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"There's very little worthwhile content." This is what I'm waiting for. Easy bar to set for any new gaming tech. I thought maybe some existing games like War

"There's very little worthwhile content." This is what I'm waiting for. Easy bar to set for any new gaming tech. I thought maybe some existing games like War Thunder would be best for taking advantage of VR: a plane simulation where being able to easily look around you would be exhilarating and useful. Here's one guy's experience with a Vive: https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/336758-a-user-review-is-vr-worth-it-in-war-thunder/ https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/336758-a-user-... So, beautiful but flawed. I've played and burned out on War Thunder already, so it's not a selling point, but I was hoping there would be more by now. Doesn't seem like there is, and it sounds like the resolution and refined experience isn't quite there yet.

avn2109 10y ago
VR is for porn. Then the isolating antisocial part of it is a feature, not a bug.
- nilkn 10y ago
  To be honest I think the image quality on VR video content is far too low for this right now.
  - sbmassey 10y ago
    Perhaps there's something wrong with me, but even if the image quality was great I can't really see why looking at sex in VR is all that much different to watching a video. Are we imagining some kind of scary tactile peripherals?
aanm1988 10y ago
> a plane simulation where being able to easily look around you would be exhilarating and useful. You can do that with FSX, X Plane, Elite Dangerous. The hardware requirements are just ridiculous.
- ghaff 10y ago
  For a number of reasons, VR arguably works best today (and maybe tomorrow) if you're basically sitting in a chair and looking around. (Otherwise, you need a lot of space and still lack the sort of physical feedback that a fully immersive experience would ideally have.) But then, are you really improving much over a good multi-monitor setup?
  - exhilaration 10y ago
    When my brother showed me his Google Daydream headset, he told me the best way to experience it was to sit in an office chair capable of swiveling.
  - ergo14 10y ago
    For Elite dangerous multi monitor is not enough. You need vertical visibility too for dogfights - gives serious advantage over monitor only players.
    - afterburner 10y ago
      Interesting though that in War Thunder the reviewer said it didn't give you an overall advantage, and it was probably a detriment. Maybe it's different with Elite dangerous; I guess vertical threats are more likely when climbing against gravity isn't an issue?
      - RugnirViking 10y ago
        Worth noting that experienced players even one one monitor will use mouse freelook anyway to see where they need to go
        ergo14 10y ago
        I'm an experienced player using HOTAS setup and its not enough. You need eye/head tracking if you are doing complex manouvers, I run sometimes out of fingers/buttons :D

avn2109 10y ago

VR is for porn. Then the isolating antisocial part of it is a feature, not a bug.

nilkn 10y ago
To be honest I think the image quality on VR video content is far too low for this right now.
- sbmassey 10y ago
  Perhaps there's something wrong with me, but even if the image quality was great I can't really see why looking at sex in VR is all that much different to watching a video. Are we imagining some kind of scary tactile peripherals?

aanm1988 10y ago

> a plane simulation where being able to easily look around you would be exhilarating and useful. You can do that with FSX, X Plane, Elite Dangerous. The hardware requirements are just ridiculous.

ghaff 10y ago
For a number of reasons, VR arguably works best today (and maybe tomorrow) if you're basically sitting in a chair and looking around. (Otherwise, you need a lot of space and still lack the sort of physical feedback that a fully immersive experience would ideally have.) But then, are you really improving much over a good multi-monitor setup?
- exhilaration 10y ago
  When my brother showed me his Google Daydream headset, he told me the best way to experience it was to sit in an office chair capable of swiveling.
- ergo14 10y ago
  For Elite dangerous multi monitor is not enough. You need vertical visibility too for dogfights - gives serious advantage over monitor only players.
  - afterburner 10y ago
    Interesting though that in War Thunder the reviewer said it didn't give you an overall advantage, and it was probably a detriment. Maybe it's different with Elite dangerous; I guess vertical threats are more likely when climbing against gravity isn't an issue?
    - RugnirViking 10y ago
      Worth noting that experienced players even one one monitor will use mouse freelook anyway to see where they need to go
      - ergo14 10y ago
        I'm an experienced player using HOTAS setup and its not enough. You need eye/head tracking if you are doing complex manouvers, I run sometimes out of fingers/buttons :D