Great idea for the thread. Like drones, I believe VR will be a growing thing.

I too would like to check it out. I did check out the high end curved 3D screens at BestBuy and it was fun. But... Not enough for me own.

This is the high tech version of my childhood.

So, has anyone had a chance to check out some of the VR sets out there yet? Does your local Best Buy have one on display as mentioned back a few post?

Man, that bites. Well, at least your BB has a display. Neither of the BB's here have one. WTF.

I was out Christmas shopping today and came across the newly-opened Microsoft Store... looks pretty interesting, but right out there up front was their VR and I got a chance to try it.  A Hive Rift, with the controllers, the camera, the X-Box...

Oh man.  I think I mentioned that my big dream is to be in a movie.  Not be an actor, not be on set, be IN a movie.  And this was kind of that.  The fact that there was some screen-door effect probably helped in that regard, you do feel more like you're surrounded by a spherical screen rather than in an entirely different world (and it is weird that you can't see your own body), but I totally was just inside a cartoon.  It was a simple snowball fight and I swear I could feel it when they hit me with snowballs, even though there weren't any sensors.  The time cycle was also sped up, so while I started off at morning, soon it was night.  I could look up overhead and see the stars and a full moon and a few clouds pass by.  That was neat.

It'll be interesting to see what happens when we get force-feedback and find ways for us to touch with our hands rather than with wands, and for the visual resolution to pick up a little (slight issue: I can't squint.  I mean, I can squint, but it doesn't help me see any better in the distance, which I tried to do a few times).  But I can see this becoming VERY addictive.

Not for a while, you forget I'm a massive skinflint.