Is cheaper VR glasses enough mass to achieve? – NOS

Sony joins in the battle on the market of virtual realitybrillen. The today brings a pair of glasses on the market for the Playstation 4, which are significantly cheaper than those of competitors. The first sales are good, although the question is whether the average consumer for the device will fail.

Previously brought HTC and Facebook goggles on the market for the pc, for 800 to 950 euros. The glasses from Sony, the Playstation VR, costs half: almost 400 euro.

Price tag

Who games wants to play in virtual reality now has several options. There are the cheaper cardboard variants where the mobile phone can be clicked, there are glasses to mobile phones, and there are more expensive glasses to use at home. A consumer can have a powerful pc buy a pair of glasses from HTC or Facebook. Or he can buy a Playstation with the VR-glasses from Sony.

The company presents as a cheaper option, but if you have all the parts necessary buy, it is likely hundreds of pounds to lose. For the full experience, need a game console to be bought, the VR-glasses, a camera, controllers and games. Together that’s more than 800 euro.

Sold out

game stores report that there are quite a lot of interest for the glasses from Sony. Webshop Coolblue has his stock all sold, Bol.com says more than a thousand orders to deliver, and the gamezaak Nedgame has about 80 percent of the stock sold.

according to the vendors, especially the enthusiasts that now the glasses buy. They wonder whether the average consumer virtual reality face.

The installation of the glasses is, for example, is so complicated that Sony there are three instructional videos to. It is under more warned that your living room should be large enough and that your pets may not run loose in the room. You would likely to trip over if you are in the virtual world.