LGR - A Bit of HTC Vive Absurdity
Added 2016-06-20 15:45:49 +0000 UTC
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Those animals are incredible in this video. I can't imagine what they'd be like in the VR environment. I was imagining Tempest, my former cat, and it occurred to me that there could be extensive therapeutic benefits to such a device. It's been said before, obviously, but not until watching this video did I genuinely believe in the potential of the technology in that regard.
Paul
2016-06-29 08:27:21 +0000 UTCThe demos at PAX were great, weren't they? I'm glad they've all made it over into the retail market, and even better than they were there!
LGR
2016-06-24 02:27:27 +0000 UTChahahah shooting the robots looked like fun.. I *loved* the vive when I tried it at PAX
Evan B
2016-06-23 23:34:50 +0000 UTCYeah that's right. That said, it's all still working here. I'm guessing the modders, err, modded it again? Obviously I wouldn't rely on the mod, but if you can access it - definitely give it a go
LibC
2016-06-23 05:13:37 +0000 UTCYep, you can go under the pool table and see underneath! All the quality VR games I've played make sure that areas like that are rendered, because yeah, people are naturally going to take a look around :) It's going to be fascinating to see what comes next!
LGR
2016-06-23 03:04:31 +0000 UTCYeah, I haven't messed with Revive at all yet. I heard Oculus did something to make sure it doesn't work anymore though?
LGR
2016-06-23 03:03:18 +0000 UTCHave you tried Proton Pulse? Very similar concept to Cyberpong, highly enjoyably
LGR
2016-06-23 03:02:34 +0000 UTCIt is PC-only.
LGR
2016-06-23 03:01:27 +0000 UTCMartin: It is designed to connect to a PC. It may have other functions, but that's the intended use.
Paul
2016-06-22 17:51:22 +0000 UTCQuestion, can the HTC Vive be connected to a PC? or is it like the Samsung Galaxy Gear VR, which only works with the smart phone?
Martin Ravensholt
2016-06-21 11:38:04 +0000 UTCSomeone had a bit too much fun (and a bit too many virtual drinks) with the Vive, hehe. :3 Can't wait for the full review -which I'm sure will answer questions such as, "Do you throw even more needle cats from the sky?" o.o
Lindsay Michelle
2016-06-20 21:25:49 +0000 UTCI bought both the HTC Vive and the Oculus. I found with the Oculus, despite my best efforts I'd end up walking into something , or entirely losing my bearings. With the Vive, the camera is so much better. That said, if you're out of the field of view of one of the sensors you get a weird lag. And lag in VR is very very off putting! @LGR, don't forget to check out Lucky's Tail (you may need the Revive mod to access Oculus home)
LibC
2016-06-20 17:29:45 +0000 UTCWith things like room scale VR, positional tracking and touch controllers; it’s going to be interesting to see how users observe and interact with virtual environments in the future. It’s also going to be interesting to see how much detail developers can afford to put into an environment. I’ve noticed that users tend to expect more from virtual environments, wanting to interact with everything realistically. For example, if you lay on your back and shimmy under one of those pool tables, is the underside realistically rendered and mapped? Or did the developers just make it a black slab of polygons because they’re used to ignoring surfaces that wouldn’t visible to the user with a traditional control scheme?
Bolthouse
2016-06-20 16:29:01 +0000 UTC
