08-24-2017 11:15 AM
Okay - have moved the discussion here - what are the elements you need clarity on regarding this offering?bigmike20vt said:indeed.. .the thing i dont get (and sorry @kevinw729 if you have already explained yourself) I dont understand why he seems to think the term arcade is a slur?elboffor said:Looks like a normal arcade to me...kevinw729 said:Need to be careful how you define Niche.
The big problem is many of you use the term "arcade" as if it was still a thing. The arcade industry back in the 80-90 represented "street route" business (operators running a number of amusement pieces in a mall unit). But today the amusement industry represents "Family Entertainment Centers" and Entertainment facilities, combining large numbers of mixed-use entertainment systems.
Arcades are not a thing, its the amusement industry and as cane be seen by the profits being made by Dave & Busters, Chuck E. Cheese and Main Event these are multi-million Dollar corporations seeing great expansion.
Just as an example of how VR plays into the amusement scene lets just look at the brand new The VOID installation in the new FEC opened in Canada. The Rec Room kind of places in perspective the danger of sweeping assumptions when thinking that the amusement model with technology attractions is "niche"!
'VR Arcade' is just the beginning of the story - wait till you see the new 'Location-Based Entertainment' centers coming to the West!
I bloody love arcades, and it kills me that the seaside arcades i grew up with in the 80s and 90s are now rotting filled with gamblers and a few screen burned machines with ropy joysticks and stuck firebuttons.
they can rebrand em however they want, if places like the image above make a comeback, i am all over it (tho please include a "retro corner".
I am biased tho. I spent £1500 building a twin stick 2 banks of 6 buttons , with trackball arcade for my man cave... and would never be without it.
I AM convinced there is a market for such a thing to make a comback, in big cities at least.... esp now with LED screens the power use should be a lot less and hopefully they have a longer life before failure... mixing in the classic stuff with the cutting edge... - which is how it always was even back in the day, with your sega R360 and the like on show at the front with the older stuff buried in the back.
edit;... oh and back on topic
the vive strap thing is not only a vive issue.. 😞 the foam around the nose piece of my rift has started to come away and break up 😞
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08-26-2017 04:15 PM
elboffor said:
Your reading too much into it kevin.
I'm typing as i think and stating my assumptions is all.
You seem to over analysing things, not sure why 😕
08-26-2017 04:19 PM
snowdog said:
This MR nonsense is a complete load of old bollocks.
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kevinw729 said:
...Reminds me the same way that some tried to change the term from head-mounted display to only calling them headsets in order to corner perception there.
08-27-2017 02:32 AM
kevinw729 said:
elboffor said:
Your reading too much into it kevin.
I'm typing as i think and stating my assumptions is all.
You seem to over analysing things, not sure why 😕
I think the need is on your part to avoid the assumptions and be a little more open on what you are typing, rather than trying to say more than you mean. Keep it simple so we know your not play the old alluding game - simple B)