I guess I’ve been a diehard VR person for a long time. I was finishing up college in 2014 and got my small state uni to partially pay for an Oculus Rift DK2 so that I could develop weird little 3D environments in Unreal in my senior level “computer graphics” course. I mostly screwed around with it at home and definitely loved making my friends try it and play all sorts of weird little games with it. Anyone remember Dreadhalls?
I used that DK2 quite a bit, and really thought VR would take off a lot faster than it has. Flash forward to late 2019, and Half Life: Alyx got announced as a VR only release, and I was beyond ecstatic. I didn’t have a gaming pc anymore, nor a modern VR headset, and decided I would have to jump back in for HL:A. I built a new, modern PC in early 2020, right before COVID lockdowns here in the USA. HL:A launched, I got my self an HTC Vive Pro instead of an Index, and promptly became fully obsessed with VR again. If you have a way to try HL:A and haven’t, I highly recommend it. It’s truly the pinnacle of VR experiences still. Beat Saber, Rez Infinite, Tetris Effect, Paper Beasts, modded Alien Isolation, and Google Earth VR really helped get through all the at home pandemic times.
Last summer, I managed to pick up a used Oculus Quest 2 for $175 and have screwed around with it a bit. RE4 VR is quite the experience tbh. I still feel like the HTC Vive Pro is a better VR experience than what the Quest provides, but the Quest is like 80% of the experience which is probably fine for most people.
The PSVR headset is really neat for console gamers, and I really really wish RE7 VR wasn’t locked to the PS4 release. There are mods for RE7/8 for VR on PC, but last time I tried them, the controller mapping wasn’t great. This was kind of me just rambling, but VR is cool and weird and maybe the PSVR2 will usher in another wave of interesting big budget VR releases, but it feels pretty stagnant still and I haven’t bought a new VR game since RE4 came out last year…
Also, yes VR done right requires a whole ass room dedicated to it, which is extremely not feasible for a lot of people. I have my home office setup in such a manner that it accommodates the VR stuff. Given how small my house is, I’ve considered setting up my attached garage for VR due to the size and shape, but boy o boy, what a concession to play some video games.