> Ordinary people don't want to put a VR headset on - they just don't.
Why not?
Because it's heavy, sweaty, smelly, expensive, uncomfortable for the eyes, or some other reason?
I doubt people have real ideological aversion towards headsets. If people don't want them it's probably because of one of the practical reasons above. And honestly most of those are likely to be alleviated in the near future.
Why are you so hopeful any of these will be fixed in anything like the near future? Phones have been working to reduce weight per FLOPS for more than a decade, and you can only do so much - and you need many more FLOPS for VR. Similarly, the need to keep these screens glued in place relative to your eyes, and to use complex electro-mechanical optics in addition to the screens, put quite a strict limit on how comfortable or small they can physically be. Batteries only add to this, and weight-to-power ratio for batteries is progressing at a snail's pace.
I'd bet that if Apple thought in any way that they might have a sunscreen form-factor device in anything close to 5 years from now they would have held off on releasing anything to the public.
All signs 100% point to bulky headsets being the state-of-the-art for the foreseeable future, and this is going to keep dooming this technology.
Not to mention, the fact that no one has really found a good way to allow you to move around in the VR "space" that they're creating with anything other than a controller (to an extremely disorienting effect even then) also puts a serious damper on our ability to suspend disbelief while enjoying such a device.
No, its because most people hate the idea of being around other people who so blatantly disconnect from everybody and look like idiots, or being actually those people. Its the exact opposite of 'cool' - its desperate, rude, pathetic.
Those are not my words, I wouldn't mind wearing it in private (for open spaces with other people including my family definitely above is valid), its from my wife who is a doctor. And she generally likes tech, has latest iphone and garmin 6 pro watches. Just because you like some gadget, you can't force it on folks who properly detest the whole idea of it.
Let's not even start the discussion on negative physical and mental health effects of watching this for longer, especially in kids.
I don't understand how can people feel so strongly about this.
If someone wants to wear a headset, what's it to you?
Especially if it's not in your presence.
> Let's not even start the discussion on negative physical and mental health effects
Like the physical and mental health effects people complain about EVERY TIME a new form of media consumption technology is introduced. It's a complaint as old as the pyramids, literally.
Of course we should be careful and mindful about the well being of children. But let's not loose our heads, this is not fentanyl.
Do you see how prevalent people glue to their phone in public, or how earphones are everywhere. They were once frown upon. Now it’s social norm except for in person gatherings. Same will happen here.
A dentist friend of mine is so excited with the ability of using it for his work. He doesn’t want to look up to the X-ray screen, or has his assistant read out loud for him the number associated with the patient’s scanning result.
There was never nearly the kind of hatred towards looking at your phone as there will be towards strapping a TV to your head. You have the occasional person complaining that people aren't connecting, which is no different from newspapers in the 20th century.
Why not? Because it's heavy, sweaty, smelly, expensive, uncomfortable for the eyes, or some other reason?
I doubt people have real ideological aversion towards headsets. If people don't want them it's probably because of one of the practical reasons above. And honestly most of those are likely to be alleviated in the near future.