Ask HN: I see virtual reality everywhere, except on HN. Why?

Virtual reality was huge in the 90s. There were headsets, arcade systems, hollywood movies, but not really any valid long run business ideas outside of gaming. Consumers don't want to do anything that involves wearing a huge 90's style HMD or even anything that looks like Google glass. To many people, this is just 20 year old hype that is being resurrected. The technology is better but the applications and limitations are the same.

Can you point to some of these references you see "everywhere"? Perhaps you could submit some.

On Business Insider for example:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/valve-is-making-a-virtual-real...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/virtual-reality-amusement-park...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/htc-virtual-reality-headset-20...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/trying-samsung-vr-for-the-firs...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/virtual-reality-is-getting-rea...

Then here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9417370 Oculus Reinvents Cinema for a Virtual Reality World (wired.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9424425 Facebook mum on large-scale Oculus Rift shipments for 2015 (gamasutra.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9428426 Oculus' Founder on the Pros and Cons of VR for Social Good (wired.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9430090 Facebook mum on large-scale Oculus Rift shipments for 2015 (gamasutra.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9432415 I just finished the development of my first Oculus experience

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9440650 Oculus Rift and Robotic Heads: A Match Made in Geek Heaven (popsci.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9447298 Video Review: Samsung Gear VR vs. Oculus Rift DK2 (youtube.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9465479 25-year old VR story totally explains why Oculus will be huge (medium.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9472755 Explore the Damages of the Nepal Earthquake in VR (sketchfab.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9487267 Thomas Street's UI Exploration with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion (leapmotion.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9497978 Retail oculus rift coming in first quarter of 2016 (polygon.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9498029 First Look at the Rift, Shipping Q1 2016 (oculus.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9498029 Oculus shipping in Q1 2016 (oculus.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9498317 Oculus Rift Consumer VR System Pre-Orders Start Later This Year, Ships Q1 2016 (techcrunch.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9498909 Retail Will Play a Big Part in the Oculus Rift Launch (techcrunch.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9502969 Oculus to Ship Virtual Reality Headsets in Early 2016 (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9517358 Facial Performance Sensing Head-Mounted Display (Oculus) (youtube.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9522952 Oculus to Ship Virtual Reality Headsets in Early 2016 (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9533636 Elements - A VR Periodic Table for Oculus Mobile VRJam 2015 (challengepost.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9548465 Van Gogh's Night Cafe Rendered for Oculus Gear VR (challengepost.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9551463 Oculus Details Rift's Recommended PC Specs, 'Pauses' Mac Development (techcrunch.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9551504 The Oculus Rift's Recommended PC Spec (oculus.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9551693 Oculus Rift pauses Mac and Linux development, offers PC specs (engadget.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9552495 Powering the Rift (oculus.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9552979 This is the PC hardware you'll need to run the Oculus Rift (arstechnica.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9554410 Oculus Rift Is Going to Drive Some Serious Graphics Card Sales (forbes.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556768 Zuckerberg sees Oculus Rift shrinking to the size of glasses (pcworld.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9563380 Oculus VR announces it has paused OS X and Linux development (neowin.net)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9567200 Oculus has no plans to block virtual reality porn (variety.com)

Because it was also "everywhere" before, when it was supposed to be the next big thing. Each time it looks like it is, but it ends up being not quite. Who knows, maybe this is it. I'm betting on the time after this one, though.

edit: typo.

HN loves VR as much as anywhere else. I have an Oculus DK2.

Right now VR is a failied thing, no startups, no venture capital is flowing to VR. Hype without money is nothing.

I believe YC starts investing in VR: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/

Moreover, the first VR accelerator has been lauched last year from Rothenberg Ventures: http://www.rothenbergventures.com/river