No problem, I prefer Horizons anyway
A Call For Frontier To Put VR Legs On The Upcoming Road Map
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No problem, I prefer Horizons anyway
lol @ this thread initially calling for VR legs on the upcoming roadmap. Not only did VR never happen, neither did the roadmap. It's been fun watching the cycle of requests for better communication followed by Frontier setting up some kind of weekly commitment to do X or Y livestream or forum feedback conversation or update or whatever, and then never making it last for more than 3 weeks before something comes up like "oh no Discovery Scanner today, what with the rain and all, but we'll be back next week," and then going completely silent for 3+ months. I sure hope FDev is a fun, relaxed, and pleasant place to work, and that everyone is being paid well. If the type of output we've seen is the result of anything other than people not getting around to things because they're too busy living their lives to the fullest, I will be very sad.
Congratulations BL1P And Dewson for trying VR in Elite, it truly elevates Elite to a new level.
You get a gaming experience like no other.
In Steam there is a old FREE VR program “ the Lab “ it a ton of fun in VR…… did I mention it’s free
You get a gaming experience like no other.
In Steam there is a old FREE VR program “ the Lab “ it a ton of fun in VR…… did I mention it’s free
Thanks for the tip.
Does anybody know? Or does anybody know why?
It goes away because witchspace in a carrier is a loading screen just like it is in a ship - from memory you can look around just as you can in witchspace in any other ship, but of course, once the loading screen ends you're back in the standard letterbox view.
Thanks.It goes away because witchspace in a carrier is a loading screen just like it is in a ship - from memory you can look around just as you can in witchspace in any other ship, but of course, once the loading screen ends you're back in the standard letterbox view.
I would love to know how many active VR players are/were out there, how much it would cost Frontier to tackle getting onfoot VR as a paid side expansion/mod without having to compromise on other Elite developments, and how much VR players would pay to make it happen? I'm not sure what my top amount would be but I would be interested in contributing to make it happen.
Sounds good to me.
Did flag that as desirable when the VR Suggestion thread hit the top upvoted slot. And it's been raised at various points.
It seems the vanity cam VR is as far as they're prepared to go on foot currently.
Probably not a significant number.
Good question - wait for the "one man added VR into the game in just a day" comment...
A fortune, until it was aked for?
Even I'd be happy to pay a tenner (£10) as a minor expansion for such.
I agree that it's going to be niche, though I want to clarify that I'm not looking to cast the spotlight on it to discourage, but it is a reality that we have to acknowledge first before thinking about anything further.
lol. I hope it is that easy because....
... I don't think £10 is going to cut it
One thing that is worth considering I think, at least from Frontier's perspective, is that having a full VR implementation would put Elite into the demonstration of VR capability territory, so from a marketing standpoint it may have some extra value there for them. I'm sure having the original Elite Dangerous release being VR capable helped sell it and also create a buzz. I'm certainly glad they did as Elite in VR, even with my less than optimal setup, is a pretty amazing experience.
I don't think it would pay for development cost, indeed, but is a 'reasonable' price point for a minor add-on.... I don't think $10 is going to cut it
The issue to a 'full VR implementation' is that controller support would need to be supported also, otherwise all that would exist is the current glorified VR headlook that exists in EDH/EDO today, which couldn't wear the mantle of "full VR" to gain attention from the VR promotors.
I, personally, do not have too much of an issue in taking off the HMD for EDO's on-foot, although I prefer to play pancake and save the inconvenience if I am setting off to do a lot of on-foot play in a session.
It will be interesting to see if Frontier ever revisit VR in ED, and how they might change things if they did.
![[VR] Mad Mike](https://d2aefvhu2f0gi9.cloudfront.net/data/avatars/m/27/27910.jpg?1553527108){kind=avatar}
dunno how many there are............. but i would wager an amount that it is less than there were.
I know it well and truly cooled my jets on the game I have over 2500 hrs in ED:H and probably less than 30 in ED:O (and i have not played ED:H for more than maybe 2 hrs since ED:O dropped).
I already paid for all expansions for Elite so my voice has zero weight (not that it had much anyway) but there is absolutely no chance I would have bought ED:O because of this. Yes i accept i am a minority, but i cant be the only one who feels this way.
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