The issue is it takes too much effort to play vs normal gaming unless you are able to dedicate a room to it. For people in areas where housing costs are low enough that you can afford a big house, or for people who are single and don’t have other people in the house to cater to, this might be fine. But for most people, a good VR session involves moving shit out of the way, strapping on a helmet, putting wrist straps on and figuring out whether you want to do that blind after putting the helmet on or trying to put the helmet on with things in your hands, then playing in a specific area so you don’t kick your coffee table (and hope your dog doesn’t walk in front of you while you are walking).
Contrast that to picking up a controller while sitting down.
If the awesome games were there to make the extra effort worth it, then fine. But there just aren’t the great games yet. I have a VR system and haven’t put it on in months because I just don’t care enough. It has become a novelty.
I play most of my games sitting down. VTOL VR, Derail Valley, whole suite of driving games (OK, I have a special simrig for these), IETD, Uboat, KSP. Even Skyrim VR and Alyx are perfectly comfortable sitting down.
The only game I find that roomscale is s must is Blade and Sorcery
Flying in Project Wingman and dodging a missile only to physically look up and see the thing narrowly missing my canopy is the moment burned into my brain that VR was worth every penny I’d spent to get a quest 2 on sale and hook it up to my PC
One of the greatest moments for me was when I played a transport mission in VTOL VR, there was long flight, it was night IRL, and I fell asleep a little. Then I woke up shortly after, not any more aware that I was playing a game, and was genuinely puzzled why and where am I flying and how I got there xD
Quest 3 can launch straight into passthrough mode, most games can be played standing or sitting in place (I play in a regular sized living room without moving anything around). It’s actually quicker and easier for me to play in VR than boot up my gaming rig.
The issue is it takes too much effort to play vs normal gaming unless you are able to dedicate a room to it. For people in areas where housing costs are low enough that you can afford a big house, or for people who are single and don’t have other people in the house to cater to, this might be fine. But for most people, a good VR session involves moving shit out of the way, strapping on a helmet, putting wrist straps on and figuring out whether you want to do that blind after putting the helmet on or trying to put the helmet on with things in your hands, then playing in a specific area so you don’t kick your coffee table (and hope your dog doesn’t walk in front of you while you are walking).
Contrast that to picking up a controller while sitting down.
If the awesome games were there to make the extra effort worth it, then fine. But there just aren’t the great games yet. I have a VR system and haven’t put it on in months because I just don’t care enough. It has become a novelty.
I play most of my games sitting down. VTOL VR, Derail Valley, whole suite of driving games (OK, I have a special simrig for these), IETD, Uboat, KSP. Even Skyrim VR and Alyx are perfectly comfortable sitting down.
The only game I find that roomscale is s must is Blade and Sorcery
Flying in Project Wingman and dodging a missile only to physically look up and see the thing narrowly missing my canopy is the moment burned into my brain that VR was worth every penny I’d spent to get a quest 2 on sale and hook it up to my PC
Fully seated experience
Yup.
One of the greatest moments for me was when I played a transport mission in VTOL VR, there was long flight, it was night IRL, and I fell asleep a little. Then I woke up shortly after, not any more aware that I was playing a game, and was genuinely puzzled why and where am I flying and how I got there xD
Quest 3 can launch straight into passthrough mode, most games can be played standing or sitting in place (I play in a regular sized living room without moving anything around). It’s actually quicker and easier for me to play in VR than boot up my gaming rig.