I had a good evening tonight. I played some adrenaline pumping music, and followed a fleet of security Anacondas around, blasting space pirates with glee that borderlines on sociopathic as I am want to do after a day of work IRL. The play list ends with a couple of happy old school tunes, the kind of stuff you'd hear in any recent Fallout game. That's my cue to head back to the station I'm presently calling home, cash in bounties, repairs, then retire IRL for another day of earning IRL rent money.
I've done this before, many times in fact, but for some reason things are different tonight. Maybe it is the decision to approach the station slowly to avoid "speeding" for which there is still no penalty. I take in the impressive sight of that massive hunk of spinning steel as I slowly make my approach. The geometric station is a marvel of engineering that causes me to contemplate how gravity works for the denizens of that oddly shaped place. The blue gas giant looms in the distance, almost featureless but for the black shadow running across it. And, Bob Crosby is in my ear, singing about way back home, where everything was the bestiest. Suddenly, in that moment, I forget I am wearing a DK2. I am totally relaxed, coming home from "work" and I've not felt this comfortable in a virtual setting since--well, probably never before. The only thing that could make it better is going to my virtual captain's cabin, with green plants in the corners to remind me of some home world I left long ago, in the fictional story of my pilot's life. But there are no ship interiors yet.
The head set came off and I feel disappointment when I see my darkened room-- a boring generic box in a generic city. I'm born in an exciting age of technological advancement, but casual space travel in personal space ships will never be for me--a depressing thought. But, let's take a moment to remark on how incredible it is that VR and ED can transport us to a fictional universe where these dreams can be experienced. I must have more of it!
In your estimation, what else could Frontier do to make ED more "comfy?"
I've done this before, many times in fact, but for some reason things are different tonight. Maybe it is the decision to approach the station slowly to avoid "speeding" for which there is still no penalty. I take in the impressive sight of that massive hunk of spinning steel as I slowly make my approach. The geometric station is a marvel of engineering that causes me to contemplate how gravity works for the denizens of that oddly shaped place. The blue gas giant looms in the distance, almost featureless but for the black shadow running across it. And, Bob Crosby is in my ear, singing about way back home, where everything was the bestiest. Suddenly, in that moment, I forget I am wearing a DK2. I am totally relaxed, coming home from "work" and I've not felt this comfortable in a virtual setting since--well, probably never before. The only thing that could make it better is going to my virtual captain's cabin, with green plants in the corners to remind me of some home world I left long ago, in the fictional story of my pilot's life. But there are no ship interiors yet.
The head set came off and I feel disappointment when I see my darkened room-- a boring generic box in a generic city. I'm born in an exciting age of technological advancement, but casual space travel in personal space ships will never be for me--a depressing thought. But, let's take a moment to remark on how incredible it is that VR and ED can transport us to a fictional universe where these dreams can be experienced. I must have more of it!
In your estimation, what else could Frontier do to make ED more "comfy?"
