Imagine Counter Strike VR. You have some big esports event going on, with players standing, each one with a VR headset. The skill ceiling is extremely high, because they aim their guns for real, and they have to crouch, stand up, and move in VR, which requires super-human spatial cognition. It goes on for an hour, and suddenly, one of them gets nauseated. There is a 10-min break before the competition can go on. A nurse comes to tend to the feverish player. Esports can become really tensed for the spectators.
More seriously, I think VR can become mainstream for customers eager to play first-person perspective shooters. VR allows them to be in control of the gun and ammo, interact with the environment and aim precisely. So, it is a dream come true for them.
Players of horror games must be really eager to play in VR too, for the immersive aspect.
I could see myself play a game like Obduction or Skyrim, or walking simulators, in VR out of curiosity. Here, it is the interaction with the environment which is the main selling point.
With HL:Alyx, there is a bit of shooter, horror, and puzzle. So it combines the most straightforward successful applications of VR.
An application of VR, which I find revolutionary, is Beat Saber. Not for me though. It will be interesting to find out other creative applications of VR.
