VR headsets. Who would have thought?

[CalgaryFan05]

Seattle Seahawks to explore training with virtual reality

"There is no end in sight with the possibilities," Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said of using virtual reality headsets to enhance their training.

sports.mynorthwest.com

Sound like a pretty cool idea to me.

 

[Bobblehead]

Have a friend who thought he could get better at golf.. first time back on the tee.. whiffed 9 straight times off the tee box.

 

[Wsumatt1982]

I like it. A good way to get reps when reps are limited to begin with.

 

[Hawkinaz]

Brings back memories of when I was thinking of getting into remote controlled helicopters I thought it would be a good idea to buy a flight simulator kit that I could plug a 7 channel transmitter to my laptop and learn on that instead of investing hundreds of dollars and crashing. I spent 60 hours on the simulator barely getting off the ground. I later gave up on that hobby and stayed with RC cars. Figured I saved myself $thousands

 

[BigMeach]

Have a friend who thought he could get better at golf.. first time back on the tee.. whiffed 9 straight times off the tee box.

Golf is such a different thing. You can absolutely train hand eye coordination with games/vr etc. But training swinging a golf club that way ... nope

 

[TwistedHusky]

This will likely end with more of a whimper than a bang. I haven't seen the training resources being sold but....

If there is ANY movement simulated on these things?

Then they better have pallets of Ginger candy at the ready for the people that need it.

There's a reason VR didn't take off. AR works better, at least at not making you feel like you will lose your lunch. I spent over 5 years in VR. We constantly supplied our devs with ginger treats to keep them from turning green.

Maybe they fixed the problem VR had for years, but I doubt it