Unity: Doing VR today is a hell of a risk

In his speech at the Finnish Slush conference, Unity founder David Helgason said that VR is a very risky business.

Despite the fact that Unity is going to support VR technologies in all aspects (moreover, several Unity projects focused on virtual reality have been released to date), the founder of the company does not recommend going to this market yet.

“If you are launching a VR company now, you will need funding for 2-4 years,” David said.

“We will have to start from scratch a couple of times before the market stabilizes,” he added.

Plus, according to David, the problem will be that the VR ecosystem (in terms of monetization, konetnt, social elements, and other things) will be carefully controlled by vendors: Sony, Valve / HTC, Facebook, Samsung and others.

“VR is damn risky,” Helgason concluded.

A source: http://www.pocketgamer.biz