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VR seems like the perfect avenue for the horror/thriller genre of video games. Imagine playing a P.T.-like game with a VR headset. The two seem like they can go hand in hand. I would personally never play it though, because that would be crazy terrifying.



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bananaking21 said:
Imaginedvl said:

You know on Sept. 9th we are doing an Xbox One lan party; everybody bringing their console at my place with TVs etc. (before some smart asses says you cannot play Destiny on local network); and you know what we are going to have some drinks, food, look at each others TV, etc... Have fun together in short.

Must be really fun to do that with VR google/whatever device on the head...


if only there was a way to play a PS4 without VR. 

 

we are all fucked. 

Do not be so harsh. After all; based on today numbers only 10m people are fucked :) At least 5m will fine!



After watching so many anime about people getting stuck in VR MMOs, I'll pass.

If this does as well as Move, this is a big success already. (12 million+ sold, I think.)



 
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Imaginedvl said:

You know on Sept. 9th we are doing an Xbox One lan party; everybody bringing their console at my place with TVs etc. (before some smart asses says you cannot play Destiny on local network); and you know what we are going to have some drinks, food, look at each others TV, etc... Have fun together in short.

Must be really fun to do that with VR google/whatever device on the head...


So, you take the headset off and use the TV..

Or if everyone wants to get together from the comfort of their own homes on another occasion, they just wear the headset, that's the beauty about optional peripherals, morpheus does nothing spatially which cannot be done with the move camera and dualshock4, so even games designed specifically for morpheus will be playable without it.

But if you DO use it, then you get to experience a level of immersion that is simply not possible with a standard TV.

Personally, VR support in Silent Hills is the only thing I need to garuntee a day one purchase.



This is an Oculus demo with Hydra, but I don't see why it couldn't work with the ps4 camera and move
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-26-see-how-oculus-and-hydra-combine-to-revolutionise-shooters



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Blob said:

I don't see it as a major step forward either, guess its because sony announced it and certainly not because of my own thoughts.

I can see it working for driving games quite well but if you're seriously into driving games you probably have a Wheel setup that would be difficult to use with a headset on. For other games being close to a big screen can already take up most of my vision. I just don't see this being anything more than a niche product.


Are you imaginedvl?

No?

Thought so.



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bigtakilla said:

What disadvantages? Not being the first to experience it? I think anyone who has experienced the original Kinnect can tell you 2.0 was a massive improvement. Hopefully the same with the Playstation Camera (I have not experienced either of those), and same can be said from the Wii Remote to the Motion +. There will always be people who want to be the first in on tech, but waiting until the second or third itteration of it comes out isn't a bad thing. It just means the tech is cheaper and integrated better. People can take it to any extreme they want to and say I'll get it when it's perfect.... Which will never happen (obviously). I'm just saying I don't hop on the train at its first stop. I wait until the second or third.

Not being the first to experience it.  And often times, features being cut to make it cheaper.  

Well, I for one don't care if I'm the first to experience it. There are advantages and disadvantages of that (Red Ring Of Death, innitial PS4 failures, ect). Cutting out features? Not that I don't doubt they'd do it, but can you name an example of a feature that had been taken out that would be worth the extra money and failure risk of getting something new vs later. Missing features would be the only thing that I would personally feel left out on.



Stuff like Oculus DK2 is awesome and almost everyone who could experience it will agree at least to the degree that it will be awesome for games in which it will work properly. Morpheus will be also awesome and I think both will get at least decent support for racing games, many indie games and also at least a few big games which aren't about racing. I at least can't wait to play a game like GT with these products.

The only funny thing about it is that many people on the Internet who act right now as if they would get eye cancer if they would have to play games below 1080p on their TV will praise Morpheus on PS4 even if the viewing angle will be so big that the resolution should be unacceptable using their logic about the importance of resolution.



" Such a major step foward"... Sure, Yoshida! if you say so!



                
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AZWification said:

" Such a major step foward"... Sure, Yoshida! if you say so!


Well, even a kick in the ass is a step forward...