Making VR Tech More Accessible to the Average Consumer
Although VR hasn’t taken the world by storm yet, don’t blame the PlayStation VR. PlayStation VR is the most well-balanced VR hardware to date. It is able to offer a higher-end VR experience ahead of some of the competition like the Samsung Gear VR, while pricing itself lower than other competitors such as the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
Right now the issue with PlayStation VR, and VR in general is the lack of games that fully leverage the platform. Right now we’re still in the early stages of the PlayStation VR, and hopefully Sony decides to continue supporting it with first-party games, while continuing to encourage third-party developers to work on new titles for it. If VR ends up being remembered as a gimmick, then this entry might end up in a list of failures one day.
But right now, in 2017, Sony is going for it, and is offering up an affordable, high-quality headset propped up by an accessible and popular platform. For a company that gets lambasted by some for ripping off ideas, going head first into VR was a bold move, we just have to wait and see if it pays off.
