Why VR is crap.
 

and you gonna lose money with it.

Because back in the day I thought fax machines were meant to be the future, it lasted on the edge for a year or two, now, no one sends faxes anymore.

The form it's being served at the moment is a total shit.

VR is a new innovation. Like all innovation it is first released in a usable format but it is usually a crude format as compared to an established polished product.

If the crap sells at the beginning more money will be spent to fine-tune the VR product when it's future monetizing is assured.

I call VR a fax machine, do you predict it's gonna last?

I think your wrong.it is only going to get bigger and better

Well, it will... but it's gonna get a new form. Google glass happened and where is it? Fucked.
So, I expect VR to become something else to sell.

Are you talking about VR Porn or VR in general? Either way, google glass didn't ever sell, VR is definitely selling both high end models and low end knock offs. The medium has mostly a cult following right now but, as Barry mentioned already, it is in its infancy and once it has matured will be the norm.

I recall thinking porn on a mobile phone was stupid when I first heard of it. It mostly was, people looking at static single images. But that got a lot better didn't it?

I was reading an article about the possible practical uses of VR technology in performing surgery remotely assisted by an AI robot doing the actual work on the patient.

Realistic VR enhanced training scenarios for hazardous occupations; soldier, pilot, law enforcement, fire-fighter, etc. is another use with practical value.

Faping to VR pussy is a novelty in the broader scheme. VR may be profitable as a niche market -- jury is out.

I still think it is.

Porn is a 20-minute session, or 5 if you're in a hurry.

The idea of attaching a brick to your head, setting up a porn scene to jerk off for 20 minutes, then paying for it. When 20 minutes is available everywhere for free. Will never catch on well enough to make it stick.

There has to be a far more interactive experience than the normal porn scene gives to make it worth the effort. Something a customer will willingly pay extra for to become more involved with what's happening. An hour or more with the model, becoming part of the scenario.

Watch a game on HD, then view the exact same game on VR to get the real effect f VR, same with a movie. So far most porn scenes in VR are just an HD scene shot with a VR camera. It's the equivalent of buying a Ferrari to go to the mall. Other than looking cool there's no benefit.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Sounds useful to me.

I'm into travelling, gimme a nice VR scenario to virtually travel where I can't afford / don't wanna go and I might consider trying it. I just don't wanna a MineCraft like experience, giime a fucking realistic something.

Mobile devices found wide adoption -- mobile devices are more that half of the market in just 7 years. This is a fundamental change, I cannot see 1/3 of the internet wearing headsets that look like the current VR devices ...

However, if VR catches on: money will be invested in better, more functional VR devices and better VR media.

Virtual travel was another concept in the article. Try out your intended destination and if you like it book the trip. This is like Google street view on steroids :2 cents:

My imagination is wild enough to jerk off on a .GIF, mate. I can confess if I EVAH wanted anything out of my marriage I would simply get a slut to realise my fantasies... VR wouldn't help me at all... meaning if you are a single person, no ties, why the fuck would you use VR instead of a real slut? ANY REASON AT ALL?

ok, i guess we can then shut down an industry that does already billions in revenues this year because Sid and Paul said so on GFY

I watch comedy on youtube before i go to sleep at times, guilty... that's it. I still would rather fuck a real woman, no virtual offence :)

That's a bit plain if you mean that is ALL VR is offering atm. I will wait before it starts giving some real walk thru experience.

We always understand what you are saying. But you don't understand the market, and frankly, haven't in a long time now. This is ALREADY selling extremely well. Even with a specified borderline niche market. The better it gets the more popular it will become. Very similar to mobile, but a much higher quality potential.

I hope you are involved and it's paying off for you, Stefan. I mean it. But I am a bit more demanding customer then the average bot paying for the marketed shit that does NOT do anything new.

I hope you're not trying to say there are $billions in porn VR.

nope - but the OP also did not mention porn

Dude. We are on GFY. It is supposed to be porn. No excuses, don't be too German LOL.

ok - so VR porn then

but again i can either listen to you (who says who hates it (have you even tried?)) and Paul (where I am pretty sure he didn't) - or listen to PR_Glen and look at our own numbers.

And we have shot by now 200+ exclusive scenes in about 14 months

Sid you have convinced me. I am shutting down VR3000 and we stop shooting today

Do you think FaceBook and Google would invest billions on a whim

VR is going to effect every aspect of our lives, medicine, real estate, entertainment, gaming, the way we travel

in 1999 when the internet bubble burst on wall street were you one of the folks saying "its over for the internet?"

haha

by the way, fax machines were THE business standard for over 20 years hahaah

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Stefan I'm sorry it's over buddy

time to hang up the camera and the ocean of money pouring over you to shoot VR

The better it gets the more that will buy into it. But the scenes themselves have to adapt to the new medium. That hasn't happened in porn since 8-16 mm film was replaced by VHS.

It's a new thing and no doubt selling, but we need to hear from affiliates who are dropping promoting HD in favour of VR. A good indication of its superiority would be VR sites buying traffic of HD tubes. Or better still VR scenes shot in HD promoting the VR version. When Brazzers or Pornhub start upselling the VR versions of their content, we will know it's a better experience for the consumer.

And please don't reply with Tube traffic doesn't buy. That's bullshit. A consumer can download all the VR scenes in one month and have enough to satisfy him for a long time. For what $30 to $50 bucks, they pay that for penis pills.

Porn companies have to adapt the product the fit the medium that will attract new consumers to fully realise the benefits. Of course, some companies will or can't adapt which is great for those who can.

How many use their mobile to view porn at home in private where there's a computer handy?

So taking the headset on a trip to the loo at work is a dead give away. :1orglaugh

VR is catching on because games are adapting to the new medium by making it far more interactive. Wait till movies start to innovate. Some in porn say that's wrong. **cough glen** :1orglaugh

I could see it absolutely working for cams if the model was interacting with the customer. Just has to be while he's at home. :1orglaugh

with this post you have just 100% convinced me that you have absolutely zero idea what you are talking about and have not even watched VR yet.

I belive in VR but not for porn.

Watched a video of a 3D Roller Coaster the other day I would like to try +for Tech training its great.

HPE demo'ed a setup where we could practice replacing hardware in a disaster recovery scenario, or just working on getting familiar with the enclosures.

I tried to build a datacenter monitoring dashboard using Microsoft Oculus and their React VR framework.. (just for showign of at a customer demo) but I had problems feeding it live data. The hardware-technology is ready, but we just have to invent the correct live-data interaction frameworks (and experience)

I don't know about porn, but the video game VR experience is amazing. I have a PSVR. It's honestly quite boring going back to regular video games once you experience them in VR.

Ask anyone that has actually used it. Horror games become so engrossing that they make grown men scream in terror. You really can't know what it's like until you try it.

Once they get good quality wireless headsets it will start to grow in numbers. Right now the cabling involved can be a nightmare to deal with for the average consumer.

how about 85% of male surfers with wife/partner? or roughly 60% of the entire market?

You're not addressing what I'm saying. The content has to adapt to the new medium to really catch on. 3.5 scenes a week is great for you, but not the industry as a whole. When VR can convert traffic off Tubes we will know it's a far superior medium. Until then it's just a newer version of the old format.

IMO it has to include the 20-minute jerk off scene after a lot of lead up to that. Which has to involve the viewer more, we would have problems shooting that here in Czech because of the language.

How much are they investing in porn scenes?

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So you think the old 20-minute jerk off scene is all that's required for VR to bring sales back to previous times. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Then why aren't Pornhub and others upselling to a VR version and dropping the ad sales that net a few dollars per 1,000 clicks and 10,000s views?

VR will improve and morph into something better. The audience will grow.

What some won't get it the two different consumer needs.

see - you are laughing at something you totally don't understand. which makes me laugh.

and i know you like to put things in peoples mouths but please refrain at least from doing that with me - or show me where i claimed "the old 20-minute jerk off scene is all that's required for VR to bring sales back to previous times"

Where do you get those figures from for porn consumers?

Logic tells me that one hand on the mobile and one jerking off is inferior to two free hands. there's another issue that involves the issue. :winkwink:

Wrong question old fool.

You should be asking where the livecam/streaming industry is, and why they arent rebuilding the Pro. cam studio complexes running in Europe and Mexico.

So are you saying the old 20-minute format has to change in order for VR to really catch on?

If so please explain how you are changing the content.

Unless you're just trying to promote your company, which is what I wold be doing. :winkwink:

Which is what I see a lot here are doing. The pro-VR seem to have invested in it and need to get a return, the anti haven't and want things to stay as they are. I'm looking in from the sidelines and saying that until sales start to convert free consumers it may only be a slight increase from those who used to buy HD now buying VR.

For the industry to really benefit consumers have to ready to pay $30 -$50 to download many months of content because it's far better than the free Tubes version.