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| Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: DudeRegular on January 08, 2016, 08:42:34 pm ---The line at CES has been at 2 hours to demo the Rift. Folks are hyped big time. --- End quote --- I'm sure we could find photos of people waiting in line to try the Virtual Boy as well. Again, it's all about the games. Everyone is waiting to see how the rift turns out and will act accordingly. The problem is since everyone is waiting, the rift won't sell well, and thus all these other companies are going to scale back their entry into 3d and thus 3d will suck in terms of games libraries, and nobody will buy it. It's been this way since the 80's in terms of vr.... the tech has always been there, but nobody except Nintendo was willing to go all in.... force the consumers to use 3d, which is the only way an optional accessory sells well.... you make it mandatory. We know how well that turned out. I mean on the pc end, the fact that since gaming started accessory after accessory has been released to replace the keyboard and mouse combo and yet the majority of people still use a mere keyboard and mouse, because it came with the pc, speaks volumes. |
| edekoning:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 13, 2016, 03:13:22 am ---I mean on the pc end, the fact that since gaming started accessory after accessory has been released to replace the keyboard and mouse combo and yet the majority of people still use a mere keyboard and mouse, because it came with the pc, speaks volumes. --- End quote --- Its also because that combo has proven time and time again to be the optimum way of playing many types of games. The main exceptions being steering wheels and flight sticks. |
| pbj:
--- Quote from: edekoning on January 13, 2016, 06:43:49 am ---Its also because that combo has proven time and time again to be the optimum way of playing many types of games. The main exceptions being steering wheels and flight sticks. --- End quote --- Eh, don't know about that. You develop games to work with the devices everyone already has. I've been surprised at how much Xbox controller support has permeated PC games. |
| dkersten:
--- Quote from: pbj on January 13, 2016, 09:24:53 am ---Eh, don't know about that. You develop games to work with the devices everyone already has. I've been surprised at how much Xbox controller support has permeated PC games. --- End quote --- My perspective on this is that these days so many games are developed for the xbox (or playstation) and then ported to the PC, which leads to the console controller being the superior way to control the game. Personally on any FPS or RPG nobody will ever beat a mouse/keyboard for me, but then I am worthless on an xbox controller but with a mouse and keyboard I have exceptional control... I'm still waiting for mind control interfaces... then combine mind control interfaces with VR headsets and now you have something... |
| shponglefan:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 13, 2016, 03:13:22 am ---the tech has always been there, but nobody except Nintendo was willing to go all in.... force the consumers to use 3d, which is the only way an optional accessory sells well.... you make it mandatory. We know how well that turned out. --- End quote --- VR has traditionally failed because of ergonomics. The Virtual Boy is a prime example of that. The most recent round of sets have solved a lot of those issues, at least to the extent that it's a lot more usable for a lot more people. It still has further to go, but it's come along way since the 90's. I do agree that games are going to be a big part of it. That and porn. But there are some intriguing titles either with VR support or in development. So we'll have to wait and see what happens. |
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