Will I keep using my VR headset regularly in 4 months?
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I bought a Quest 3 VR headset a couple of weeks ago. My friend (@fernandosmith) says I’ll stop using it soon (because I’ll get bored or I’ll be busy).

This resolves YES if at the end of march I’m still using the headset at least three times a week in a regular manner.

Further context:

So far I’ve been playing pretty regularly (several times a week, mostly Beat Saber and Supernatural VR).

I made this bet so he could prove that he’s serious about his predictions.

Note that I’ve also promised to report if I think my actions might have been unduly influenced by this market (which is why I’m also capping my spending to 500 mana), on which case I’ll resolve NA.

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Very interesting! I don’t know why this is the date of so many VR headsets. For me, I enjoy them. They are very new experiences. But after a month or two I just couldn’t be bothered to strap them on anymore.

What was your experience?

@Nikos in my case, I had like one month where I was using it very enthusiastically (and somehow started using a gym app on Saturdays), but after having to travel for a bit and not carrying my headset, I kinda forgot about it, and now only use it very occasionally.

@agucova I think part of it is that it has some activation energy: for PCVR games, it takes me like 10 minutes to get everything ready (between rebooting to Windows, starting SteamVR, and fixing the typical pairing issues), and even for Quest games, it can be annoying to get it up and running because at the very least I have to move things in my room and often re-scan the boundaries (since they shift when I put things in a slightly different place).