With new virtual reality gaming devices being invented, the gaming community is bound to see changes. Popular gaming icons like YouTubers Pewdiepie and Markiplier gained a lot of attention toward virtual reality devices, mainly high-end devices like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

However, these new devices only cater to a small market. The Oculus Rift headset is sold at $699, and the HTC Vive at $799. Many gamers can not afford such a luxury. The PlayStation VR, released on Oct. 13, has a more reasonable price of $399. This headset is to be coupled with Sony’s PlayStation 4. The headset will allow players to immerse themselves into their previously bought games.

Besides the device prices barring many from experiencing VR gaming, there are also health and safety risks to the 3-D headset. Due to the 360-degree immersion, many people could experience side effects like nausea, eyestrain, and motion sickness.

Gamers are also divided on their views of the new way of gaming. Although interested in trying this new way of gaming, senior Ricardo Rojas,  would rather stick to traditional ways of gameplay.

“I would probably try it out, but I’d still prefer the older ways because they are much simpler and easier,” Rojas said.

Others are much more excited to see this new way of gaming be implemented to a larger scale, like sophomore Thomas Short.

“I know many people would say it’s too modern and you don’t look at the real world, but I like virtual reality because it makes you see what technology is really capable of,” Short said.