The VR hype is over?

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Seems like it. Entry level costs are way too high and there's not enough good video games that have flawless VR support.
If the prices drop to $200-$300 a unit you would probably see a big spike in VR usage. There are still users though, and that's all we need to keep development alive.

VR will rise again.

>>59911471
I don't like the idea of VR games, but what i do like is simulating a multi-monitor setup with $200 VR headset.

>>59911438
give me a link to that video pls

Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR are the future

Sorry m8

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>>59911522
To each his own. I am mainly interested in VR for porn and video games. I'd also love to try out FPV drones, but I would need to learn a whole new skillset and spend a ton for cash for that.
Gunfights and dogfights in POV look amazing. Both require a very expensive

>>59911522
Fucking this. Endless desktops.

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>>59911539
I would love to see a bigger homebrew VR scene. I am hoping that someone can come up with a software package and maybe a few bits of custom hardware that could be utilized to make a cheap alternative to commercial sets for those that are willing to put in the effort.
Obviously there are homebrew sets, but I believe a solid well developed software suite would really make things pick up.

>>59911438
Just biding its time. Soon hardware revisions will come along and make it affordable for the mainstream. 300 bucks VR will soon come.

>>59911522
>>59911571
I'm interested in this as well (currently running a 5-monitor setup), but I'm curios as to how well it'll work out. What "resolution"/"DPI" can we expect?

>>59911522
Yea I will hop on board when 4k vive comes.
Theres already a Chinese 4k one but it doesn't look very good.

I want to be able to comfortably read, for full digital immersion.

bought a vive

shit was pretty epic, returned after a month though

not enough full games, everythings a demo, greatest experience was honey select VR with supersampling cranked up. Came hard. Multiple times

>>59911438
VR is shit, R is the future. Shit like hololens but not gay microsoft trash.
Add layer upon layer of overlay on real world to have globe spanning or infinite virtual worlds and shit and infinite desktops when/wherever you care too.

>>59911438
It never even started.

>>59911535
VR Porn is Here and Its Scary Realistic Mashable CES 2016

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>>59911522
We got a bunch of console cowboys here. You off the junk yet, Case?

>>59911438
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVn3H93Ysag

>>59911438
Yes. VR has become dull again.

>>59911438
Fucking facebook ruined everything again

>>59911645
yeah i ment to the porn video

>>59911692
:3

>>59911629
>I hate microsoft just because
fuck off

>>59911648
Sorry I'm not sure what your on about, are you having a dig because I want to be able to use it for productivity purposes?
I have a gear VR already, watched porn on it once and its okay but not worth the effort.

>>59911438
Whats her name again? she because she is a bbw now

Im not that fussed by vr anymore, I'd still like to try pc vr for a while to get a good feel for it but I've only had about 10 minutes on the vive and similar amount of time on the Oculus dk2

I have daydream vr, and while it is good, it's just too much hassle to watch a film or YouTube video in vr, you gotta put on the headset, get your earphones sorted and the controller

I was really hyped for it despite a lot of negative reviews due to cost but the practically isn't really good enough for me, I'd rather lay in bed and watch it on my phone than have to put on a headset and mess with earphones and controllers, then i also have to sit up

>>59911721
I was just messing around.
It's a reference to Neuromancer, which is pretty much solely responsible for creating Cyberpunk. I'm surprised there are people on /g/ who aren't familiar with it.
In the book the main character (Case) is a burned out junkie hacker. He jacks into a Matrix like computer system to do his skullduggery.
The girl is Molly Millions. A cybernetically enhanced mercenary that is hired as a bodyguard.

>>59911648
Why do you video-game-addicted retards have to stick your noses everywhere? fuck off.
We were talking about desktop configurations, nothing to do with muh games.

>>59911438
For gaming, yes. Everyone just spouted that "We just need to work out what to do with VR" shit every time somebody asked "Hey, how is this going to support any larger non-gimmicky experience?". Now it's here and still nobody has worked out what to do with it (because there isn't much).

>>59911438

I was pretty young during the first VR hype train but all the inherited problems with HMDs that existed back then haven't been solved. The issue stems from the fact that an HMD isn't VR (by itself) since its only one part of the "Virtual Reality" puzzle so I think peoples expectations are far higher then what gets delivered. Moving around and interaction with virtual worlds is just a bad as it was in the 90s and its not going to be solved cheaply any time soon.

So yeah, the displays are better, the HMD are somewhat lighter more comfortable, the sensors are more accurate but all the core flaws remain.

That said, I would love one for a cockpit sit down simulation just to fuck around but thats hardly something that can maintain a mainstream industry. HMDs are great for education, industry and military but outside of that they are pretty limited.

VR in it's current state is kinda shit. It'll be all hype "oh lets blow massive amounts of money" for something that'll end up being thrown in the trash heap (aka HD-DVD/Beta max/etc). Now when VR gets to the point of HoloDeck like (aka StarTrek) that's when it gets to be worth it. Being able to enter a room without wires/headsets and have it change to anything you wish or create anyone one you wish with replica of personality would be awesome.

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>>59911613
This is partially possible. Buy this type of dongle then use this software.

https://www.amazon.com/CompuLab-fit-Headless-Display-Emulator/dp/B00FLZXGJ6
http://store.steampowered.com/app/382110/

You can have a bunch of 4k monitors in VR.

>>59911471
>mfw chink vr headsets are 50 bucks

>>59911876
>VR in it's current state is kinda shit. It'll be all hype "oh lets blow massive amounts of money" for something that'll end up being thrown in the trash heap (aka HD-DVD/Beta max/etc).

Because HD-DVD and BetaMax were "kinda shit" and didn't have contemporary competitors based on the same technology that became wildly successful?

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>>59911801
Sorry, faglord. Video games are the driving force behind VR. The Oculus Rift never would have been funded (and subsequently acquired) if it weren't for video-game addicted retards.

Does not AR make more sense? You can cook with your waifu right next to you.

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>>59912420

There's no reason to use vr outside of video games because no tactile feedback for anything that happens.
I risk being called a fedora, but when using it and understanding it's not actually happening and is just watching a fancy video, I quickly lost interest, and that was just during the store display.

>>59912420
yes, but it is also way harder to implement than VR, you need more kinds of sensors and processing power

>>59912420
I think AR headsets will only see very niche usage. In the future 9talking like 20 years here). We will almost certainly see AR equipped vehicles and emergency response/sport/motorcycle helmets. Fighter jets have had AR setups for decades.

>>59911793
Sounds interesting.
>>59911438
Still going to get a headset for IL-2 or any other combat flight sim that measures up. That plus a HOTAS setup will be pure bliss

>>59912438
That is poor fag shit, with AR and a waifu bot you can live like a king providing you make good money and own a nice place. You can play with your waifu bot and special effects will be generated with AR.

>>59911438
The price is slowing it down.

Has anyone done work with or used webvr?

>>59911438
It is was it is. We're in the niche phase of adoption now where everything is comfy. As a base of content continues to build and people figure out what does and doesn't work it'll start becoming more attractive. It won't really take off in a wide adoption sense until headsets become wireless and have a form factor closer to sunglasses and not the almost helmet like contraption they are now.

Regardless someone needs to hurry up and develop vive compatible cad software. Make it to where you could develop solid models completely in cad using the wands like a 3d mouse, to sketch lines etc. and businesses would pay an ungodly amount for that shit.

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>>59911648
>>59911801
Is Count Zero as good as Neuromancer?

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>>59911438
Depends. Hype is still alive and well on VR communities who have seen the light. If you expected anything other than the equivalent of kind of gimmicky brick smartphones for this gen VR headsets, you were sorely mistaken. We all know where smartphones went. Or heck even monitors themselves. Pic slightly related.

>>59912438
"is these"

Seriously pissing me off. You can say "are these" for plural or "is this" for singular.

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>>59912445
Huh, people who actually know what they're talking about. Nice. I hope I was of some use as the person, or one of the people, who always posted about the practicality of dolls with AR whenever I saw the opportunity.

>>59911716
kys yourself shill

>>59915837
But gift is singular.

this shit was always a meme

augmented reality has a shot but not until you can do it yourself, I'm not getting in that deep with the botnet

>>59911438
Yes people get blind so they cannot post anymore in social media xD

>>59911438
I would get one for some sort of virtual movie theatre experience if it was cheaper. I feel like the first person motion would make me sick

I haven't tried modern VR, but I think the problem with it is the form factor. Who wants to wear big weighty goggles for any length of time?

Get them down to the size and weight of oversized sunglasses and it'll be perfect.

>>59912420
>AR

Gross.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs

>>59920247
>AR used wrong looks and feels like shit
gee, who could've thought?

>>59911522
AR suits better for this, cause you can see environment there. Unless you wishes purely aestetic

>>59911595
Isn't there OSVR already? I mean hell I've seen people hack a PSVR and google cardboard to run on PC.
Then you have all the chink shit which costs less, except no controllers. Eventually someone will make a vive knockoff at cheaper price.

>>59911628

>honey select

wish it was easier to get the girl to rim the guy

>>59911438

3d was introduced in the mid 90s in a similar way (active glasses) but at least then you could crank the crt refresh to 180hz, looked awesome, then if faded away, quietly. just like 3d today, and just like whats happening with VR now. only thing id ever buy a VR headset for is cinema mode, and im not going to spend $600-800 on that

if 3d was available as passive with similar quality, id buy it, if VR existed as a holodeck, id buy it, until then, ill spend $50 on a blonde bombshell blowjob at the strip club.

>>59911628
>greatest experience was honey select VR with supersampling cranked up
Fuck me, specs? I have a 980 and it was a stuttery mess.

I haven't tested one yet. Can I use it for Photoshop so I don't need to be in front of my monitor? If yes, is dual monitor viewing possible? And will it make me dizzy if I use it for hours?

>>59911679
actually is was bethesda's parent company Zenimax. They sued Oculus into Elder Scrolls 4 since a couple of their employees took code with them when they went to work John Carmack and Luckey

>>59911438
Just stalled out.

Actual Vive owner here. There are nice porn experiences like Play Club and Honey Select. More importantly there are promising games like Onward that really take advantage of roomscale and immersion.

The biggest market I see are games like Onward that give an experience a standard console/PC game can't as well as games that encourage a workout - something like Holopoint with a hearbeat sensor/calories burned tracker. These games have the potential to actually make people want to be active as the games can be actually fun and challenging while making the workout become almost an ancillary thing. Porn I think will be a secondary market demand but just as big development because no one buys this stuff outright for porn, they need a cover story (and more motivating factors) at least for why they are blowing several hundred dollars for it and enough real content for their friends/family to use/see you using it for non-degenerate things as well. The fact that Onward has sold so well despite being made by a single guy goes to show how good it can be.

Right now the limitations are desktop computers need a 1070+ for any decent level of performance as well as an additional 800 dollar pricetag for HTC Vive which is the only one that has good enough roomscale. HTC Vive is running at 2160×1200 90 Hz which is just barely good enough. Essentially there is a minor screendoor effect because of pixel density, however it kinda is not noticeable if you are really getting into the game.

Basically we're going to need wait 5 years or so for standard gaming computers to be able to run 4k at 90Hz while being affordable, which should also allow development for a system like the Vive with roomscale to be adequately cheap enough for an average user to buy as well. This would double the pixel density and take it from more of a beta experience with hardware limitations to a more developed system that has the kind of processing power needed for these games.

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I'll just leave this here

>>59921962
You'd think people would know this by now, but we're on a place with a lot of young.

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>>59911571
>>59911613
>>59911522

And valve is pouring everything into it. Gaben is a senile bastard now

>>59922177
Now that's neat.
Gesture controls?

>>59921943
workout games are the definition of a fad
a fad that already sailed with the wii

>>59911438
There was never any hype to begin with. Investors maybe peed their pants a little, but now they're crying instead.

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>>59922492
Nice, it's got some way to go. But certainly makes jerking it a less upright experience.
Eye tracking would be good. But I'd fear for privacy fuckery.
Nice setup Anon. Be proud.
I hope good headsets will be under $300 sometime soon. In Aus they can be $1000.
The PS one is around $500.

>>59921329
Too much facebook money let them chase the perfect hardware too far so nobody could afford it in the end. They wasted time, money end everything they did ended up in kikes' hands.

>>59911566
Why not play it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDrMbQhh3Y

>>59922234
Wii games weren't fun, though. Holopoint has people getting to 200bpm and it's not even a workout game it just happens to require physical activity. The games already require physical activity, marketing it as an extra feature and not as the main feature will help it.

>>59917775
Goggles is plural

>>59911438
I own PSVR and Oculus Rift. Regardless of if it's hype or not, I am really impressed with it and VR porn is pretty sweet.

>>59911438
>The VR hype is over?

Yeah, I think we're going to need that particular cake to bake for the next 10 years or so before there's anything ready to eat.

They'll need to develop specialized markets first, before it's ready for a general roll out. For example, using VR helmets to perform virtual dry runs for surgical procedures -- or anything else where there's enough $$$ in play to justify the cost of developing the technology.

They need a smoother experience, with higher-res, richer detail, and better real-time response. All of those problems get solved in hardware.

>>59922924
A lot of corporations are actually picking up on that and beginning to develop with that in mind. I work for a place who purchased an Indian company that specializes in VR. We also have an in house lab and rep for collecting data and pitching ideas from the various companies we work with.

>>59922858
There's only one goggle.

The internet is virtual reality

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>>59913935
None of the sprawl trilogy books are bad. Just go read it and form your own opinions.

>>59911522
I want this so bad

It's all about the money; if they ever want to make money from VR, they need to sell the headsets for less than $300.

>>59911471
im gonna have a vive solution for 200 bucks plus my note 4 phone to stream video to via usb tethering.
gearVR+nolo trackers

>>59911566
fpv drone will cost you like 200 bucks, fpv goggles go for as low as 60 bucks. my first fpv drone was an Inductrix fpv, which came with its own screen i only needed goggles for.
VR screens are alot diffirent though, gearVR is excellent for porn, not so much for gaming.
its cheap if you already have a samsung phone. for games i would wait a year for other manufacturers to release their lighthouse enabled vr headsets that tie into steamVR

>>59922597
Dad fuk r u smoking that is the Microsoft hololense not vr headsets.

>>59922177
looks nice on video, but does the narrow FOV impact the experience? i might get one but i hope they make a cheaper model that just ties in with a windows desktop instead of having all the horsepower for itself