are there's actually furniture, appliances, plants, pets, and even people that you don't notice on your VR adventure. There's a reason why Congress doesn't allow us to text and drive...

And that's why some VR sets come with a treadmill thing - so you can walk while staying on place. Sure, it's still weird but the problem of randomly hitting yourself against a wall is gone.

I just don't see how VR will change the world drastically, mostly because there's not that many practical uses for it. We already know about video games, but what about other types of media?

It can be used for simulations, mostly - and could even improve the way you interact with entertainment stuff like movies. It's not rocket science when put into paper like this, but honestly the gaming interaction is getting kinda stagnated. Sooner or later, VR will have to become a thing.

And Don't even get me started on Virtual Sex... Long story short, if you wanna make sweet love, do it with a real person.

You could apply all other simulation titles under this same statement. "Stop playing FIFA and become a pro soccer player", "Stop playing Gran Turismo and buy yourself a car" etc. Not that I agree with sex sim either, but if there is a market for it, then it could be capitalized upon it.

Porn and sex is one of the oldest forms of capitalization, and I don't see why it would be outrageous now.

"Ugh, why inventing printed paper?? What if people prints pics of porn? If you want to see nude women, get a girlfriend."*

*replace printed paper with VR and porn pics with games

I remember how back in the early 2000s, nobody really talked about VR...now we can't seem to get everyone to shut up about it.

Remember that overrated is not bad. Undertale is overrated like shit and yet it's a good game. Long story short, stop being upset about people liking and hyping X. You wouldn't like people dissing on things you are hyped for, don't you?

See? The Top 5 reasons Virtual Reality Will Prosper In 2016.

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Now to explain this post. It's cool that you are being cautious about VR. It's indeed becoming hyped beyond belief, that's true, and there are many problems to overcome in order to become truly affordable. HOWEVER, you made a list out of thin air and stated these as facts. As if you really spent the last 20 years of gaming and statistically proved that VR will fail.

All you posted up there are opinions, not facts. Therefore, it's a rather sensationalist post you made there, OP.

Breaching new ground was always seen with skeptical eyes before getting mainstream, and VR is not an exception. I can't supply you with scientifical facts to back my text either, but at least it's one step better than stating "facts in my opinion".

Also minor complaint OP, this is a forum and not a blog. You are here to encourage discussion by starting and continuing the thread, not to drop a wall of text and waiting next week to drop another wall of text. While your OP has content and is valid in some points, tagging it with "see you space cowboy" in the end kinda defeats the purpose of even discussing it.