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Dozens of engineers laid off at Apple headquarters
www.sfgate.com/tech/article/apple-engineers-layoff-22403206.php
They are surprised VR isn’t really taking off with inflation through the roof huh?
Every few years for over half a century, someone decides that VR is finally going to be a big thing, spends a bucketload of cash on it, only to learn the exact same lesson: VR doesn’t actually solve any kind of practical problem anyone ever had, but it does create a whole bunch of new ones.
It does allow for some awesome games though.
You’d think, and yet all the gamers I know who own a headset has it gathering dust on the shelf.
You’re not wrong, and I’m included in that because I’m a dumbass who bought an Oculus Rift (i.e. not a Vive) some 6 years ago or so, and I’ve since gone 100% Linux. But man was it a magical upgrade for my sim racing setup. In many ways better than a triple screen setup, but occupies less space.
My headset was extremely immersive for DCS and IL-2, but I could never use the keyboard well enough with it on.
Replying to @skisnow@lemmy.ca
Guilty as charged…
Replying to @skisnow@lemmy.ca
That’s because it doesn’t take very long to blow through all the great games. They exist, just not that many.
Which one? Beat saber or beat saber?
Half life Alyx. Superhot VR. Walkabout mini golf. VR boxing. Any VR flight/racing sim.
Replying to @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
I really liked the “I Expect you to Die” series. Basically VR escape rooms.
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VR’s ability to control the atmosphere more could make for some next level horror games, too. Like something where there’s a reason the player can’t run, like they are wheelchair bound or sailing through a lake of lava.