# Where is VR now, where is it going in the next 5 years, and in the next 25? Are you using it? What for?

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**Created:** [14 July 2020 16:36 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/where-is-vr-now-where-is-it-going-in-the-next-5-years-and-in-the-next-25-are-you-using-it-what-for/1081 "2020-07-14T16:36:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 July 2020 17:57 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/where-is-vr-now-where-is-it-going-in-the-next-5-years-and-in-the-next-25-are-you-using-it-what-for/1081/4 "2020-07-14T17:57:08Z")

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Practical (or maybe subjective) problems with VR:

- Big and heavy headsets – I tried one once (don’t remember the brand) and half my head got sweaty and the set started feeling heavy on it and that was for like 15 minutes of gaming. \>\_\<
- Still needs a cable and can’t function on its own – although that might not be a problem if a good enough running treadmill + a VR set is invented (akin to the ones in “Ready Player One” movie).
- Graphics quality is usually abysmal. I recognize this is being [very slowly] improved with time but IMO the technology is stuck; until NVIDIA or AMD put out their 5nm-based GPUs I don’t see VR being able to do more in the current small[-ish] form factor.
- The interface is really bad, most of the time. Just seeing two [occasionally] disappearing hands floating in front of you is… unnatural. I pray people don’t adapt to that because gods help them when they unplug the set!

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I do absolutely agree that VR has more value as a work / education platform compared to games though!

To this day, 18 years later, I still get reminded of this scene from “Matrix: Reloaded” when I hear “VR is for work and education”: 👇

 ![matrix_virtual_control_room](https://forum.devtalk.com/uploads/default/original/1X/54417e8846212ccba51c6e2ac3b3842059dc51e3.jpeg)

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…but I think I’ll opt to work like this instead for as long as it is possible! 👇

 ![matrix_physical_control_room](https://forum.devtalk.com/uploads/default/original/1X/3c9a09674728b63adb958b473ebb25e0066336a4.jpeg)

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