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kleinbl00 · 2939 days ago · link · · parent · post: Geoffrey A. Fowler: Oculus Rift Review: VR’s Rising Star Isn’t Ready for the Mainstream
Except that games are in your palm, son. The big growth in games is in casual, freemium, skill-free non-immersive experiences. The killer app for VR gaming was Descent, which is damn near older than you, and nobody cared. Biggest non-mobile gaming story of the past 15 years? Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Why? Because you play with your friends. Because it's a mutual experience. Most non-mutual experience you can find in gaming? VR. Same as it ever was.
user-inactivated · 2939 days ago · link ·
Historically, VR has more to do with psychedelics than with gaming. Not a thing that gets emphasized, because nerdy psychonauts are a small market and not appealing to the NSF, but Timothy Leary didn't spend all that time at VPL Research because he was really into Frogger.