Speaking of the VR app that I spend most time on, it should be Beat Saber. I spend half an hour almost every day, for both entertaining and fitness. Now I’d like to talk some on this application.
Pros
Immersion
Immersion is the most we want in a VR application. We want imagination becoming real in virtual reality. That’s what Beat Saber gives. We could have a pair of long sabers – which is impossible in real world – to slash numerous coming blocks. It makse virtual world more enjoyable.
Another huge impact for immersion is the locomotion. For most VR games. We have to face the problem of moving. Teleportation or moving directly will bring people either sickness or feeling unreal. Therefore, some games have to make some extra definitions about why you should stand still in the virtual environment(why do I only stand when boxing?). Beat saber has to care none of them. You could enjoy it without any sickness.
Fitness
Fitness is an advantage for VR games. For PC games, you could only sit and play, which is harmful for your back. VR gives another option. You can play game and fit at same time. That is very useful – especially in current pandemic case that you cannot go out too often.
Community
For a console game, it’s quite common that you spend tens of hours playing it, beating final boss, and then never play it again. Because there is no input after the game is released. But community will make some differences. You could see custom songs, customized sabers, fantsic lighting maps and others in Beat Saber community. More people join the community, and more people contribute to the community. That is the possitive feedback of community.
If you play beatsaber, you could have a try on my map https://beatsaver.com/maps/1d688
Cons
It’s not wrong that I use same title.
Fitness
Fitness could be an advantage, and it could also be a disadvantage. It means you cannot play it for a long time – only for fun. If you play harder songs, you will quickly get tired and cannot hold the same level. Then you have to exit and rest.
Beside, that’s why I think locomotion sickness is hard to solve. Fatigue is more than sickness: imagine that you run all the time in a VR PUBG……
Community
As I mentioned, Beat Saber is largely supported by its community. However, I think Beat Saber developers could have more communication with community. For each update, all the mods will be unusable and people have to wait for several days for the new version. Maybe developers could leave some exposed API for community to easily use. What’s more, developers could integrate some wonderful mods into orignal game, and that is the story for Counter Strike.