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SvennoJ on 25 December 2015
Netyaroze said:

Google Cardboard and Gear VR can not be compared to stationary VR.

Google Cardboard compared to an experience like Oculus/Vive/PS VR is like comparing a chinese made 600 bucks scooter with an Bentley Mulsanne (experience wise not talking about the price here)

Both have their uses however they dont compete for the same consumers.

Gear VR would be a Smart Car.

PS VR seems to shape up exeptionally well. And could be the best bang for the buck option out of the three. Even superior in some fields.

The screen Sony uses has higher res then the pentile screen of Oculus vive despite having less resolution.

As Sony magically pulled out an OLED 1080P Full RGB screen 3 subpixels per pixel while oculus and vive just have pentile with 2 sub pixels per pixel. Effectively having less Subpixels with 2 Screens than Sony.

Non gaming VR experiences will be the draw for the mainstream however I think Sony should get first a the gamers aboard with some long term compelling experiences. An MMORPG would be great.

A better comparison would be red and blue glasses vs active shutter glasses for 3D. Both can show 3D, neither is perfect.

Was Oculus not also switching to an RGB screen for the consumer version?  I guess not, otherwise it would be easier to find on Google. 960x1080 RGB is definitely better than 1080x1200 Pentile display per eye.



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GamechaserBE on 25 December 2015
KBG29 said:
I think VR is the future of computer interaction, and with PlayStation being at the forefront, I expect Sony to put every effort into it. PlayStationVR should not be limited to games and entertainment. Sony needs to make sure they have learning software, social software, historical software, productivity software, the door needs to be open to any and all VR applications.

Sony is in a position with VR to finally put PlayStation at the center of every home. This is their shot at an iOS like ecosystem, and creating the defacto device for home computing. I don't want to see them piss it away. I want game centric devices to take over the computing landscape.

hmm nah sorry, their are literally thousands of differences experiences with Oculus rift at the moment from gaming to the new internet vr experience (JanusVR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqKl4ivfAQ ). Sony VR can be great and I hope it will but most serious vr devs are working on PC because they already had VR expereinces made for the rift.  I just think most are kind of unexperienced or not just following the news with VR to know what it is going on already.  I literally saw people saying comments as 'wow minecraft would be cool with VR' while I am playing it for years with the DK rifts for years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHsj-5ZF3D0 





KBG29 on 25 December 2015
GamechaserBE said:
KBG29 said:
I think VR is the future of computer interaction, and with PlayStation being at the forefront, I expect Sony to put every effort into it. PlayStationVR should not be limited to games and entertainment. Sony needs to make sure they have learning software, social software, historical software, productivity software, the door needs to be open to any and all VR applications.

Sony is in a position with VR to finally put PlayStation at the center of every home. This is their shot at an iOS like ecosystem, and creating the defacto device for home computing. I don't want to see them piss it away. I want game centric devices to take over the computing landscape.

hmm nah sorry, their are literally thousands of differences experiences with Oculus rift at the moment from gaming to the new internet vr experience (JanusVR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqKl4ivfAQ ). Sony VR can be great and I hope it will but most serious vr devs are working on PC because they already had VR expereinces made for the rift.  I just think most are kind of unexperienced or not just following the news with VR to know what it is going on already.  I literally saw people saying comments as 'wow minecraft would be cool with VR' while I am playing it for years with the DK rifts for years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHsj-5ZF3D0 

I am not sure what point you are trying to make? Yeah, I know that OR has a lot of content in development, and that is great for VR. VR needs multiple supporters from all aspects of business. So it is great that Facebook, HTC, Sony, Samsung, and Google are all making a push. 

All I am saying, is I want Sony to go at this 100%. I don't want to see another half baked effort from them like PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, or the Xperia Z line. I want Sony to put all aspects of the company behind one goal. Basically, Sony Imaging Software, Sony Pictures, Sony Creative Software, Sony Mobile, Sony Music, Sony Electronics, and Sony Comupter Entertainment all pushing one product to be the ultimate all in one experience. 

The worst thing that could happen in this push for VR is to see Sony Mobile dumping efforts into making Xperia VR, then having Sony pictures work with Smasung on the Gear VR, while Sony Creative Software makes PC editing software for Oculus on PC, and Sony Computer Entertainment makes Games for PlayStation VR.

 Basically, if Sony wants to dump efforts into VR, they need to put all of their resources behind their own product first. Obviously in the long run, Sony VR Video editing software should make its way to PC and Mac, and Sony Pictures content should find its way to Oculus, Vive, and Gear, but that should only happen after Sony has first delivered it and perfected it through their own PS VR product. 

If they do this right they can create the most profitable, easy to use, easy to develope for, and easy to sell on ecosystem in the VR market. Sony can become to VR what Apple became to the smartphone market.





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NobleTeam360 on 25 December 2015

I agree. VR won't catch on if it's only a gaming device.



HokageTenshi on 25 December 2015

can't wait to use it for 360° porno... 



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Netyaroze on 26 December 2015
SvennoJ said:
Netyaroze said:

Google Cardboard and Gear VR can not be compared to stationary VR.

Google Cardboard compared to an experience like Oculus/Vive/PS VR is like comparing a chinese made 600 bucks scooter with an Bentley Mulsanne (experience wise not talking about the price here)

Both have their uses however they dont compete for the same consumers.

Gear VR would be a Smart Car.

PS VR seems to shape up exeptionally well. And could be the best bang for the buck option out of the three. Even superior in some fields.

The screen Sony uses has higher res then the pentile screen of Oculus vive despite having less resolution.

As Sony magically pulled out an OLED 1080P Full RGB screen 3 subpixels per pixel while oculus and vive just have pentile with 2 sub pixels per pixel. Effectively having less Subpixels with 2 Screens than Sony.

Non gaming VR experiences will be the draw for the mainstream however I think Sony should get first a the gamers aboard with some long term compelling experiences. An MMORPG would be great.

A better comparison would be red and blue glasses vs active shutter glasses for 3D. Both can show 3D, neither is perfect.

Was Oculus not also switching to an RGB screen for the consumer version?  I guess not, otherwise it would be easier to find on Google. 960x1080 RGB is definitely better than 1080x1200 Pentile display per eye.

 

yeah your comparision makes more sense. I just wanted to point out how dramatic the difference is. And it is huge. Especially between Cardboard and Rift.

Ofcourse far from perfect but much much better.



asqarkabab on 28 December 2015

Hentai and virtual girls incoming ?



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kivi95 on 28 December 2015

Really hope so. VRSE is none gaming and Catatonic was a cool experiance. Even thought I used the struggle Cardboard solution :p



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AbbathTheGrim on 28 December 2015
asqarkabab said:
Hentai and virtual girls incoming ?

Bandai Namco is on it already:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIl2-5f8NTo



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

fatslob-:O on 28 December 2015

Welp, hopefully it's just a lapse of poor PR on their part ...

Of all the applications to consuming content with VR, gaming is the most interesting of all and it is still my belief that software sells hardware ...