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No offense, but you sound like ChatGPT Edit: Sorry. You deserve a serious answer. I'm old and not someone who wants to walk around and spin with a headset on.

No offense, but you sound like ChatGPT Edit: Sorry. You deserve a serious answer. I'm old and not someone who wants to walk around and spin with a headset on. I'm someone who wants to use something similar to a flight simulator or Google Earth, so I put a premium on the niceness of the view.

sgtnoodle 4y ago
Google Earth is rather awesome in VR, if you haven't tried it.
wkat4242 4y ago
ChatGPT doesn't use my kind of language, I've never seen it do exclamations like 'wow'. I'm just very enthusiastic about VR from using it a lot, and it has allowed me to relive some classics in an amazing way. As well as some amazing new content of course, but there isn't that much of it yet. But the things you mention benefit the most from VR. Graphical resolution is indeed a bit lower with Flight Simulation but the feeling of flying is much more accurate. I've flown real Cessna 172s and I've never really felt like flying in a PC simulator until VR came around. Google Earth is also quite amazing in VR. Of course for both experiences you need a serious PC, neither flight simulator nor google earth will run on the headset natively. The resolution and colour depth is really one of the least important things in my opinion (and they will be solved in due course, the first TFT screens were also quite horrible and still we played sims on them).
- labrador 4y ago
  I wasn't trying to insult you and I meant no offense. I was amused because I couldn't tell if your writing was computer generated. Your paragraph contained a level of exuberance and enthusiasm for VR that I share but don't normally see on HN. I like ChatGPT and I like your writing style when it comes to VR. I would be happier with VR that was all done on a high powered desktop computer where the headset is just two high quality screens tethered to the desktop computer. I see the problem as trying to put all the processing power in the glasses so people can move around. I've done Sandbox VR here in the Bay Area where I can walk and spin and it's amazing. I'm comparing Oculus to that and feel Oculus comes up short because it's a home consumer setup that has to be affordable. I'm going to shop for the type of VR I want. I realized in this thread that that's what I need. https://sandboxvr.com/sanfrancisco/ https://sandboxvr.com/sanfrancisco/
HDThoreaun 4y ago
Not really sure how you can preface that with "no offense." If you want to be rude just dive in, no need to hide.
- labrador 4y ago
  In case you grew up in Micronesia with no exposure to American culture, see the link I have shared. I was trying to be humorous, not rude. I will never say that again because I now know people take it as an insult. It's all so new, you know? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no%20offense https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no%20offense

sgtnoodle 4y ago

Google Earth is rather awesome in VR, if you haven't tried it.

wkat4242 4y ago

ChatGPT doesn't use my kind of language, I've never seen it do exclamations like 'wow'. I'm just very enthusiastic about VR from using it a lot, and it has allowed me to relive some classics in an amazing way. As well as some amazing new content of course, but there isn't that much of it yet. But the things you mention benefit the most from VR. Graphical resolution is indeed a bit lower with Flight Simulation but the feeling of flying is much more accurate. I've flown real Cessna 172s and I've never really felt like flying in a PC simulator until VR came around. Google Earth is also quite amazing in VR. Of course for both experiences you need a serious PC, neither flight simulator nor google earth will run on the headset natively. The resolution and colour depth is really one of the least important things in my opinion (and they will be solved in due course, the first TFT screens were also quite horrible and still we played sims on them).

labrador 4y ago
I wasn't trying to insult you and I meant no offense. I was amused because I couldn't tell if your writing was computer generated. Your paragraph contained a level of exuberance and enthusiasm for VR that I share but don't normally see on HN. I like ChatGPT and I like your writing style when it comes to VR. I would be happier with VR that was all done on a high powered desktop computer where the headset is just two high quality screens tethered to the desktop computer. I see the problem as trying to put all the processing power in the glasses so people can move around. I've done Sandbox VR here in the Bay Area where I can walk and spin and it's amazing. I'm comparing Oculus to that and feel Oculus comes up short because it's a home consumer setup that has to be affordable. I'm going to shop for the type of VR I want. I realized in this thread that that's what I need. https://sandboxvr.com/sanfrancisco/ https://sandboxvr.com/sanfrancisco/

HDThoreaun 4y ago

Not really sure how you can preface that with "no offense." If you want to be rude just dive in, no need to hide.

labrador 4y ago
In case you grew up in Micronesia with no exposure to American culture, see the link I have shared. I was trying to be humorous, not rude. I will never say that again because I now know people take it as an insult. It's all so new, you know? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no%20offense https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no%20offense