/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2350629
>Why would anyone think that's anything but retarded?
>Are the 90s really that lost on me?

Yes
Back in the 90's we were all about new and ingenious ideas without thinking about how inconvenient or impractical they could be.

Take the virtual boy for example. You had to stick your head into a shitty visor. Was it comfortable? No. Was it practical? Oh hell no. But it made it to the market because it was a new thing.

Some of these ideas actually made it to market and were quite successful once we perfected the tech a little more and the games were built around using the controller, like the Wiimote for example. When you have a game built for a controller and you try to shoehorn motion controls, it's the recipe for disaster.

Some tech, however, like virtual reality, still has yet to become mainstream. I remember in the 90's virtual reality was the next big thing and everyone was sure it would be mainstream within years. Then we saw the tech wasn't there yet and we settled for first person shooters on a screen