10 THINGS THAT VIRTUAL REALITY MAKERS WON’T TELL YOU IN 2016
[Philip Lelyveld comment; actually, everything the author lists is talked about by VR developers and the press. The list is an interesting reminder of some issues - mainly the wide variety of what are called VR experiences.]
Expect the advertising industry to ruin VR’s reputation in 2016
2016 will see a slew of dumb, “why does it exist” experiences using VR. This will give VR a terrible reputation towards the back end of 2016 as this emerging tech gets bastardised in the name of promotion. Plus ca change.
Google Cardboard was built to annoy Facebook
Facebook announced that they had bought Oculus for over 2 billion dollars. Google created a cardboard box with two small lenses in it to ensure that everyone understood just how simple VR hardware actually is to produce. While Cardboard is and remains an interesting exercise it is in truth purely a cardboard box for a 600 dollar phone. No expensive phone? No VR experience.
See the full post here: http://www.indestry.com/blog/