I've used VR, and frankly, I was afraid to move because I feared tripping over something in my immediate vicinity that I couldn't see. There's no way I would have tried to sit on something displayed to me in the goggles because my brain on both a conscious and subconscious level was well aware that I was looking at something artificial that didn't exist in the real world. I think people who would try to sit on a virtual chair are the kind of people who still think computers are magic.

That's not "presence", that's good old fashioned stupidity. You'd have to be a moron to try and sit in a virtual chair that any rational person would know isn't actually there.

DarthBuzzardVR induces presence which means it can induce realism to the point where your brain subconsciously believes it's real.

Are you a shill? Because that sound like b*llocks to me. Where is your already no doubt very questionable source?

much more precise control over your movements

This is will give you but the precision is dependant on how steadily you can hold your head.

depth perception helps you judge distances [for platforming]

Does VR tech include depth of field. Is this not just a standard polygonal technique using the blur effect?

There are loads of big developers making games for it.

Are those the developers responsible for that game of super bizarre dolly smashing game?

The problem with VR is not the games or the lack thereof, it´s the disconnect there is between the headset, controls and what you see on screen.

If you have tried VR, I bet you have at least once or twice been ripped out of the immersion because of the horrible controls or the horrible wired headset

So until you get controls which can feel as genuine as hands, you can link all the strange video sources you want of games where you see "two arms doing shit" because when it comes to actually playing it, you will either have a gamepad or horrible Oculus or Vive controls in your hands which never will feel real and always remind you that they are there.

@davillain-: Anymore questions? No, good.

No questions initially. I am a strictly one way information dispenser.

I feel like VR is so much more interesting as a way to reboot the worlds of Arcade era in ways. But as of right now, the main problem is it seems everyone is pushing for a costumer-owned experience and IMO, its a bad idea for now and not alot to go by since VR is still in it's early infant stage.

What is the 'worlds of Arcade' and what is a 'customer owned-experience'?

You see, when you start talking about vr the bs starts to flow so thick and strong.

VR is in it's advanced stages. It's been worked on since the early 90's; that's thirty years or so mature.

All those things you said it could do are just being a screen. The head movement tracking is irrelevant.

It's not useful in engineering 'therapy' or education. What therapy is this? Is is some stupid story pulled from some hack online blog? Thought so.

There's only one thing it's useful for and that is controlling remote vehicles and interactive movies. Which is two things.

Neither of those things were games.

I think alot of the enthusiasm is for what it could be rather than what it offers at the moment.

Litchie VR is cool. Everyone who likes games should think so.

If you're hoping for realism, then forget it because Unreal Engine is not quite there yet.

If you're hoping for gameplay, you have made a fundamental error as there are no advantages in this respect. Only immersion. That immersion only works if the game is involving and engrossing and for the few games that even support it.

I'm seeing alot of shovelware on this platform. No big developers are developing for it. \

It is a toy alot of people regret buying but they are dumb because of course it's sh*t. These are the people that make me have to watch a film in 3d because there are no 2d spaces left and I have to sit like a d*ck in 3d which doesn't work in a film which is 30% darker and I can't even see the picture properly.

VR is just the most pointless thing.

Even if it did work perfectly and it was as easy as wearing tanning shades (for those booths). I would be bored before too long unless the game was actually good.

Otherwise. It doesn't seem like so much a gaming device as another input device which is also an output device. I don't think it's future is in games. It would only work in vehicle cockpits as otherwise you will be required to look around too much as field of view is limited to the amount of direction you can turn your head.