Virtual Reality?
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- autoflavour0
you know what i dont want to believe..
that its not butter
- ernexbcn0
I have the Playstation VR preordered, people that tried it say it's decent stuff, of course not as awesome as HTC Vive.
- Nairn0
OK, so the hardware's out there - but what about the software?
I don't know of any games that are compatible - nor any sites or works - anyone here know of anything?
Anyone ever had any involvement?
- ribit0
We were using VR since about 10 yrs ago for regular design reviews at General Motors Design, mainly large wall displays and the CAVE for showing interiors (with polarizing goggles for the stereo bit, cheaper for presenting to like 20 people at once)... but immersive VR seems to have stalled about 1997?
I tried a system with (huge) head-mounted goggles and force-feedback gloves at Siggraph...see here:
http://www.cardesignnews.com/sit…Seems like all the hardware bits work fine, sense of being in that space was really strong, but the model displayed was a bit basic, looks like its just a case of developing the particular application more, and getting people to want it and to pay for the software/product development..
For immersive games... I want flight and driving simulators... easy to do since there's no walking to simulate...
- nb0
I want to start getting into VR. Don't want to sink a ton of money into it until some of the new cameras come out. Mostly want to video stuff and mess around with it. I've had a lot of experience with the Oculus (but only as a user, and I don't have access to one anymore).
I'm going to get a new phone and a Mattel viewer or a Cardboard.
The question is: should I go Android with the Nexus 5x? Or get an iPhone SE. Which is going to better if I want to start making/testing my own VR content?
- GeorgesII0
lol, this is a major bump
- Dodecahedron0
Industrial and scientific uses haven't stopped, I'm sure its only gotten more prevalent as tech has progressed. But yeah commercially it has been side tracked. I think because initially it was really amazing and high tech but became a trivial gimmick as the net and DVD and gaming consoles etc were quickly reaching their potential and were easily mass produced and marketed.
- registe0
buy a new build house now days and the contractor will likely show you a virtual tour of your floor plan, if on a computer you'll be able to wander around on your own.
also virtual reality is used a lot in mining and drilling to explore geosurveys deep into the ground for density changes before ever drilling an inch
as far as gaming? no better today that it was 10 years ago as far as public offerings imo
- sted0
- scarabin0
well ps3 already has 3d games, seems like all they need to do is introduce goggles that use sensors to track head movement. game play would use the move controls.
it's all easily within our realm of capability, i think people are just gun-shy because of what happened with nintendo's virtual boy (which i had, and it was AWESOME)
- virtualboy was awesome?! omg it was shit. Everything was red and nothing was actually 3dDodecahedron
- it was the 90s man, game boy had only one color too, and it was totally 3d! expecting CoD on it is ridiculousscarabin
- detritus-3
"Amount of pixels needed to make VR less crap may set your PC on fire"