Agent.X7 wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 16:52:Atoth wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 14:44:
Another worthless piece of plastic that will be sitting on your desk because it doesn't work well in the games you play or it strains your eyes too much that you'll only be able to use it for a couple of hours. It'll be a shitty overpriced display with crappy refresh rates that just make everything look awful and stretched out. Fools and their money for useless gadgets that don't really bring a lot to the table. It'll collect dust and you'll just keep telling yourself that some major game or something else will came out that eventually takes full advantage of it, but it won't. Otherwise you'll just be looked at like an idiot with a piece of head gear on twirling your head around like a moron.
Cutter, did you make a second account?
However, I'm in agreement that this will probably just end up another useless toy collecting dust for most people.
Atoth wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 14:44:
Another worthless piece of plastic that will be sitting on your desk because it doesn't work well in the games you play or it strains your eyes too much that you'll only be able to use it for a couple of hours. It'll be a shitty overpriced display with crappy refresh rates that just make everything look awful and stretched out. Fools and their money for useless gadgets that don't really bring a lot to the table. It'll collect dust and you'll just keep telling yourself that some major game or something else will came out that eventually takes full advantage of it, but it won't. Otherwise you'll just be looked at like an idiot with a piece of head gear on twirling your head around like a moron.
NegaDeath wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 15:15:dj LiTh wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 14:58:
Nintendo power glove that goes with it or no sale (mine broke).
Its so bad.
theyarecomingforyou wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 13:52:
For it to work with FPS games the aim will have to be independent of the motion tracking. At the moment they've demoed it with the controller being able to move the camera as well as the head tracking, which looks like a nightmare.
Cutter wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 15:20:
The balance issues are physical - inner ear - and you acclimate to it. When I used to work at the CN Tower they even talk about it in training. It takes a week or two to physically acclimate to the height and get over the vertigo. It's how steelworkers can cope with working at heights. Initially when I used to look out the window of the tower I'd get vertigo. After about 10 days it was gone, and I'd go sit on the ledge looking out a window. Same thing if you spend a lot of time sailing on the water. When you get back to land, everything is all wobbly for a little bit.
And as for the eye thing, that's the same with glasses. At that close your eyes really aren't doing any work so they relax. Once they have to start working again it can take 15-30 mins to re-adjust.
However, I'm in agreement that this will probably just end up another useless toy collecting dust for most people.
dj LiTh wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 14:58:
Nintendo power glove that goes with it or no sale (mine broke).
Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 14:48:
What makes me curious is how well it would work on those of us with brain injuries especially in the occipital lobe. I like the idea, the premise, and all the rest. But things like 3d TV, glasses, and so on don't work properly for me. Either I get blinding headaches, or giant splotches where the image should be but there's nothing.
1badmf wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 13:39:
but seriously, sony and MS eventually started turning profit on ps3 and 360 even though they gradually lowered the price of each because the cost of manufacturing goes down over time, always does.
DangerDog wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 14:31:True on that, but the brain is pretty adaptable at things like that. Including reversing your vision, it'll quickly figure out what's wrong and correct it. Even to the point of reorienting the images so it makes sense again. Not so much in those under 18 apparently but adults? No problem. What makes me curious is how well it would work on those of us with brain injuries especially in the occipital lobe. I like the idea, the premise, and all the rest. But things like 3d TV, glasses, and so on don't work properly for me. Either I get blinding headaches, or giant splotches where the image should be but there's nothing.
I'm more concerned about the negative effects on your vision than motion sickness. Having your eyesight bug out for half an hour after taking them off doesn't sound healthy.
Creston wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 13:05:haha that totally should've been one of those internet steps to profit people do.Shataan wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 10:45:
what they should do, is deliver it with a decent high rez display.... and take a bit of a loss much like Sony did with the PS 3.
So this company that makes exactly one product, should take a bit of a loss on that one product, and then have no way whatsoever to recoup that loss?
What's the next step? ... profit?
Frijoles wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 13:20:Creston wrote on Dec 13, 2013, 13:06:
I wonder if taking dramamine would help. But in any case, yeah, it just seems a normal bodily reaction to any kind of motion that's ... out-of-sync (so to speak).
According to the Oculus forums on Reddit, it can help. I eat ginger cookies and drink ginger ale (the ginger ale helps a lot). It sounds like most people eventually just get used to it until one day you notice you're not getting sick anymore. In fact, they've said that around Oculus, they have a bit of trouble finding people to test some of the setups because none of them are getting sick anymore, so they had trouble determining if changes they're making are helping or not.