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Apart from gaming, there's other interesting things this could do especially with a higher resolution display and fast connectivity. For example , virtual tour

by jiggy2011 14y ago

Apart from gaming, there's other interesting things this could do especially with a higher resolution display and fast connectivity. For example , virtual tourism. Take a safari by streaming a 4K video via a mounted camera on a pivot on top of a truck. Of course latency induced motion sickness could be a serious issue there but you may be able to get around this by streaming feeds from multiple cameras.

mtgx 14y ago
Oculus Rift might also be the first thing to truly disrupt the cinema industry, if it works that well for movies, too (although you obviously lose the ability to move in a movie, but maybe that can change in the future). I guess the cinemas could buy them en-masse before everyone has them at home though, and before they got to experience it for themselves, just like with current 3D glasses, but I think the difference will be minimal from what you can experience at home, and what you can experience in the cinema with such goggles. There's also potential for stress, depression therapy, etc.
johnyzee 14y ago
I fully expect the future of video to be 4D camera orbs that record a 360 degree view and let viewers look around inside the recording as it plays, using head-mounted displays. Just imagine revisiting your last holiday and seeing stuff you didn't even see when you were there the first time, being able to explore the living surroundings again and again.
- petekp 14y ago
  Interesting, but there's something eerie about deciding to strap on a helmet to re-visit a past holiday. Especially "again and again" :) How often to we even browse our photos of old events, let alone 4D camera orb footage? Hey who knows, maybe that's how we'll be spending our twilight years.
gavanwoolery 14y ago
Interesting you mention this -- one side project I wanted to work on was using the oculus rift to control a quadrocopter and simulate the feeling of flight. :)

mtgx 14y ago

Oculus Rift might also be the first thing to truly disrupt the cinema industry, if it works that well for movies, too (although you obviously lose the ability to move in a movie, but maybe that can change in the future). I guess the cinemas could buy them en-masse before everyone has them at home though, and before they got to experience it for themselves, just like with current 3D glasses, but I think the difference will be minimal from what you can experience at home, and what you can experience in the cinema with such goggles. There's also potential for stress, depression therapy, etc.

johnyzee 14y ago

I fully expect the future of video to be 4D camera orbs that record a 360 degree view and let viewers look around inside the recording as it plays, using head-mounted displays. Just imagine revisiting your last holiday and seeing stuff you didn't even see when you were there the first time, being able to explore the living surroundings again and again.

petekp 14y ago
Interesting, but there's something eerie about deciding to strap on a helmet to re-visit a past holiday. Especially "again and again" :) How often to we even browse our photos of old events, let alone 4D camera orb footage? Hey who knows, maybe that's how we'll be spending our twilight years.

gavanwoolery 14y ago

Interesting you mention this -- one side project I wanted to work on was using the oculus rift to control a quadrocopter and simulate the feeling of flight. :)