The Hultian Spring 2017 | Page 18

According to the panellists, Innovators are trying to transform smartphones into VR devices! After acknowledging the current trend of innovation it was time for panelists to talk about major players in the VR industry. The five major developers are Microsoft, Google, Apple, Samsung and Sony, and nearly all of these companies are trying to make VR a part of consumer's daily life. You may ask how would this be possible? The answer is inside the smartphones we have. According to the panelists, innovators are trying to transform smartphones into VR devices! Next on the agenda was WebVR! Personally, I have no experience in this field so I want to leave it to our readers to do some research in this area if they are interested. As for the panelists, they had a split opinion on whether WebVR will be a successful innovation or not. Last on the days panelist's topics was a long and challenging debate on whether the first wave of VR games were a failure. And if so, what were the reasons? As expected, experts had different opinions on whether VR Gaming has failed or succeeded since its launch in 2016. However, everyone agreed on the fact that VR Games came with a hefty price tag! What made things even worse was that VR Gaming really lacks new content. This has made VR Gaming fanatics very disappointed due to the lack of follow up with new games and innovations. Finally, the panel made way for a current game SF VR Summit