Oculus kicks off virtual reality’s slow-motion revolution
[Philip Lelyveld comment: I'm surprised more people aren't using the quote "the future is here, its just not evenly distributed."]
Adi Robertson of the Verge calls the first version of the Oculus a “solid foundation for what's to come.” Setting up the headset is a significantly bigger task than flipping on a new smartphone, though, and games can take a long time to download, Brian X. Chen wrote in the New York Times.
Headsets continue to cause problems with nausea for some users, even though the companies making them have been insisting they're on the precipice of solving this issue for the past few years. Oculus recently announced a new feature in its latest software for developers intended to reduce motion sickness. As it stands, people who use virtual reality report a range of sensitivity to the uncomfortable physical effects of the technology.
All this means that virtual reality is likely to remain a pastime of hard-core gamers and early adopters.
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