{"id":11449,"date":"2017-05-26T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=11449"},"modified":"2017-05-26T12:23:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T17:23:21","slug":"vr-headsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/vr-headsets\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason people aren’t buying VR headsets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual reality<\/h2>\n

As cool as Virtual Reality headsets are, they are just not as popular as they could be. But why? Why wouldn\u2019t people want to be transported into an alternate reality?<\/p>\n

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\nWell, cost definitely factors into the unpopularity. However, there is one other reason that may surprise some. People just aren\u2019t that interested in VR.<\/p>\n

womp womp<\/h2>\n

Thrive Analytics recently conducted a survey to research the reasons that VR headsets have not lived up to the hype. They surveyed US internet users ages 18-65+ and reported their findings this past March.<\/p>\n

The results differed based on age range, but generally the survey showed that most people aren\u2019t very taken aback by the technology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Overall, 53% of all respondents cited the reason of lack of interest for them not buying a headset. When broken down into age ranges, over half of 45-54 year olds said that was their main reason, while 67% of respondents 65+ said the same.<\/p>\n

This is not surprising given that the target market for VR is the younger generation. Still, 39% of 25-34 year olds reported to not be very interested in purchasing a set either. For the youngest age group of under 25 years old, lack of content was more of a deciding factor than lack of interest.<\/p>\n

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common denominator<\/h2>\n

Thrive included other reasons in the survey as well such as poor quality of content and the fear of getting motion sickness.<\/p>\n

However, the biggest reason for the general apathy towards VR is cost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

VR headsets do not come cheap. If the target audience is young adults, then there is one very apparent problem: their demographic simply cannot afford to purchase a VR headset. This was the most popular reason for not investing in a VR headset according to 18-34 year olds. In fact, 43% of total respondents said cost was the determining factor.<\/p>\n

Is cost something that will change?<\/h2>\n

In order to make VR headsets more affordable, quality and content may have to be sacrificed. But will this really make them more popular?<\/p>\n

Without a demand for recent VR headsets, the future of improving the technology to drive down the cost may have to be put on the back burner.<\/p>\n

#VR<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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