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> I think VR gaming makes regular gaming obsolete in many ways. If this was ever going to happen it would have already happened in the last (or is it still 'cu

> I think VR gaming makes regular gaming obsolete in many ways. If this was ever going to happen it would have already happened in the last (or is it still 'current'?) VR hype cycle. Maybe in the next cycle 15..20 years down the road or after some massive gaming crash it's worth another shot.

8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
doesn't obsolete them, but they won't be made worse by putting them in VR and adding some depth and ability to look around.
- mike_hearn 4y ago
  Unless the problems with nausea are fixed, VR definitely makes most 1st person games worse.
  - 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
    I guess it varies from person to person, but normally what causes nausea is the motion. If you fix the camera and let the character roam around there should be minimal nausea. But then you're a little more limited in your gameplay.
dncornholio 4y ago
It will never make gaming in current form obsolete. Not in 50 years. Just for the fact that you need to put something on your face.. Maybe some people will use a VR set instead of a Wii U for activity / family games but thats it. What VR is doing is it makes some genre of games a lot more attractive: Sim-racing and flight-sims. The cockpit games in VR are really immersive. Combine it with some good hardware (rig, stick, wheel, etc) and you feel like you're really in the car or plane.
- williamvds 4y ago
  Wholly agree on the immersion: a decent VR game, even if janky, has a great advantage in immersion by actually feeling _present_ in whatever virtual world you're in. Two examples I'd add: VTOL VR, somewhere closer to the Sim genre but simplified for VR controllers. I've played a few flight (combat) games before, but the combat is heart-pumping unlike anything else. Another more popular one is VRChat and similar, where there are desktop versions but you definitely feel like you're missing something without the VR aspect. Emoting, gesturing, and actually "touching" others in VR is easy. If you're in desktop mode, you're mostly limited to standing nearby and talking.

8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago

doesn't obsolete them, but they won't be made worse by putting them in VR and adding some depth and ability to look around.

mike_hearn 4y ago
Unless the problems with nausea are fixed, VR definitely makes most 1st person games worse.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
  I guess it varies from person to person, but normally what causes nausea is the motion. If you fix the camera and let the character roam around there should be minimal nausea. But then you're a little more limited in your gameplay.

dncornholio 4y ago

It will never make gaming in current form obsolete. Not in 50 years. Just for the fact that you need to put something on your face.. Maybe some people will use a VR set instead of a Wii U for activity / family games but thats it. What VR is doing is it makes some genre of games a lot more attractive: Sim-racing and flight-sims. The cockpit games in VR are really immersive. Combine it with some good hardware (rig, stick, wheel, etc) and you feel like you're really in the car or plane.

williamvds 4y ago
Wholly agree on the immersion: a decent VR game, even if janky, has a great advantage in immersion by actually feeling _present_ in whatever virtual world you're in. Two examples I'd add: VTOL VR, somewhere closer to the Sim genre but simplified for VR controllers. I've played a few flight (combat) games before, but the combat is heart-pumping unlike anything else. Another more popular one is VRChat and similar, where there are desktop versions but you definitely feel like you're missing something without the VR aspect. Emoting, gesturing, and actually "touching" others in VR is easy. If you're in desktop mode, you're mostly limited to standing nearby and talking.