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I can't tell if this is a tongue-in-cheek jab at the article's "missing the point of VR" or if you think the Wii is the next step in the evolution of VR. The wh

I can't tell if this is a tongue-in-cheek jab at the article's "missing the point of VR" or if you think the Wii is the next step in the evolution of VR. The whole point of VR is the immersion created by being able to look around with the parts of your body made for looking around and seeing a virtual reality substituted for the real one, i.e. the headset. Heck, I can be pretty satisfied with a VR headset and a bog-standard Xbox controller, so long as I have free-look based around twisting my neck.

falcolas 4y ago
Agreed. Flying around in Elite Dangerous with a xbox controller is nuts when you have a VR headset on. Shame they didn't follow up on the VR experience with their expansions. There is even a horror game where all you can do is look around, as you're canonically bound to a wheelchair with chains. You can direct an AI companion with a laser pointer, and that's about it. No controller required (or allowed for that matter).
- OkayPhysicist 4y ago
  A great use of VR without full-body controls was "Sir, You're Being Hunted". They changed nothing about the game when they added VR support, except that instead of being able to press ALT or whatever to free-look your head around, you could just... look around. All other controls and whatnot remained the same. Funny aside about that game, the initial development had promised multiplayer, and then the dev team went incommunicado for like 2 years, during which time everyone assumed the game had died. Then 'Surprise!' multiplayer release. Another year of radio silence and boom, VR support. Mind you, VR headsets were not yet widely available, as in maybe you could see one at some sort of tech fair, but there was no chance you could just go into a store and buy one.
- Melatonic 4y ago
  I worked at a startup once and we had early access to the Vive before release. We did a whole VR horror that was set in one hotel room. Imagine something between The Ring and PT. It was unfortunately never released but we never found someone who could make it all the way through without needing to take the headset off.

falcolas 4y ago

Agreed. Flying around in Elite Dangerous with a xbox controller is nuts when you have a VR headset on. Shame they didn't follow up on the VR experience with their expansions. There is even a horror game where all you can do is look around, as you're canonically bound to a wheelchair with chains. You can direct an AI companion with a laser pointer, and that's about it. No controller required (or allowed for that matter).

OkayPhysicist 4y ago
A great use of VR without full-body controls was "Sir, You're Being Hunted". They changed nothing about the game when they added VR support, except that instead of being able to press ALT or whatever to free-look your head around, you could just... look around. All other controls and whatnot remained the same. Funny aside about that game, the initial development had promised multiplayer, and then the dev team went incommunicado for like 2 years, during which time everyone assumed the game had died. Then 'Surprise!' multiplayer release. Another year of radio silence and boom, VR support. Mind you, VR headsets were not yet widely available, as in maybe you could see one at some sort of tech fair, but there was no chance you could just go into a store and buy one.
Melatonic 4y ago
I worked at a startup once and we had early access to the Vive before release. We did a whole VR horror that was set in one hotel room. Imagine something between The Ring and PT. It was unfortunately never released but we never found someone who could make it all the way through without needing to take the headset off.