In every discussion about VR, someone will mention the Virtual Boy, even though it is not a VR device any relevant sense.Drachenherz wrote:Abominations like the Virtua Boy arenot forgotten
2014 - the breakthrough of VR? Your thoughts please.
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Re: 2014 - the breakthrough of VR? Your thoughts please.
VB was a 3D depth toy.
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
Re: 2014 - the breakthrough of VR? Your thoughts please.
It's completely relevant as it's the 2nd to worst execution of the thing (which is strapping a tv to your face) possible. 1st person shooters and sim games where you're some pervert peeking through keyholes to watch women undress. Now that's a tactility accurate game experience.
Some people are into that sort of thing, but it gets depressing really fast when folks act like it's going to be this giant hyooge thing.
Some people are into that sort of thing, but it gets depressing really fast when folks act like it's going to be this giant hyooge thing.
Re: 2014 - the breakthrough of VR? Your thoughts please.
So carrying on from the previous VR thread. (Ignore any time paradoxes. We're cool with those. Real life isn't Metal Gear Solid.)
Fundamentally, yeah it's pretty clear Alternate Reality is the next next killer app in gaming that consumers desire. (The next one would be artificial intelligence.) Holodeck, The Matrix, any one of millions of web novels (such as the very famous Sword Art Online, Evolution Theory of the Hunter, Dungeon Defense etc), so on, so forth. People really, really want to sever all ties to reality forever. Understandable. Reality is pretty shitty - a horrible place ruled by entropy where you always get back less than you put in. Lousy game design. Ok.
So how plausible is a device that paralyses your body and hijacks the input stream to your brainstem, really?
On one end of the spectrum are those who say it's impossible. Such as this comment by RandomAnon on the gamefaqs message boards: "Never. You'll never be able to sniff an anime girl's panties." Shocking. Very distressing..
And on the other end you'd have crazy people like Ray Kurzweil who think it's 20 or 30 years away. And that nanomachines are magical and we wouldn't need massively invasive surgery to do this sort of thing.
Saying that we're at the stage of the Wright Brothers with this stuff would be a vast understatement. We're closer to the stone age. Before they invented fire. Before the human brain developed the capacity for language.
^ I seriously, seriously doubt haptic suits will ever simulate the wind or pressure from riding in a rollercoaster, or the sensation of swimming in a pond. And they're never going to let you eat an endless amount of cake without your stomach getting full or your wallet going empty.
If anyone has any insight on how this could be done short of surgery or magic, I'm very interested to hear it.
Fundamentally, yeah it's pretty clear Alternate Reality is the next next killer app in gaming that consumers desire. (The next one would be artificial intelligence.) Holodeck, The Matrix, any one of millions of web novels (such as the very famous Sword Art Online, Evolution Theory of the Hunter, Dungeon Defense etc), so on, so forth. People really, really want to sever all ties to reality forever. Understandable. Reality is pretty shitty - a horrible place ruled by entropy where you always get back less than you put in. Lousy game design. Ok.
So how plausible is a device that paralyses your body and hijacks the input stream to your brainstem, really?
On one end of the spectrum are those who say it's impossible. Such as this comment by RandomAnon on the gamefaqs message boards: "Never. You'll never be able to sniff an anime girl's panties." Shocking. Very distressing..
And on the other end you'd have crazy people like Ray Kurzweil who think it's 20 or 30 years away. And that nanomachines are magical and we wouldn't need massively invasive surgery to do this sort of thing.
Saying that we're at the stage of the Wright Brothers with this stuff would be a vast understatement. We're closer to the stone age. Before they invented fire. Before the human brain developed the capacity for language.
^ I seriously, seriously doubt haptic suits will ever simulate the wind or pressure from riding in a rollercoaster, or the sensation of swimming in a pond. And they're never going to let you eat an endless amount of cake without your stomach getting full or your wallet going empty.
If anyone has any insight on how this could be done short of surgery or magic, I'm very interested to hear it.
I know the number 1 thing I totally want direct access to my brain is a trusty dependable 'ole Holoshed.surgery