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with prices of huge tv screens dropping , what about 3d projection rooms like this? https://prodisplay.com/wp-content/uploads/cave-projection-screens-600x400.j

with prices of huge tv screens dropping , what about 3d projection rooms like this? https://prodisplay.com/wp-content/uploads/cave-projection-screens-600x400.jpg https://prodisplay.com/wp-content/uploads/cave-projection-sc...

criddell 7y ago
That's the tech that I want to see grow. I have no interest in wearing a headset for long periods of time but a holodeck-like room would be amazing.
- saberdancer 7y ago
  You don't get 3d with that kind of setup. It can work for seated experiences like driving or flying sims but for any kind of game where you interact with the environment it doesn't work. Holodeck is effectively VR, not walls with projections on them.
  - criddell 7y ago
    Right. I'm saying I want to see that tech developed. There used to be ad kiosks in grocery stores that had a 3d display without glasses. This was about 10 years ago and I don't really know how it worked (holograms maybe?). Make an entire room out of that stuff.
    - saberdancer 7y ago
      How can you drive adoption with that kind of setup. Most people do not have a spare room just for some kind of 3D setup, even if you could develop a technology to turn your walls into 3D images, you still cannot interact with the environment as you cannot project the image in the "air". You cannot grab things or turn things around as you can in VR. Given that your perspective should change depending on your head positioning, this kind of system should reproject everything as you move your head (even turning of your head should affect it). There are a lot of issues with this kind of tech, at least for the mass market. For niche uses like driving simulators it can work, and I am sure with enough cash you could set it up. Even VR has issues, data collected by SteamVR and Oculus shows that most people have very small playspaces, this means that roomscale experiences are much harder to pull off. Right now, the main problem is barriers to adoption, having a headset that you can just put on your head like you turn on your gaming console, that is what is needed. Needing to take 5 minutes to start everything up, or half an hour to setup your tracking cameras is not acceptable for average consumer. Oculus Quest works great in this department and is the way VR will go forward.
      - criddell 7y ago
        Frankly, I don't think the AR/VR market is going to get much bigger than it is right now. For consumers, adoption might go up by a factor 2, but probably not a factor of 10 with a few exceptions. For example, I think HUD systems in cars will use a lot more AR ideas. There are a lot more opportunities in the commercial space.
        saberdancer 7y ago
        I really feel that VR headset could replace game consoles. Quest is pretty much a game console in a headset. When technology improves, it could become good enough for most gamers just like aging technology of Xbox and PlayStation is. This alone could push adoption by a factor of 10 or even more.
        criddell 7y ago
        They should follow the console model. I think Facebook missed a big opportunity with the Quest. It should be $100 and have an app store where Facebook makes 30% on the software.
        Impossible 7y ago
        Uh, what opportunity did Facebook miss? This is exactly what they're doing with the Quest. Yes, Quest isn't $100, but at $400 for full entry it is by far the cheapest 6DOF VR solution on the market. It is already sold at a loss, and its hard for 30% of app store sales to justify a $500-$900 (guessing) loss per unit at $100. Even with the most privacy destroying datamining and advertising I don't think Facebook could justify taking that big of a loss on the hardware. As components get cheaper Quest will price drop. This is one of the problems with VR market adoption. People essentially want cutting edge hardware, for nearly free, games for free, and don't want to be monetized in any other way, to the point that people complain about how evil Facebook is when they suggest you link a Facebook account to your Quest.
        Impossible 7y ago

criddell 7y ago

That's the tech that I want to see grow. I have no interest in wearing a headset for long periods of time but a holodeck-like room would be amazing.

saberdancer 7y ago
You don't get 3d with that kind of setup. It can work for seated experiences like driving or flying sims but for any kind of game where you interact with the environment it doesn't work. Holodeck is effectively VR, not walls with projections on them.
- criddell 7y ago
  Right. I'm saying I want to see that tech developed. There used to be ad kiosks in grocery stores that had a 3d display without glasses. This was about 10 years ago and I don't really know how it worked (holograms maybe?). Make an entire room out of that stuff.
  - saberdancer 7y ago
    How can you drive adoption with that kind of setup. Most people do not have a spare room just for some kind of 3D setup, even if you could develop a technology to turn your walls into 3D images, you still cannot interact with the environment as you cannot project the image in the "air". You cannot grab things or turn things around as you can in VR. Given that your perspective should change depending on your head positioning, this kind of system should reproject everything as you move your head (even turning of your head should affect it). There are a lot of issues with this kind of tech, at least for the mass market. For niche uses like driving simulators it can work, and I am sure with enough cash you could set it up. Even VR has issues, data collected by SteamVR and Oculus shows that most people have very small playspaces, this means that roomscale experiences are much harder to pull off. Right now, the main problem is barriers to adoption, having a headset that you can just put on your head like you turn on your gaming console, that is what is needed. Needing to take 5 minutes to start everything up, or half an hour to setup your tracking cameras is not acceptable for average consumer. Oculus Quest works great in this department and is the way VR will go forward.
    - criddell 7y ago
      Frankly, I don't think the AR/VR market is going to get much bigger than it is right now. For consumers, adoption might go up by a factor 2, but probably not a factor of 10 with a few exceptions. For example, I think HUD systems in cars will use a lot more AR ideas. There are a lot more opportunities in the commercial space.
      - saberdancer 7y ago
        I really feel that VR headset could replace game consoles. Quest is pretty much a game console in a headset. When technology improves, it could become good enough for most gamers just like aging technology of Xbox and PlayStation is. This alone could push adoption by a factor of 10 or even more.
        criddell 7y ago
        They should follow the console model. I think Facebook missed a big opportunity with the Quest. It should be $100 and have an app store where Facebook makes 30% on the software.
        Impossible 7y ago
        Uh, what opportunity did Facebook miss? This is exactly what they're doing with the Quest. Yes, Quest isn't $100, but at $400 for full entry it is by far the cheapest 6DOF VR solution on the market. It is already sold at a loss, and its hard for 30% of app store sales to justify a $500-$900 (guessing) loss per unit at $100. Even with the most privacy destroying datamining and advertising I don't think Facebook could justify taking that big of a loss on the hardware. As components get cheaper Quest will price drop. This is one of the problems with VR market adoption. People essentially want cutting edge hardware, for nearly free, games for free, and don't want to be monetized in any other way, to the point that people complain about how evil Facebook is when they suggest you link a Facebook account to your Quest.
        Impossible 7y ago