Artinferno

I really really love when news articles compare VR and AR experiences and their
products like they're in the same ballpark.

This article cast a negative light on the Oculus Rift, a Generation 1 VR device, to try and compare it to Google glass and Apples' rumored AR glasses, by saying that the headset is huge (even though it's one of the smallest VR headsets by comparison) and the fact that the use cases and experiences available on Rift are far higher quality and more gamer focused than the basic Google Glass. And although I can agree that VR hasn't quite taken off yet, both VR and AR industries have to work together to grow the technology and user base. So down playing one form of mixed reality to try and hype up another won't help either in the end.

It's happened before, and I'm kind of used to news articles treating VR AR and MR like this at this point, so all I'm saying is that if you're a consumer reading this interested in VR AR or MR (Mixed Reality) then please, don't write VR and the Rift off simply based on this article. Go try them both out, and I'm sure you'll see how different they are, and how each has a place in front of our eyes. 😊