VR Esports Explained

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1. What do you think the future of VR Esports is?

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2. F1 but for gamers

3. NOT THE IRL TEABAGGING

4. The reason i havent watched vr esports is i dont have a vr headset amd i didnt have a fucking clue it existed and now i want to watch it

5. Yeah I feel like I’m too old to get into vr. It makes me feel sick quickly and it requires too much equipment. Not even the cost but the space it takes up is too much for me.

6. You took a gambling site as a sponsor? Holy crap, that's a new low for you guys.

7. VR eSports suffers from something regular eSports doesn't.

   Accessibility. Even in third world countries. Where the average person cannot afford to buy a mid level PC for personal use. They have internet cafes by the hundreds.

   That bridge allows even less fortunate people to enjoy regular eSports. VR on the other hand. Is mostly an EVEN MORE expensive barrier to entry. And there's no real shop/store cafe that caters to the market.

   Which makes sense cuz the investment costs for such a project is staggering.

8. What a shit way to find out echoVR shut down.. I had a blast on that game during the pandemic. But on a real note I also put down my headset and hardly ever touched it since then…

9. Good video. We're trying to build up VR Esports 🤙 theres BCL for Breachers and PCL for Pavlov on top of VRML

10. you spend some time fighting through that motion sickness , i used to feel it after i had the headset off and now i never notice.

11. oh man echo vr during its prime, was something to see. im sad it was killed, met so many cool people. and had alot of fun playin matches till 3am

12. Echo vr😢

13. That T-Bag is peak gaming hahaha

14. Even a self-described "Pro-Video-Gamer" like me had to breach the motion-sickness barrier after it set in 2 hours after I first started playing Fallout 4 VR. I came back a day later and I had no problems after that, unless I don't play any VR games for a long period of time, where I then have to re-adjust but it seems easier than the first time. Eventually people will get used to this.

15. Where are my echo arena vrml players at?

16. We can achieve anything! Slowly and steadily, together❤

17. Not the betting ad noooo 😭😭😭

18. motion sickness is only the first ever 30 minutes in VR, then you adjust on the 120Hz, and the Meta Quest 2 and 3 go for 250-500 for a great fps VR experience 🙂

19. Vail ON TOP 🙏👀

20. I've never felt so seen. I couldn't even play Sea of Thieves because it makes me motion sick, so the idea of VR has always been a hard no. Good to hear they're at least trying to work towards a solution, but can motion sickness really be fixed?

21. Stop promoting gambling!

22. stuf like morion siknes can happen and hapedn de me some time but its often caled growing your vr legs geting used to it and geting les and les motionsick now adays i dont ever get motion sic even in the most extreme experiances

23. At this fucking Point just do it in real life man 😭

24. 5:52 WHY DID THEY SHUT THIS DOWN😢😢

25. As a gamer, if I didn't have monetary constraint to play VR, yeah I'd play a VR shooter, probably be my only excuse that I, as a gamer, exercise.

26. VR headsets are just not good enough yet. 10 miliseconds of latency is big enough to cause motion sickness.

    We need better headsets, less latency, while being cheaper.
    The hardware isn't ready.

27. Vr games generally look awful, and aren't fun to watch, it's that simple.

28. VR esports can never be big, until spectating in VR is possible and enough people have headsets to view it that way. VR to flatscreen translates very poorly. Playing it has so much more appeal than viewing it right now. Until the viewing experience matches the quality of playing, it is not really appealing.

29. Bought the Quest 3 a couple months ago and I've been loving it but as you mentioned the main issue is the motion sickness (personally I only get slightly dizzy but it's still annoying) and the overall pressure on the neck, which can lead to injury. Thankfully the battery only lasts for around 2h, which is both a good thing as it makes you take long breaks, but also a bad thing for anyone who wants to become real good at those games.

30. I've had the blessing of being a part of the competitive VR community, starting with playing and now casting tournaments; VAIL specifically is truly just the start of a deep, deep dive into what esports could truly become in the future – remember that this hardware will only get smaller, lighter and more powerful as the years go on! Absolutely hyped that Gaijin got the opportunity to chat, he's a great guy and I've always loved working with him!

    On the notes of VR adoption – there's a huge survivor bias with motion sickness, and a lot of people haven't reported it, and left their headsets to collect dust or sold them off. We need more serious, long-term studies to make sure the average person can be comfortable and enjoy the experience. Also, most VR gamers dont consider the Apple Vision Pro a "VR Headset" – it's not for gaming & not moddable.

    Thanks for covering this Score, I'd love to see a "History of VR" or "Game Development" series in relation to this!

31. I didn't even know there were VR eSports, but I'm glad to know there is, because I'm pretty sure it'll be physically more healthy than normal eSports, and also way more skill centric because it actually takes into account your arms and head moving instead of just your wrist. It's way more intuitive to control a gun in VR than it is on a flat screen, and encourages far better skill expression than clicking pixels on a screen.

32. the main problem is hardware is really expensive, majority can't play the game

33. Having been a commentator for multiple games in the scene for some time, it is really cool to see a channel I love so much talk about VR.

34. so their own community isnt watching them?

35. VR is not as expensive as it was before. You can get a standalone quest 3s so no pc needed cheaper than a new ps5.

36. I think VR esports will take off the moment immersive neural interfaces are realized (sorta like the ones from Sword Art Online)

37. That one VR game looks like a scene from Ender's Game. So cool.

38. War of wizards best game in vr

39. Waiting for SAO 😊

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