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What if you rotate the camera slightly while you move? By the time you reach the end of the physical room, the camera is facing the opposite direction in virtua

What if you rotate the camera slightly while you move? By the time you reach the end of the physical room, the camera is facing the opposite direction in virtual room and you have to turn around.

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texuf 10y ago
It would be worth a try. My bet is that the user vomits or falls down.
- mlvljr 10y ago
  Or both, in a fast sequence :/
jonas21 10y ago
They've done similar things along with other tricks, like changing the layout of the room when your back is turned to simulate large spaces in small rooms. http://www.wired.com/2015/08/cant-walk-straight-lineand-thats-great-vr/ http://www.wired.com/2015/08/cant-walk-straight-lineand-that...
aab0 10y ago
For 'redirected walking', you need a lot of room because you can only bend a little. The Void has done it and researchers have, but they usually have warehouse-like spaces. It won't work in a normal 3m^2 sort of residential room, which is why you need gimmicks like teleporting or omni-treadmills.
746F7475 10y ago
if it's small enough that user won't notice, you'd still need a big open space. Otherwise it's obvious and obnoxious. There was some games where once you got close to a wall, you could spin in place and the world would keep up with you, but this means you can't have any kind of fight or escape scenes in your game.
- Houshalter 10y ago
  It might be obvious, but the user could probably get used to it and learn to live with it. For the other idea, the game could pause during rotations. Would be annoying, but it wouldn't destroy the game mechanics. No solution is going to be perfect. I think people interested in this will probably have to do it outdoors, or at some public space.
  - 746F7475 10y ago
    Just that, say you play one of the survival horror games that people are waiting for to hit VR, you get jump scared and have to run away from the monster and you just blow straigh into a wall. unless of course it starts to show the turning thing way before you a wall (like 2 meters away) which would mean you have to have big room to play in.

What if you rotate the camera slightly while you move? By the time you reach the end of the physical room, the camera is facing the opposite direction in virtual room and you have to turn around.

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texuf 10y ago

It would be worth a try. My bet is that the user vomits or falls down.

mlvljr 10y ago
Or both, in a fast sequence :/

jonas21 10y ago

They've done similar things along with other tricks, like changing the layout of the room when your back is turned to simulate large spaces in small rooms. http://www.wired.com/2015/08/cant-walk-straight-lineand-thats-great-vr/ http://www.wired.com/2015/08/cant-walk-straight-lineand-that...

aab0 10y ago

For 'redirected walking', you need a lot of room because you can only bend a little. The Void has done it and researchers have, but they usually have warehouse-like spaces. It won't work in a normal 3m^2 sort of residential room, which is why you need gimmicks like teleporting or omni-treadmills.

746F7475 10y ago

if it's small enough that user won't notice, you'd still need a big open space. Otherwise it's obvious and obnoxious. There was some games where once you got close to a wall, you could spin in place and the world would keep up with you, but this means you can't have any kind of fight or escape scenes in your game.

Houshalter 10y ago
It might be obvious, but the user could probably get used to it and learn to live with it. For the other idea, the game could pause during rotations. Would be annoying, but it wouldn't destroy the game mechanics. No solution is going to be perfect. I think people interested in this will probably have to do it outdoors, or at some public space.
- 746F7475 10y ago
  Just that, say you play one of the survival horror games that people are waiting for to hit VR, you get jump scared and have to run away from the monster and you just blow straigh into a wall. unless of course it starts to show the turning thing way before you a wall (like 2 meters away) which would mean you have to have big room to play in.