10 years ago, many people would have thought 2026 would see widespread use of VR, but we’re still waiting. Oddly, just as the tech to support already exists. 2026’s top-of-the-line VR headsets are technically impressive. However, they are still expensive and headache-inducing after extended periods of use.
It’s odd. The many possible useful applications for VR still exist. When will the tech finally take off? What will it take? I suspect that if someone could make a great headset that was in the $100 range, that might do the trick. Perhaps that is in the near future.
Without reading the article, I don’t think what meta says regarding it really appropriately reflects VR development. my personal opinion on the matter with their virtual reality can take off or not is that at the current technology no it won’t. I have an index. I’ve touched it a handful of times. It’s too annoying in its current state to ever want to go through the effort of using it.
It’s a big bulky item that you have to put on your head and you’re required to have lighthouses/cameras around your room to use it, all for something that is cool, but doesn’t match human capability so you risk motion sickness.
If a company ever manages to go through with what they’re attempting to do, and make a glasses version of it, Without the need of it being all bulky and the ability to wirelessly communicate with the system, I can see it taking off quite well. But out of currently available hardware, nothing like that really exists. Either is a standalone system that can’t communicate with your primary hardware or lacks the capability of properly doing it.