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I have a Vive, and have surprised myself with how little I play it. The game Fantastic Contraption was illuminating for me. I had played many tens of hours of

I have a Vive, and have surprised myself with how little I play it. The game Fantastic Contraption was illuminating for me. I had played many tens of hours of the original. In VR I was amazed at how it looked and felt. Solving the first couple challenges was a lot of fun - just watching the machines run was great. I started to realize a flaw though. A machine I could build in seconds by stretching my fingers a few inches across a keyboard and mouse took ten or twenty times as long in VR, and involved squatting, walking, grabbing, holding, etc. There's a Perry Bible Fellowship comic of a child in a VR suit, clutching his simulated wounds while saying "Cool!" That comic is similar to my experience. Do we really want to experience things like this? (Tedium or pain)

vhold 9y ago
I think the devs of Fantastic Contraption acknowledged this partially, and several months after releasing the game they added the ability to rescale and move the world, so you could play even while sitting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQg2I7VIh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQg2I7VIh8
majewsky 9y ago
> There's a Perry Bible Fellowship comic of a child in a VR suit, clutching his simulated wounds while saying "Cool!" You made me find this website (thanks for the implicit recommendation) and go through every single comic (they're not that many), and there is no such comic on this site as of now.
- ImSkeptical 9y ago
  Comic for comic Perry Bible Fellowship is my favorite. I also tried to find the comic to link to it, but I couldn't do it. I have a strong memory that it was that comic though, and no better guesses.
- slavik81 9y ago
  http://pbfcomics.com/comics/game-system/ http://pbfcomics.com/comics/game-system/
  - majewsky 9y ago
    Thanks! Also, I'm confused. Why did this one not show up when I read the entire comic back-to-back (by starting at the most recent one and going back)?

vhold 9y ago

I think the devs of Fantastic Contraption acknowledged this partially, and several months after releasing the game they added the ability to rescale and move the world, so you could play even while sitting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQg2I7VIh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQg2I7VIh8

majewsky 9y ago

> There's a Perry Bible Fellowship comic of a child in a VR suit, clutching his simulated wounds while saying "Cool!" You made me find this website (thanks for the implicit recommendation) and go through every single comic (they're not that many), and there is no such comic on this site as of now.

ImSkeptical 9y ago
Comic for comic Perry Bible Fellowship is my favorite. I also tried to find the comic to link to it, but I couldn't do it. I have a strong memory that it was that comic though, and no better guesses.
slavik81 9y ago
http://pbfcomics.com/comics/game-system/ http://pbfcomics.com/comics/game-system/
- majewsky 9y ago
  Thanks! Also, I'm confused. Why did this one not show up when I read the entire comic back-to-back (by starting at the most recent one and going back)?