Sony’s Yoshida: “People will get better at using VR experiences”

Sony’s Shuhui Yoshida really does think VR is the next big thing.

“The good thing is people will get better at using VR experiences as they use it more,” he told GamesIndustry, expecting motion sickness to soon be a thing of the past.

“I couldn’t play Doom when it came out but now I can play an FPS, people get used to it,” he continued. “The same things will happen but the danger is that the first time people try it is the most sensitive time.

“It’s really crucial that devs do play tests with people who never tried VR. That’s how we have to share our knowledge and know how and extend some support.”

Yoshida said Sony is committed to supporting developers when it comes to VR-based titles.

“That’s the one single important thing we need to work more closely with devs on than we do with console games,” he said.

“Everyone goes through this learning process, including our own first party teams. The simplest thing that the developers implement may make you totally crazy sick, like sudden camera movement, so even devs working for years on VR still have that.

“The danger is that people get acclimatised, you get used to using Morpheus or using VR so devs use it everyday, they have no idea what they’re making would do to other people.”

2016 looks set to be the year of VR, with offerings from Sony, Microsoft, Valve and more.