QOTW: Are you planning on buying a virtual reality headset?

[jnutt]

Nope

[jonah]

no, I am not yet entirely insane.

[tad2009]

VR is just so last century.

I have a much greater interest in the Microsoft Hololens and while the initial viewing area is said to be quite small I am hoping that the next iteration makes this large enough to encompass most if not all of the field of view.

Having a device that can allow me to interact with both Virtual and Real objects at the same time is certainly much better to me than a device like the VR headsets that only support virtual objects within a closed environment.

[Gunbuster]

Nope, not for me.

[shaithis]

Need to check them for sickness effects and maybe wait until devices with a more fit-for-purpose resolutions release.

[Lowe]

I'd love one - mostly because Elite is my primary game and I think it's nothing short of amazing watching the videos of people playing with them. However I don't like being forced to wear headphones with some of the headsets. I would much rather have my own audio in place.

[jimbouk]

Would like to try before I buy, but I'd pay £100 for the Playstation VR kit. Maybe £150 absolute tops. Yes it would limit one of the appeals of the Playstation, that it's on the TV and even a single player game can be shared with my other half, but I'd like to give it a go without having to spend several hundred upgrading a computer before getting the headset!

[Slogbelly]

I'm tempted to try the VR for my mobile phone since those are $100 or less. When PC based (or TV based?) VR becomes more reasonably priced I'd think about that.

[Razor Time]

I would definitely like to try one out and what I think ok if.

[rjs675]

Yes, but most likely not at launch. maybe revision 2 or 3

[8bit]

Naysayers need to try one properly before they write it off IMO. Like many, I balked at the launch price for Oculus Rift so I bought a DK2, the logic being that even at half the price of the consumer version it can't be as little as 50% as good. I'm mainly playing Elite: Dangerous just now and it has literally transformed the game for me. I tried playing on my regular monitor for a while and just didn't enjoy it.

It's not for everyone and it's not for every game, and with the sort of asking price and system specs for the first wave of headsets you'd have to be very keen and affluent to just jump right in but it is awesome now and only going to get better fast.

[Gh0sty]

Have no interest in buying one at least not until the price drop significantly and they have got rid of a load of the ineveitable bugs.

[rainman]

No. From a leisure perspective I honestly can't think of a bigger waste of money. I can see the benefit in many other industries but on this occasion the leisure market just isn't going to lead the way unlike with other products such as graphics cards, etc. The future is about de-cluttering our work and play environments, not adding more clutter and shackles. VR is a technology still looking for a home and is set to be a bigger flash-in-the-pan than 3D, which has at least had some success. Occulus needs to focus on simulation, scientific and research markets and put their prices up accordingly. If they dabble in the fickle entertainment market they're gonna get burned. Also, I have no desire to even spend meagre amounts of cash on gizmos to strap my own soon-to-be burning-hot-battery-depleted-phone to my face for hours at a time.

[Agrippa]

Abolutely. Probably around 2018-19, when the technology has matured a bit and there's (hopefully) a market with some competition.

[Millennium]

Same as Agrippa, not fussed enough to be an early adopter. Would love to try it out sometime though, and may well bite when it's a bit more mainstream.

May change my mind though based on the reactions this year...

[Ttaskmaster]

If it was £300, maybe even £400 to swap to VR, then I'd likely find the money from somewhere... anywhere...

But as is, I could actually buy two decent motorcycles for what it would cost me to be 'VR Ready' according to their specs... so they can jog on and come back to me when they're offering something a bit more sensibly priced or can be toned down to match the slightly sub-par rig I have.

It's as if they never even checked to see what specs the vast majority of their customer base are playing on... and will likely be the first to complain that no-one bought VR when they put it out!!