FFXIV Confirmed for the Playstation VRFollow

Tekken 7 too... that'll be interesting.... also nauseating.

I can definitely see the potential in an MMO that utilizes VR. It'd be super cool for sure... but I'd have to think the game would need to be designed for it for it to be more than a novelty. I can't imagine playing any current MMO in first-person mode for instance. Losing the ability to see behind and, more importantly, under you is just too debilitating.

I'll be really interested to see what they do with it. I'm not generally an early adopter for tech, but if this can be done well and doesn't just instantly fade into the mists like the first attempt at VR back in the 90s it'll be the next logical step in gaming and I'm looking forward to it.

I hope it takes off, could be very cool for MMOs. That being said, I have a feeling it's going to go the way of 3d televisions. No one will care once the novelty wears off.

VR is going to be similar to 3D movies in some ways, but different in others.

3D never really took off in the living room, but now it's huge in movie theaters. My view on that is the living room TV is too casual/communal of a place for people to all sit around with 3D glasses on... it's just not what people do in their living rooms. You have people over, you host a barbecue, you want to watch the big game, you're not going to be handing out specialized glasses for your guests. You're not going to wear 3D glasses to casually watch TV while doing your homework or surfing the Web on your tablet. It just doesn't fit with what people do.

However, at the movie theater you're not visiting with friends, cooking, surfing the Web, etc. You're just sitting and watching the movie. And you're doing so on a giant screen with a kickass sound system. And you're in the dark... and you don't have to worry about bringing your own special glasses. And frankly, the technology has improved so much that big-screen 3D movies look really damn good. So here, 3D tech has thrived..

VR is going to be similar. It's not going to thrive in the communal space of the home living room.

Where VR is going to thrive though is in people's game rooms/man caves/bedrooms, and it's going to be especially popular among PC gamers. VR headsets are going to become big parts of "gaming rig" setups, just like high-end video cards or multiple-monitor displays. Think about it... there's already a sizable segment of gamers who'll buy one or two extra monitors to augment their gaming experiences. Give it one or two more years, and no monitor setup will be able to compare with the immersion of VR headsets -- especially once more games are designed with VR in mind.

I'm not sold on console VR headsets having the same impact, because most consoles are found in the communal living room -- and see above for why that's problematic. But in corners of the house where people can don their VR headsets and disappear into virtual worlds? Yeah, this is going to be big.

Thayos summed up my feelings on VR pretty well. I don't see VR becoming a living room staple. At least not in the near future. Think it'll be big among PC gamers and people with dedicated game rooms and setups, but not so much among the people who just want to sit back and veg out in front of the TV.

Pretty sure the main purpose for the Japanese VR market is ****. Not even stereotyping, when I went to Comiket I seen signups for "beta testing" early 2017 for a few VR products lol.

****? Explode? I couldn't have chosen a better wording...

PvP or PvE?

Half the terms would apply! Thrust, parry, inner beast, slug shot....could go all day with them!

I just can't bring myself to see VR being a thing until we get to the stage of fantasy literature you see with the tech in stuff like .hack, SAO, or hell, even the Matrix. Simply turning your head is about as gimmicky as waggling a wii-mote. Needing one of those, I dunno what they even call them, to run in place is also something that's going to make it prohibited for living spaces. We're also pretty much going to be stuck with controllers/keyboards unless you start including gloves with sensor points, too.

Essentially, the stuff has to hit the point where it can read our brainwaves for (re)actions and possibly even override motor output so telling ourselves to run happens without our RL legs moving. The latter prospect is something people may find scary, further so if to get it all to work requires some form of implant/surgery. The brain reading, however, does have other practical applications like amputees controlling artificial limbs. So, I wouldn't rely solely on gaming for pushing that aspect even though I'm sure it'll be a good contributor.

Call it splitting hairs, but I guess I perceive VR as more than a couple little TVs buckled to our head. I think the earlier comparison to 3D movies is rather accurate. Maybe cool at first, but then just kinda whatever. I actually think the holographic projection stuff like Hatsune Miku is cooler and arguably a step up from that with respect to movies, but I'm also not calling 'em Star Trek holodecks.