| FromDK said: First.. your opinion is your own.. peace.. :) but you may not see the full picture.. There are ways to come totally in.. in person.. I know one that had tried most of the sets.. and was ok.. that could be some.. But when he tried one that has a cam pointing out that make his hands appear in VR too.. he was blown away.. totally.. its like you are there.. for real.. that means that "social entertainment" will actully be taken to the next level.. you can be in the living room with people on the other side of world.. or friends that are at there own homes. (a VR "play on tv with friends" app should be one of the first to arrive.. it may not be super graphic first year.. or have the posibility to use your own face/body.. but VR is insane "social" becourse it has the ability to get people in same room.. even if they not are) |
Don't worry, I'm not agressive and totally open to people's opinions :P. On topic, I don't know, simulate a room to be with other people while you're in your own room alone seems... odd and weird. I get that a lot of people might find this attractive, and that's fine. It's just that I don't find any appeal and I think VR would take people of the real world, like a drug. Like I said, I don't like it, but if people find this techonology attractive, fine, unless it completely absorb the more traditional gaming which I found much more appealing. I find it cool for more inmersive experiences like a horror game or something like that. It will add to the experience. But just for that, to feel the atmosphere of a certain game more. I find dangerous that VR takes more realistic aspects, as a lot of people could be totally absorbed by it. Although I admit I'm a very traditional person in this subject. I found weird and odd Skype so it's my problem more than anything else.
| ArnoldRimmer said: I doubt that VR will be popular for local multiplayer situations like you describe. When people have friends around, they will probably rather go for other types of games. But let's face it, playing local multiplayer video games is the exception, not the default nowadays. I'd say at least 75% of the time people are playing videogames they're not playing local multiplayer, they're playing alone instead. I believe the same point you made could as well be brought up against online multiplayer.
@all: You know what I find strange? There seem to be lots of people out there who have extremely negative emotions when it comes to VR, at times openly saying that they "hate" VR and hope that it will fail. Why is a simple piece of technology (that they simply couldn't care about if they think it's not interesting) causing such strong negative emotions in them? Where does all that hate come from? |
Yeah, I agee, local multiplayer is pretty much dissapearing. People don't usually meet to play games in the same room. I always find that depressing, because I still play with my friends everyday and I find that way more fun and social and healthy. I don't usually play online multiplayer in any game, so, yeah, the same point could be brought up against that. But I find VR more dangerous. Inmersion and simulation of dangerously realistic worlds could take people on another dimension, and be completely away from their real lifes. I know, it's almost sci-fi stuff and paranoic, but let's see what happens. I'm afraid that this piece of technology could be so much more than just that.
EDIT: Yeah, I've just seen the technophobia post above, and that could be very much applied to me, I won't lie.
