As VR hardware sales approach $2.1 billion, we can put to rest any notion of VR being a fad.
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PC Gamer: "VR hardware sales approach $2.1 billion"
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As VR hardware sales approach $2.1 billion, we can put to rest any notion of VR being a fad.
I hope it keeps increasing so the companies have a reason to keep improving the tech. I've had a blast with my CV1 Rift, but I'd love to upgrade and get rid of the sensors and wires at some point and start getting more AAA experiences to play.
I own a Vive already, but the portability, price point, and features of the Quest make it very appealing.
About to try out OrbusVR in a few. I doubt it'll quite get what I want out of a VR MMORPG, but we'll see...
About to try out OrbusVR in a few. I doubt it'll quite get what I want out of a VR MMORPG, but we'll see...
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One thing I haven't seen mentioned often is that VivePort Infinity now also works on the Oculus Quest. VivePort Infinity is the "GamePass" of the VR world, it's HTC's subscription game service. It used to only work with the Vive and Vive Focus, but with in the last month, it's come to all VR headsets. You can subscribe to VivePort Infinity and play all the games on the VivePort store.
Unfortunately, it's not nearly the library that Steam or the Rift Store is, though.
Has some real bangers like To The Top, though.
Yeah the quest is making huge inroads for VR right now. Valve has to see this and they really should make their own sub 500 portable device.
Quest isn't quite there for me yet but I'll probably hop on a Quest Version 2 model that I'm guessing will have a host of improvements from screen to refresh rate to comfort.
Quest isn't quite there for me yet but I'll probably hop on a Quest Version 2 model that I'm guessing will have a host of improvements from screen to refresh rate to comfort.
My expectations are super high for Half-Life: Alyx. Like I am hoping that it feels like a fully realized Half-Life experience (without major limitations) with the level of physics and NPC interactions as seen in Boneworks. I'm probably going to be disappointed though lol. I just want the ability to push a Combine soldier down a flight of stairs or trip someone, etc. Dumb stuff like that which will allow for so many fun opportunities.
I actually got like two months free when I got my Vive. It was pretty cool, but I had to let it lapse as I can't dedicate much time to games at school. :(
Fruit Ninja VR was so much fun tho.
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They already said Half Life Alyx would be about the length of Half Life 2. Not the shorter episodes, the full HL2. Roughly 12-15 hours.
Oh I meant in terms of level design. I hope we get fully open areas, stuff to climb, platforming, vehicles, etc like past Half-Life games.
Thank you so much for posting this, I've already found like 4 games I was gonna purchase on here so it would be much cheaper for me to subscribe and check them out!
"Fads" are known for being wildly and intensely popular amongst a broad spectrum of people. They are trends that penetrate and permeate a culture.
VR was never a fad because it was never popular. It is a steadily growing niche. I am surprised that the 31% YoY growth is due to the Quest rather than continued PSVR sale prices.
VR was never a fad because it was never popular. It is a steadily growing niche. I am surprised that the 31% YoY growth is due to the Quest rather than continued PSVR sale prices.
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Ya, just noting that it actually works with all the headsets now, not just the Vive. When it first launched, it was exclusively for the Vive. It's actually a pretty good deal these days, lets you try out lots of smaller indie VR titles. Really good for playing around in between the big, tent pole VR releases.
I already see a game I want to try in Creed, so it might be time to resubscribe once Christmas break gets here. One good benefit of sharing libraries with your boyfriend is that we can try out each other's VR games.
Ahahaha. Thank you >___<;;
I love the heck out of my Index. I know it's not the most financially affordable kit for everyone, but if you have the means, save up that $1000! It's well worth the money
Not really trying to get in to an argument on whether or not it it's a fad, but not really? Kinect was selling like hot cakes at a point...
Good to hear. As someone with very little VR experience, I just ordered this set recently so I am excited to delve into VR in a big way.
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That's another thing to mention -- Steam Family Sharing works with VR titles. A bunch of my friends and my dad all have VR headsets, all together I know 5 different people with PC VR Headsets around me that I consider very close. We all link our accounts so we share VR titles. I by far have the most, but surprisingly they have a lot of VR titles that I do not. Lets us easily check out the new VR releases.
If someone only picks up the big tentpole VR titles, they miss out on a lot of what makes VR currently great. The indie market, as it has been since the beginning, is where the freshest VR stuff is. It's the testing grounds that the tent pole releases crib from. Lots, and lots of indie VR titles released every day.
Wasn't the Kinect bundled?
I just bought a reverb so yeah this is great and will probably grow quite a bit when Alyx drops.
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You can look on year on year sales of kinect and it's not true:
Every single year Kinect was out, it sold less than the preceding year. Virtual Reality has been doing the exact opposite. VR sales increase every single year.
5 years into VR sales, the current sales trend is the absolute strongest it's ever been. Contrast to Kinect (and this forum's other favorite comparison, 3DTV) and 5 years into their technologies, sales had essentially halted.
Oh wow, I only remember it getting a Guinness World Record for being the fastest selling device ever and it's LTD sales before discontinuation, so thanks. I'm still kinda reserved on revenue translating in to market adopting tbh, but I guess we'll see what happens after HL drops since that's meant to be the actual game changer.You can look on year on year sales of kinect and it's not true:
Every single year Kinect was out, it sold less than the preceding year. Virtual Reality has been doing the exact opposite. VR sales increase every single year.
5 years into VR sales, the current sales trend is the absolute strongest it's ever been. Contrast to Kinect (and this forum's other favorite comparison, 3DTV) and 5 years into their technologies, sales had essentially halted.
Yes yes. It's all coming together now.
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Kinect exploded out of the gate, then slowly faded away. So even when it was fading, it was still selling well, just not picking up steam.
This is a known trend in technology:
It's known as Big Bang Market Adoption, it's the idea that the higher initial sales are, the faster they drop. The above is contrasting it to what is known as the Technological Adoption Curve, which is a bell curve. Technologies that follow the Big Bang Market Adoption model don't last. Those that follow the Technological Adoption Curve, tend to be transformative technologies that last much longer. VR has been following the latter, Kinect followed the former.
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Yep.
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world
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Well, if we take the Oculus Quest in isolation for example, 2.1 billion divided by 399 is.....5.2 million units.
Of course certain headsets are worth more than others and can throw the math off, but I think it's fair to say VR headsets in general have easily cleared 1 million units.
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It depends on where you want to draw the line about what is or isn't VR. Google Cardboard continues to endure, even since google just recently make the entire project open source and released of license. Cardboard downloads top 20 million. All those cheap, generic "phone" vr headsets fall under the "cardboard" umbrella, even on iOS.
If cardboard doesn't count, the estimate is about 5-8 million for the rift + PSVR + vive + windows VR.
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Sony said PSVR has sold about 4.5 million earlier this year. monthly active Steam VR users passed 1 million earlier this year, too, although that's a voluntary survey so the numbers are lower than the number of actually used headsets. Oculus Quest has sold roughly half a million units in 6 months.
Someone literally did this yesterday and called VR a gimmick similar to Kinect.
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I've been a VR owner for 11 days...
I started saving for a VR headset way back in 1993, the Sega VR. When that got canceled, I bought an Atari Jaguar in anticipation of the Jaguar VR. There was a mall on the other side of Houston, honestly an 1+ drive, that I'd make my dad take me to over and over again because they had a Virtuality Pod.
Been big on VR since the early 90's.
I never understood why some people call VR a fad. It's pretty niche and has been slowly growing each year. Fads typically explode onto the market and drop off. Opposite here. Not to mention VR has been around for a long time.
Glad to hear its growing. Means more quality software in the future.
Glad to hear its growing. Means more quality software in the future.
I've had the PSVR since it launched and love it. After being out of stock everywhere for weeks now, the Quest went back in stock around 1:30am on Friday at Best Buy and I snagged it, and it even arrived 4 days early (today).
It is a fantastic piece of hardware, especially with the experimental finger tracking being so accurate.
Biggest disappointment: The PSVR is still the most comfortable VR headset on the market. The halo/ring headband should be adopted by everyone, and I can't believe the Quest is still using old-Oculus style velcro straps. It seems the Rift S at least has the right idea.
It's to the point where I'm looking at the Rift S replacement parts which includes a $60 replacement halo headband, and wondering if I can 3D print some kind of adapter.
It is a fantastic piece of hardware, especially with the experimental finger tracking being so accurate.
Biggest disappointment: The PSVR is still the most comfortable VR headset on the market. The halo/ring headband should be adopted by everyone, and I can't believe the Quest is still using old-Oculus style velcro straps. It seems the Rift S at least has the right idea.
It's to the point where I'm looking at the Rift S replacement parts which includes a $60 replacement halo headband, and wondering if I can 3D print some kind of adapter.
Just installed Half-Life 1 on my Quest for shits and wound up spending way more time in there than I expected. And that's in a weirdly-scaled and not-made-for-VR game! I just keep getting caught off guard with how much time I want to spend in VR, it rules.