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setsunatenshi on 30 September 2016
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Vertigo-X said:
setsunatenshi said:

except the flaw in that argument is that the virtual boy was admitedly a piece of shit. Show me the Eve Valkyrie or Dirt Rally type of games you could have played in the virtual boy back in the day? Batman VR? Ace Combat? Resident Evil 7?

yes, if the tech will mature, you should expect to see amazingly immersive games in VR (like full on MMOs). at the moment, at the very least you'll see competent games that millions of people will enjoy.

Lol, please. If you had some semblance of reading comprehension, you'd have realized I'm not directly comparing the two like you just did. Using the VB was illustrative of just how ineffective current VR capabilities will be.

 

After the novelty of using your head to look around in the gameworld wears off, it's exactly the same as looking at a TV. It's a gimmick much like the Wii Remote was; what can you do with this that you couldn't do before? It's not a major shift in capabilities or accessibility.

What can you do that you couldn't do before? Immersion. The sense of 'being' inside the game. Tricking your brain into feeling you're actually the character in the game. For now the best experiences in my oppinion will be 'cockpit' ones. Flying an airplane, spaceship, car, mech, etc. Once the hardware gets powerful enough I'm 100% convinced we'll jump into more connected worlds. Fist bump with your friends right before attacking the raid boss and wave everyone goodbye when you're ready to leave.

I'd really be curious to hear what current VR experience have you had that made you go back to the virtual boy as a comparison. I'm starting to suspect you've never tried one, or both of those.