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So... is VR Mainstream yet??

Zenbane
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For those who have been around since the CV1 release (and even those around for the DK1 days), you've probably noticed that the question of VR being mainstream has been asked every single year. Even now as we approach the year 2020, the question is still posed across various VR discussion groups.

From my perspective, this forum has always reflected the current state of VR as a whole (not just the state of Oculus and Facebook VR).

There's no denying that with the release of Quest and the Link, now more than ever on this forum's history has so much daily high-traffic discussion transpired. For me personally, I am enjoying going from a daily contributor to a passive lurker of the ongoing discussions.

With that in mind, I figured now might be another fun time to ask the question: Is VR finally mainstream? Or is there more to go?

This is meant to be posed as a light-hearted question/discussion. Not fuel any sort of negative rhetoric or debate.
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snowdog said:

Home VR is miles better. I got thrown out of a VR arcade last week and then arrested for watching VR Porn ???



Surely nobody would notice - it's on the HMD.  Unless you were...




Big PC, all the headsets, now using Quest 3

kojack
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Techy111
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And how good you look when dancing  :disappointed:

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A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

Anonymous
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snowdog said:

Home VR is miles better. I got thrown out of a VR arcade last week and then arrested for watching VR Porn ???



Surely nobody would notice - it's on the HMD.  Unless you were...







That's exactly the same reaction I saw from the VR arcade staff  😄

hoppingbunny123
Rising Star
oddly enough i think people associate the promise of vr with a unit like the quest, a all in one, that does two things; 1.) allows the use of their computer playing games like csgo and overwatch, 2.) at high fps, like 144 fps, for the soap opera effect which means 3.) content at 144 fps or a high fps for the soap opera effect.

LordZeroGameMas
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 The Quest is doing wonders for mass VR. No one of my friends has a HMD, but ALL OF THEM are excited about triying my Quest and they were all very impressed.
 
 Quest and the required cables for LINK being sold out everywhere is a strong argument for them being popular now.

 Also i think that the homebrew community is very strong. There tons of games and apps that i had never seen 5 years before now. Sideloading apps is amazingly convenient and simple. 

 I just hope Facebook does nothing to impide it, cuz it would hurt the community of both users and creators inmensely.

kojack
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Quest and the required cables for LINK being sold out everywhere is a strong argument for them being popular now.

On the oculus store north american Quests are now back ordered to march 3 for the 64GB and feb 27 for 128GB.
European Quests are back ordered to the end of january.
Amazon has no expected dates for 64GB Quest availability.

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RuneSR2
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Seems like everyone loves the glasses when they try them - unfortunately it seems so damn hard getting the die hard pancake lovers to put on the glasses. Exactly like shown here, lol  B)

https://youtu.be/gShVTRPVvWQ

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Anonymous
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Best. Film. Ever.

I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum B)

Anonymous
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Ok so does that mean VR is mainstream or not mainstream.
Or perhaps has nothing whatsoever to do with it... just the love of posting videos.

Yep these forums, they be a dying.