Fool me, this is real good shit ! [the VR thread]

[Dio]

That's VRDC day at GDC.

[ElfQrin]

This looks promising:

MozVR

We are the Mozilla VR team. Our goal is to help bring high-performance virtual reality to the open web.

[Misfit]

Did anyone pre-order a Vive?

I was tempted as I'd likely get it before the Oculus I ordered as I'm well down the queue. But $799 turned into £746.60 delivered which just seemed too much of a price hike over the £529 Rift even with the more advanced controllers....

[Deckard]

This is all going to be niche central till the price drops.....

[Misfit]

This is all going to be niche central till the price drops.....

Same with any new tech.

Cheaper than the last phone I bought.

[Mqark]

I'm sure the Vive will be great, and I think Sony VR will be very nice too. I have however committed to one particular PC tethered VR system so I'm going to stick with that. I don't think I'll want to VR on the PS4 but the option is always there if I do. My portable VR needs are still fulfilled by the Gear.

I wouldn't fret about having made the right choice or not, you've committed, and that's good. You can't earn an early adopter badge if you dilly-dally

[Misfit]

I wouldn't fret about having made the right choice or not, you've committed, and that's good. You can't earn an early adopter badge if you dilly-dally

I'm not fretting. Well only about having to wait!

The £220 difference on something I know I won't use a huge amount has given me some patience. The fact I want Eve more than the the Vive games helps and to be honest, right now I want VR to give me the cockpit experience. I want to fly and drive things. I don't want to wander around the room getting tangled up in wires....

[Muttley]

Confirmation that Elite: Dangerous will have full support for CV1 rift at launch: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/elite ... ft-launch/

[Bod]

Excellent.

[techno12]

Anyone tried the BBC Click 'world first' 360?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3zeH-YEHkE

I've just installed Virtual Desktop and tried the first 5 minutues of it from there (it downloads it first, 1.5gig) on my DK2 - pretty impressive stuff!

[Mqark]

Ouch!

[pogo]

Ouch yes. Trying to work out what’s going on. She does not trip, is not pulled over by the cord. It looks like she is tricked by what she is seeing to thinking there is something she can lean on. Which is good that it’s that convincing but also scary. Maybe they need to come with an age warning.

[gumboot]

The way she reaches it looks like there's something in her way, which is why she doesn't bring her feet under her.

And she's little, so naturally uncoordinated.

[venusian]

What she's seeing is on the screen behind her. Looks like a step or a block or something.

[pogo]

That’s what I was basing my guess on. Had a look online and the source titles it Hard lesson on leaning on virtual desks.

And found this video of how an adult, one in the gaming industry (Ben Kuchera) who knows all about these things, ends up confused about what is real and virtual.

That’s in a “game” which is static, simple and undemanding. Imagine a more demanding game, and consumers who are all new to this. There will be quite a few broken controllers, maybe quite a few cracked headsets.