Cutter wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 03:50:
Yeah and how many other games will utilize it? $300 is an expensive peripheral for what may not amount to more than a few games. Shit, I'm still waiting for 64 bit to be realized in a major way. Remember Intel's MMX and how that was supposed to change gaming? How about SLI support? 3D? etc. Every few years we get some cool new code or device that's supposed to change everything and it ends up falling by the wayside much sooner than later or never realized at all.

Cutter wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 03:50:
Yeah and how many other games will utilize it? $300 is an expensive peripheral for what may not amount to more than a few games. Shit, I'm still waiting for 64 bit to be realized in a major way. Remember Intel's MMX and how that was supposed to change gaming? How about SLI support? 3D? etc. Every few years we get some cool new code or device that's supposed to change everything and it ends up falling by the wayside much sooner than later or never realized at all.

zombiefan wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 23:28:
The problem with VR setups like this is until you get some sort of unidirectional walking surface under your feet, the level of "reality" you feel will still be diminished. I know because I went through this when I bought my VFX-1 helmet. Even playing in a standing position and using a peripheral to control movement is still wonky and doesn't lend itself to the experience. It doesn't matter how good the headtracking, graphics or 3D effects are, nor how much they increase your field of vision. It won't lend itself well to FPS's, etc, simply because your brain knows you aren't moving.

Now, where this product WILL do better is in games where the character is still and the world moves around you. In other words, flight and driving simulators. Being able to look around a virtual cockpit, glancing into your rear view and side view mirrors, etc. Unfortunately there will still be the lack of g-forces affecting your body, but the effect won't be nearly as pronounced as the movement problems in a FPS. Unless of course you've got your chair sitting in the center of a gyroscope, like a mini version of Star Tours or any similar motion rides. I found where the effect was the most pronounced was when I stood next to the edge of a cliff or chasm and peered over the side, as well as looking down out of the cockpit as you banked left or right. The you *really* felt it.

So ultimately this will still be a gimmick. A pretty gimmick, but a gimmick nonetheless.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 02:03:

Ant wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 01:32:
I remember trying a two players VR game in college. Sheesh, those helmets were heavy for my little head.

Yeah they were heavy. But you're an Ant! Anything like that, should have been light as a feather.

Ant wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 01:32:
I remember trying a two players VR game in college. Sheesh, those helmets were heavy for my little head.

space captain wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 01:44:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 01:33:
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Kitkoan wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 01:33:
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PHJF wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 23:40:

GIGANTIC TRACKBALLS

space captain wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 01:27:
i remember people using cell phones in 97

we had cell phones back then

i remember drinking hot chocolate out of a muppets mug in 82

we had muppets mugs back then

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 23:56:
We had VR headsets back in '99 but they didn't take off then either, I guess we'll see take 2.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 23:56:
We had VR headsets back in '99 but they didn't take off then either, I guess we'll see take 2.

The problem with VR setups like this is until you get some sort of unidirectional walking surface under your feet, the level of "reality" you feel will still be diminished.