BBC - VR FLOPPED

[JonDnD 2,816]

I agree, nobody wants this

 

Many big name adopters have abandoned their VR projects. Google recently halted sales of Daydream, its VR headset, admitting that "there just hasn't been the broad consumer or developer adoption we had hoped".

Meanwhile, the BBC has announced it is ending the funding for its VR hub, less than two years after it was founded.

And VR received very little attention at CES, the annual trade show for consumer electronics, which got underway this week.

Consultancy CCS Insights estimates 10 million headsets will be in circulation worldwide by the end of 2019, 21% growth on the previous year.

But it acknowledges this "might seem disappointing considering the huge hype" around VR, with still just a handful of successful devices available. A major issue is that the price of headsets has remained very expensive.

"I think VR remains a very niche technology," says James Gautrey, a portfolio manager at Schroders who specialises in analysing technology stocks.

"Mass adoption remains impeded by the hardware required to run it, in my opinion. Take videogames - you need a very powerful PC, a good amount of space, sensors set up around it, and of course the VR helmet itself. The cost runs to thousands and for most it is completely impractical not to mention too expensive.

"There are clearly benefits using it to train people where real life 'on the job' training is dangerous, such as pilots, surgeons, deep sea divers. But beyond that and specialist video gamers, I have not seen any compelling use cases that would make it more mainstream."

[Remij 4,823]

Dumb1  

 

Gonna be funny watching you begin to praise it years later when Xbox is finally doing it and trying their hardest to catch up  

[JonDnD 2,816]

No thanks. Its a flop. 

 

IF any other add on sold to less than 5 percent of a userbase everyone would call it a flop. 

 

But you got Sony fans and PCVR fans that will say its great, even with 5 million or under sold.

 

Nobody cares about VR. It will die like it did and the past, sitting with 3d , for what....the 3rd time in a few generations?

 

Burry it up, its DEAD