and yet here you are, ignoring the real world and posting on here!
Will VR be a big boost
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and yet here you are, ignoring the real world and posting on here!
Troy_McClure
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Okay yeah, I've experienced the DK2 for about 30mins (I could have stayed there all day!) which I admit, it is an awesome experience..I spent more time looking around me than actually playing the game! & what you always say is true about it being literally a game changer.
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I will at some point go VR..but I only recently got a 50in TV for £600 (the same TV was £1300 last June) - I was slumming it with a LG 32in 120hz (guess what I use that for now??) before the prices bombed..hoping for something similar with the latest headsets!
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I read my post back & it did sound like I was having a go..that wasn't my intention! Kudos for sharing your extensive knowledge on this subject, as well as many others on the forums
For me, this picture says it all. Also, I've never had a problem navigating the galaxy map in VR and never needed to take off the DK2 while playing ED. I can understand if you have issues finding systems if you can't touch type, but head movements shoudn't be moving the cursor unless the controls are set up wrong.
That doesn't mean its mandatory, at least to those blessed enough not suffer from OCD.
The Imperial courier canyon run clinched it for me.
An undeniable boost to gameplay and immersion especially for a game like ED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8xskNQKtW4
I'm currently running a 980TI Strix with a cheap monitor so an Oculus is the logical next step given the price of high-end monitors.
An undeniable boost to gameplay and immersion especially for a game like ED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8xskNQKtW4
I'm currently running a 980TI Strix with a cheap monitor so an Oculus is the logical next step given the price of high-end monitors.
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LOL, yeah buddy you're a true homegrown space pilot. However a cat as a co pilot is awesome, I just got a parrot shouting in my left ear "TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE, TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE" Don't know where the heck he got that frase from?
B.O.T, VR is awesome and FD are in the lead for sure, I hope when we get EVA they will make it great too. The FPS part will be very difficult, to much head bob and you will puke, nothing will make you feel like you're floating.
Well, you will be floating, right?
Only when in EVA mode, when you need to walk, it will be different (I hope).
Oh, yes, I did forget one of the few drawbacks to VR; motion sickness. When I am out in the SRV I can only drive it for short periods, otherwise I will be sick. There is an option in the Graphics menu to lock the view to the horizon, and it helps, but it does not eliminate said motion sickness. I have been told (but have not yet had enough time to confirm it) that over time you do get used to it.
The issue comes about as your true sense of balance (the inner ear) does not tally with what your eyes are telling you, and your brains' sense of balance gets confused.
In spite of this, I will continue playing ED through the VR headset. The game is totally different than when played via a monitor setup. If you are under attack, you can physically look for your attacker (spot them on the sensor disc, and then look in the relevant direction), without having to wait for them to hove into view on the monitor. It certainly helps in combat (and is now only restricted by the view through the cockpit Perspex).
The issue comes about as your true sense of balance (the inner ear) does not tally with what your eyes are telling you, and your brains' sense of balance gets confused.
In spite of this, I will continue playing ED through the VR headset. The game is totally different than when played via a monitor setup. If you are under attack, you can physically look for your attacker (spot them on the sensor disc, and then look in the relevant direction), without having to wait for them to hove into view on the monitor. It certainly helps in combat (and is now only restricted by the view through the cockpit Perspex).
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Oh right.. forgot about typing messages. So it's not possible to switch 100% to VR then. That's a shame
Maybe once they introduce some VR gloves so you'll be able to see your hands and type on virtual keyboard (and use some other switches in ships, boats, cars, browsing through menus etc.).... but that's the future.
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Oh right.. forgot about typing messages. So it's not possible to switch 100% to VR then. That's a shame
Maybe once they introduce some VR gloves so you'll be able to see your hands and type on virtual keyboard.... but that's the future.
Those people who can touch type won't have a problem. I cannot touch type, but I do know the layout well enough to be able to type slowly (correcting any typos before I send the message). Apparently the HTC Vive will have a camera built into it, so you can click a button, turn on the camera, and see the real things around you, as well as the VR generated items.
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Yeah Mag-boots are incorporated into the flight suits in the law so it should function largely like a normal fps.
Well, since we start with shipwalking and our ships dont have gravity, our IVA will be very much like EVA I'd guess.
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Not according to the novels, magboots provide a more fluid, floaty movement.
Sounds cumbersome,
It'll be interesting to see how they pull it off.
There is some potential for some pretty original game play here, I'd like to be able to engage and disengage the mag function for instance for rapid or more tactical movement. Big challenges in themselves.
Great, Thanks! Ill check this out. Galaxy map was always the 1 thing that annoyed the hell out of me. It hadn't really occurred to me that it was set up wrong.
You never tried it, right? ... don't worry... you will at some point, then reflect about this message of yours and feel cringy.
Oh right.. forgot about typing messages. So it's not possible to switch 100% to VR then. That's a shame
Maybe once they introduce some VR gloves so you'll be able to see your hands and type on virtual keyboard (and use some other switches in ships, boats, cars, browsing through menus etc.).... but that's the future.
I have to use a mic for chatting to other cmdrs as although I can touch type, it is a real immersion breaker. Essentially anything that forces you to take your hands away from the hotas is best avoided.
To add another response to the OP, VR is expensive right now but that will change as all revolutionary technology does essentially get cheaper to produce and sell when scaling up the production. I confidently wager that every person saying "it's a fad" has not played a native VR game or they had a bad experience because they are susceptible to VR sickness.
It'll get cheaper though as some company will design a model that is aimed at the mass market and not the niche market. The current PC VR options of Rift or Vive is cutting edge tech, in 2-3 years though this will be quite different.
ED in a Rift (even DK2) is very much an memorable experience, using the new 1.3 RT it has never been better!
This. You see the smile on that guys face. That could be you.
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