Anthony Joshua

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It was thought that VR would be as common as the TV, but despite the improvements, it is still -

"If I put in the headphones and glasses for the First Time , it was crazy - it feels so credible," says Anna Taylor, 32, visiting a Virtual Reality (VR) arcade.

"embedded in The whole experience of being in a convincing virtual world, this is incredible. "

Anna has since visited the East London arcade many times, first alone And Then with others. But, despite their enthusiasm for gaming, headset are not buying their own Virtual Reality .

"I would not invest in the purchase of the Virtual Reality applications for the home," she explains. "It is a game to play, if You play with other people, [and] because it is Brand New , there are several levels of excitement. But if You [playback] press on your own, You want the quality that You are used to. "

As an avid gamer, Anna core piece of a target group for in-home VR entertainment.

But their lack of interest is pretty common, and it means that Virtual Reality headsets are still to come.

Anna Taylor with your partner Anjay: "I don't want to invest in the purchase of the Virtual Reality applications for the home," she says

have their VR projects. Google, admit that "there was still The Broad consumer or developer adoption, we had hoped".

meanwhile, the BBC has announced that it is the termination of funding for its VR-hub, less than two years after the establishment.

And there are only a few large VR were announce announcements at CES, the annual Consumer Electronics trade show

But, PlayStation that since the market introduction in 2016.

Collective experience

But, the one room in the Virtual Reality , the flowering, the group entertainment.

By its nature, VR provides an interface to a common world, and in a group, each change gets £20, instead of shelling out hundreds for a headset.

East London VR-arcade-Beyond-the-last-year launched. It already looks 1,000 visitors a week through its doors, of which 60% are women and half are between the ages of 25-34.

"Millennials spend their income more and more on shared experiences about the fuel consumption," says co-founder Chris Adams .

"Beyond immersion-room offer You the room and technology for a hyper-real, uninterrupted journey into the Virtual Reality that can't be achieved at home. "

Simon Windsor, which runs immersive media company Hammerhead VR, has also largely kept away from The Personal entertainment market.

"A few years ago, there was a lot of hype about VR, and some have not been complied with in respect of the customer, the acceptance of the technology," Simon. "But the way that You can interact with this world, now it is much more natural and intuitive operation. "

Madonna and her holographic double-click on the 2019 Billboard Music Awards

Hammerhead-VR used to be on the stage, a spectacle for a large audience in the worlds of entertainment, sport and business, in addition to in-company training.

Simon have contributed to the fact that in the year 2019 Billboard Music Awards and captured Anthony Joshua -Boxing moves for the Sky viewers, in addition to training for companies such as Pearson.

"Whether You play at home, retail, virtual entertainment, a lot of the technology barriers have been removed," he says.

other world, in customers, the capsules for a VR experience Beyond entertainment

Because of its fascinating nature, the Virtual Reality is increasingly to encourage empathy, or create unique experiences.

This can be anything, or You select a nursing home resident, or explore their childhood home.

It has proven to be particularly useful in the medical, help or.

Some post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers involved in a study, have experienced, walking on a treadmill in front of a screen projecting images of the nature of the trauma.

Mainstream use of Virtual Reality in our homes and places of Work , was probably one of The Most popular technology predictions of The Past half-century.

in contrast to the flying cars or teleportation, Virtual Reality headsets have been in development since the late 1960s.

It was a wave of expectation of the VR in the year 2016, many tech observers.

Despite these bursts of optimism, it has never broken, all the way through. Today, only a few of your own headsets or the use of Virtual Reality in your day-to-day Work .

Outside of the Virtual Reality summer background

- consulting CCS Insights estimates 10 million headsets worldwide in circulation until the end of 2019, 21% growth in the previous year.

But he recognizes that "can be disappointing, considering the enormous hype around VR, with only a handful of successful devices.

An important point is that The Price of the headsets is still very expensive.

"I think VR is and will remain a very niche technology," says James Gautrey, a portfolio manager at Schroders, who is specialized in the analysis of technology shares.

"the mass is disabled, the run of the hardware necessary to, in my opinion. You take video games, You need a very powerful PC, a good amount of storage space, sensors, up to it, and of course the VR-helmet.

"The cost of leads by the thousands, and for most, it is not entirely impractical, not to mention expensive.

"There are many benefits of using it to train people, where Real Life is" on The Job " training is dangerous, as pilots, surgeons, deep sea divers. But beyond that, and a specialist video Gamer, I have not seen any compelling use cases, it would be more Mainstream . "

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Source of news: bbc.com