I just played on a Vive Pro today using a high end rig. Not impressed at all. I think the quest is the only hope now for consumer VR in the short term. It will be five years before we get pcs that can power a proper realistic vr experience, then another five years for it to be reasonably priced! Quest just needs fun simple games like beat sabre and were good. Maybe Nintendo can secretly develop some games for quest...
I think Nintendo will themselves enter the VR game at some point, judging by their Mario Kart demo. Maybe something GearVR/Switch baseed to begin with?
It seems pretty much perfect for them in all honesty. They're about pushing gaming forward rather than chasing specs. With what Oculus have done with VR and the level of hardware the Quest will run on, I can't help but imagine Nintendo will be the most interested given they specialise in cheapish hardware with awesome software optimisation.
I think the pivotal moment for VR will be what Sony release next gen. If they revamp the move controllers to be more... like the Oculus controllers... and add room-scale whilst delivering it at a good price point, they can really open up the VR Market. Get Naughty Dog to make a game or two, pay COD developers to include a <1 hour VR expansion and a few VR maps... Also sony proved that at a much lower price point, they were actually able to compete and beat the vive/rift (namely SDE, black levels, panels).
However Sony also have the habit of sacking off promising tech if the sales figures don't match their riduclous expectations with the silent killing strategy. I'm just not convinced Sony will even put any pressure on their bigger studios to release strong VR experiences but we'll see.
HTC just continue to push out any new tech they can with a huge price tag and somehow gain universal acclaim and support because they're half related to steam/valve [whom also do very little these days for the gaming side of things]. I see HTC ultimately killing themselves if they're not careful. They're pricing out a lot of people from tech which I think should be maybe 25-30% cheaper, namely their controllers, the vive pro, the wireless dongle.
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And then we have Oculus. They've definitely neglected their PC / enthusiast market to try and open up VR to the masses but its a necessary step if we're to grow faster than what we are now. They've funded the most software experiences and probably have made the best along with Sony. Hardware wise they've made mistakes, and they've corrected themselves. They were wrong about room-scale, and now support it. They were wrong about controllers, and now support them. They are ultra-competitive with pricing with the GO, Quest and Rift (with 8 games), being phenomenal value. The main issue I have with them is if I'm looking up upgrade my VR experience from a headset perspective, I can't until they decide to move back to us which seems to not be for another 2 years.
And although they are doing so much right, I sadly won't think twice to jump to something like a Pimax if they deliver at a decent price point. And then we have Pimax. Once again another hardware specialist. I'll await the pricing on the 5k/8k. If its well priced, then I love them. If its overpriced, I see them as a crappy HTC. IF they're smart, they will underprice and flood the market with their brand + headsets, earning universal love and attention, a huge adoption rate of their controllers + hardware, then they can lock people in.
However if they're dumb, they'll over price their headsets, hit the upper enthusiast % of people willing to buy (like myself cos we're dumbasses), then Vive/Oculus will catch up with tech we didn't expect and experiences Pimax simply can't offer because they have no software release schedule, and then they'll probably fade back into obscurity.
