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VR is very nice, when it's in the booth, and they already set it up, and they have a working game already, and there is only one person a head of me in line, and I can only experience it for a couple minutes because someone else is behind me waiting.

Try to play a vr game at home with two other people and one device.

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When I was a kid, sometimes friends would hang out at someone's house, and one person would play a single-player video game, and the others would watch, comment, offer advice, and generally hang out. Even though it was a single-player experience, with eyes glued on screen, it was "social".

More recently, I saw a group of friends set up, with couches outside the tracking area, and watch each other taking turns at Job Simulator, Accounting VR, or Space Pirate trainer. They just had fun watching, socializing, and taking their turn. Panopticon and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes also offer interesting, asymmetric gameplay.

This is exactly the sort of 'social' experience we are trying to achieve with our game (http://lateforworkgame.com). The VR player controls a giant gorilla and faces off against up to four local friends controlling tanks and planes.

I think asymmetric VR games are going to be a big niche within the space. If you like these types of games, there's a big list of them here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/67f9sv/list_of_asymme...

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