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Vasto on 08 February 2017

Microsoft has just unveiled a new VR game from upstart Human Interact that looks to be one of the most immersive VR games to date. Players take the roll of a Starship Commander as they try to win over the galaxy. Wearing a VR headset, not only are players put in the captain’s seat, but they also talk to allies and enemies and what is said influences the game. Two videos were released revealing the Oculus/Steam VR game; the first shows off the first gameplay and the second is a behind the scenes look at the development.

Check them out below:

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2017/02/07/microsoft-reveals-groundbreaking-vr-game-starship-commander/245784/


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thismeintiel on 08 February 2017

Groundbreaking is a bit of a stretch. Isn't this like the Star Trek game? Also would like so see actual gameplay.



 

SolidSnack on 08 February 2017

Microsoft hopes to break new ground with their in-development VR game, Starship Commander



Lafiel on 08 February 2017

doesn't look like this is actually from "Microsoft", but from an indie game dev using Microsoft speech recognition software

I'd expect MS to do something for their own VR HMD line-up they announced last year



SvennoJ on 08 February 2017

Do you do anything else besides say something at choice points? Perhaps the videos don't show all, but it seems an extremely linear dragon's lair type experience with voice control.

Anyway groundbreaking? Elite Dangerous supports speech recognition since 2014
https://www.pcgamesn.com/elite-dangerous/elite-dangerous-voice-pack-lets-you-talk-your-ship



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Kerotan on 08 February 2017

Not groundbreaking sorry!



Porcupine_I on 08 February 2017

Oh Microsoft, will you ever learn about over-hyping stuff?



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KBG29 on 08 February 2017
Porcupine_I said:
Oh Microsoft, will you ever learn about over-hyping stuff?

Milo!

It's Microsoft, man. Hype sells. 

 

I need to see more, but voice recognition is something that will really do well in VR.



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ironmanDX on 08 February 2017

Hype sells, it's a space exploration game...


Is this just the code name for no man's sky 2?



Pemalite on 08 February 2017
SvennoJ said:
Do you do anything else besides say something at choice points? Perhaps the videos don't show all, but it seems an extremely linear dragon's lair type experience with voice control.

Anyway groundbreaking? Elite Dangerous supports speech recognition since 2014
https://www.pcgamesn.com/elite-dangerous/elite-dangerous-voice-pack-lets-you-talk-your-ship

The PC has supported voice-recognition for the last 20-odd years.
You could even map certain voice lines to input for games.

But that's a hack-and-bolt solution, not something elegant. With that said, using voice to augment your controller/keyboard/mouse is awesome, Wish more games would do it... That was actually one of the best things about Kinect, the voice commands.



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