[QUOTE=HardcoreSadism]I'm guessing none of us are going to wait before dismissing VR?
Doesn't surprise me in the least.[/QUOTE]
Read the topic title - I am dismissing the hype.
I think just about every video I have seen on it has been the same - a rail ride tour where you look around and that's it. And it is so amazing - I can't help but swear every 3 seconds! Because I am on YOUTUBE experiencing VR - and you have to imagine how awesome it is!
Paul, feel free to post an 'impressive' video, then.
If this is such amazing tech and it is SO CLOSE to coming out - where are the game play demos? Because this is not going to fly - its too expensive to be some kind of bad movie experience. That demo took no imagination at all, I got bored watching it the first time through, and bumped ahead to the end, so where is the staying power?
If Sony is investing heavy in this, looks like another strike for them.
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Segatarious1
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ZetaX1
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The problem with gameplay videos from this thing is that they're never going to look different (screen-wise, visually) from a regular screen-grab. A video of COD being played on this would look the same as COD being played on a regular monitor. Without being able to see the field-of-view filling, always right in front of you 3-D images, and experiencing the fact that one of your traditional controller's actions have been replaced by actually moving your head and looking around, I can imagine it's hard to tell what this sort of experience would feel like.
I agree that these sort of ride-along demos aren't freakishly impressive, but there have been actual interactive game mock-ups made for this, and I think the whole thing is interesting, though perhaps not the most practicle.
At best, I can imagine it only becoming a niche thing, mostly for PCs.
I agree that these sort of ride-along demos aren't freakishly impressive, but there have been actual interactive game mock-ups made for this, and I think the whole thing is interesting, though perhaps not the most practicle.
At best, I can imagine it only becoming a niche thing, mostly for PCs.
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Atarifever1
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This looks incredible. It looks revolutionary. It is backed by Facebook, the kings of social media. It is backed by Sony, arguably the current king of games. It has mind-blowing potential. It isn't going to go anywhere.
Know why 3D is slowly becoming niche for a few big blockbusters and re-releases? Know why everyone you know doesn't have a 3D TV? Because it is anti-social. Sitting home with your wife and kids watching a movie you can't look away from, where you have to remove your glasses to answer the door, where you have to wear sunglasses in the house, where you have to hope your little kid doesn't try to pull off your glasses while you stare at the TV head on just to watch 3 minutes of a news report is an unnatural and anti-social way to behave. It is niche because it is only useful at very specific times. At a theatre is one of those times, but even there you have to wear sunglasses in an already dark place, where you have to remove them to go pee, where you have to try to keep focused instead of leaning over to whisper to the people you're with.
This is that times a million. "Hey honey, let's go play Mario Kart! Don't turn it up too loud though, as we're both in headphones and we won't hear the baby crying. Lock the doors, as we're as totally blind to the outside world as we are when we're asleep, just we're more distracted and less likely to hear something. Try not to jump up if you win, because you might take your drink off the coffee table, since you can't see it." Sounds fun. The alternative is to lock yourself into a room, then lock yourself to the console, then lock yourself into total audiovisual isolation, not just from outside the room, but even from inside it. It won't work. It is against our biology and the way we are wired and it won't end up feeling fun. It'll feel dirty and gross. Everyone will think they love it, then they'll do it for any real length of time, then they'll hate it.
Know why 3D is slowly becoming niche for a few big blockbusters and re-releases? Know why everyone you know doesn't have a 3D TV? Because it is anti-social. Sitting home with your wife and kids watching a movie you can't look away from, where you have to remove your glasses to answer the door, where you have to wear sunglasses in the house, where you have to hope your little kid doesn't try to pull off your glasses while you stare at the TV head on just to watch 3 minutes of a news report is an unnatural and anti-social way to behave. It is niche because it is only useful at very specific times. At a theatre is one of those times, but even there you have to wear sunglasses in an already dark place, where you have to remove them to go pee, where you have to try to keep focused instead of leaning over to whisper to the people you're with.
This is that times a million. "Hey honey, let's go play Mario Kart! Don't turn it up too loud though, as we're both in headphones and we won't hear the baby crying. Lock the doors, as we're as totally blind to the outside world as we are when we're asleep, just we're more distracted and less likely to hear something. Try not to jump up if you win, because you might take your drink off the coffee table, since you can't see it." Sounds fun. The alternative is to lock yourself into a room, then lock yourself to the console, then lock yourself into total audiovisual isolation, not just from outside the room, but even from inside it. It won't work. It is against our biology and the way we are wired and it won't end up feeling fun. It'll feel dirty and gross. Everyone will think they love it, then they'll do it for any real length of time, then they'll hate it.
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Astrosmasher1
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I want one for my Atari Jaguar!
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Astrosmasher1
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Oh I forgot SegaT didnt Nintendo try it with their Virtual Boy and fail miserably. No one bought it.
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Segatarious1
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[QUOTE=Astrosmasher]Oh I forgot SegaT didnt Nintendo try it with their Virtual Boy and fail miserably. No one bought it.[/QUOTE]
That's right.
And Nintendo even made games for Virtual Boy.
So far all I have seen here is dude bro's making 'opera's' (Ride in a boat, go random places through portals while orchestrated music plays???) and a ride on a virtual roller coaster.
That's right.
And Nintendo even made games for Virtual Boy.
So far all I have seen here is dude bro's making 'opera's' (Ride in a boat, go random places through portals while orchestrated music plays???) and a ride on a virtual roller coaster.
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HardcoreSadism1
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ITT people will be mean to me when I play virtual reality games.
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pacguy191
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[QUOTE=Segatarious]That's right.
And Nintendo even made games for Virtual Boy.
So far all I have seen here is dude bro's making 'opera's' (Ride in a boat, go random places through portals while orchestrated music plays???) and a ride on a virtual roller coaster.[/QUOTE]
Mario Tennis.
The Virtual Boy was head and shoulders above the dudebros apparently.
And Nintendo even made games for Virtual Boy.
So far all I have seen here is dude bro's making 'opera's' (Ride in a boat, go random places through portals while orchestrated music plays???) and a ride on a virtual roller coaster.[/QUOTE]
Mario Tennis.
The Virtual Boy was head and shoulders above the dudebros apparently.
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