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> It is just not really good. I suspect you having been shown the right content. I could reel of a long list of amazing work being done in VR. Google Earth in

> It is just not really good. I suspect you having been shown the right content. I could reel of a long list of amazing work being done in VR. Google Earth in VR is one of the most astonishing things I've tried in the last decade. Narrative works like Dispatch and Manifest 99 show the potential of VR as a storytelling medium. Tilt Brush, Gravity Sketch are already genuinely useful creative tools... Oh - and Beat Saber. :-)

tomclive 8y ago
I have a Mixed Reality headset and Google Earth is amazing with room-scale VR. It's not something I would have thought would work as well as it does. Beat Saber is the only VR game I keep coming back to - the controls are spot on. So simple and intuitive. You really need to work to get used to all the buttons and sticks to control most other VR games.
- andybak 8y ago
  > You really need to work to get used to all the buttons and sticks to control most other VR games. This is a controversial opinion but I prefer the Vive wands to the Oculus touch for this very reason. It pushed developers towards simpler control schemes on the whole. Trying to remember which button does what is not immersive. Picking the controller up with the wrong hand every single time is not immersive. Being reminded you're using a game controller is not immersive. The best controls in VR are your hands but failing that - the Vive wands are often used as a lump with a single trigger - which I find ideal. This is one of the reasons why public demos are always smoother with the Vive. You just pass people the controller and show them where the trigger is (and maybe the big trackpad button if necessary)
jniedrauer 8y ago
> Google Earth in VR is one of the most astonishing things I've tried in the last decade. It really is hard to overstate how game changing google earth VR has been for me. I use it extensively to plan outdoor excursions now. I can memorize the route ahead of time, get a quick sense of how exposed I'll be, plan bailout routes, etc.

tomclive 8y ago

I have a Mixed Reality headset and Google Earth is amazing with room-scale VR. It's not something I would have thought would work as well as it does. Beat Saber is the only VR game I keep coming back to - the controls are spot on. So simple and intuitive. You really need to work to get used to all the buttons and sticks to control most other VR games.

andybak 8y ago
> You really need to work to get used to all the buttons and sticks to control most other VR games. This is a controversial opinion but I prefer the Vive wands to the Oculus touch for this very reason. It pushed developers towards simpler control schemes on the whole. Trying to remember which button does what is not immersive. Picking the controller up with the wrong hand every single time is not immersive. Being reminded you're using a game controller is not immersive. The best controls in VR are your hands but failing that - the Vive wands are often used as a lump with a single trigger - which I find ideal. This is one of the reasons why public demos are always smoother with the Vive. You just pass people the controller and show them where the trigger is (and maybe the big trackpad button if necessary)

jniedrauer 8y ago

> Google Earth in VR is one of the most astonishing things I've tried in the last decade. It really is hard to overstate how game changing google earth VR has been for me. I use it extensively to plan outdoor excursions now. I can memorize the route ahead of time, get a quick sense of how exposed I'll be, plan bailout routes, etc.