SvennoJ said:
VGPolyglot said:
Like how with Doom VFR instead of general movement it's just teleportation, and other games do the same I believe.
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There is movement on psvr with the DS4 or the gun thing, both have issues though. I kept swapping between DS4 for run and gun, and the gun thing (what's the name) for big battles. Clearly it was designed for teleportation and ported to movement as a lot of things don't make sense.
Peh said:
I can't say much about psvr. I know that the tech is kinda, well, let's say vive and rift can do way more like precise tracking and letting you walk around in a defined space or circle. You always see the boundaries, so you can't walk into objects if you have set it up correctly.
Valve even offers a tutorial for people trying it out for the first time:
https://youtu.be/Kg7gPiz8-SU
When I intoduce new people to VR, I take the very slow way of them getting adjusted to it. Let them play with the physics and getting a clue about the controls. Not necessarly letting them play a game where locomotion is being used. It was pretty hilarious when I let my mom try it out. I put her on some kind of mountain and this was just too real for her. So she went on screaming >.<
Getting back to the psvr, I hope that Sony supports it with their next gen console. They could do way more with it, but it depends if their customers are also willing to go further.
When I looked for a VR headset, I wanted to get the best one available around with the best support. Really good tracking is a must for me. So, since I don't like Facebook, I went with HTC Vive. After trying it out for some time, I went for the Pro to get the higher resolution. But the higher res comes with a way higher cost of resources, so here I am hoping for the next gen GPU's.
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The vive controller at least has a defined way to hold them with clear buttons. New people can't even figure out which way is up on move, especially not with the headset on.
Some games show you the boundaries of the play area on psvr, most do not though.
Did you play Fallout on Vive? I played Skyrim on psvr for 130 hours with full locomotion and dual move controllers. Once you have it dialed in it works pretty good. However it does fumble now and then with the bow when you're pulling the move back in front on the headset. The ps4 doesn't like the lights overlapping. Comfort level was fine, only in the tilted ship did I feel some nausea. Everything tilted at 30 degrees in VR while sitting straight on a couch feels very wrong.
Immersion level is great though. My 6 year old couldn't stand the lost bear already, too scary. It's a 2D platformer playing out on stage while you watch it in a theater that changes around you. Some things come out of the play area towards you, that was too much lol.
My favorite game to introduce people is Wayward sky. It has a fun play area in the menu select section and is a simple point and click game. Or let them watch Allumette as you can walk around the set and look in and under things as the movie plays out. No controller needed.
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I played fallout on my vive pro. It's a blurry mess that ran really bad. The framedrops caused motion sickness. When I reached the vault, it was pretty unplayable for me. I got a refund. I desperately need a gpu which is way faster than the gtx1070. It would probably work fine with the normal vive. But the vive pro takes a lot of ressources. Nevertheless, as far as I have seen, fallout is a bad VR game which could be soooo much more. There are some videos oon youtube which take fallout 4 vr apart. Havn't tried Skyrim, though.
So, this makes me thinking when people say that they wait for higher res HMD's. Higher res will need way more power and that power could take some years until it is here. Or rather, a lot of money. As of now, I enjoy what's currently on the market and upgrade when the time is right.
@Viv,
I really hope that VR will survive in order to see the next gen. Development is pretty strong. The gaming market is not the only field where it will be used.
