Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan recently said in an interview with The Washington Post that the future of VR is “just minutes” away, but not everyone agrees with him.
This is your future – Shiftall VR
Virtual reality, like any new technological idea, has seen its fair share of iterations over the years. From early consumer versions like the Nintendo Virtual Boy to the more advanced head-mounted displays of the last decade, virtual reality has come a long way. For some, however, it never became the “mainstream” of consumer technology, instead relegated to one of the many niche areas of gaming and entertainment. Other experts in the field argue that it’s already here. It all depends on how you define it.
“What exactly does ‘the future of VR’ mean,” Cortney Harding, founder and CEO of Friends With Holograms, wrote via email. “If you define it as a headset in every household, that’s still a ways off. But technology doesn’t have to reach that level of penetration to be useful and relevant. After all, there are still quite a few people who don’t own a PC or smartphone, but we would never say that’s ‘a few minutes from the future.’”
For some, the future of VR is already here, allowing businesses and people to embrace today's world of virtual reality applications.
