What I find interesting about this news is that this isn't the first time someone has suggested implementing a VR headset-esque device into one's living room. I recall back in early nineties Virtual Reality reaped a lot of media attention and left many gamers convinced it was the way of the future- to a point where it was likely that they may become fixtures of home gaming.
That, of course, didn't happen.
Indeed, it's funny trying to predict the future because the claims you make can come across as absurd years later - moreso if they don't come true. And in the case of having a VR headset-esque device into one's living room, it comes across as laughable - not just because it's something that didn't happen but how gaming technology took a completely different direction in the two decades since.
Still, just because someone made such a prediction didn't stop anyone from trying to make it happen.
Anyone remember these?
Original image located here. Accessed 31st March 2014
If you were an Amiga owner in the mid-nineties, like myself, you might. These were Virtual I-O Glasses: An attempt to fashion low end virtual reality headset for a home computer. It weighed eight ounces and could be used with any TV-compatible computer. There was one for the PC which, unlike the Amiga version, supported head tracking support. Ultimately though, the Virtual I-O Glasses were less a interactive device and more a personal monitor.
But, of course, the Virtual I-O Glasses was a short-lived device (it could only support a grand total of two Amiga games) and it ultimately didn't go anywhere.
However, nearly twenty years later, someone's taken the idea and dusted it off. And with any idea, it can work provided it receives the proper backing and marketing - something Sony has no shortage of.
Needless to say, it would be interesting to see how this turns out - although the cynic in me would rather that this idea remain in the bin of 'ideas that didn't work for a reason'.
Source: Amiga History Guide
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