Is VR working yet?
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What do you think it’s missing to take over the gaming industry?
The value prop is incremental ("immersion" is not a must-have attribute of most games unless they're grounded in realistic sensorimotor affordances, like Beat Saber). And the cost/friction is considerable (extra gear, being mostly cut off from actual environment, etc.)
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As a result, the only people willing to overcome the cost/friction to unlock the incremental immersion/presence value are a small subset of console & PC gamers. No sign this will change unless VR entry somehow manages to become more casual.
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I agree, but the physical aspects of wearing a VR headset and waving your arms around in a space only you can see make it fundamentally non-casual (even if the hardware itself was super cheap and light), so...
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That's clearly the case today. But I think that with better comfort/weight the value proposition will soon expand to "and replace your pc/console". That can unlock a very large subset of the population and is why Facebook is heavily invested in XR.
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Think performance w ok I’ll play huge factor in ppl switching. Me & a lot of ppl have switched from console to PC bcuz it’s a decent advantage against console in games like Warzone
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Immersion just for immersion sake doesn't tell the whole story. The most popular games in the world are multiplayer games like Roblox, Fortnite, and Among Us - games that are built around social interactions between friends. VR is a huge need in the world of social connectivity.
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