I wouldn't rush to call VR market failure, VR sales are steadily increasing.
What a lot of people don't see are the iconoclastic milestones that are coming up, that will transform the entire domain in terms of market acceptance and saturation.
Foveated rendering is the first of those.
Hand-finger tracking (e.g. a glove interface) is the second.
These technologies are not science fiction, we know they are coming out since lab prototypes already exist. Moreover, impact-wise, these technologies are not really incremental improvements but complete game changers (thus iconoclastic). The VR landscape in 5 years will look completely different to today.
What a lot of people don't see are the iconoclastic milestones that are coming up, that will transform the entire domain in terms of market acceptance and saturation.
Foveated rendering is the first of those. Hand-finger tracking (e.g. a glove interface) is the second.
These technologies are not science fiction, we know they are coming out since lab prototypes already exist. Moreover, impact-wise, these technologies are not really incremental improvements but complete game changers (thus iconoclastic). The VR landscape in 5 years will look completely different to today.