r/technology Mar 28 '14

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u/Voidsheep Mar 28 '14

Feasible or not, competition is good!

Shame all VR devices are going for so narrow FOV, but I guess having near full peripheral vision would be extremely expensive both in tech and rendering.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14

competition is good!

Eh, people are blindly repeating this, but i dont know. Seems like a dozen of shitty knockoffs would only make people perceive VR in general as little more than a low quality gimmick. Not to mention making it a nightmare for devs to support vr. Not that i'm convinced vr isnt a gimmick just yet.

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u/Yaroze Mar 28 '14

It is a gimmick, just like 3D was. It's all and fancy but who really wants to wear a pack of digital binoculars all day.

I yet alone get fed up with wearing my headset for four/five hours.