Where in the world are you located Peta4e? I mentioned in an earlier post that as part of our support to the Bitcoin Economy our shop will be accepting Bitcoin both in the physical store and on our web one. If everyone had the same open mind level, Bitcoin uptake and full implementation would move a lot faster. More information at www.virtuallyreality.co

Thanks for your feedback Fortify. We've been working on building early Partnerships with those hardware manufacturers we see having a prominent presence as soon as the VR industry is in full swing.

Could you please elaborate when you say 'the web store looks a bit sparse and plain'? Do you mean there aren't that many products featured?

We've recently launched it so we value understanding what the public perception is like.

Please however note we will actually have a physical presence, in other words an actual store which we're launching next week in London via a pop-up model. All products on the web store will be available in store too. As you pointed out, the investment for this hardware is substantial which is why we believe a physical store will offer clients the opportunity to 'try before buying'.

Thanks.

Glyph is a great product indeed. Cardboard is a pretty rudimentary headset option but it's fun and cheap (in your case free) and it's an entry point into VR for those not willing to invest hundreds of dollars. Quality wise it will always be pretty basic although I've tried a number of actual smartphone headsets retailing at no more than $50 that produce a decent quality image and experience, yet not comparable to the Vive or Oculus Rift. I did try the Vive the other night actually and must admit it exceeded my expectations in terms of sensory experience; great piece of kit and looks slick.

It's a shame Lumiere has closed their physical location. We at Virtually Reality believe the physical store is highly important for multiple reasons. Firstly because as of today the large majority of the public still hasn't got a clue about what VR is and does, but also because some of the products can be price prohibiting for most people. I can't imagine someone who doesn't know much about VR just pressing the 'buy now' button online without having tried the product first. Worth also pointing out the cost doesn't end with the headset purchase. For VR to perform, a high spec PC with powerful graphic cards is required which can add an extra $1,500 to the cost.

While we will be selling headsets ourselves at some point, we are currently focusing on working with manufacturers producing complementing hardware to the headsets, including a number of virtualisers and haptic/feedback devices. If you're interested, feel free to have a look at our website at www.virtuallyreality.co

As supporters of the Bitcoin economy, we always like to hear about new online and physical retailers accepting the currency as a form of payment.

As such you might like to hear we're launching Britain’s first virtual reality hardware, software and content specialist store in the heart of London’s tech hub. The store is designed to educate the public about VR and to make best in class hardware and software available for demo, purchase and experience. Bitcoin will be accepted both in store and online at www.virtuallyreality.co

Our concept intends to remove the clutter and noise of traditional retail environments, focusing the conversation on the products by displaying them in an elegant format to draw attention towards design and specs.

We're launching with a pop-up store located inside London’s Old Street Underground Station between April 4th and 10th. If you're London based or if you happen to be in London on that week, you're more than welcome to come see us, particularly on the evening of April 5th when we're hosting our launch event.

London in particular has an increasing number of businesses/retailers accepting Bitcoin. This is good to see as it increases confidence in the currency altogether. We at Virtually Reality are also going down this route and we're offering bitcoin payment across our entire web store -https://virtuallyreality.co/collections/all

I'm pleased to hear you've also decided to go down this route. At Virtually Reality Ltd, we've also decided to accept Bitcoin as payment method on both our online store and physical pop-up store opening in London'd Old Street Underground Station between April 4th - 10th. This poof of concept will fund the basis for us to move to a more permanent location.

We would also like to encourage an increasing number of physical retailers to follow our steps as it's important for Bitcoin users to have places to physically utilise their Bitcoin. Even in a tech forward city like London, I'm struggling to see this.

Are you experiencing something similar up in Chicago?

Also, while I've had a look at your online store and read you also have a physical shop in Chicago, I don't seem to find a website for it.

Could you kindly share the URL?

Thanks

It's great to see people launching good initiatives within the Virtual Reality space, which is inevitably due to flourish from 2016.

At Virtually Reality Ltd, we're launching Britain's first retail space exclusively dedicated to VR hardware, software and content. We're extremely excited to be part of this upcoming community and we look forward to offering our customers the opportunity to demo all best in class VR products from our pool of selected Partners.

We're kicking off with a week long pop-up store inside Old Street Underground Station in the heart of London's tech hub and we welcome anybody to come and enjoy the products and experiences we have in store.

We're in no doubt these trending technologies are going to become an integrated part of everyone's life and that will fundamentally change the way we interact with technology.