Gotta agree here and as I’ve said for me VR in its current form is far too isolating, inconvenient and honestly dorky looking. Looks tiring to put on all that gear then enjoy game time. The majority of VR games appear very gimmicky to me, I’m sure they’re fun for some amount of limited time but they all seem to do the same thing. I simply don’t want to invest in something that I know I’ll end up putting on a shelf and not using because it has all the indications I’ll get bored and tired of all that crap.
Make the gear smaller and less isolating plus add new features or improve upon existing games I’ll consider buying one.
Above is just my opinion if you all love your VR setups that’s great.
No, you're not wrong...you can't just flunk on your couch to play a console or into your gaming chair to do PC gaming, you have to put it it on & move around, which is sort of the
opposite of what most of us want to do when we want to relax & unwind in our free time, haha! So VR does have a few usability issues:
1. It's not just as simple as instant use. You have to put the headset on, and many games are standing & are physical, so instantly, there's a mental energy barrier when your energy is low.
2. There's really only so many categories or styles of games available in VR, unlike 2D gaming, which has a TON more styles. Games absolutely DO start to feel repetitive after awhile...shooting games, bow & arrow games, etc.
3. VR has the odd experience of feeling like a re-run, because you're immersed in it, so whereas with games on a 2D flat screen, I can play them over & over, I get kind of tired of them in VR, which also ties into the underlying limited number of options for "types" of games. Like the Lab bow & arrow game is fun, and QuiVR is pretty fun, but eventually your brain kind of sees through the dressing of the game to the underlying gaming mechanics & you're like...meh.
I have a Subpac subwoofer vest, which is BEYOND awesome, but I hardly ever use it anymore because it's just...work. lol! So there's definitely like a mental fatigue aspect to both having to put on the gear & move around physically & feel sort of that deja-vu when you both play through a game again & play similar types of games with overlapping mechanics. I mean, I love VR & I think it's really great, but we really just need a steady stream of top-tier games to make it really worthwhile outside of enthusiasts like me.
Like, even my nephews are pretty much just hooked on playing Gorilla Tag all the time, which has graphics even more garbage than Minecraft (don't get me wrong, I love me some Minecraft lol). But it's the same reason why the Switch works...it's just FUN! So having more fun games to look forward to would really help. I'm hoping they can crack the code for thin, light, quality AR/Mixed glasses or something within the next few years!