Founder of Epic Games Tim Sweeney (Tim Sweeney) in an interview with reporters Polygon admitted that virtual reality will have a profound impact on the interactive entertainment and gaming platform. According to him, Epic Games is making an investment in the virtual reality technology and conducts research in this area, working with sets Oculus Rift.
Sweeney believes that virtual reality will become a big phenomenon than smartphones. The current stage of development of the technology, it compares with the advent of the first generation iPhone. That is, virtual reality devices have great features, but this is not enough for the flourishing of their popularity.
According to Sweeney, with each new generation of virtual reality technology will be improved as a result will be achieved critical point, where the virtual experience will not be distinguishable from the real.