Busy Day 3 became busier with a sudden decision to go to this VR session ...A late addition to the schedule - only deciding to go in the morning. I'd never tried VR before so thought I'd give it a go. In many ways I wish I hadn't bothered ...
I had hoped there would be full Oculus setups going, perhaps a technical presentation or two, that sort of thing. Instead we were ushered into a room, given a Samsung Gear VR loaded with an S7 and a pair of Beats (ugh) headphones and basically told to get on with it. Which would have been fine if there hadn't been network issues with Virgin Media that morning and most of the content was unavailable (no local servers?) which I thought was a bit of a drawback for a "digital entertainment festival".
I couldn't get the Gear VR to sit nicely with my glasses, it sat better without but either way I couldn't really get the damn thing to focus. Anyway, the little content I could get to play was quite impressive in its own way, fairly immersive but hugely limited in interactivity (i.e. none). After a while I got bored and left.
Apparently in the "Tech Hub" (which my ticket did get me entry to but I was on a schedule) they did indeed have a full Oculus setup. But why that wasn't part of the "VR Showcase" is anyone's guess.
A very frustrating experience for £12, especially when I could have got a better demo by wandering into the Samsung section of my local Carphone Warehouse
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