OrangeDragon wrote: And this is what makes it a novelty. The fetishists don't make a large enough demographic.

And how many unit oculus sell of the DK2 ? A device with almost zero application , necessitating to tinkling with the operating system almost every time you want to do something and requiring an more than average powerful computer ?

Meanwhile the people who will find novelty in a cheap version are plentiful... thus an ideal target audience for app development.

OrangeDragon wrote:VR as a whole is novelty man...

Nope VR has been around for quite a long time, more than 20 years in fact, just until recently it was reserved for expensive application.
The same guy who were working on those ealry VR are working on the application for the next generation.

For example concerning your granny objection " you cannot see what is around you, it is not practical I felt lost in the bright new world moving without me" ( it fact it applied also to the phone used in VR but I will kindly not comment at it )



More simple

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we'll wait and see I suppose since you won't get off your soap box. meanwhile I'll cash in on the 2 billion people with the main hardware already in their pocket.

Yes aim where the market seems to be now and not where it will be in one year .
Windows, sony, Facebook, Google are all rushing in and you can expect an high penetration for the VR equipment despite the price but the 2$ app for cheap phone is the way to go.
I supposed that in three years the 300$ phone will have the same power as the note 4 meaning capable of offering an experience that is at best a good introduction to what the oculus DK2 can do now.

As for the CES showcase products... where is the Google Glass right now?

The google glass are neither VR or AR, google has invested hundred of million on an AR solution but it is another project.

The google glass are a connected object not more different in essence to the apple watch. You should do basic research on the field .

OrangeDragon wrote:As for the CES showcase products... where is the Google Glass right now?

OrangeDragon wrote:its another example of something that was going to be "revolutionary" as it was coming out and got rave reviews at CES,

1 VR is already existing for quite a long time, the novelty is to sell it to the mass. Something equivalent to the Google glass did not exist before.
2 The google glass do not fundamentally offering a new experience, like the apple watch it is just a new way of displaying information that you would otherwise look on your phone. In both case I may add that the use is rather limited (input minimal, display basic and battery life limited) and I do not see what there was so much fuss on the google glass and over the apple watch now. VR on the opposite is offering an experience that is quite unique and cannot be compare with other display media.
Playing a game in 2D and the same in 3D and you cannot play the 2D version anymore. Same with movie the DK2 is limited in resolution but still it is WAY more immersive than looking at a movie on a 3D screen. Having seen 3D animation and 3D movie made for the oculus I can guarantee you that only with those product you have justification enough for buying the device.
3 Exactly where are you in the US? In a stat who legalize weed ? Must be given the fact that you are exctatic with you toy phone and piece of cardboard, raving on about how this is so much a wonderful experience and the way to go, than without losing a beat explaining why the oculus which is what you have power 10 is an hot air balloon not worth considering .

and ended up being, as you say, a rubbish novelty that lost its fad status rather quickly. in a large part because of the cost to do what most of people's portable devices already did.

OD seriously try the oculus your phone is nowhere near offering the same experience, and one major difference between your option and mine is that the oculus experience will improve considerably with the comercial version in 9 month when your option will basically stay at the same level.

at the prices of tickets, the people at CES aren't exactly your average consumers. they're a clique of geeks who get all fired up about anything new and neat... but don't really represent the market at all. which is why a number of the new products they get excited about there fail to really launch.

This would be quite convincing if you had not Sony, Windows, HTC, Facebook and Google all having reach the conclusion that VR and AR were where the future would be. The five proposing 5 device rather different from one another.
Of course the 5 could have converge independently and in a different way on a technological dead end but I seriously doubt it.

OrangeDragon wrote:its another example of something that was going to be "revolutionary" as it was coming out and got rave reviews at CES, and ended up being, as you say, a rubbish novelty that lost its fad status rather quickly. in a large part because of the cost to do what most of people's portable devices already did.

at the prices of tickets, the people at CES aren't exactly your average consumers. they're a clique of geeks who get all fired up about anything new and neat... but don't really represent the market at all. which is why a number of the new products they get excited about there fail to really launch.