11 Biggest Questions We're Asking About E3 2016

10. Can Sony Make You Care About VR?

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Short answer: Nope.

Long answer: Not yet.

Did you even know the Oculus Rift and Valve VIVE are both out? Tons of early-adopters have bought into the VR hype, and are currently telling the rest of us just how 'revolutionary' and 'unique' it all is.

The problem, is it's one of those "You need to try it for yourself"-type deals, and already that phrase is beginning to wear thin. Most of us don't have upwards of £400 (the VIVE is £800) to blow on something that could actually make you throw up if it's calibrated wrong, which is why it's up to Sony to do the groundwork.

They've already got a new system to unveil (more on that later), but PS VR is the most affordable version of VR tech on the market, it's just a case of whether or not a believable stage demo can even be shown. With the only way to show a given game being to beam what a player is seeing up onto the big screen, expect as few developers to look mighty daft as they attempt to convince you just how much the virtual world is affecting their mental state.

Sony already tried this at PSX last year, and this was the awkwardly broken result:

It's not that VR isn't great - all reports point to it being the next-gen feature these consoles should've launched with - only that it's still sitting in 'expensive gimmick' territory, and that's a very hard stigma to shift.

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Gaming Editor
Gaming Editor

WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.