Virtual Reality for the masses a sooner than we think ?

Think about it when the current generation ( Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii ) was introduced Sony and Microsoft mainly focused on making their consoles more powerful when Nintendo took the world by surprise and introduced its Wii-mote with motion sensing capabilities. Because of this the Wii sold like crazy and is arguably winning the current generation with a non-HD console.

Now Microsoft introduced Project Natal and Sony introduced their “wand” to try and “catch up” with Nintendo. This is all old news but think about what all this means for the next generation. Sony and Microsoft are launching their new toys NOW , they are not waiting for the next generation.

So what does the next generation hold? All 3 parties now know they can’t simply improve the hardware they have to bring something “new” to the table. This “something new”, like the Wii-mote was for this generation, could mean more than any hardware improvements and could literally mean victory for their console.

This leaves us with a very bright future. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are going to be hard at work (they probably already are) figuring out what the “next big thing” is going to be. What the next big thing is going to be only time will tell but if there is one thing I know is that the first party to launch some form of virtual reality will get my money.