Why VR isn’t Popular Yet 🤓

Here’s my thoughts on why Virtual Reality (VR) isn’t mainstream already
#vr #virtualreality

[@yeti_1357]

Two words for vr, battery life. Give the players longer play time and more controls for creation

[@deher9110]

Battery life is good enough Most people cant stick in vr that long anyways Which brings me to one of the biggest actual reasons: comfort

[@collinkaufman2316]

If you don't like battery life issues get one with a cable but i prefer battery life issues over having to deal with a cable pulling on my head

[@TheFurryMemelord]

I feel like the main problem is really just the price. I mean it’s the sole reason why I haven’t gotten a VR headset yet, even though I really want one

[@Midnight-i4k]

The quest 2 is 200 dollars (not a lot for VR)

[@Midnight-i4k]

The quest 2 is 200 dollars (not a lot for VR)

[@TheFurryMemelord]

@@Midnight-i4k Only recently did it start having a price like that due to the release of the Quest 3. That’s probably why MetaQuest sales are rising

[@blankfall]

300 isn’t bad. The quest 2 was 300 for - while before the rename and 100 price increase. I felt like they knew it was getting popular and shot themselves by raising the price. Now they dropped it and offer a higher storage for quest 2.

[@TheFurryMemelord]

@@blankfall The release of the Quest 3 is probably also a contributing factor to the recent drop in price for the Quest 2

[@CherryFizz26]

Honestly more people aren’t using VR because the dominanter of the VR market is meta. No one wants to play on a Facebook VR headset. It will get popular but the only big options right now are apples expensive dev kit or a Facebook headset from the same company that ur mom posts photos on. If we had a good competitor that wasn’t too expensive, and have better hardware then meta, and better software then Apple, then we Would have the most successful VR headset of all time.

[@MrJr1976]

VR needs to become more utilitarian, cheaper, and with a longer battery life by default. Like if I could use my headset as a phone, that would be very cool.

[@OfficialDJSoru]

There's also another point: a midranged pc nowadays has WAY BETTER VR performance than the minimum required in the past (i5-4500, GTX970/1060), this also means more people had time to get VR capable PCs even if they weren't planning on using VR before. Kinda like not wanting Assetto Corsa... until you get around to buying a wheel for racing games.

[@MAYTREW]

Your shorts always make me happy and actually teach me some things about what’s happening right now. Thanks for the information and it was cool seeing your face for the first time 😄

[@saralotti7174]

iPhones are popular because people need a phone-any phone but iPhone are popular-But no one “needs” a VR-that’s the difference. A phone is a necessity -communication is a necessity. Virtual reality is not a necessity. It’s a luxury. One is a utility -the other is not. Imo.

[@Mutrax4706]

then theres price lotta people want/buying the newest iphone tho dont need a very expensive phone, altho vr by default can get expensive quest 2 gotten fairly cheap and does job fine but also isnt "top of the line"

[@wrongteous]

A phone is a necessity of course. However, a smartphone didn't used to be considered a necessity, rather it was considered a luxury. This is because a regular cellphone had the basic call/text functions of the iPhone, without any of the gimmicky stuff, making it far cheaper and more appealing to everyone. However, the iPhone, gradually, made everyone aware of why it's gimmicks mattered, and overtime, it grew to be the biggest tech product on the planet. The exact same thing is going to happen with VR. As you said, VR Headsets are a luxury right now, and most people don't understand why it's gimmicks are important. However, with time, mass appeal will emerge, and we'll transition from having screens in our hands, to screens on our faces.

[@dashingone41]

*in squidward voice* "Oh no hes hot" 😂😂

[@durzoblint6532]

For those saying price, I’m not entirely sure what many are going on about, but with the exception of Apple Vision and even index, at most, headsets are in the 500 dollar range at most with quest 2 being at its most cheapest. Where I see issues are a lack of titles. There was a time there was a steady stream of quality titles from pretty good developers, but now it’s a special occasion to have some (EX- Upcomjng as of this comment is Metro VR and Zombie Army VR) Not to mention the lack of support for other mediums outside of stand-alone and PC hurts it chances. This is where I, and Xbox fan, has to give credit to PS for offering some option for console players (still doesn’t help with the price, but that’s a given). Maybe if consoles open a VR ecosystem in their console market place, perhaps you’ll see more people hop on and get great quality.

[@dsmith8616]

Motion sickness is a huge one (yes the brain adjusts, but you feel like burning garbage for the few weeks until you do.. I was seeing Wireframes around everything for 3 days), price (which has now dropped considerably.. its cheaper in price than a Switch now) and catalogue of titles is the main issue right now.. not enough titles have support, some titles are locked behind game completion (Rise Of The Tomb Raider) and some just feel like tech demos, not actual games.. The issue that needs to be addressed, is the reliance on Wireless Infrastructure.. if you want to play “untethered” from a Gaming PC, or even just cloud gaming, internet access and coverage needs to be addressed nation wide. The stuttering from wi-fi not being able to send/receive data packets fast enough is gonna be the biggest hinderance for most..

[@AHungryHunky]

For me personally, it's the disconnection with the world around me. I spend 10 hours a day at work, i dont want to come home and tune my family out.

[@TheFirstMasked]

Yea biggest beef with be i have is price, cheap stuff has no battery and good stuff costs a arm and a leg for me.

[@chaselowell4567]

I’ll play vr when I don’t feel like I need ra rest my neck for 3 days after every time I play for an hour at a friend’s house.

[@CRazyAsLaino-2001]

So my oculus quest 2 is like owning the second generation of iPhone? 1:01

[@YeetnBoots]

I think the main problem is the fact vr is still in its early stages (proper vrs) so it’s almost like everything is still an experiment and the company’s are learning from their mistakes. They will get better in tty newer models we are seeing.

[@SONICGOD208]

Hi also I think VR aren't really popular like consoles because people have motion sickness like the video said and also people don't want to get really sweaty while playing games

[@Blue10powers]

Thoughts on the new Batman vr? As a vr user I’m excited, I don’t even care that’s it’s in the Arkham universe, just that you ARE Batman

[@sunsinger970]

VR is still kinda in its battery belt days. It'll be cool in the twenty forties.

[@LueLucifer]

You mean the 2030s. You'll be surprised how fast technology can advance.

[@teamofone1219]

Because we are all wait for VR to be like ready player one or sword art online.

[@SkyleStyle]

I'm confident that a lot of the motion sickness people get is from the low frame rates. Many gamers can already tell the difference 120 and 240. I can only imagine higher frame rates being exponentially more important when a monitor replaces your vision.

[@hamtier]

yep, that's why an economical VR headset like the meta quest so far is nice. the tech needs to be there to meet the needs while keeping the cost low. its a delicate balance and if the trend continues maybe soon will hit the threshold to acceptable!

[@Jakepearl13]

Funny this was made after meta announced how they were going to open HorizonOS to other developers. I have a good feeling about this 😎

[@saintlugia]

I think the lack of games holds vr back.

[@sandycrash8868]

Biggest problem with vr poor Graphic what about people who need glasses

[@mark6982rblx]

Prescription lenses are available from VRCover.

[@Mutrax4706]

the graphics is mostly dependent on the pc you play from (if playing pcvr) the lens does also affect it a little, but thats mostly resolution

[@collinkaufman2316]

Why comment when you don't know stuff about vr

[@Mutrax4706]

@@collinkaufman2316 because what if he just curious? No need to gatekeep Graphics thing is real, and so is glasses problem

[@Rishith198]

if VR tech is improved on a bit, it could prevent motion sickness which is generally caused by the graphics of the virtual environment and more people could enjoy vr then...

[@ThePrimeGenera]

Meta Quest: Why isn't VR popular yet? Breadbox, an intellectual:

[@collinkaufman2316]

I have a quest 2 and the Meta verse is optional

[@ThePrimeGenera]

@@collinkaufman2316 I know, just saying that the bread box has got a point

[@PotLid6661]

I can never understand why do some people expect other to get through motion sickness just to get into VR ? Most user going to drop VR forever after getting they first VR motion sickness. We use smartphone because we need it , but what do we need to do with VR ?

[@RDMANGLEYT]

I think another reason vr isnt as popular is because most people dont have the space to play vr games in. Especially when a lot of those people live in small apartments or dormatori housing. Very easy for you to break something when you cant be 5 feet away from a wall.

[@oOSonicexeOo]

Plus most people don’t want to be moving around making noise if they live with other people and not everyone wants to put sound proofing all over their room especially if they have things on the walls basically VR has too many downsides to justify buying it most of the time

[@sunnypatel1606]

Yeah I agree we need more apps use cases better displays and most of all cheaper ones and competition so it’s not just meta. Do people really get motion sickness from them? I’ve had 3 headsets and I’ve never gotten that. They need to include comfortable straps by default also.

[@Garett_The_Gamer]

Yeah motion sickness is still a huge problem for a lot of new users but I’m like you and never got very motion sick so idk…

[@TRUEGKL]

Dude I get motion sickness just by playing first person games on pc, I'm unable to complete cyberpunk bcz of this 😭

[@rainbowspongebob]

@@TRUEGKLyou would 100% die if you got vr

[@ghostlyswat12]

I mean vr will definitely get popular either now with the headset goggles or in the future when they make it into sword art online levels of vr gaming

[@N1k4_Gr1v]

VR will soon be famous. Just not in this year or the next, but wait 2 decades or 3

[@collinkaufman2316]

I think within a decade

[@N1k4_Gr1v]

@@collinkaufman2316 probably if the developers finally get it together

[@MissAlyKatt]

Motion sickness? cant say i have ever experienced that in the last 6 years of VR. I also never bought a quest. 🤔

[@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922]

To me it’s no so much so as motion sickness in fact that’s never been an issue the issue is my eyes oh my goodness my eyes burn when I use VR that’s why I don’t use VR

[@sipsopgamera7624]

I think the main problem is that VR takes energy, phones and games where you just sit on your couch all day made people lazy and now that they have a hobby where you actually have to move your body it is to much of a hassle

[@fleetingimmersion]

Can't argue with that, though I do occasionally use it for exercise, the only game that actually drove me to move my body when I was exhausted was Pistol Whip, and you can't base a whole technology on one game. They really just need to come out with more content while improving hardware AND NOT LINKING YOUR VR PORN MACHINE TO FACEBOOK WHERE YOUR MOM LOGS IN.

[@TuxLockington]

that actually kinda makes sense and im all in for vr just gotta make the money first the quest 3

[@pjavilla]

The iPhone didn't happen in a vacuum; other phones existed as well. Imagine if getting an iPhone meant you couldn't call/text/whatever users of other phones. I guarantee you the graph would look a lot different, at least in my country and I feel pretty comfortable extrapolating that to the region as well. Most of us here aren't swimming in money. That's still our perception of VR devices: that they all are stuck in their respective ecosystems. We're not really seeing any difference in the latest VR push compared to the times the industry tried previously. Still just a small handful of titles, still on their own platforms, still extremely expensive. I'll not gainsay that mass VR adoption will happen eventually; I'm just saying you're being way too optimistic if you think THIS wave is when it'll happen.

[@wrongteous]

All VR Headsets have access to the same multiplayer games i.e. Rec Room and VRChat, for example. If anything, VR Headsets are exactly like games consoles. You can't friend people on the other platforms, but you can play the same games (except for exclusives, which are usually only single player games). Also, whilst VR doesn't have the same oversaturated market as console games, the games are A LOT cheaper on VR headsets. Nowadays, most releases are by Triple A devs charging a minimum of like $70 for games. VR Headsets, on the other hand, have games regularly released that are sold (usually) at a maximum of about $20, despite the game having just as much content as Triple A games on consoles.

[@camanddad33]

"VR isn't popular yet" The thousands to millions of kids that get a headset to play gorilla tag:

[@xdantex1997]

oculus is literally 200$ right now its not expensive also yeah vr makes u sick for like 2 days but after that u get used to it and its really fun

[@MBofLego]

What’s your opinion on the mob vote revaluation?

[@BryGuyXCV]

Oh NO Garret is HOT!!!

[@purplecowadoom]

If funding Meta in any way is a prerequisite for getting into VR, I won't do it. There are (and will be) other alternatives.

[@wrongteous]

Tbf, companies like Lenovo, Asus and Xbox are all going to be making headsets. It's just that they're gonna be building them on Meta's Quest operating system, so they're still Meta headsets. All other competition, like Pico, for example, has essentially stunted and ceased to exist because they just tried to copy the Quest 2. However, if you really don't want a Meta headset, then you could look into a PCVR headset, but those will set you back a bit more.

[@fgbthepoh]

Just wait for PC to release a VR headset

[@mysticwolf420]

I can see some vr ring going on lol

[@blvckl0tcs750]

It’s not motion sickness. It’s quality of the games due to the la k of hardware capabilities in headsets that don’t require a wire. This and the cost to do it on pc. I also wouldn’t say vr isn’t popular either as last I check on steam quest is up there with index currently. And that last places I wanna hear is coming from Sony and Microsoft

[@darksquirtle16]

well at least that Nintendo's Virtural Boy was better than the Apple Vision Pro Edit: I'm serious, the Apple Vision Pro sold 200,000 units where Nintendo's Virtural Boy sold 770,000 units

[@BlakeTheGamblingHero]

That makes this even more hilarious. A headset stuck on a Stand that's only able to display one single color outsold an apple headset with the most modern of features.

[@anonymoususer188]

Ah yes. The classic argument. So far, this thing (Meta Quest headset) has very closely followed the trend that a previous thing (iPhones) followed which therefore must mean that it will continue to follow a similar trend because the underlying reasons behind both trends must be the same. It's not at all possible for two things to have similar starting trends and then have massively different ones later on. In case the sarcasm wasn't obvious, this is such a massive logical fallacy that only PR/marketing people will actually try to convince you it's true because they're trying to convince you that their product will be successful. That and people who either fell for their marketing or don't understand how trends work. The driving force behind the iPhone's popularity is completely different than the driving force behind Meta Quest headsets. Will Meta Quest headsets increase in popularity as the technology improves and/or becomes cheaper to produce thus lowering the price? Most likely, yes. However, there's no reason to assume that it will explode in popularity like the iPhone did. There's simply less of a demand for VR headsets than there is for smart phones. Just about everyone owns some brand of smart phone in modern America. However, I don't foresee the day when everyone owns a VR headset. Plenty of people just won't care about a gaming console, no matter how cool the gimmick of VR is perceived.

[@acidcatfish8315]

I only got motion sickness once and that was the first time I played

[@loganrodriguez5383]

Some people don’t get motion sick at all but I still get motion sick after 7 months of continuous play

[@mofka26]

@@loganrodriguez5383 yeah, I didn't have motion sickness but instead I had a lot of issues with getting quest 2 to work with PC.

[@Boomer16377]

Who the hell is this random guy? 1:04

[@tomcat3900]

Apple Vision Pro

[@mrg2155]

I own that shit, it’s motion sickness why I never use it and will never purchase again.

[@collinkaufman2316]

I don't get motion sickness from it, so for other people who want to buy one try one

[@Trooper8611]

yo he is more than just eyes and a mouth???

[@Garett_The_Gamer]

👁️👄👁️

[@andresfurious8302]

I would get a psvr2 if it supported Minecraft

[@wrongteous]

You could get a Quest 2 which is cheaper AND supports Minecraft (through side quest, but it's very easy to do)

[@andresfurious8302]

@@wrongteous kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYDco4tnZsiAoacsi=vWFqFsLzPMhHgT97

[@speaknosin4932]

The lack of proper full games on quest doesn't help its mostly just minigames only reason i got a quest was to play res 4 vr and not that god damn shit fest of a remake

[@soundrogue4472]

Considering the Meta Quest is losing over 1 Billion dollars, app downloads are down; I believe this isn't giving us the whole picture. The headsets are being SOLD AT A LOSS, THE APPS AREN'T MAKING UP FOR LOST REVENUE. Please do more research than a biased tweet.

[@yorkiblue]

psvr 2 would of been great if they made it wireless and backwards compatible.

[@GabeSaber]

The pixilated monkey game controlled by very toxic 13 year olds has like 70k people playing every day it’s insane

[@luisrosado7050]

holy woof you do have a face!

[@rickylim2540]

Whoa you have a face? I thought you only have eyes and mouth

[@jpawhees]

😃 he has a face 🤗

[@cinderanmagnus]

To expensive To unstable

[@wrongteous]

If $299 is expensive to you, then I struggle to see how you could have afforded whatever device you use for gaming.

[@Ezra_reptile_sketches]

Your the sail vr guy

[@JayyPiXels_]

Skibidi in Ohio rizzler?

[@RidgeWalker-jw1rr]

It's simple, porn. The pornography industry has driven all of the major media changes for the last several decades. That's why betamax lost, because p*** went VHS

[@RidgeWalker-jw1rr]

You want VR to be popular? Enable people to rub one out

[@bpavuk]

uhm, VR porn is a thing nowadays. many studios actually release at least one VR video a week, so the lack of porn isn't issue.

[@ishmellgordon2028]

This is the 100th video

[@mak_707]

Why did I always thought you were mexican?

[@Z3R0_RMX]

Already here lmao

[@HectorVR926]

Crazyyy

[@lanata64]

bro oculus has been making consumer-level and affordable headsets since 2016, not 2019. we're not 5, but rather 8 years into VR

[@Garett_The_Gamer]

Oculus was acquired by Facebook in 2014 after they did their kick starter and before they had ever released a commercial product

[@lanata64]

@@Garett_The_Gamer I can't tell what you're trying to say, but i will clarify just in case: I call it (reality labs; the entity that developed rift, quests, etc) by oculus in order to distinguish it from the parent company (meta; facebook).

[@TheEpicGamer1111]

Yay here

[@УкраїнаПовнаАнімацій]

Whats wrong with roblox bruh?

[@unidentified5628]

The VR console is too fragile. Sunlight that even comes into your room ruins the whole system. They need something else besides redlights to make the system more durable. The games are also a big take on why VR isn't huge because the games on there get old really fast or online games has you meet a 13-year-old or around that age that talks trash, rages when they are losing, or just overall just whines. The only major hits that are fun are Beat Saber, SuperHot, and some other game franchises. My pitch (and you can say this is from SAO anime because it is) is Full Dive VR and people are working on it for medical reasons first, but that will be the future of gaming all together.

[@unidentified5628]

Other things they could do now to boost the popularity besides the games. 1. Make deals with companies who own popular shows and sure to make a VR simulation to interact with your favorite characters. 2. Add "adult rated apps" (if you know what I mean... Sex sells, don't blame me, blame the internet) 3. For the chat rooms, just add small table games and stuff have more small fun while talking. 4. Find a way to make movements more fluid (given that should be obvious, but the movements in VR really need to step their game up

[@bpavuk]

regarding 13-years-old ones - does the same issue happen with Minecraft servers? Fortnite? Call of Duty? CS2?

[@sipsopgamera7624]

Not true. The quest 2 is very durable. Watch a durability test

[@wrongteous]

The Quest 2 is not fragile LMAO. Also how hard is it to keep it in a box or under a blanket?

[@Crazychaosmaker]

27 views in 2 minutes you fell off 😔

[@roxaskinghearts]

because fortnite isnt in vr yet

[@h-0-1-1-i-s]

Yes I’m early

[@Ieatworlds-j6k]

First

[@Ieatworlds-j6k]

Well second

[@Astro_engineer54]

Weak

[@I_am_mario009]

I hate vr

[@lukefortune8314]

ok. could you elaborate?