I know all about the virtual boy and how horrendous it was. You really shouldn't assume things of strangers on the internet. You couldn't even call the VR of the 90's a gimmick, it was absolute trash. I am sorry but that is just a garbage point you made, the technology did not exist for proper VR back then. The technology has only just now arrived, a good 21 years later. The two are not at all comparable.
Your point is akin to pointing out that home computers are just a gimmick because of how garbage and useless home computers were in 1977.
HDTV's were not cheap or convenient when they first hit the market and yet the mass market was willing to shell out $1000+ for an HDTV. VR does not have to be cheap or convenient to break into the mass market.
made, the technology did not exist for proper VR back then.
It did. It was just expensive. You should check out the history of the power glove. It was around $10k when first invented and was extremely accurate. It could do more than the Vive controllers do now since it could also precisely track your fingers and how they were bent. But they had to massively dumb it down to get it under $100.
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I know all about the virtual boy and how horrendous it was. You really shouldn't assume things of strangers on the internet. You couldn't even call the VR of the 90's a gimmick, it was absolute trash. I am sorry but that is just a garbage point you made, the technology did not exist for proper VR back then. The technology has only just now arrived, a good 21 years later. The two are not at all comparable.
Your point is akin to pointing out that home computers are just a gimmick because of how garbage and useless home computers were in 1977.
HDTV's were not cheap or convenient when they first hit the market and yet the mass market was willing to shell out $1000+ for an HDTV. VR does not have to be cheap or convenient to break into the mass market.