OOOOOooooo!! Look at how hot VR is at CES this year! And oculus VR continues to blow minds!!!!!!!!

Aww poor babies. I was being emphatic and generalizing to all the naysayers.

That's beside the point. I explained why vr isnt a gimmick today. I gave great reasons why it's not. Yet your stubbornness prevails. This is not a matter of opinion. It's a matter of assumptions. You have not even tried the device. So how can you have an opinion? But guess what would happen if you did try it? YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY BE CONVERTED like everyone else. That's the ironic part. Every skeptic I talk to has never tried it. And everyone that's tried it gets it.

Someone can choose not to like vr but that doesn't make it a gimmick. I'm trying to educate you on how to conceptualize vr. If you read any of my previous response you would know what I mean by that.

Sega Genesis was amazing. But we did not have technology powerful enough or cost efficient enough to make real vr. It was Def a gimmick by today's standards.

I'm done

@The_Last_Ride: I suggest you read my long paragraph again. Instead of glossing over it. Try to find the important points. Who knows if you have the intelligence for it though. I doubt it. STOP BASING THIS OFF TECHNOLOGY THAT DIDN'T WORK 20 YEARS AGO. 20 F'N YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. they were trying to make VR with sega genesis graphics? um maybe that's why it didn't work?

And learn to open your mind a little more. Virtual Reality transcends traditional experiences and video games. It's something greater. It's about experiences. Those vistas and huge expansive worlds i'm talking about. Virtual Reality is not about.... gaining an edge in some video games. That's such a narrow minded view. It's about being completely immersed in virtual world both audibly and visually. TO the point that you actually feel like you are there. It's about having FUN. Not about gaining an advantage. STOP THINKING MOTION CONTROLS. It has to be seamless. Which is now is.

And yes, it is the holodeck- visually and audibly. Anything less, and VR would not be where it is today. Stop assuming 20 years ago has anything to do with this now. This is the first time a VR headset has been in the hands of 100's of thousands of people. And stop assuming that this is the same gimmick as 3d/motion controls. How much convincing do you need. I'm sorry that you are unable to see that. It's not a difficult concept to understand at all.

A vast expansive world to be in? or a little tiny window to look through. I mean there is NO COMPETITION.
The ignorance on your part is what causes me to respond. It makes me angry. The stupidity and stubborness. You deserve to be slapped in the face.

And since when do gamers prefer relaxation over video games? If you want to go relax, lay down and watch tv. If you want to explore things, play video games or try VR. Virtual reality has nothing to do with "waggle your arms". That's another null argument.

Anyway, I'm done. I argue with skeptics day in and day out. Gets my blood flowing. When I found out earlier last year that VR was finally here, I was exhilarated. I've been waiting since the 90's. I had no idea that there would be this many jaded skeptics. Stop trying to hold back technology. This is bleeding edge. Not some cash grab gimmick. Learn to differentiate b/w the two. Believe me, I've done enough research to see how good these experiences are. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT.

What you naysayers are doing is assuming. And then you are basing your arguments off those assumptions that you ASSUME are correct. First of all, you guys show your ignorance greatly in your responses. Secondly, you are assuming that this is just a continued attempt, or off-shoot of the "3d/Motion Controls" craze. A continued drive to make as much money as possible. We get it. To you, that's what it is. To any IGNORANT person on that matter, that's what it's going to be. You guys were MOST LIKELY the type that thought Motion Controls were going to be huge, and then you were let down. Thinking that you were fooled, and not to be fooled again. I, on the other hand, knew motion controls were a huge gimmick even before the Wii came out. Why? Because YOU ARE STILL LOOKING AT A TV. Because it's not Virtual Reality. The end all. It's just a gimmicky attempt at something sort of like it. But wait. If I though motion controls were always a gimmick, then why the hell am I excited for this VR? Because I've done a ton of research on the matter, watched a plethora of videos, and have tried even the Gear VR. It's what we have always dreamed of. The holodeck. It's not 3d. It's not motion controls. It's displaying content in a true virtual world that you are present in. Like they do on that game Heavy Rain. Descriptions like "It's a world that is all around you" make it difficult for the skeptic to conceptualize what VR is. I'm sure many of you fall victim to picturing VR as a Screen that is close to your face. ANd it has 3d to make it look real. And it tracks your head. Big whoop. We already have that with the computer. I don't want to turn my head left. Yada yada yada. Again, those are jaded assumptions caused the the last 10 years of let downs. NO. That's not what VR is. Look at the world around you. Actual reality. Now imagine what you are looking at is computer graphics. That's virtual reality! That's why head tracking has to be PERFECT and FPS have to be HIGH. To simulate how we see in real life. Now with this ability to simulate reality, imagine ALL the worlds we can come up with. Vast expansive world all centered around you. Breath-taking vistas. This is an obvious HUGE DEAL that will change everything. If you disagree, that's because you assuming it's not that good. But it is. why do you think it's gaining so much traction?

@DuaIFace: who keeps "trying to mass market it"? I don't see any commercials, do you? Virtually no one even knows what VR is. Are you confusing high quality VR products, such as oculus rift, with past attempts at peripherals? Assuming that VR is just like those attempts? First of all, no one is pushing anything. VR is getting some attention because of the experiences it provides through word of mouth. If you think VR is anything like kinect, you are going to be very surprised. Don't even mention your argument on the matter if you don't even know what VR is. ESPECIALLY if you are ASSUMING it's just "another quick cash grab". Too many of you people are just god awful stupid.

@BranKetra: @notorious1234na: wow I 100 percent agree with you. I don't know why so many people have a hard time seeing that. They don't take it literally when you say visit virtual worlds because everyone has become jaded. But I assure you vr is the real deal. Stop thinking it's like kinect people. It's not. And it's certainly not using the same tracking devices either. It's the opposite of kinect in every sense. Your not pretending to be in a world like kinect, you actually are in a world. And it's friggen brilliant.