I think most of the naysayers don't own one and therefore think they are stupid. I own one and think it's incredible. And showing it off to people is just as fun as messing around with it yourself.
I think a lot of people (talking about the bombcrew specifically) forget that not everybody lives in a cramped apartment in a city.
And I wouldn't worry about obsolescence just yet. The headset works flawlessly with moving around and tracking your controllers. Form-factor will get better eventually, but if they up the resolution on the screens, you're gonna need to throw another $500-600 at your computer to keep up with it.
tldr; If you've got the money, the pc, and the space, a Vive is the "neatest" thing around right now.
Well it sounds like you were shown kind of the sub-par stuff. He showed you "some zombie shooter" rather than Raw Data or Space Pirate Trainer. He showed you some other social thing that wasn't Rec Room. He's showing you Duke Nukem Forever when he could show you Doom. I honestly don't know about porn (I swear...), but it kinda doesn't sound that great just yet. Also, play budget cuts.
Other than the initial set-up, my Vive has been pretty technically sound. I've had to reboot a few times when I first go into steamVR, but the tracking has been basically flawless.
Don't give up on it yet. I really enjoy mine and everybody I've shown it to, whether they are interested in games or not at all, have been very stoked on it. You just have to be shown the right stuff and the setup needs to be ironed out beforehand.
Be sure to check out Audioshield, BLARP!, Holopoint, Out of Ammo, and Raw Data. Might cost you a few bucks, but other than the ones you mentioned, those are my current standouts.
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