We're seeing this cool convergence of technology and shit we've been depicting in text and movies for the last century. I had a funny thought when I remembered that the matrix is essentially what I've been doing part-time IRL.
Anyone else interested in VR? Have an Oculus, play/develop games?
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VR was perfected in the 1990's!Sevencolor wrote:I've been interested in VR, but hopefully this time around is a lot better than last time. <_<
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I've played around on an Oculus DKII, and it was kinda novel. The screen quality didn't seem too great, but I imagine the Vive and the consumer Oculus are going to be considerably better. I'm curious about the Gear VR, in the market for a new phone... maybe it'll be a Samsung.Sevencolor wrote:I've been interested in VR, but hopefully this time around is a lot better than last time. <_<
Obviously I'm under buyer bias but I've played a bit with the HTC Vive headset and I think it's amazing.
It's hard to explain it, I used to be on the fence about VR until I tried the GearVR and got the most basic idea of what it'd be like. I know immersive is an overused buzzword, so I'll say it really feels like you're somewhere else. It makes you look like a crazy person to anyone watching you but it's too much fun to be self-conscious about.
I can only really speak to the headset I've tried, and in short it works better than I expected, walking around and using the hand controllers feels really great. I haven't had any problems at all with motion sickness, except briefly in Hover Junkers where you move using what's basically a D-pad, the disconnect there made me a bit dizzy. There aren't a lot of games though, and the cynic in me suspects the userbase will stay too small for really big games developers to get into it in this generation.
On whether to get one for yourself, I'd say if you have the money burning a hole in your pocket anyway + you're passionate about gaming/VR. If you're on the fence try to demo it. My hope is VR will get cheaper and more accessible in the future.
It's hard to explain it, I used to be on the fence about VR until I tried the GearVR and got the most basic idea of what it'd be like. I know immersive is an overused buzzword, so I'll say it really feels like you're somewhere else. It makes you look like a crazy person to anyone watching you but it's too much fun to be self-conscious about.
I can only really speak to the headset I've tried, and in short it works better than I expected, walking around and using the hand controllers feels really great. I haven't had any problems at all with motion sickness, except briefly in Hover Junkers where you move using what's basically a D-pad, the disconnect there made me a bit dizzy. There aren't a lot of games though, and the cynic in me suspects the userbase will stay too small for really big games developers to get into it in this generation.
On whether to get one for yourself, I'd say if you have the money burning a hole in your pocket anyway + you're passionate about gaming/VR. If you're on the fence try to demo it. My hope is VR will get cheaper and more accessible in the future.