I don't understand why people call OR Virtual reality? please explain.

[kaylexmorgana]

Ok I am tired of hearing about oculus rift being "next gen" and "virtual reality".

 

1. it is nothing but a 1440p screen in your face.

2. if it was actually VR you would be able to FEEL things INSIDE the game.

3. it wouldn't be $300 or whatever the price is.

4. you wouldn't need a controller, you would just have a thing attached to your head and boom. don't tell me you can perfectly control every single game by moving around.

 

A perfect example is the shitty anime, sword art online if you have seen it. he puts on this helmet thing and he just lays on his bed and does nothing and doesn't move at all. he is in a MMORPG and moves and does whatever like REAL LIFE. he logs out and goes back to the real world via in game. that is real VR. which we won't see in our life times.

[techguru]

Ok I am tired of hearing about oculus rift being "next gen" and "virtual reality".

 

1. it is nothing but a 1440p screen in your face.

2. if it was actually VR you would be able to FEEL things INSIDE the game.

3. it wouldn't be $300 or whatever the price is.

4. you wouldn't need a controller, you would just have a thing attached to your head and boom. don't tell me you can perfectly control every single game by moving around.

 

A perfect example is the shitty anime, sword art online if you have seen it. he puts on this helmet thing and he just lays on his bed and does nothing and doesn't move at all. he is in a MMORPG and moves and does whatever like REAL LIFE. he logs out and goes back to the real world via in game. that is real VR. which we won't see in our life times.

we won't ever see sword art online type vr

or matrix type vr

[Devon_Pearce]

it allows you to move your head and look at things. It isnt true vr like what Kirito experienced but its the best we can do now 

[LapX]

we won't ever see sword art online type vr

or matrix type vr

Why not ? With enough research, I'm positive that we could induce sleep in people and control their dreams, making them play a videogame.

 

Edit: It's kind of scary though.

[Nineshadow]

Sounds cooler.

[WereCat]

Because VR = virtual reality -> You see ONLY the enviroment that is not real. You are not disrupted by the real world (or you are at least temporarily isolated from it). Lack of other senses is bothersome for sure but that doesent mean it isnt VR. I am sure there will be improvements in future.

 

AR = augemented reality -> you see virtual objects projected into real world.

[Yummychickenblue]

we won't ever see sword art online type vr

or matrix type vr

Everybody says it's impossible until somebody does it.

[kaylexmorgana]

Everybody says it's impossible until somebody does it.

yeah in 200 years.

[Mao_Zedong]

we won't ever see sword art online type vr

or matrix type vr

[CyanideInsanity]

While on the literal side its a head mounted display and not VR, but its a part of vr. That part being displaying the virtual world. Though yes SOA would be vr, thats not the only description for it; using a HMD and something that can capture all body movements is vr. Not nearly as efficient but still gets the job done.

[Nav1tech]

They can call it whatever they want, Im still on the Oculus bandwagon. 

 

I personally dont care for all the tech demos or vr games that are out, but for sim racing its freaking awesome. Cant wait for the higer res CV1 to be relased.

[RollinLower]

didn't they already make like a vest that simulates bullet impacts, and a pair of gloves that let you 'feel' virtual things? not to mention that treadmill thing that lets you walk while maintaining the same position! i think a game of VR COD is pretty far on the way to completion to be honest

[kaylexmorgana]

didn't they already make like a vest that simulates bullet impacts, and a pair of gloves that let you 'feel' virtual things? not to mention that treadmill thing that lets you walk while maintaining the same position! i think a game of VR COD is pretty far on the way to completion to be honest

virtual boy 2.0

[Bensemus]

Why not ? With enough research, I'm positive that we could induce sleep in people and control their dreams, making them play a videogame.

 

Edit: It's kind of scary though.

We will never achieve SAO level of vr unless we use brain implants and even then I doubt it. The helmet is intercepting the commands from the brain to the rest of the body except vital signals like heartbeat or breathing or all the other things the brain passively controls. It is also sending a video stream into the head wirelessly. A more realistic expectation is what they have in Ready Player One. In that book you still need a controller although they use haptic gloves instead of a console controller and an OR style headset. More advanced rigs suspend the user in a "chair" that has 3 axis movement and a headset that uses lasers to project the image directly on your retinas. You wear a body suit that has little actuators in it to simulate touch. This is much more realistic and attainable. SAO or the matrix are pure fiction.

[GoldSrc]

Ok I am tired of hearing about oculus rift being "next gen" and "virtual reality".

 

1. it is nothing but a 1440p screen in your face.

2. if it was actually VR you would be able to FEEL things INSIDE the game.

3. it wouldn't be $300 or whatever the price is.

4. you wouldn't need a controller, you would just have a thing attached to your head and boom. don't tell me you can perfectly control every single game by moving around.

 

A perfect example is the shitty anime, sword art online if you have seen it. he puts on this helmet thing and he just lays on his bed and does nothing and doesn't move at all. he is in a MMORPG and moves and does whatever like REAL LIFE. he logs out and goes back to the real world via in game. that is real VR. which we won't see in our life times.

 

1 - Wrong, is stereoscopic 3D, is not just a screen on your face.

2 - Not in our lifetimes.

3 - We don't know.

4 - Again, not in our lifetimes.

 

That's the best we have, you can't ask more from today's technology.

[kaylexmorgana]

1 - Wrong, is stereoscopic 3D, is not just a screen on your face.

2 - Not in our lifetimes.

3 - We don't know.

4 - Again, not in our lifetimes.

 

That's the best we have, you can't ask more from today's technology.

exactly  but it is NOT virtual reality. so do NOT call it that.

[GoldSrc]

exactly  but it is NOT virtual reality. so do NOT call it that.

It sort of is though, your brain gets fooled into thinking is in another place.