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General discussionHow VR will reformat the soul and bring about the apocalypse(64 posts)(64 posts)
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Posted August 21, 2016
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I'm leaving VR!

At least for a while. See, I'm having my laser operation in a few days, so I have to avoid using contact lenses prior to that. I could use VR while wearing glasses, but I'm afraid this might scratch the HMD lenses. After the operation there will be a week or so where my eyes has to heal. Hopefully, my upgraded eyes will work well in VR. And in real life too, of course.

In the meantime, I'll give life without VR a try. Totally retro, this.
Posted August 26, 2016
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I have tried researched early VR attempts. The first time a HMD was patented was in 1945. That's pretty early.

The most solid article I came by was this one:
HMD History and Objectives of Inventions

This article has better pics, though.

Yet another article begins with this sentence:
Virtual reality, it may seem unrealistic and what first comes to mind is that this type of technology is only used on futuristic sci-fi films like Star Trek and Star Wars. To ordinary people, it is bizarre.
That article was from 2013. What was bizarre a few years ago is now a mainstream product.

This one gives a fair warning of things to come, endning with one real solid quote.

So anyway, I have one laser eye operation coming up today. Gonna be fun, I think. At least, its something new.
Posted August 26, 2016
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Bouchart: If cell phones cause brain tumors VR goggles certainly will.
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paigosa: Legend has it, they could also cause gas pumps to explode, but much experimentation was unable to verify this.
Mostly because everyone involved in the experiment is dead.
Posted August 27, 2016
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I paid good money for that laser eye operation, but it turned out to be a real disappointment. It WON'T LET YOU SHOOT LASER BEAMS OUT YOUR EYES AT ALL!
Posted August 28, 2016
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tinyE: I don't have a soul.
What happened. I mean, you know ... if you don't minding talking about it?
Posted August 28, 2016
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tinyE: I don't have a soul.
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noncompliantgame: What happened. I mean, you know ... if you don't minding talking about it?
Nothing happened. :P I made a stupid post.
Posted August 28, 2016
VR? In reality I can do things. In this VR-Demos (they are not games) I can only do what the progam allows me to do.
And I must wear those ugly goggles.
For me VR is a hype and the more interesting thing for the future is AR.
Posted August 28, 2016
Most of the VR titles I've seen demos of or see offered on Steam at the moment are either glorified tech demos, simplistic experimental games and similar. For actual games that I consider real games, very few support VR and those that do it seems very few support it full blown. I haven't seen any advertise VR that made me excited or want to turn my head for the most part. To date the only titles that come to mind that I've heard the developers state the game supports or will support meaningful VR which appeal to me in any way are:

- Star Citizen
- Fallout 4
- DOOM

Admittedly I have not done any major research on what games plan to fully support VR meaningfully which aren't just a gimmick or tech demo or parlour trick. If anyone knows of any significant titles I may have overlooked please mention them though so I can have a look and potentially bookmark for the future. My ultimate VR game experience would be something like The Elder Scrolls VI: Valenwood, or The Witcher 4 personally, however there are a lot of other games that would fit into VR nicely in theory also.
Posted August 28, 2016
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noncompliantgame: What happened. I mean, you know ... if you don't minding talking about it?
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tinyE: Nothing happened. :P I made a stupid post.
No, yeah - I meant how did you looz your soul?
Posted August 28, 2016
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tinyE: Nothing happened. :P I made a stupid post.
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noncompliantgame: No, yeah - I meant how did you looz your soul?
I'm very absentminded.
Posted August 28, 2016
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noncompliantgame: No, yeah - I meant how did you looz your soul?
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tinyE: I'm very absentminded.
Then its prolly laying around the house somewhere. Behind the fridge maybe?
Posted August 29, 2016
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KasperHviid: The US military designed the internet to have a data network which could withstand a nuclear attack. Today, the internet influences every aspect of our life, and has altered the way our mind work. (source: 'The Shallows' by Nicholas G. Carr) Also, the net has been use to expose the militarys own crimes against humanity. Not at all what they had in mind when they designed it.

It is the same with VR. We have the technology, and there is a market, so of course it get produced. But we have no idea where it will take us.

Back in the days of the television, some guy suggested that the television media itself had its own message, which would take precendence despite the messengers intentions: "The media is the message". Likewise, Twitter and Youtube comments have a different message than a book or a painting. You may try to say something deep and profound on Twitter, but the medias inherient message will always dominate. Likewise, it is hard to be streetwise and tough in a haiku poem.

Virtual Reality is a new media. More than that, it is a new reality. A virtual one, but a reality nonetheless. We don't know what its message is. But I feel VR might bring about some deeper, more empathic digital experiences. (And end the world, of course.)

Which is why I created this slideshow of vintage 3D erotica for the Rift:
https://youtu.be/_DvRNZiI_n8
There was a crazy old movie I saw once with Mr T in it and VR was how the antichrist took over the world. Or something like it.

Edit: It must have been this one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257408/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_13
Post edited August 29, 2016 by Tallima
Posted August 29, 2016
I would like to try VR because it's looks cool, but tbh lots of VR games look very crappy....
Looks like they grab a mobile game or a very bad pc game they add VR option and everybody likes it because it's VR, because of the hype.

But there are some really interesting games next to these, and I would like to try those definitely.
Posted August 31, 2016
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bela555: I would like to try VR because it's looks cool, but tbh lots of VR games look very crappy....
Looks like they grab a mobile game or a very bad pc game they add VR option and everybody likes it because it's VR, because of the hype.

But there are some really interesting games next to these, and I would like to try those definitely.
C'mon, don't tell us that you aren't excited to stand on one heel and spin in a circle shooting ever encroaching zombies until you knock pictures off the wall in the room your standing in and accidentally choke yourself on the 10 pound cord dangling from your forehead... ;oP
Posted August 31, 2016
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bela555: I would like to try VR because it's looks cool, but tbh lots of VR games look very crappy....
Looks like they grab a mobile game or a very bad pc game they add VR option and everybody likes it because it's VR, because of the hype.

But there are some really interesting games next to these, and I would like to try those definitely.
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skeletonbow: C'mon, don't tell us that you aren't excited to stand on one heel and spin in a circle shooting ever encroaching zombies until you knock pictures off the wall in the room your standing in and accidentally choke yourself on the 10 pound cord dangling from your forehead... ;oP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFX6QuO1uBo
the only positive thing i can say about this game is the nice ass in the bottom right corner
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