How will these work if you wear reading glasses?
How will these work if you wear reading glasses?
When do they expect to start selling a consumer set?
That's how they demoed it. You can mouse your aim independent from your camera. It seems a little sloppy though IMO, like at times you overshoot your target or move your head slightly and lose your tracking. I dunno how that can be corrected, even if it can.
I said one mode they did exactly this...I described it exactly.The problem is you turn your head and see an enemy, but you also have to move the mouse that direction. Which simply does not work well for getting shots off precisely.It can be corrected simply by position tracking each individually. In other words, your mouse has a specific orientation based at your characters position in the map, and your head/eyes have another orientation. Moving the mouse only moves the orientation of the gun/body, and moving your head only moves orientation of your head/view. There are still some issues with this, but it is closer to reality and resolves the problems of moving your head slightly affecting your aim.
That said, most games are not setup to be able to take advantage of this concept, and would need to be re-worked to add support. But once the main game engines adopt support, there will be no real problem. What the Rift really shows good support for immersion is simulation games which you are in a cockpit or seat, where your body in reality and in the game is doing essentially the same thing (turning your head to see out through the cockpit windows in different directions in a seated position, with the controls still in the same location... Other games may have issues with vertigo set in due to the body in the game changing directions without the body in real life actually doing the same thing (just move a mouse).
Stuff like that are much more impressive to me than looking around in games where I still have to move a mouse or analog stick to control my aim. If they can put out things like this, I'll be sold.
I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of this, but a few months back, I was watching a concert, and a thought came to me, "Why not have this in VR?" I was tempted to build the end product, which would essentially be a camera array that creates a seamless 360 degree, mostly spherical image. The idea is that the end result being transmitted to the Rift would actually just be a cut-out from the entire image. Then I also considered that the camera array would also need to have multiple microphones inserted at points. As a user turns their head, you'd need to mux the different microphone inputs at different levels to simulate what the user would be hearing. Some may suggest to just have the cameras/microphones turn, but the idea is to allow the same feed to support a lot of users.
I've been tempted to build a prototype of it a few times, but I've never been much of a hardware guy, so it'd probably be much more of a hodgepodge than the original Oculus Rift was.
This is definitely another area where VR will shine. Concerts, sporting events, etc.
One thing I know is going to happen is people will create simulations for various deaths. Like falling off of a skyscraper, drowning, getting hit by a train, attacked by a shark, etc. I think it's kinda creepy, but you know there will be loads of people who would get a thrill out of it, and so the simulations will be made to serve demand. On the flip side, we'll get to experience things like Indiana Jones with all the snakes around you, or skydiving over a Hawaiian coast, or instant replays from the viewpoint of a player.
This is definitely another area where VR will shine. Concerts, sporting events, etc.
One thing I know is going to happen is people will create simulations for various deaths. Like ... attacked by a shark
You're right about horror games. A game that could work great with VR is the old Playstation 'Fatal Frame' games. The scariest game I've ever played (Fatal Frame 2, never played 1 or 3), you were investigating a haunted mansion, and your only weapon is a camera. Really scary stuff, and I can only imagine how it would play in VR... I better not, or I'll have nightmares... again.Heh... that was actually one of Sony's demos for the Morpheus! Although, you were in a cage, so it wasn't as much of a death simulator thing.
Overall, you may be onto an interesting angle. I mean... what about horror games? They're really all about immersion as a way to scare people. That new game Midnight at Teddy's or whatever it is could be interesting with the Rift. If I remember correctly, you're pretty much just sitting and watching monitors the whole time, so imagine if you could look around with the Rift.
After reading the responses, I'm beginning to see the most value in scenerios where the player is moving in the game world but anchored in one position, such as driving and/or flying. It's just going to be tricky going back and forth from my HOTAS to my keyboard to my mouse to the HOTAS without being able to see them. Simple WASD controls are fine but moving my hand from my throttle to hit some specific letter without lifting the device and breaking the experience is gonna be tricky.
I think it would depend on the HOTAS you have. I have a X55 and the big knobs and toggle switches are easy to feel out. However, it did take me a while to get used to not glancing down when I started to play primarily with the Oculus in Elite Dangerous.
Sounds great, so I expect the set to cost a couple of hundred bucks so the majority of gamers can buy them correct? Or are we talking about a couple grand?
I think it would depend on the HOTAS you have. I have a X55 and the big knobs and toggle switches are easy to feel out. However, it did take me a while to get used to not glancing down when I started to play primarily with the Oculus in Elite Dangerous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37NNTxWqSY&list=UU4_bwov47DseacR1-ttTdOg
Ok so I've been watching Boogie2988 play with an Oculus Rift. Am I the only one that has absolutely zero interest in this device? I don't want one for the same reason I refuse to pay extra to see films in 3D. Once you get past the first 15 minutes of cool factor, it becomes gimmicky.
I guess I should wait and see before passing judgment, but if people are going to use it for anything other than FPS or driving games with a controller, how are we supposed to see our keyboard?
What are everyone's thoughts? Does anyone think this will actually become a solid gaming device or are you more like me which see it as an expensive, limited use device?