What is the Future of Video Games?

Haha😂 how can you say its a fad. Fucken yo yo’s are a fad. This is tech being improved upon all the time. I havn’t played a desktop game since i first put my vive headset on 4 months ago and not sure if i could ever go back.

Not to mention the motion sickness.

Don’t let salty fans tell you otherwise, if they could get a refund you get your sole they would take it right away l***o! £500 for a over hyped railshooter 😂😂

It’s a fad. One day it won’t be but right now it is.

VR is amazing, elite dangerous is unreal so immersive

The technology will eventually become more compact and wireless.

It’s a fad. Not very practical wearing stupid head gear and setting up cameras and cables

Are there any fps in VR yet?

People who have VR know how amazing it is. Those who say it’s a fad, don’t have VR.

If VR was a fad 15 years ago, how come it is still here and being improved upon?…

Vr was a fad 15 years ago I remember going to arcade in London when I was a kid the only difference is the graphics are better it’s just like 3d where’s that now in a year or two no one will care about vr they will be on to the next big thing

Resident Evil Biohazard is awesome in VR!

Its like everything, it will evolves as technology becomes available. The list of technology we use today that was originally just described as a fad is lengthy. Cars, TV and mobile phones for example.

And until it is like that then yeah I’d say vr is just a fade controller is just too easy and most gamers are lazy lol

The Vr technology is cool and getting better as we clearly have seen but it’s still not really VR so much as it is a tv right in front of my eyes, I wanna be able to just play and be in this different world/setting just by putting on the vr not using a controller, is if any of you have seen Sword Art Online but that’s what I really believe VR is

I’m thinking bigger that just a console/PC party trick.

He means when the new console comes out everyone will have wasted their money and a s****y VR

Optically, except for full holodeck abilities, where else is there to go after VR? Full immersion can only go so far at the moment and we are currently living in a time when immersion is one of the most important things. Wii/Kinect etc were fadish – they really only offered a new way to control a game, not a new way for a game to exist. VR is about more than games though – virtual tours, architects, surveyors etc can all find VR beneficial to their every day work.

Wii, Ps Move, Kinect, etc. They didn’t last long, or at all. They were here for a day and gone the next. Not saying they’re the same, but they were a new way of playing, and nobody wanted it. VR will stay in the arcades, it seems more of an occasional kind of thing.

Ya but it will wear off then tech will evolve and something else will come along that we couldn’t even imagine right now and then that will run the same life cycle just like ps move kinect it will eventually just be there as a small option on the side

Dirt rally in vr has made me a believer

Guillaume Proulx VR too expensive? how much is a 50 inch HD tv? its not all that different, but VR has a much better experience.

Only thing I’ve played in VR so far is Elite Dangerous on the OR CV1 and those clunky rollercoaster demos that came with the OR DK2. Glad to say that the resolution is a lot better on the CV than on the DK…😵

How about the very first Freddy Krueger nightmare on Elm Street dream Warrior that game was my favorite and the original Jason game

By Jobe, no I haven’t 😉

Have you played the lawnmower game bet you haven’t

First time I tried ED in VR I went to a hazardous resource extraction site in the rings of a gas giant…it was an amazing experience.

E:D VR is simply the best gaming experience I’ve ever had. I love it.

Like everything, it will come down in price in time. Look at the price of the first DVD players (around £400). They are so cheap now that they could be given away in boxes of cereal.

vr is too expensive

I go to Vision Express…probably why I keep meeting the rebuy screen lol

Yah i play elite on the dk2 and wow i was also blown away. I also found out i have vision problems but i should have gone to spec savers lol

Ahh id rather sit in the couch with a controller anyday

vr gives me motion sickness. I couldn’t care any less

John D’Alessandro for me it messes with my eyes and gives me really bad headaches. A lot of the gameplay is kind if meh so far too

Not a fan either

Not a fan either

Not a fan either

Lol I’m sure no one is actually reading the post…it’s about vr being a fad, not about how much things cost, I never once said that I sold my ps4 and bought a vive with the exact money, yes a ps4 is £200ish and a vive is £700, but that’s not the point, but we’re not talking money, we’re talking vr..give it a couple years and the prices will come down and the tech will only get better…so no it’s not a fad.

What’s prices have to do with it? I I’ve gamed for years and find 2d gaming boring, I used to play for hours and now find it hard to keep my attention on it, but I sold my ps4 and bought a vive, yes with some extra cash with it, but the point was how much more immersive it is playing it, not comparing costings

Times must be bad? So you sell a ps4 and buy a vive? Remind me of the prices again? Bullshit springs to mind.

Yeah its ‘not bad’ lol

You need to mention that you have/got a nice computer lol

you shouldn’t care what others think that much, it’s more fun when you let yourself have some fun /

I really do think there will eventually be VR that is worth buying. However, I don’t think it’s here yet. Current VR just doesn’t give me what I’m looking for for high end immersion, and it’s too expensive for cheap immersion.

If there was fairly cheap VR, I could see a case for it for kids/teens in a house – as a visual equivalent to headphones. They can watch whatever, and hear whatever, in their own little world, without bothering the rest of the house with noise.

Oculus is just a slightly more polished t**d just like the stuff all over your face, don’t kid yourself just because you spent the cost of a small car on useless tech

Haha it was just like 3D, I remember the Virtual Boy, it was big, then it wasn’t big, it crashed and burned hard much like 3D. However…, the guy that created all the best games of my life, is current at the forefront of the Oculus so… I succumbly agree it can be successful with Carmack at the helm. But in general, I figure most of VR will be largely unsuccessful due to how poorly games are developed, excluding the Oculus because it is high end VR Gaming.

It’s a fad. Not very practical wearing stupid head gear and setting up cameras and cables

I don’t think regular TV’s will stop being a thing. But I do think that like cameras, they’ll be less common than phones with cameras built in.

I expect you’ll eventually see a tv or so in a house, and then several sets of VR visors for people around the house, as a fairly common setup.

Particularly among younger people, when theyre good enough and accessible enough.

I sort of agree with most of your post, it’s not even mainstream yet, being way too expensive and really not quite good enough (from what I read). However I don’t think VR will ever ‘take over’ from normal screens. Same as 3D TV, a lot of people simply don’t want it, they don’t want to wear even minimal special eye-wear to simply watch stuff or play games..

VR will be a mainstay only because of p**n

Which one have you tried?
All of the vr games I own i dont see being able to play without it. They just wouldnt be fun.

You can’t change my mind. You would also be incorrect in thinking I haven’t tried it though.

It is never going to become anything more than a gimmick, it is to expensive, it’s not required to play games and majority of games don’t support it.

it’s not required, but that doesn’t exactly define a gimmick. i completely count my vr gaming and regular gaming as seperate; they’re so different it’s silly to compare the two. it’s really something you don’t understand until you try it like i said, and i don’t think i can change your mind otherwise. anyone who’s tried it doesn’t have those views.

And yet. It is not required to play games. Which is why it is a gimmick.

yeah, but eyefinity doesn’t put you in the game literally. that’s what vr does. it’s on another level of immersion completely when it tricks your brain into thinking you’re there.

Immersion means stuff all. I had an eyefinity display setup… And the immersion was surreal. But it was never more than a gimmick.

motion controllers didn’t put you in the game like this does though. it’s a completely different experience.

It’s a gimmick because it’s not a necessary piece of equipment for gaming.

History is littered with various technologies that claimed it was going to be the “Next big thing” and never was. VR is another to add to the list.

All attempts at VR has resulted in s**t sales and minimal game support, that ain’t changing.

It’s a passing fad. A gimmick. I suggest you come to terms with that.

So it’s a gimmick because it’s too expensive, even though in the future the prices will come down, which makes it no longer a gimmick, meaning it was never a gimmick. Gotcha.

But I already did compare them?

Please don’t compare VR to motion controls.

It’s already here.. Vive has one with 15 ms latency…..that will improve with time.

you can’t hate on the graphics when you’re playing, it’s a whole different experience. it’s not even fair to judge without trying it first.

I still disagree !! Hahaha the graphics are amazing !!! And it’s extremely emersive . 20 years from now it won’t be VR anymore it will be the hollideck

No, I actually have. And I agree, it is really cool, my point wasn’t that it’s bad, my point was that the tech simply isn’t there yet for it to become bigger than it is right now. In like 20 years hopefully VR can capture everyone’s hopes and dreams, but for now it’s kind of a gimmick.

Have you played on a vive or rift? Psvr is crap and Samsung gear vr is just a taster

Yes it is. Stupid comment. Stupid person.

Nothing like asking if screens are a fad. Stupid comparison

eh, you need other hardware for that screen to be believable VR though. accurate 1:1 tracking and good framerates with low latency to say the least. not to mentioin motion tracked controllers are huge to have.

Sunshine Arizona. My fav game ever and yes it’s in VR.

Graeme Evans – quick travel is already a thing in most RPGs buddy. As fun as it is walking everywhere in skyrim, man’s on a time budget these days 👌

you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about!!
There’s tons of Archery games, FPS, wave shooters, boxing, artistic stuff “visual and audio”. Look up Rec Room. amazing social games and lobby! Loot at Alt Space.. it’s a great social app with Ted Talk like seminars, High tech meeting rooms, Rave Nights. There’s also a whole slew of other traditional games but rendered in 3d to play in a seated position.

I kind of agree, look at the Fire Emblem franchise for starters, how could you manage all your units in VR, the only way i could see vr being incorporated is just looking at the map in a birds eye view being able to look around the map but even then whats the point?

Even if they made the original zelda in vr it would be good

RPG games could be amazing in vr if they just get away from the idea that you need to walk miles and miles to get everywhere and just have a quick travel map system. All types of games can work in vr they just need to change

Lol there are loads of vr games that are amazing… even the simplest of games like fruit ninja in vr is amazing.

Did you never play Lucky’s Tale? It’s a cute, enjoyable VR platform game, which proves very nicely that other game styles can work very well in VR.

I’ve had numerous Vive sessions with groups of people and a single Vive, that have been far, far more social than any single gaming experience I’ve ever had. It’s really fun watching people play VR games! I consider regular gaming to be much more limiting on the social factor.

Why is it an effort to put a headset on?

My thoughts exactly, it’s too much effort. Kick back grab a pad and chill.

Steven Zwiesler You sound like an old man. How many games do you own that are actually local multiplayer?? Yeh.. like doing the split screen thing when you can barely see what’s going on?? Couch gaming with friends died when developers got lazy. VR is in its infancy and it’s already mind blowing!

Graeme Evans guess what, you can also interact with people in different countries using psn and xbox live and steam. real talk, I couldn’t give 2 s***s about vr because that just me. part of that is also vr gives me motion sickness. but in my OPINION, nothing will ever beat sitting on the couch with your friends, some beer and pizza with a controller in your hand sitting in front of a tv screen. when I think video games, I don’t want to live it, I just want to play. honestly I don’t even feel scorpio is needed. I… Read more »

You are clearly incapable of understanding simple facts.

You can’t interact with people while gaming in vr? Well for one thing you can. But you can also interact with people in a whole different country inside vr. It can be even more social you just need the vr computer screen on a TV and use speakers not headphones and then you’re not so datached from the other people in the room. There’s also a few local multiplayer vr games

I meant interacting with things in the real world. Like food and people while playing video games at the same time. They are the limitations.

Got the psvr
Still sitting chilling interacting online
Can’t wait for gt sport

people that don’t care too much about what they look like? anyone who’s actually tried it dismisses anyone judging them, it’s awesome.

and if you set it up properly you don’t need to see what’s going on around you

gonna be a long time till you get that vr wise. the latency needs to be so low that even wireless is difficult to do.