Is this wireless Oculus Rift rival the next big thing?
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I have been following this technology and hoping for close to 30 years now and still haven't been convinced about the quality of VR googles.
We need something that goes a level deeper before we are going to be there. Something that blures the line between reality and fiction not just visually but emotionally. Maybe a drug you need to take with it.
Who knows.
All I know is that we are not there yet and to really talk about competitors with only granually better specs seems a tad premature.
They don't compete with monitor or tv. VR is all about immersion. When I wear the Oculus Rift, I'm inside the game, I'm afraid of hitting wall or if I'm too close to a ridge. My field of view is filled by the game, I'm INSIDE the game. If you talk to me when I'm inside, it's weird, the voice is coming from nowhere. You can't reach that with a monitor.
I agree that it's still a niche and it will still be a niche as long as we doesn't have better hardware. That's why Oculus VR haven't released a real product and others are working on other system, like the Omni.