https://store.steampowered.com/app/471710/Rec_Room/
It's Roblox for the next generation, and extremely fun even to me when I tried it out as an adult. I hope Roblox expands into VR or recroom will eat their lunch. VR is the future and people spend HOURS in there playing all sorts of official games and community made games.
Roblox has the userbase it does because it's on every platform and runs on potatoes.
How many kids (using a large range from ages 1-18) have VR setups in their homes?
If VR fails at this point I would be surprised. If Facebook got some competition it would be good for long term VR development. But there's already a good amount of VR hype and great games and it won't be going away anytime soon.
I have a Valve Index ($1,000 + gaming PC + installing 2 lighthouses on my walls), and while my experience is definitely better (other than the cord), the Quest provides a comparable experience for beat saber, rec room, pistol whip, which comprise 90% of what I use my Index for anyway.
Can't answer this directly but recently the multiplayer VR games have had more 10-16 year olds than any other group
Why do you think Zuckerberg cares so much? It might be the smartest bet he's made since Instagram.
Just watch.
Even if all of this was fixed tomorrow, many people have been burnt by previous generations, and don't have much hype left for VR. I've mothballed my Go, my friends sold their Rifts. Fun as a gimmick but as a main gaming/media platform unthinkable.
While I agree that it's probably inevitable that it will become a staple device like a smartphone is today, I wouldn't hold my breath.