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Planning on a Vive Purchase 4 4.76%
 
Planning on an oculus purchase 1 1.19%
 
Planning on a PSVR purchase 20 23.81%
 
Mobile VR for me. 0 0%
 
Waiting for a new iterati... 16 19.05%
 
Waiting on games. 4 4.76%
 
Don't have the money but want to buy into VR 6 7.14%
 
Not interested. 33 39.29%
 
Total:84
Errorist76 on 07 January 2018
Puppyroach said:
Errorist76 said:

Problem is all of those headsets suck. Read some reviews. They are having mediocre screens, tracking problems and the lenses are garbage.

That is not a correct statement. The base resolution of the screens is higher than HTC Vive, PSVR and Oculus rift, and by a wide margin when it comes to Samsungs HMD odyssey. The quality of the lenses depend on manufacturer, once again the Samsung HMD odyssey has very high quality lenses and uses OLED displays with 1440*1600p resolution per eye at 90Hz, while the low spec . There hasn´t been any problem with the tracking in itself, just the range of it. Since they have inside-out tracking and don´t depend on external sensors, they are dependent on where those sensors sit on the headsets. The range is lacking right now but this is the first hardware iteration and it will ofcourse improve in coming generations.

You're right, the Samsung seems to be the only decent one. It isn't available in Europe yet though. The cheaper ones available over here like the Dell, Acer, Medion and the Lenovo have gotten very mediocre reviews with low colour displays, spotty tracking and mediocre build quality.

Btw It seems like tomorrow we'll possibly seem to get to see the Vive Mk.II at CES. This tweet by HTC seems rather suspicious ;)*

https://twitter.com/htcvive?lang=de



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Errorist76 on 07 January 2018
John2290 said:
vivster said:
22 people have not experienced VR porn.

Exactly. If only VR manufacturers could advertise HQ 3d VR porn. The psvr/oculous and vive would be flying off shelves. 

It’s not just porn. It’s everything about VR. People don’t tell it unless they’ve tried it. I just had another friend over last night. He left with the deep intention to buy one himself (3rd one now + my brother) and all he said was “god the difference between what you see on the screen in 2D and what you experience in the headset is world’s apart”. It truly is.



S.Peelman on 07 January 2018
chakkra said:
S.Peelman said:
No, I don't want to stand around with a huge brick on my head. And from what I've seen the software is all gimmick so the novelty would wear off fast for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHUomtWDxI

 

Please pay attention to the minute 3:03

This proves my point.

vivster said:
22 people have not experienced VR porn.

It would sway me, but I really doubt it would sway me in the direction you think it would.



Errorist76 on 07 January 2018

chakkra said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHUomtWDxI

 

Please pay attention to the minute 3:03

 

 God this looks so much fun! I can't see Nintendo release a VR console soon, but please release this for PC or at least open up Nintendo Arcades in the EU!

The balloon catching and hammer mechanics is an awesome feature as well. Would love to do that to my friends!



habam on 09 January 2018
Bandorr said:
PSVR.. if I ever get around to finding one to try.

Fairly sure the motion sickness will immediately get to me. And I'm not hyped to have to take a medicine every time I want to play a game.

most people get used to motion sickness after some weeks of playing (it wont effect them anymore). When the first 3D first person shooters got released (like DOOM) back in the 90s, many people actually also got motion sick. Its more something your body/brain need to get used to then a permanent issue.



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habam on 09 January 2018
Alby_da_Wolf said:
Waiting for at least 1080p@60fps for each eye to become cheap, better tech to avoid motion sickness, tech for real environment vision (with augmented reality, picture in picture, complete switching from VR to external camera input AND/OR other ways) when the user wants it, even more comfortable headsets and last, but not least, more and better methods and techs for interaction with the virtual world and free roaming in it. All these things would help pushing SW devs to make more VR contents, BTW.

the psvr is actually 1080p 120 fps per eye ;)



Errorist76 on 09 January 2018
habam said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
Waiting for at least 1080p@60fps for each eye to become cheap, better tech to avoid motion sickness, tech for real environment vision (with augmented reality, picture in picture, complete switching from VR to external camera input AND/OR other ways) when the user wants it, even more comfortable headsets and last, but not least, more and better methods and techs for interaction with the virtual world and free roaming in it. All these things would help pushing SW devs to make more VR contents, BTW.

the psvr is actually 1080p 120 fps per eye ;)

It's 960x1080 per eye...one 1080p/120Hz RGB OLED screen for both.



habam on 09 January 2018
Errorist76 said:
habam said:

the psvr is actually 1080p 120 fps per eye ;)

It's 960x1080 per eye...one 1080p/120Hz RGB OLED screen for both.

yeah and 960x1080 is still 1080p ;)



Errorist76 on 09 January 2018
John2290 said:
Errorist76 said:

 God this looks so much fun! I can't see Nintendo release a VR console soon, but please release this for PC or at least open up Nintendo Arcades in the EU!

The balloon catching and hammer mechanics is an awesome feature as well. Would love to do that to my friends!

I didn't even think it was real, I was sure it was a fake video. Nintendo doing VR would be great, I wonder what they have going on behind the scenes.

I would love to go to that arcade: https://vrzone-pic.com/en/

They also have a VR Dragonball lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfsnfwjwKY

Here's a German site with links to all demo videos:

https://www.vrnerds.de/bandai-namcos-arcarde-jedes-spiel-fuer-die-vr-zone-von-dragonball-z-bis-mario-kart/

 

I'm pretty sure Nintendo's next console will also support VR. Maybe it could even run parallel to the Switch.



Errorist76 on 10 January 2018
John2290 said:
Errorist76 said:

I would love to go to that arcade: https://vrzone-pic.com/en/

They also have a VR Dragonball lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfsnfwjwKY

Here's a German site with links to all demo videos:

https://www.vrnerds.de/bandai-namcos-arcarde-jedes-spiel-fuer-die-vr-zone-von-dragonball-z-bis-mario-kart/

 

I'm pretty sure Nintendo's next console will also support VR. Maybe it could even run parallel to the Switch.

Man, that looks INSANE. I made a thread here back on the early days of VR before release concerning VR arcades and I was sure they would have been a great idea until I PSVR made me realize how much gunk can accumulate on ones face in such a short period of time, lmao. 

China is huge in VR..There are VR arcades on every corner in the bigger cities. Mostly using Vives. I was at one point even thinking about opening something like that here in Germany...Most people simply didn't have the chance to try it yet.

Now I'm actively searching for a place to work in the industry. I'm an audio engineer and I already focused on 3D sound during my studies...I'm fascinated by the possibility to create 3-dimensional soundscapes with only stereo headphones. Sound is an even more important component of the VR experience than it was for regular gaming and want to be a part of the industry when it really takes off.

That's the thing that is missing most from Skyrim VR imho...it's a bit immersion breaking, when the voices from the other characters just appear in your head instead of coming from the speaker's mouth..it's obvious the game simply wasn't created with 3D sound in mind.