מצד שני BBC עושים כתבה שטוענת של VR היתה תצוגה חלשה השנה ב E3, ציטוטים מתוכה:
Before the gaming expo got going, experts and analysts said they expected VR to feature heavily and for there to be demos of pioneering games that made great use of the technology. Those demos would be essential, they said, to convince people to buy what is likely to be an expensive chunk of hardware.
But it did not turn out like that.
In fact, VR hardly featured at all during the big news conferences. Sony talked about Project Morpheus for a couple of minutes during a presentation that lasted an hour.
There were passing mentions in other press events but VR was conspicuous by its absence. While it is true that some VR announcements came just before E3 got under way, there was little from the big game publishers and studios to show what they were planning.
"VR failed to stand out during the press conferences," said Wesley Yin-Poole, deputy editor at Eurogamer. "I put this down to the tech being a tough sell on a big screen. VR is better understood when used, rather than seen."
"It's doomed. Sorry about that," wrote John Walker from PC games news site Rock, Paper, Shotgun. "There just won't be the games to make it worth owning one," he said.
Few publishers are going to be willing to put down huge amounts of cash to develop a version of a game that few people would play. The technical demands VR makes on PCs and consoles and the extra development required to make games work in all-round 3D will scare them off.
Given the audience, developers might try it, he said. But, so far, there is little evidence that people were signing up in large numbers.
"I believe the rule that people won't adopt a technology that's more inconvenient than what already exists will prevail, especially when there won't be the big-name games to encourage them to do so," he said. At the moment, flat screens have the edge and were likely to retain that advantage.
In addition, he said, the isolating effect of putting on a headset that literally cuts people off from those around them will put people off.
"Sadly, it's hopeless," he said. "No-one will acknowledge it when it happens of course - these things happen too slowly.
"Until it can work without a giant headset, making you look like a lost robot tourist, people will always prefer to sit at their screens."
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