&gt;This is the FIRST consumer release! This is the Palm Pilot 1 of VR.<p>Actually, there were multiple VR technologies released in the 90s and 2000s. This isn&#x27;t like being on the groundfloor of some new concept, its like a revival of something old.  I wish Oculus all the luck in the world, but this technology has failed in the market many times.  Yes, maybe more FPS and higher resolutions is what was needed, but I guess we&#x27;ll see. Some 90&#x27;s products:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cheatsheet.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;a-trip-down-virtual-reality-road-6-systems-of-the-past.html&#x2F;?a=viewall" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cheatsheet.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;a-trip-down-virtual-rea...</a><p>Its funny how there&#x27;s this &quot;everything old is new again and we all suddenly have amnesia&quot; attitude with VR advocates. They talk about the headsets which are pricey and annoying to use(and no one has solved the motion sickness problem perfectly yet). They talk about the metaverse, yet we&#x27;ve had Second Life for a decade and it didn&#x27;t revolutionize anything and is largely an online joke.<p>Whether people think the social and economic cost of strapping a tissue size box to your face is worth it, is worthy of being skeptical about. 3D TV&#x27;s came at a zero premium over regular TV&#x27;s not too long ago, and no one wanted to wear those dorky glasses. Many people I know, myself included, avoid the 3D showings at theaters because of how gimmicky it is and how those glasses wash out the colors (not a concern with the Rift).<p>&gt;It literally feels like you are piloting a craft in outer space.<p>You have no idea what its like to be in outer space. You&#x27;re getting this manufactured and fake experience by game devs who also don&#x27;t know what its like to be in outer space. That&#x27;s what really bugs me about this platform, how incredibly fake everything is, yet somehow the marketing is all about it being &#x27;real.&#x27; I would love a hardnosed simulator with all the tactile feedback and such involved, instead we&#x27;re just getting Unity3D shovelware with basic 3D tropes like moving starfields and everyone suddenly thinks this is amazing. Its not. Its just a lot of hype from gamers obsessed with fake experiences and general gamer fanboyism, which is almost always unadulterated hype. Remember the Kinect and all the hype behind it? Its now a dead peripheral:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techradar.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;news&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;consoles&#x2F;5-ways-xbox-one-kinect-failed-microsoft-and-stiffed-early-adopters-1248505" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techradar.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;news&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;consoles&#x2F;5-ways-xbox...</a><p>Hell, even the crowd friendly Wii motion controls have been put on the &quot;gimmick&quot; shelf after a, maybe, 2 or 3 year period where everyone was raving it was the future of gaming.<p>&gt;t&#x27;s all going to be different in 10 years because of VR.<p>According to HN&#x2F;Reddit&#x2F;Slashdot we&#x27;d have jetpacks, space hotels, 500 year lifespans, cancer cures, and robot servants by now. I&#x27;d be very careful with the old &quot;just wait 10 years guys, then you&#x27;ll see my questionable premise was actually right&quot; trope. Ironically, its an antique.