HoloDust said:
SvennoJ said:
There's still plenty excitement, PSVR2 has a great BF price, let's see how it does. Since the PCVR adapter PSVR2 is now also seen as a good headset for PC.
The technology is the future, but not in it's current helmet form. But that will be solved, just like mobile phones didn't catch on until they actually fit in your pocket.
And currently everything has stalled in the fallout of the pandemic :/ PSVR2 got dealt a bad hand but Sony seems committed to continue with VR. GT7 just had a great update for PSVR2 trying out a new reprojection (frame doubling) technique making it feel like native 120 fps.
Btw 3D hasn't just stalled, it has faded away (3D movies). PS5 doesn't even support 3D blu-ray. (does support PSVR1)
But we're in a weird situation atm. Meta is losing between 3 to 4 billion dollars each quarter on VR, heavily subsidizing the headsets and games. While that is great for VR adoption, it is also stifling for advances in VR games, as most are made to work on a mobile chipset. People are begging to play popular AAA games in VR, hybrid games is what they want and what will drive adoption. Not mobile games in VR that look like PS3/360 games. |
Hm..I wouldn't call Batman Arkham Shadow, Metro Awakening or upcoming Alien: Rouge Incursion mobile games with PS360 level of visuals. Nor would I call that Asgard's Wrath 2 from last year. |
They run on mobile hardware and look like this
(Except much grayer in the headset, not real HDR, grey blacks)
It feels like playing a ps3/360 game in VR. It feels 2 generations behind RE8 / CotM.
While the games are still fine, they are not a selling point to lure people over used to flat console gaming. Metro Awakening doesn't even reach what it did on PS3/360. You never get to the surface, all game you're stuck in repetitive tunnel environments.
Plus Metro 2033 on 360 was more detailed
So I'm being generous calling them ps3/360 level of visuals...
But since it runs at a locked 60 fps, it's what I imagine ps3/360 could have done at a locked 60 fps.
Maybe a fairer comparison (I didn't get that far yet in Metro Awakening)
Metro 2033 XBox 360
Anyway I hope they fix the HDR for PSVR2, that would improve immersion 10x already.
