Where are VR companies?

Vermillion_Raventhal

A whole pandemic driving fear of being close and you'd think VR companies would been promoting tech and VR offices, clubs and events. I always figured if VR wanted to hit home with gaming it would need more business application to get regular people familiar with it. 

A SARS coronavirus seems like a good catalyst. Hopefully some people already planned and working behind the scenes. 

MMOExposed

problem is they cant all agree on a platform that all work together. Its divided. 

iixviiiix

They are in China and get hit by the virus so they can't even product headsets . so there are no point for promoting tech when you don't even have headset to sell .

Nebless

Vermillion_Raventhal said:

 you'd think VR companies would been promoting tech and VR offices, clubs and events. 

The thing is there's already existing tech that allows those things to happen be it Discord, group chat, conference call on the telephone or where they all log into a site and everyone see's each other on the computer screen and can share data.

If fact for most of those VR tech would probably be a worse alternative since in all those examples above you'd be doing that and multi-tasking something else while doing it.  Using a VR headset to accomplish those meetings would really limit you to just the VR world.

It's actually happening right now with the political rallies; they've cancelled the in person and instead everyone's going to a website and watching the guy talk live.

Until the price of VR get's low enough it can challenge the existing tech it's not going to break in.

I'm thinking VR use for simulators, be it computers, technical etc.... is where the break through / cross over to gaming is going to happen, but again the price has to be such it doesn't break the bank.

Amathe

The thing is, we already have easy to use text transmissions, e-mail, video conferences, document sharing, smartphones, etc. We use these every day. Having a 3-D image of my office sofa and ficus tree doesn't really add anything.

Utinni

DMKano said:

Amathe said:

The thing is, we already have easy to use text transmissions, e-mail, video conferences, document sharing, smartphones, etc. We use thise every day. Having a 3-D image of my office sofa and ficus tree doesn't really add anything.

So much this. 

My company asked all employees to work from home.

So we have about 60 thousand employees VPNing in, using zoom for meetings, and with all other apps already being cloud hosted VR wouldnt add much to what is already here.

Gamigo doesn't have 60 thousand employees 

AAAMEOW

People dont' watch VR pron... So I'm never a believer in VR.

maskedweasel

DMKano said:

Amathe said:

The thing is, we already have easy to use text transmissions, e-mail, video conferences, document sharing, smartphones, etc. We use thise every day. Having a 3-D image of my office sofa and ficus tree doesn't really add anything.

So much this. 

My company asked all employees to work from home.

So we have about 60 thousand employees VPNing in, using zoom for meetings, and with all other apps already being cloud hosted VR wouldnt add much to what is already here.

 Actually, wearing a VR headset would detract from things like video meetings. 

 "Why is that weirdo wearing goggles?" 

NorseGod

Maybe the demand isn't as high as some of you think.

Veiled_light

VR is the perfect platform for small developers to release an MMO on. Just because graphics don't matter in VR, you don't have to have big art teams, it can look as basic as Rec Room. What really makes VR is presence, as soon as you're immersed, then you buy anything.... in fact the games with "realistic" or "high end graphics" have just looked worse to me than games that have polygons painted with shaders. 

Wizardry

Except there is no way i can feel immersed looking at crap graphics.I feel the exact opposite,VR NEEDS to look good.Otherwise what are you immersing yourself in,the camera angles?

Also disagree in that VR is a god place for a small developer,like not even close to the place they should be touching.It is dam near impossible to find a high quality game as is and VR is suppose to add even MORE work to the project.

The only reason anyone is getting in on it is because it is a small market,not very much competition.So any crap will sell just like it does with mobile games because people are addicted to their toys,they feel they just have to buy stuff even if it is crap stuff.

The place small studios should enter the market is where they already are,the arpg's,moba's,casino games,survival games,board games,anything a small team of 2-10 people can pull off.

A perfect example of the GIMMICK that VR is just look at Valve.They are releasing a smallish game and branding it as a successor to Half Life ..lmao.The real truth is that Valve si trying to sell VR headsets and is trying to use the marketing brand of Half Life to boost sales,very lame if you ask me.

cheyane

Scrambling for parts "made in China" ?

Vermillion_Raventhal

NorseGod said:

Maybe the demand isn't as high as some of you think.

Maybe but if VR ever wants to be big it needs to find ways into households or other business applications.