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Truly immersive VR experiences are great. The park I went to in Tokyo recently had some fun licensed ones: + A Shin Godzilla themed helicopter raid which requi

by rkho 7y ago

Truly immersive VR experiences are great. The park I went to in Tokyo recently had some fun licensed ones: + A Shin Godzilla themed helicopter raid which required a customized "cockpit" to ride in with rumble capabilities, + A Dragon Quest free-roaming VR adventure which required a LOT of space to enable + A Mario Kart race which, again, required a customized "kart" to ride in which simulated the physics of every sharp turn I took. The first and third attractions were about five minutes long each. I don't doubt that there was a lot of engineering effort required to even get to that much content nor the fact that I would likely grow very tired of having to play an extended version of each for, say, an hour or two. I think for at least the time being, this is how VR is going to be adopted: As a theme park experience where short novelty experiences people want to have is made available with the space and props already provided to enjoy it.

Nursie 7y ago
While the graphics and sensor capabilities have undoubtedly come a very long way ... I'm pretty sure I played a VR racing game in a similar sort of setup in the 80s! There were only ever a handful of games, and they were only found in a very few places, but foir my birthday one year when I was a kid I was taken to the Trocadero centre in London where they had a few of these machines. They weren't massively responsive but they were good fun and for the time they were amazing. But given just how long VR tech has been around, I do wonder if it will ever be mainstream in any way.
aedron 7y ago
Yes, this seems obvious to me. Stuff like The Void[1], where a complete arena is built to supplement the visuals, with physical features that match the VR ones (like physical buttons on walls that match the VR projected ones, moving platforms), smells, wind, sounds, etc. The future of this is going to be incredibly cool, I think. Just subtle stuff like blowing cold air on your face when you're standing on top of a VR mountain, will do wonders for the immersion. [1] https://www.thevoid.com/ https://www.thevoid.com/

by rkho 7y ago

Nursie 7y ago

While the graphics and sensor capabilities have undoubtedly come a very long way ... I'm pretty sure I played a VR racing game in a similar sort of setup in the 80s! There were only ever a handful of games, and they were only found in a very few places, but foir my birthday one year when I was a kid I was taken to the Trocadero centre in London where they had a few of these machines. They weren't massively responsive but they were good fun and for the time they were amazing. But given just how long VR tech has been around, I do wonder if it will ever be mainstream in any way.

aedron 7y ago

Yes, this seems obvious to me. Stuff like The Void[1], where a complete arena is built to supplement the visuals, with physical features that match the VR ones (like physical buttons on walls that match the VR projected ones, moving platforms), smells, wind, sounds, etc. The future of this is going to be incredibly cool, I think. Just subtle stuff like blowing cold air on your face when you're standing on top of a VR mountain, will do wonders for the immersion. [1] https://www.thevoid.com/ https://www.thevoid.com/