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Post by BadMonkeyEdd on Mar 4, 2015 12:55:26 GMT
A mate at work has bought the Gear VR to work with his Galaxy Note and brought it in today for show and tell. It is my first go at a VR headset since going to the Trocadero in London in the early 90's and paying probably a tenner for 5 minutes in a poor quality Tron style game. Back then, the headset was so heavy that I found my head drooping and I was trying to look up all the time. The Gear VR is excellent. I notice no lag (although I tried moving my head quickly), and when taking off the headset I had the brief moment of "that's weird" as my brain tried to work out what was normal. It is a brilliant tech demo, and the games/360 films were very good. The power of the Galaxy Note isn't the same as the current generation consoles or a PC, so the demo with the sea life was excellent to show off the VR, but not realistic enough to fool you. However the space game I played was excellent as of course I have less frame of reference for space battles! I won't be getting one as I don't have a Galaxy phone or £180 spare for a tech demo, but I will most likely be picking up a Morpheous when they come out (2016 now). Another guy at work has an Oculous Rift that I'm hoping he will be bringing in for show and tell soon. As I'm currently playing Alien: Isolation, I'm quite pleased that I don't have one as I would possibly have a heart attack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwLUHEG4oNs
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Post by Pigmagnet on Mar 4, 2015 13:14:59 GMT
I can't wait for a VR headset. I've wanted VR since the 80s when I played Driller on the Spectrum. To be in the middle of a proper 3-dimensional virtual world and to be able to look in any direction, even if the frame rate did dip to 5 spf (yes folks, 5 seconds per frame!) was mind-boggling. The only thing I'm worried about is that the Morpheous will be nobbled by shit software that just has you spazzing about in front of the telly, like what that Microsoft idiot-box did.
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Post by Retro GeezZer on Mar 4, 2015 13:35:45 GMT
GeezZer Grumble alert.
I’m dubious about the whole VR headset thing, there are applications outside of gaming that it will revolutionise and I’m sure it will do the same for gaming but only to the extent that the Wii changed our perception with motion control, in the average household you’ll be tripping over the dog, whacking the kids and braking granny’s best china, plus you’ll look like a complete div to anyone watching, and then there’s the motion sickness thing, anyone who’s been in one of those funfair tunnels that spin around you as you walk through will know how easy it is to fool the brain as you walk through thinking you’re about to lose balance.
And this is the parent inside me talking now, it’s bad enough today with the family sitting in the same room but all engaging in their hand held devices oblivious to each other, roll on 10 years (it won’t even take that long) and everyone will be wearing lighter slimmer versions of these VR units not even knowing who’s next to you, the kids will get so addicted forget trying to get them outside in the fresh air, we could send them out for a virtual bike ride but try taking the dog for a virtual walk.
In the words of Frazer we’re all Doomed.
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Post by Pigmagnet on Mar 4, 2015 13:49:55 GMT
in the average household you’ll be tripping over the dog, whacking the kids and braking granny’s best china, plus you’ll look like a complete div to anyone watching, and then there’s the motion sickness thing, We're expecting two different things - you're imagining a head-mounted kinect so yes, you would look like a complete eejit. That's exactly what I hope VR isn't. I want to fly round the universe in No Man's Sky and feel as though I'm in space. I want to look round the cockpit and gasp at the stars. I'm happy to fly down to a planet and ooh and aah and move my head round to gasp at the space-dinosaurs - but I don't want to have to get up off the sofa and run on the spot if the feckers decide to have me for lunch. If the software is too gimmicky and demands that my body replicates everything a virtual one does on screen - well, they can fuck off.
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Post by BadMonkeyEdd on Mar 4, 2015 14:00:56 GMT
Although I only used it for about 10 minutes, I didn't get motion sickness from it (although in the same sort of time I felt a bit dodgy playing Dying Light light on the PS4 when not sitting straight on to the TV).
Now the lag is about 18ms, the delay is un-perceivable, and that was what was causing the issues in the past.
I really want it to work. My issue is that I have Move controllers at home which get less use than the Wii, so do I order it for day 1, or do I wait for a few games to come out first ...
As pigmagnet says, "I want to play No Man's Sky" on it!
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Post by Variable-Silence on Mar 4, 2015 14:01:34 GMT
Have you seen the omi thingy ?
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Post by Retro GeezZer on Mar 4, 2015 14:43:30 GMT
Hang on we’re missing the bigger picture here…. What kind of job has Show & Tell??
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Post by keithshaw3 on Mar 4, 2015 14:48:56 GMT
lol, are you a school teacher??
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Post by BadMonkeyEdd on Mar 5, 2015 9:53:40 GMT
Hang on we’re missing the bigger picture here…. What kind of job has Show & Tell?? Lol. No, I'm not a school teacher. Don't you guys do Show & Tell when you have new hardware? Since I'm in a techie profession, the moment someone has a new shiny, you can tell due to the grouping of blokes around a desk. For example we have Apple fan-boys, so the day a new iPhone comes out, we get to look, play, get disappointed etc. as someone would have got one. The coverage of new hardware is pretty good, meaning that if you wanted something, there is generally someone who has it already so you can ask about it. I personally have very little due to having kids .... ah the joys of having a disposable income .... ah memories ....
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Post by Pigmagnet on Mar 5, 2015 10:25:00 GMT
I'm far from the cutting edge. I know exactly two people who own blu-ray players - and one of those only has it because I bought them it. In fact most of the people in the small circle I move in would have to have the basics of video definition and dvd regions explained to them. Have you ever tried to explain 'correct aspect ratio' to anyone who moans about those black bars round their telly picture? It's a nightmare in a minefield!
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Post by BadMonkeyEdd on Mar 5, 2015 11:48:30 GMT
Incorrect aspect ratio bugs me, although I know I have an issue as I'd like to bring back the death penalty, but only for people who video in portrait mode.
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Post by Retro GeezZer on Mar 5, 2015 14:00:19 GMT
Oh don't get me started on aspect ratio, the misses & kids are forever watching old programs that Should have the black boarders, but oh no they have to fill the screen distorting everything making Dr Sloan’s face plumper than Mary Poppins handbag, Core Blimey would you adam an eave it lets av a song an a dance me luvly lady, a sweet that plays a tune ya say? Call the frigin child catcher! Sorry got a bit carried away.
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Post by Retro GeezZer on Mar 6, 2015 12:21:40 GMT
Let me explain how my head works..
Dr Slone the lead character in Diagnosis Murder a 90’s TV series one of those programs always on freeview that should have black boarders. Dr Slone is played by Dick Van Dyke who was the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins, who’s attempt at a cockney accent has been decried as one of the worst accents in film history, he was also Caractacus Pott the lead bloke in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, hence the sweet that plays a tune (Toot Sweets) and the reference to the child catcher.
See perfect sense.
gtg Nurse says I need my pills.
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Post by keithshaw3 on Mar 6, 2015 12:49:11 GMT
explaining yourself to yourself..... That is not good mate
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