VR and a future of gaming!

[UlrickMont]

Hi guys, how do you think, Virtual Reality is a future of gaming? Or it is just a business project of big companies?

 

[Sonikku]

I think Valve should ship me a free Vive and I'll get back to them.

 

[Sabrewings]

After owning a Vive for four months, yes it on the future of gaming.

 

[zinfamous]

I think there is a proper forum and proper thread for this question.

er, I mean...please where is my iPod?

 

[z1ggy]

I want an ipod, for free, right nao!!

 

[Sonikku]

Free Vive, damnit.

 

[z1ggy]

You know where VR is going to go huge though? Pr0n.

Imagine VR porn... Then on top of it imagine if they sold some kind of automated sex machine to match the VR (like a fleshlight) that you could use in conjunction with it. We're talking billions of dollars, on top of the billions porn already makes.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Cell phone VR will be most people's early experience, and thanks to John Carmack the Galaxy VR experience is pretty decent (cardboard less so).

The problem is there is no decent platform to invest in for better than cell phone VR:

The Vive? The best VR experience today but HTC is in bad shape and might not survive as long as Facebook-backed Oculus. Buying one is pretty much like buying the Betamax of VR.

The Oculus? A worse experience than the Vive and they OBVIOUSLY held some punches for the better 2.0 model. Plus it lost its exclusives meaning there is no benefit to an Oculus today, just some theoretical benefit of it being useful for longer.

Playstation VR? Low resolution garbage according to everyone that has played all three. Is meant to deliver VR to the masses, but requires more room space than the Kinect did. I really really hope if (when) this thing flops it doesn't take all VR with it.


The best case is waiting for 2.0 versions when its obvious who the clear winner will be and getting by on Galaxy VR until that point. Unless you have like $800 to completely blow on a cutting edge experience not caring if it's still useful in two years, in which case get the Vive.

 

[Aikouka]

The Vive? The best VR experience today but HTC is in bad shape and might not survive as long as Facebook-backed Oculus. Buying one is pretty much like buying the Betamax of VR.

I was reading an article a while back that made it sound like HTC's performance wasn't really a problem for the Vive. The thing is that HTC is more or less just the builder where Valve designed/created/implemented the technology behind it. For example, the lighthouses that the Vive uses were designed by Valve.

 

[BxgJ]

You guys should ask for a 1080 to go with that vive.

 

[Mai72]

Bro,

VR is the future PERIOD! The problem is the technology is too new. We're going to have to wait 10-20 years before it really gets good. Those goggles you use for your VR games are going to be replaced by contact lenses. The technology isn't there yet.

When it does mature and every industry is implementing VR that's when we will see the true benefit.

Imagine taking college classes thru VR? It's going to seem so real. The professor. That hot girl sitting next to you. The building. EVERYTHING!

Imagine visiting France, Brazil, Vietnam or China thru your VR headset? Again, it's going to seem so real. The Eifel tower right in front of you. The Aztec ruins. All so real and without traveling and having to to put up with hordes of other people on vacation.

Imagine shopping thru VR. Visiting a store. Walking thru the store and having that same experience you'd have if you did it for real. The benefit is your going to be able to do it without the hassles of driving, dealing with rude people, etc.

I could go on and on. Anyone that says that what I'm talking about is bullshit*t don't know people. What's the one thing that most people want but lack? TIME! That's why Uber is working. People are using Uber because they can save time by picking a cab on their smartphone. It's going to be the same with VR. Why venture out of the house to shop, attend college and travel when you can have an almost identical experience on your VR headset?

The downside is many businesses are going to be crushed when this becomes real. Colleges, malls, and airports are all going to feel it. Look back at history, and you'll see many businesses that were safe went under due to technology. We are going thru a period of mass disruption.

On a side note: Driverless Cars, Fully automated fast food joints, and Amazon drones are the future. People laugh when I say this, but I always remind them that the internet was a fantasy 20 years ago. The same with cars, airplanes, smartphones and rockets.

You either adopt to technology or you'll get crushed by it.

 

[purbeast0]

"visiting" anywhere in VR is nothing more than "woah that is neat". you're insane if you think visiting the carribean through a VR headset is going to satisfy someone who wants to go there.

oh and your shopping example, it will be just like shopping, except you won't own anything when you're done. that sounds like one of the dumbest possible uses for VR.

 

[poofyhairguy]

oh and your shopping example, it will be just like shopping, except you won't own anything when you're done. that sounds like one of the dumbest possible uses for VR.

Shopping will be huge for VR and AR. As it is my wife hates shopping for clothes online because she can't tell how something might fit from a flat picture. VR changes that. Imagine looking at something on Amazon like it's real instead of the collection of pictures and then you buy it right there in VR via Prime. With AR you can see how a couch will look before you buy it or if a rug matches the room.

It will be a big deal eventually.

 

[purbeast0]

Shopping will be huge for VR and AR. As it is my wife hates shopping for clothes online because she can't tell how something might fit from a flat picture. VR changes that. Imagine looking at something on Amazon like it's real instead of the collection of pictures and then you buy it right there in VR via Prime. With AR you can see how a couch will look before you buy it or if a rug matches the room.

It will be a big deal eventually.

i don't see how VR is what would be holding this idea back. this could have been done long ago and just viewed on a computer screen or phone. VR really doesn't add anything to it other than a neat/wow factor.

 

[poofyhairguy]

i don't see how VR is what would be holding this idea back. this could have been done long ago and just viewed on a computer screen or phone. VR really doesn't add anything to it other than a neat/wow factor.

Well we have the 2D version of that- like those sites that let you get a 360 view of the item.

The problem is any phone or computer will lack depth, and some people have trouble spatially extrapolating a 2D image into 3D. With VR eventually they will be able to turn around that item in their hands or try on clothes on a virtual avatar and get an understanding of the real world application without any imagination on their part.

It will be huge, and it will kill a ton of traditional stores.

 

[darkswordsman17]

"visiting" anywhere in VR is nothing more than "woah that is neat". you're insane if you think visiting the carribean through a VR headset is going to satisfy someone who wants to go there.

oh and your shopping example, it will be just like shopping, except you won't own anything when you're done. that sounds like one of the dumbest possible uses for VR.

Except you could figure out ahead of time if you want to go there. Not to mention you could visit places you couldn't otherwise (for various reasons). I think VR would actually increase travel as people can see different places and decide if they want to go there or not ahead of time. There are plenty of people that would like to "see" the world without having to spend the time and money to actually go there. There are people who have fear of flying or disabilities that could get to see places they would not be able to otherwise. And that's before we start talking about stuff like space.

Uh, WTF, how would you not own anything when you're done? The entire point is that it would facilitate buying. It is so mindboggling that you think VR would mean people wouldn't buy anything. Unless you think people are going to just have robot avatars or exist in the Matrix, in which case, uh, well VR would literally be integral to that experience so it would be impossible without it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

i don't see how VR is what would be holding this idea back. this could have been done long ago and just viewed on a computer screen or phone. VR really doesn't add anything to it other than a neat/wow factor.

Doesn't add anything? You mean other than fundamentally changing how you view it? That's like saying well IMAX doesn't offer anything beyond "that's neat" over an iPad screen. Only VR is bigger change than that.

Plus with all the tactile feedback that they're working to add, VR/AR will be major and much more than just a "neat" factor.

 

[Sabrewings]

I can't wait for my VR Amazon app.

 

[IronTomDled]

Virtual Reality is not just a future of gaming, but a future of the world
You can read about it more on various websites (like this https://appreal-vr.com/blog/vr-gaming-future-is-now/), it is an innovative way to study and to train for example soldiers in national armed forces and etc. There are vast of different purposes for which VR can be used. Digi-Capital forecasts the VR gaming industry to pocket $30 billion (USD) by 2020, and to drive VR hardware development. Further, VR investments have quadrupled since 2013.
Different big corporations use VR as a tool to bring awesome content to live. These companies are for example : Disney, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, GoPro, Alphabet, and Sony. So definitely it is actually a future! And it's now!