See the full newsletter here: https://virtualrealitypop.com/this-month-in-virtual-reality-december-2016-aba690f5d61#.yn0uler3v
This newsletter contains links to interesting articles, business info, etc. Below is one response from the Q&A portion.
Q: What is the biggest misconception people have about virtual reality right now?
Answer: The biggest misconception that I see about VR is that higher graphical fidelity will yield a deeper sense of presence, but this can actually break presence. Photorealism raises your expectations for realistic audio and haptics, but the current VR tech is no where close enough to match the level of graphic fidelity and falls into the uncanny valley. It’s counter-intuitive, but multi-modal coherence at a lower fidelity can actually yield a deeper sense of presence than striving for photorealistic graphics while ignoring spatialized audio & haptic feedback. It’s a pretty universal misconception, and so I’d encourage you to learn more from Voices of VR podcast episodes #130 & #478.