VR’s next goal: Quickly winning over new users

If you look deeply into recent VR announcements, past the high-level spec changes and aesthetic considerations, you’ll notice an important developing trend: Headset makers are actively trying to make VR easier for new users to experience — quickly.

Over the past year, many VR companies have pivoted either fully or partially to embrace the technology’s potential in public spaces. Notable software developers have shifted to making location-specific games where headsets get passed from person to person. Oculus has started to donate Rift and Go headsets to promote mass VR use in public museums and schools, while developing a screen-sharing feature so experienced Go users can guide new headset wearers. And HTC has been working similar on content-streaming features for its standalone Vive Focus.