What Ever Happened to Virtual Reality?

bergeron76 writes "It seems like it's been ages since I heard of any advances in "Virtual Reality" technology. Was Virtual Reality just hype? Are there any new or existing projects that have made any significant inroads (aside from the first-person shooter games)? Is total virtual immersion a worthless persuit / dead industry? If not, what are the bottlenecks that are delaying it?"

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The human mind/body isn't ready for this

[IntergalacticWalrus]

If you ask me VR has never started up because it's a health hazard. Putting two screens next to a person's eyes to falsify a sense of 3D has been proved to be harmful, potentially causing dizziness and other nasty effects, and IIRC in some rare (but not insignificant) cases it would even cause permanent sight problems. Remember all those warnings that came with the Virtual Boy? And that was just half-assed VR, imagine one using modern technology.

Re:One major bottleneck:

[Anonymous Coward]

At one stage he was working on a virtual reality headseat

Headseat? Must've been uncomfortable to keep your head pressed to a seat to use this for games!

Thanks, I'll be here all week, tip your wait staff.

Re:Fuck off, you filthy jewish cuntrag.

[phs_00]

if you look at your own link, you might realize that it is the past tense, thus making absolutly no sense in your sentence.

Re:Eleven Reasons Why Virtual Reality Stalled

[SmokeSerpent]

12. Jaron Lanier is the principle spokesperson for VR