CB2001
Master Member
NOTE: I've recently updated the title of this thread and have opened it up to be all things Virtual Reality related. Below was the original text for the initial post, but the topic of the original post has long since moved on. So, everything below this point is out of date and no longer needs to be discussed (unless you just want to put in your two cents).
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As the old saying goes, "everything old is new again." This is not just true with movies and remakes and stuff like that, but in general. We look at 3D for an example, for years, it was the staple of comic books and movie theaters for years with the iconic blue and red lenses. Eventually, for a while, it disappeared for from the theaters, and then came back in full blast and, from what I've noticed, has died down yet again. I myself was alive for the Virtual Reality crazy of the 1990s, a lot of people having high hopes of having the ability to explore virtual environments with headsets. Movies, TV shows and various works of literature, all of them exploring virtual reality, the pros and cons and so on. Of course, as soon as the virtual reality craze began in the 1990s, it died out rather quickly because of the inability to achieve even the basic concept due to technology at the time. Like 3D before it, in the last few years, VR has once again popped back up. Those that were kids in the 1990s, kids who had first experienced the craze and hopefulness of the concept and tech taking off, are now adults and are saying that this time, Virtual Reality is here and its going to stick because of the advancements. Now, there's things such as 360 video on YouTube where people on mobile phones can look around a pre-recorded environment on their cellphones. Dozens of headsets are available, even some that can be made out of cardboard.
For me, I will admit, I don't think VR is going to take off and it's just another period of gimmickry that's going to die out. I've gone through the 1990s with the VR craze, and I was disappointed when it didn't take off right then. However, I have been wrong before (I believed that DVDs were going to be a temporary tech craze and weren't going to take off. I was in high school when they boomed, and I was completely wrong on that regard), and having to see some of those 360 videos (granted, not really VR, but still kinda interesting), it kinda makes me wonder if the the possibility of this being the starting point actually being plausible leading to actual. And being a long time PC gamer, my curiosity is on about this, especially with some games. But, I'm pretty much on the fence leaning towards another period of gimmickry with the possibility of leaning towards plausible.
So, I'm proposing the question here to other users, so to get a point of view. The current state of Virtual Reality: is it another period of gimmickry that will eventually die out, or is this a true starting point for the advancement of technology that may become common place?
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As the old saying goes, "everything old is new again." This is not just true with movies and remakes and stuff like that, but in general. We look at 3D for an example, for years, it was the staple of comic books and movie theaters for years with the iconic blue and red lenses. Eventually, for a while, it disappeared for from the theaters, and then came back in full blast and, from what I've noticed, has died down yet again. I myself was alive for the Virtual Reality crazy of the 1990s, a lot of people having high hopes of having the ability to explore virtual environments with headsets. Movies, TV shows and various works of literature, all of them exploring virtual reality, the pros and cons and so on. Of course, as soon as the virtual reality craze began in the 1990s, it died out rather quickly because of the inability to achieve even the basic concept due to technology at the time. Like 3D before it, in the last few years, VR has once again popped back up. Those that were kids in the 1990s, kids who had first experienced the craze and hopefulness of the concept and tech taking off, are now adults and are saying that this time, Virtual Reality is here and its going to stick because of the advancements. Now, there's things such as 360 video on YouTube where people on mobile phones can look around a pre-recorded environment on their cellphones. Dozens of headsets are available, even some that can be made out of cardboard.
For me, I will admit, I don't think VR is going to take off and it's just another period of gimmickry that's going to die out. I've gone through the 1990s with the VR craze, and I was disappointed when it didn't take off right then. However, I have been wrong before (I believed that DVDs were going to be a temporary tech craze and weren't going to take off. I was in high school when they boomed, and I was completely wrong on that regard), and having to see some of those 360 videos (granted, not really VR, but still kinda interesting), it kinda makes me wonder if the the possibility of this being the starting point actually being plausible leading to actual. And being a long time PC gamer, my curiosity is on about this, especially with some games. But, I'm pretty much on the fence leaning towards another period of gimmickry with the possibility of leaning towards plausible.
So, I'm proposing the question here to other users, so to get a point of view. The current state of Virtual Reality: is it another period of gimmickry that will eventually die out, or is this a true starting point for the advancement of technology that may become common place?
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