Roger Deakins Quotes

Jeron Lanier and 'Lawnmower Man.' That was VR. And there was the VFX1, that big giant VR prototype unit, and I was like, 'I am going to save my money and get one of those.' And then VR just sort of drifted away.

I think a lot of people have an idea of virtual reality from science fiction, books and movies that have been out over the last couple of decades.

I really do think VR is now one of the most exciting things that can be done in this whole sector of consumer electronic entertainment stuff.

No one in Silicon Valley loves virtual reality or believes in its future as much as Clay Bavor.

VR is going to be defined by the content that is designed explicitly for virtual reality.

Much of the excitement about virtual reality has come from the gaming community.

What's really astounding to me is a lot of the guys at Oculus VR and other companies who were creating VR tell me that 'Ready Player One' is one of their primary inspirations in getting into virtual reality.

When people ask whether virtual reality will be a real thing or just the next 3D, what I always say is, 'Take a headset, walk outside, and the next person you meet, put it on them and see what the reaction is.'

Virtual reality has an exciting future and oodles of room to grow.

Virtual reality started for me in sort of an unusual place. It was the 1970s. I got into the field very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to access virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle.

I'm sure 'Cosmo' will get involved with virtual reality at some point.

I didn't understand 3-D in the fifties and I can't say I get it now either. I just don't see what the big deal is.

I'd really love to work with virtual reality at some point. You could make a killer adventure game with that.

Certainly, virtual reality headsets are behind in resolution, but it'll all catch up pretty quickly once there's a consumer market and there's demand.

A lot of people, even if they know what VR is, see it as this tool to go in your basement and play Halo.

I'm a huge gamer. I'm very excited, and the idea of the Rift was as a headset that was designed around the specific uses of VR gaming. But I'm excited about a lot of stuff that's outside of it, because I was a VR enthusiast. I want VR to be the thing that we all live in, that we all use for everything, not just games.

Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.

Obviously, virtual reality is where I've placed my bet about the future and where the excitement is going. At this point, I could say it's almost a lock. It's going to be magical - it is magical - and great things are coming from that. Along the way, I was focused on the first-person shooters. I said we should go do something on mobile.

I just think that VR and AR are going to be a really big deal.

Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?

If you have perfect virtual reality eventually, where you're be able to simulate everything that a human can experience or imagine experiencing, it's hard to imagine where you go from there.

The biggest thing you can do in VR that you can't really do in non-VR games is a huge focus on exploration and interaction.

There's something about VR. I'm a super dork and love video games. I've tried some VR things - some have been good, and some aren't. I wouldn't be surprised if the next level of entertainment is VR-based, and when you go to the theater, everyone puts on a VR headset.

I absolutely love VR.

We're trending towards the holodeck. Eventually we'll have a system that's indistinguishable from reality.