Why do People Like VR?

00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Why VR is AWESOME!
00:16 - Bunch of Fun Games
01:58 - *Terminology Break*
02:39 - Random Experiences
03:11 - Mental Health
03:25 - Beam Dream!
04:40 - Sports Watchin'
04:57 - Learnin'
05:13 - Social Stuff
05:40 - All the Other Possible Stuff!
06:07 - Everything WRONG with VR
07:08 - Expensive, duh.
07:25 - Not Enough Good Games
08:06 - It Can Hurt
08:40 - Clunky Interface
09:37 - More Effort!
09:58 - It's Isolating
10:35 - What does the FUTURE hold?
10:49 - Smaller, Lighter, and Cheaper
11:12 - Standardize!
11:38 - Better Games that don't make you SICK
11:57 - Mascots!
12:30 - Better IRL Experience
13:35 - Outro

MY USUAL PLACES

[DenisRyan]

Isolating Experience: You can cast the Quest to a Chromecast device. This is wonderful for sharing the experience. My kids helped me throughout my full play of Moss. They love watching my play Mini Golf. And, there's a multiplayer game called Acron: Attack of the Squirrels (NOTE the first word. It is Acron, NOT Acorn). One player is in VR as a tree, defending it's nuts (hur-hur), and everyone else plays on iPads, controlling the Squirrels! Absolute hilarity! Plus, you only need to pay for the VR client! The mobile side is FREE! And, while it's most fun playing in the same room, there's no reason you can't be the tree in your house and friends across the world can jump into your game from their homes!

[metrazol]

I was an XR developer for years and I think the fact that I never even considered buying a headset for home sums up my take. Is it cool? Yes. Does it make my face sweat? Yes.

[AylienYu]

I have done VR games for a job so I'm biased but I fell in love with VR already in 2017. HL Alyx blew my mind, before that I was mostly playing social games in VR. One of my weird habits is watching movies while laying down completely flat, can't do that with my actual monitor.

[sissiphys]

Beat Saber was a life saver during covid times! Especially when used with some hacked songs. It seems so designed for Flow experience. I always feel alive, fresh and ready afterwards. Training + Music + Flow. Also it uses nearly light sabers. what is really cool to cut things in half.

[DenisRyan]

I adore Walkabout Mini Golf! I have every course they've released! The most recent one was Wallace and Gromit licensed. The course takes you all around their house, with lots of hilarious Easter eggs!! Also love Moss, Demeo and Iron Man VR.

[blessedfrig]

Ohhh i have so much to say!
1. My partner was huge into vr before we started dating and soon after he "upgraded his headset" (bought me a headset essentially) and i LOVE playing together - we used to play the rec room quest games - there is nothing more team building than literally slaying evil beings together. But of course unless it is a pasison spending close to -if not over- $1000 to play games is totally unsustainable.
2. You need space for vr - most people i know that might be suitable for vr live in small apartments. There's one game that was so fun but we've only ever played once - it's like hide and seek and you shoot the other person when you find them... but we have only played that once because you need a literal tennis court size to play (we went to a hotel that had a tennis court and accessed it at like 8 at night, running around with headsets on, shooting each other - it was such a ball!)
3. This one is bad. I strictly do not play with strangers because the first time i did i had voice on (i am a woman) and was immediately "groped" by another player while he said some hugely inappropriate things. Vr is visceral, that's sort of the point. And that was a really negative experience to me because i was so new to vr. I had to take the headset off and didnt tell my partner why at first. I know it's all jokes but man i do not want that, it felt so yuck. And because of that i miss out on some really cool games. Majority of the vr community are swell, i am sure, but there are also immature creeps - i avoid them in real life, i avoid them on vr.
4. Idk if this has any grounds in neuroscience but my partner could play VR for hours and never got the motion sickness, etc. But we went on a boat once and he was immediately keeled over vomiting. I wondered if the vr assimilation had something to do with it because they are sort of opposite experiences, y'know? So does vr acclimation = worse seasickness?
5. we havent played recently but this video reminded me of how fun it is - might charge up the ol headsets tonight! Thank you, Wheezy

[hycnrsu]

The default strap for the Quest 2 is so bad. Getting any third party replacement option is almost guaranteed to be a huge improvement.

Specifically, the halo-style straps that go around your forehead and keep the weight of the headset off of your face, are a game-changer for comfort.

[joeynessily]

First tried VR in 1993 in the Trocadero Arcade centre in London. It was a mech warrior type game… amazing for the time. The headset was enormous.

[OliverEnding]

You should try Demeo if you haven’t yet!

[ThisisCitrus]

Quest 3 is an amazing headset and makes ALL motion sickness go away (I used to get it after about an hour in VR) and the visuals are insanely good. Highly recommend.

[SusannahPerri]

I’m not a regular user of VR, but I watch all of your fun videos! 😊❤

[AnGhaeilge]

I love VR. Bought a Quest 3 a few months back and it was my first VR experience. I absolutely love it. First game I played was Red Matter 2 and I was blown away by how immersive it was. The games are fantastic, but as time passed I learned to appreciate the other parts of VR. Like sitting on a virtual cinema and watching a movie on a huge screen.

But even replaying games I played on a flatscreen in VR like Subnautica allows you to really appreciate the scale of the game. Size and scale isn't something you fully comprehend in gaming until you play VR. And there is something a little bit more daunting about hearing the echoes of some undersea monster bellowing from the depths below in VR.

[NatAttackGaming]

Just got the ps5 VR2 when the big 200$ off sale happened a few weeks ago and I am loving it! A fun game I use to play on ps4 vr that you have was "The Playroom Vr" great for family's to all play together up to 5 people!

[IntrepidFraidyCat]

The only VR I use are the historical site ones (Tut's tomb etc) and the ones that let you step into artworks.

[frozenninja]

Never thought I would see VR content on this channel! I have the PSVR and recently upgraded to the Quest 3. There really are some amazing experiences that can be had in VR now. Moss and AstroBot are both fantastic though :). The Quest 3 exclusive Asgard's Wrath 2 is a big one. Later this year we will be getting Hitman 3, Behemoth, Metro, Alien and Batman Arkham Shadow, all in VR. It is picking up steam, more mainstream properties are getting invested, and the more people that jump in the better it will be for everyone. I find working out to be one of the things I like the most. It is gamified fitness. No more boring treadmill, I can be in an awesome space-y cyberpunk-y world hitting balls to the beat.

[vowcjzg]

I recommend getting a Quest 3 with a big comfy third party headstrap. The display is great, the mixed reality brings an extra element to some games and wireless capability is awesome 👍

[ThisisCitrus]

Also, get a PC, then you have access to ALL the VR games on PC and can stream them to your quest. Some of the best VR games of all time like Half Life Alyx.

[breakinginsanityscycle]

My daughter loves gorilla tag. I do the FitXR with my friend the days we don't go to the gym. 😊

[Tera_GX]

The bomb defusal game "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" is pretty good for playing together with one in VR and others physically present. Puzzles games might also satisfy that desire to include family, when you cast it to a screen. Cyan, the makers of Myst, have heavily embraced VR. Myst was treated like a co-op game back in '93, their games are still good for this. (Myst VR, Riven VR, Obduction, Firmament)

[thatguitarguy]

If you have a gaming PC, it opens up a larger selection of games. Can do wired (Link Cable) or wireless (higher latency if no line of contact to router). I recommend Half Life Alyx (with teleporting if desired), Chair in a Room (scary escape room), and the Half Life 2 VR mod.