(Disclaimer, this was originally posted in this thread, but I thought it would make a good topic of it's own so I revised/reposted it!)
I can't tell you how many times I hyped up VR to people, and to
them it's just some dollar store gimmick. Even once they actually use it
they can't quite grasp the full scope of the technology involved to
bring this to life, it's just a "toy". It's like they think I picked it
up at the mall for 30 bucks or something. Honestly, it's almost
insulting.
It's
usually not until I start explaining the price of entry and why the technology is amazing that they start
taking me more seriously, I'm surprised at how many people think VR is "just another goofy
3d glasses thing", and I'm just crazy for not waiting 6 months for the
price to go down to reasonable levels.
Of course these aren't
your normal tech-interested people, these are mostly just your run of
the mill average people. You know the ones, they're the ones when you
bought your fancy 42" 4k TV for 3 grand they told you you were ripped
off because their 62 inch 720p plasma TV was only $300. Some people are
just absent minded I guess.
I see it a lot in all new technology. There always seems to be a fairly large group of, dare I say, blatantly stupid/willing uneducated people out there who just don't understand the difference between things like a 4k IPS curved Samsung TV and a 720p generic plasma, a Canon 7D SLR Camera and a Kodak Point and Shoot, or the Rift and the 3D glasses you wear to the movies.
Anyway, has anyone else experienced this phenomena? Do you internally-facepalm as much as I do? 🙂
I can't tell you how many times I hyped up VR to people, and to
them it's just some dollar store gimmick. Even once they actually use it
they can't quite grasp the full scope of the technology involved to
bring this to life, it's just a "toy". It's like they think I picked it
up at the mall for 30 bucks or something. Honestly, it's almost
insulting.
It's
usually not until I start explaining the price of entry and why the technology is amazing that they start
taking me more seriously, I'm surprised at how many people think VR is "just another goofy
3d glasses thing", and I'm just crazy for not waiting 6 months for the
price to go down to reasonable levels.
Of course these aren't
your normal tech-interested people, these are mostly just your run of
the mill average people. You know the ones, they're the ones when you
bought your fancy 42" 4k TV for 3 grand they told you you were ripped
off because their 62 inch 720p plasma TV was only $300. Some people are
just absent minded I guess.
I see it a lot in all new technology. There always seems to be a fairly large group of, dare I say, blatantly stupid/willing uneducated people out there who just don't understand the difference between things like a 4k IPS curved Samsung TV and a 720p generic plasma, a Canon 7D SLR Camera and a Kodak Point and Shoot, or the Rift and the 3D glasses you wear to the movies.
Anyway, has anyone else experienced this phenomena? Do you internally-facepalm as much as I do? 🙂
jyoun said:
This is so funny. Why do random people with no vested interest try to "sell VR" to anyone?
