I know modern VR is going to be better than Virtual Boy, but is everyone expecting every game to be photorealistic?
What's wrong with something like Summer Lesson that takes place in a small room?
I mean I can't even tell you how big the difference is. Virtual boy might as well not even be called VR, because it really, really isn't.
The VR that actually works - the stuff going around now - is mindblowing, it shifts the ground beneath your feet, it brings dreams to life, it makes you FEEL like you're actually THERE.
Virtual Boy never even remotely achieved this. I played VR, Wario, I stopped after two days and never touched it again. It did nothing for me. It made me go: :|. The feeling of Virtual Boy is essentially not even relatable to modern VR. It's as different as a moose is to a tea kettle.
Oculus Rift, after getting a demo that gave me a true sense of presence, changed everything. It altered everything I believed possible. It made me immediately grasp the immense implications this is going to have on the future I will be alive to see.
It is not some gimmicky peripheral like wiimote that's gonna fade into the background; not some nonsense waggle body shit like Kinect that everyone got over in a year.
I and my entire group who played the demo still now has been unable to stop talking about it. It comes up at least once per day. It changes everything.
I'm sure it's going to change MY world, and I haven't even tried it. But the whole concept is just dream come true for a sci-fi fan. Bring on the competition and lower prices!
I need a job fast :\
Wait until you try it man. I was the biggest skeptic on earth.
Shit blew my mind beyond my ability to adequately share it in words.