My expectations for VR were relatively low. I haven't got the meatiest machine to run it so was pretty much set on having to dial down most stuff.
That first moment... that very first moment when setting up the Rift when setting up the sensor i knew something quite remarkable was happening. Nothing quite prepared me for the experience. You can read all the reviews you want, watch all the YouTube videos you can but nothing, i mean nothing can prepare you for those first tentative and somewhat disorientating steps in Virtual Reality.
i have spent the last 2 week literally reading every piece of information i can regarding the Rift/Vive on Elite Dangerous. I ended up going for the Rift, purely because i don't have room for roomscale (yet... plans are afoot to convert our unused basement into a games/VR arena)
After the inital jaw dropping wow factor of dreamdeck where myself, my other half, the kids all had a play around, it was then time for me to fire up Elite. As I said before, my expecatations were low and as i sifted through various menus, lowering details, copying advice from various sources online. i finally hit the 'apply' button and donned my HMD.
Oh My Actual *#%^ing God!
Gobsmacked, well and truly gobsmacked. I can't describe it in all honesty, and i now fully understand it when people say that they just cannot describe the feeling of actually sitting IN a cockpit, actually ENTERING a game rather than just looking at it through a lifeless 2D window.
I was so skeptical of all of those people that said it is a gamechanger, my game looks awesome on a 2D monitor, VR won't be ALL that surely. how wrong, how completely and utterly wrong. Elite Dangerous in Virtual Reality is THE single most amazing and groundbreaking moment i have had in my 35 odd years of gaming. We've come a long way from the VCS2600 and the Sinclair ZX81 (my first 'computer' and first 'gaming' console).
I finally went to bed last night/this morning at 3:45am. I didn't do much, still tinkering with settings, trying to get the best out of my setup. I haven't even scraped the surface of anything in ELite, after the initial mind altering feeling of being injected INTO a video game i did one Sothis Bio waste run, no waiting to fill up my cargo, just the first mission back to the bubble. never have 20 or so jumps in my ASP explorer been so hauntingly serene.
I literally will never be able to play this game in 2D again. yes the resolution is lower and i did have a little trouble adjusting to it but the hit to resolution just kind of fades away as the feeling of immersion and presence takes hold.
For anyone 'on the fence' about dipping your toes into the world of VR I say this......Don't wait, if you have the disposable income and you really want to experience the evolution of gaming and computing in general, take the plunge.
Elite DAngerous, for me is the Poster child of Virtual Reality. I know there are problems but the devs have done an incredible job of this brave new world of VR.
Rubix
That first moment... that very first moment when setting up the Rift when setting up the sensor i knew something quite remarkable was happening. Nothing quite prepared me for the experience. You can read all the reviews you want, watch all the YouTube videos you can but nothing, i mean nothing can prepare you for those first tentative and somewhat disorientating steps in Virtual Reality.
i have spent the last 2 week literally reading every piece of information i can regarding the Rift/Vive on Elite Dangerous. I ended up going for the Rift, purely because i don't have room for roomscale (yet... plans are afoot to convert our unused basement into a games/VR arena)
After the inital jaw dropping wow factor of dreamdeck where myself, my other half, the kids all had a play around, it was then time for me to fire up Elite. As I said before, my expecatations were low and as i sifted through various menus, lowering details, copying advice from various sources online. i finally hit the 'apply' button and donned my HMD.
Oh My Actual *#%^ing God!
Gobsmacked, well and truly gobsmacked. I can't describe it in all honesty, and i now fully understand it when people say that they just cannot describe the feeling of actually sitting IN a cockpit, actually ENTERING a game rather than just looking at it through a lifeless 2D window.
I was so skeptical of all of those people that said it is a gamechanger, my game looks awesome on a 2D monitor, VR won't be ALL that surely. how wrong, how completely and utterly wrong. Elite Dangerous in Virtual Reality is THE single most amazing and groundbreaking moment i have had in my 35 odd years of gaming. We've come a long way from the VCS2600 and the Sinclair ZX81 (my first 'computer' and first 'gaming' console).
I finally went to bed last night/this morning at 3:45am. I didn't do much, still tinkering with settings, trying to get the best out of my setup. I haven't even scraped the surface of anything in ELite, after the initial mind altering feeling of being injected INTO a video game i did one Sothis Bio waste run, no waiting to fill up my cargo, just the first mission back to the bubble. never have 20 or so jumps in my ASP explorer been so hauntingly serene.
I literally will never be able to play this game in 2D again. yes the resolution is lower and i did have a little trouble adjusting to it but the hit to resolution just kind of fades away as the feeling of immersion and presence takes hold.
For anyone 'on the fence' about dipping your toes into the world of VR I say this......Don't wait, if you have the disposable income and you really want to experience the evolution of gaming and computing in general, take the plunge.
Elite DAngerous, for me is the Poster child of Virtual Reality. I know there are problems but the devs have done an incredible job of this brave new world of VR.
Rubix
