The Inventor Of PlayStation Says VR Headsets Are "Simply Annoying"

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PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi criticized today's efforts to create the virtual metaverse based on devices that would isolate you from the real world. In his words, VR headsets are "simply annoying" and only divide the real and virtual realms.

Virtual reality devices definitely faced skepticism when moving towards the mass markets. Despite many efforts made on that side since the 2010s, VR helmets remain nowhere near as popular as home consoles — however, things change quickly as according to some research, by the end of 2022, the demand for VR devices will have grown 16 times higher than it was back in 2018. Sony is one company that is actively investing in the technology, recently unveiling PlayStation VR 2 alongside Horizon Call of the Mountain, yet it seems not everyone shares the same excited feelings.

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Ken Kutaragi, a Japanese engineering technologist, who oversaw the development of the original PlayStation console, doesn't think much of today's dominating idea of creating the metaverse, where everyone exists as an avatar while sitting on the couch with a VR helmet on their head. Speaking to Bloomberg, "The Father of the PlayStation" explained why it's really not a great idea in his mind.

"Being in the real world is very important, but the metaverse is about making quasi-real in the virtual world, and I can't see the point of doing it," Ken Kutaragi said. "You would rather be a polished avatar instead of your real self? That's essentially no different from anonymous messageboard sites."

What he dislikes the most in the concept are those helmets needed to experience the virtual worlds. According to Kutaragi, "headsets are simply annoying" and would isolate you