Reality II: This Time, It's Virtual, and on consoles!

Mr. G · March 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCxFGxqLsHE
All the promises of the 1992 cinema classic 'The Lawnmower Man' will soon be yours! Every single one!

The Oculus Rift, funded by Kickstarted and eventually purchased by Facebook, is the catalyst for this entire new wave of tech

Releasing this Tuesday for $600, the Oculus is also launching with its own storefront for app purchases, and comes with an Xbox One controller and wireless dongle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEazj_iLAuM
The HTC Vive, created in partnership with HTC and Valve, has gotten the reputation as the "high-end" VR headset

Releasing next week for $800, the Vive offers "room scale" VR, coming with two cameras to place in the corners of a room, to allow you to physically walk around and have that be tracked by the game

The Vive also comes with two "Touch" controllers to track hand motions; the Oculus Rift will release theirs sometime later this year, for an unknown price

Playstation VR, developed and released by Sony, is now considered the "entry-level" VR

While the other two major headsets are for high-end gaming PCs, the Playstation VR is exclusively for Playstation 4 consoles and will support every PS4 release, be it a VR-native mode or a simulated room experience with games that aren't made for VR

Playstation VR releases this October for $400 just with the headset, or $500 to include the needed tracking camera, and optional Move controllers and pack-in game

These are the "major" headsets; there are also lower-end Android models, the $100 Gear VR for Galaxy S6 and above model phones, and the $15 Google Cardboard, which is a cardboard box you strap to your face

That's a Virtual Boy.

Tallahasseeriel · March 2016

I've got a Gear VR coming my way soon.

I will post my thoughts on it when I get to try it out!

I am hopeful that it will be real cool.

No Great Name · March 2016

My vive should arrive on the 5th. Maybe I'll do some streaming.

Anyone else getting one so we can raw data/hover junkers or other co-op shenanigans?

darleysam · March 2016

I'm hoping to have a Rift some time in April, which I'm pretty excited about.

Mr. G · March 2016

I'm hoping at least the Oculus will have like Best Buy kiosks, cause I've never gotten to try any VR thing

Inquisitor · March 2016

Mr. G wrote: »

I'm hoping at least the Oculus will have like Best Buy kiosks, cause I've never gotten to try any VR thing

Yeah I'd like to give it a try to see if my grumpy old man attitude towards it is justified or not.

(I don't think it will be my cup of tea but I am really jazzed for folks who are interested in this stuff to finally be getting it into their homes.)

Mr. G · March 2016

Last time I was at Best Buy, which was months ago, they had a Gear VR demo unit, but it wasn't working

No Great Name · March 2016

Mr. G wrote: »

I'm hoping at least the Oculus will have like Best Buy kiosks, cause I've never gotten to try any VR thing

I think there's a chain of pc stores or something in britain that has vive demos, and the microsoft nyc store has a demo station.

But they haven't revealed a larger plan for the u.s.

Oculus didn't really make a push to get them out to streamers and the like like HTC did. So I don't have hopes for in store demos in the near future.

rhylith · March 2016

I am going to give VR at least 2 years to really latch on before I blow that much money on it.

Xehalus · March 2016

gonna go for the Playstation VR

the Battlefront jetpack ride

Raijin Quickfoot · March 2016

I just want to log in and yell

"I AM GOD HERE!"

Cello · March 2016

I was super interested in the Rift and Vive until prices came out

I'd been expecting them to be pricy, sure, but the Canadian equivalents cost more than I paid for rent

If I get any version this cycle it'll be a Playstation VR, but to be honest it's more likely I'll take a wait-and-see approach, rather than hedge my bets on which of these options doesn't turn into the next HD-DVD player

Nogs · March 2016

don't forget hololens craziness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0

Moriveth · March 2016

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

I just want to log in and yell

"I AM GOD HERE!"

Access Denied

Raijin Quickfoot · March 2016

Then I will make every phone ring at the same time.

Xeddicus · March 2016

Then the cell towers melt.

Machwing · March 2016

I was just thinking to myself, "I wish my face were sweatier when I played bideogames"

now that dream can be real

Darmak · March 2016

Three days ago I got an email saying my order will be processed in the next 1-3 weeks for my Oculus. I am so fucking excited, y'all!

Beef Avenger · March 2016

GiantBomb will be doing a livestream tomorrow morning at 7am pst showcasing a bunch of the day 1 Occulus Rift offerings

-Tal · March 2016

reality 2 just seems like filler setting up for the avengers

Tallahasseeriel · March 2016

-Tal wrote: »

reality 2 just seems like filler setting up for the avengers

I am going to imagine it took you all afternoon to come up with this one.

Raijin Quickfoot · March 2016

Moriveth wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

I just want to log in and yell

"I AM GOD HERE!"

Access Denied

404

MrMonroe · March 2016

I was like, man people are really not taking this to the level that I want them to

then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDPRRt7Ofso

Tallahasseeriel · March 2016

Moonlight sonata is such a good choice for that.

MrMonroe · March 2016

Kerbal Space Program 2 would be a pretty excellent choice as a VR title.

SanderJK · March 2016

Gotta get this on this first page:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE

No Great Name · March 2016

MrMonroe wrote: »

I was like, man people are really not taking this to the level that I want them to

then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDPRRt7Ofso

Personally I think the apollo 11 experience is a lot cooler than adrift. But that's a more reality vs fantasy type deal.

BahamutZERO · March 2016

that adrift trailer says september 2015 at the end... is this another MGSV release date situation

MrMonroe · March 2016

That is also very cool, but for very different reasons.

djmitchella · March 2016

I tried an Oculus Rift early edition a while ago because someone had managed to get their hands on it, and while it was sort of interesting while it was on, I had to sit down and not walk around anywhere for about 10 minutes afterwards, the whole nausea/vertigo/etc thing hit me super hard. There's lots of claims that they've made it better since then, but as it stands, I am not a good customer.

(I have one of the cardboard phone-holding things as well; when I put an iphone in there, I don't have the same problems at all, probably because it's less immersive so my brain doesn't try and get all confused).

Peas · March 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjE6qXd6Itw

UnbreakableVow · March 2016

I've got the PSVR bundle pre-ordered

I am looking forward to Rez Infinite and anything else that looks cool

I will hope and pray that No Man's Sky receives VR support

jgeis · March 2016

I am not super interested in VR, but I figure I should give it a go. I wear glasses though (I'm nearsighted) and I worry that I won't be able to comfortably use VR headsets. I figure I've either got to wear glasses and have them pressed against my head, or hope that the screens are at the right distance to not require glasses?

Tamin · March 2016

one of the main bullet points on the Vive is "works with most glasses". YMMV, of course

(I'm only faintly interested in the tech, but I plan to follow the thread for a while and see if I can't get convinced)

Mr. G · March 2016

Giant Bomb's all-day stream is supposed to start in about 20 minutes

Also apparently the Oculus is out today

I had assumed tomorrow

Brolo · March 2016

Mr. G wrote: »

Giant Bomb's all-day stream is supposed to start in about 20 minutes

Also apparently the Oculus is out today

I had assumed tomorrow

Let's See How Much VR We Can Handle Before We Vomit