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Sega Is Opening A VR Floor In Its Massive Tokyo Arcade

By banzaitokyo4 June 2017

A Sega Twitter account last week revealed that one of the floors in its gigantic arcade in Akihabara will soon feature a VR section. In fact, the area was meant to be up and running already, but it appears an equipment failure has delayed launch a little. That won’t surprise anyone that’s had any experience exhibiting VR technology over the past few years.

Discussion

Yubi #13023

Finally, gaming companies are using VR in this kind of places. I guess they waited for the technology to mature enough, because I h ave been seeing cool VR demos in research exhibitions for more than a decade now.

BarbaraEbara #13046

Yeah they are trying to focus more on console gaming now. I know a lot of people I watch on Youtube who have been using them for a few years. It is still something that I haven't been interested in but I might have to look into it more now.

RamenRyan #13069

I would estimate that it will be as normal as having a video game controller in your house with in the next 5 years. It is becoming mainstream and that is what they were hoping for. I have used many different models myself, and I must admit while it is not my style of game-play, I can see myself using them on a regular basis in the future for certain games.

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