Pyrian on 14/10/2016 at 21:03
A brief timeline of modern VR:
Oculus: "Hey, this'll be cool for games."
Facebook: "No, this'll be cool for EVERYTHING!"
Carmack: "Uh, could y'all please make some real games?"
Sony: "Get your real games right here."
It's starting to look an awful lot like PS:VR outright wins this cycle. And it came out just a few hours ago.
Fafhrd on 15/10/2016 at 05:15
Raw Data is having a free weekend on Steam. I've played it at work and didn't really love it, but I just tried a round on my home PC and liked it a lot more (though the reloading for the gun dude was weirdly dodgy for me).
Any Vive-owning TTLGers up for co-op?
Thirith on 15/10/2016 at 09:04
Quote Posted by Pyrian
It's starting to look an awful lot like PS:VR outright wins this cycle. And it came out just a few hours ago.
Do you mean in terms of which one sells best? In that case I agree with you, but it's also what most of the people I've been talking to have been expecting for a while. The PSVR is the cheapest of the lot and it doesn't require hefty hardware to run it.
In all other respects, though, I find that the different headsets are complementary. PSVR is most likely to make VR mainstream, or at least mainstreamish. It's geared towards living room gaming, which makes it more social. The PC headsets, on the other hand, are more open platforms in that you can develop and release stuff for them relatively easily. There's more experimentation. The tech is better, by and large, so you can play more demanding games. (Something like
Elite Dangerous wouldn't be doable on PSVR without massive changes.) The
Unreal editor allows for previews in VR and you can export for VR very easily.
IMO, one of the things VR needs to succeed (although we'd have to discuss what exactly succeeding means) is breadth, in various respects. You need cheap VR to introduce more people to it --> Gear VR and similar devices. You need a more mainstream device that is better than mobile VR and, while more expensive, isn't prohibitively so --> PSVR. You need platforms that are higher-end and for the niche/enthusiast audience, and you need platforms that allow for experimentation --> Oculus Rift and SteamVR.
@Fafhrd: I've heard very good things about
Raw Data, but I've got Oculus Rift. Once the Touch controllers are out, I'm happy to check it out - though that won't help you for this weekend.
henke on 26/11/2016 at 13:09
So apprently the Vive is €799 this weekend, €100 cheaper than usual, and I'm feeling the pull to pick one up. I just moved into a new appartment and, just like Yakoob, I'm suffering from the first world problem of having too much floorspace that I don't know what to do with. At roughly 3x3 meters it would be ideal space for a Vive.
Inline Image:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90297811/Photos/floorspace.jpg(excuse the mess, I'm still unpacking)
I'm being pulled between my desire to pick one of these up and my more sensible side which tells me to wait till the next generation of VR, which will no doubt be a big improvement in several areas, or at least wait to see how the Oculus Touch measures up.
Thirith on 26/11/2016 at 13:23
I don't think the next generation of VR will come before 2019, not so much because of VR itself, but because the main next steps (other than wireless) will be: higher FOV and higher resolution. The latter will need heftier PCs and graphics cards.
With respect to Oculus Touch, it should be coming out very soon, or at least this is what Oculus mailed me. Definitely curious to see the difference motion controls make; most of my VR gaming so far has been Elite, but I am interested in seeing to what extent motion controls add to the sense of presence.
Yakoob on 26/11/2016 at 22:19
Doesn't look too barren actually, seems comfy. Where did you move to now?
Pyrian on 26/11/2016 at 23:22
Sooo... Were you ironing your ladybug costume?
henke on 27/11/2016 at 09:32
Hahaha, that's a couple of carpets on the ironing board.
And I'm still in Vasa, Koobs, but slightly more central.
Yakoob on 27/11/2016 at 11:25
Still surrounded by quaint trees and lakes?
henke on 27/11/2016 at 15:40
Not as much as in the old neighbourhood, but you're never too far from trees and lakes here. :)
