Out of Pod Experience

Do it nao!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.384456-Oculus-Rift-Designer-Forsees-Indie-Devs-Driving-VR

Not putting this in GD because then I'd have to shower

Problem with older style VR glasses is the point you need to focus your eyes on, making them ok only for very young people or older people with pretty strong nearsightedness.
Do they get around that with some clever user-adjustable lensing ? Because if not, this won't be a good thing.

People still think those are going to become a thing?

I can't see that being a useful or even good thing when playing. On the contrary it seems very inconvenient, since when playing I don't stop interacting with the outside world. I need to be able to see and function normally in RL even when playing. If your device doesn't allow that, it's a useless piece of crap to me. That said, it's a cool concept and I can see it potentially being a big thing. It's gimmicks like these, that with proper development have a chance of getting really popular and have applications outside their original intended use.

The field of view has to be widened from the way it's normally set in the game, and the image had to be warped to fit the curvature of the LCD screens apparently. But the first game they got it working on is DOOM 3, so EVE shouldn't be any harder.

They're going to spend this next year expanding their library of supported games and fine tuning the actual device based on developer feedback from the SDK.

Here here, little zombie, have this Movie trailer about Zombies that I loved

pre order of SDK available for $300 USD, expected ship date April 2013 https://www.oculusvr.com/pre-order/

Doom AND Hawken are Oculus capable.......................... news: http://www.oculusvr.com/news/



I would be happy if I could use the oculus to simply look freely. the EVE interface isn't far from this--off-screen icons are visible at the edges of the screen, indicating their direction from center, not unlike shooters.

I'm sitting in front of six displays, and one of them is a 60" LED. it still doesn't fill my FOV the way the Oculus would. that headset truly is the "next level"

it's tragic, but headsets will probably make traditional square displays obsolete. considering the visual experience of a complete FOV display, 60" displays seem wasteful and inadequate. AND it's only 2D, or distracting in 3D due to distance and limited FOV....

full field of vision 3D!!!!

oculus, google vision... the missing piece to holographs. you just need the special glasses (duh!) of the crew of the enterprise, Geordi is the one who got it right

I'm ordering an SDK, and I won't say a word to my roommates until it shows up. so they can be uber jealous

I'm also going to say that if... the next gen consoles lack 3d goggle support or the processing power, they're going to feel it in a big way. from the xbox360 wiki article: "With the announcement of the Xbox 360 S, Microsoft has said that they believe that the console is only mid-way through its life-cycle and will continue through 2015." seriously?

Playstation 3, on the other hand, seems a little better off. from its wikipedia article:

"Stereoscopic 3D

In December 2008, the CTO of Blitz Games announced that it would bring stereoscopic 3D gaming and movie viewing to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with its own technology.[247] This technology was first demonstrated publicly on the PS3 in January 2009 at the Consumer Electronics Show. ... System software update 3.30 has prepared the PS3 for stereoscopic 3D gaming, while 3.50 prepared it for 3D films.[249] [u]Firmware update 3.30 officially allows PS3 titles to be played in 3D, requiring a compatible display for use.[/b][250] While the game itself must be programmed to take advantage of the 3D technology, titles may be patched to add in the functionality retroactively. "

Lastly, how about making my windows desktop HUGE, I'll do away with monitors completely, and pan my head to find the icons I want. also: privacy screen.