EVE General Discussion

Eve seems hardly convertible to a VR format without additional technologies that i don't believe CCP has the fund for and/or are SF as today.

Helmets that would provide sense input directly to brain and without any long lasting effect by direct mechanical ingerention into the brain, coupled with stasis to the limbs, like a dream induced state with dream completely preprogrammed. That will be the future I think. Maybe a far far future.

okay so this is what i imagine if the game were to go to VR.

In the Cut scene when you first load the game. How they showed the pilot in the capsule with that holo interface to control the ship?

I could see VR strictly being another camera view for the game so i imagine that it wouldn't be too difficult to implement into the game.

Just imagine if you will that with a VR interface would take place in the actual pod. you have a Holo interface like the one in the cut scene, and you use the wands or gloves or whatever to interact with that holo interface. it gives you all the stuff and info the regular UI does .
and for battle info you'll have a holo lense projecting the tactial camera view of the battle field that can switch to solar system view etc and basically have a dot showing you where you are in that system then zoom in to that specific cell your in when a battle is taking place with all ships in the area, this can also be utilized for prob scanning in the solar system view.

then two screens within the VR for camera views to utilize for the "LOOK AT" feature and planet view, also maybe the market lists.

those are just some of the examples i imagine VR would be.

In my mind VR would basically take place INSIDE the pod. This way VR will just be an extra camera view and control feature that won't replace or mess with the original way the game was played.

I would like to use VR for adventure games that have rich environments and characters like GTA and Fallout.

Strategy game like EVE don't need VR. What EVE needs is depth and degree of freedom, as much as possible. The last thing it needs is dumbing down the game or adding more restrictions to players.

The grand design should have a balance of different play styles in mind without bias. For example, if the game give useful tools for ganking and camping, it should provide tools to the other side as counter measurement to make it an interesting and fair gameplay. If the game mechanic goes over the top and choke the life out of industrialist and explorer, they will move to other games.

That would mean i'd have to buy a gaming chair that spins to replace my wooden stool, or suffer from an elongated and painful neck.

It could work, but i'd imagine using your keyboard would be pretty hard if you can't see it.



Edit: VR combined with WiS could be fun though

I wanna take a VR dump...and find out I crapped in my moms garbage can instead of a toilet...

I only play EVE on Virtual Boy!

EvE like most PC games is aimed at an older audience and yes we have all gotten older since this game began.

So the possibility of VR is more linked to the expectations of the majority of the older (middle agged plus) crowd than anything else.

So I doubt EvE will ever go VR.

*Looks at the list of thousands of more popular games than those on your list that are not VR*

*Looks at all the people playing them who will never get VR for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is just not interested*

Yeah, if VR isn't a gimmick, it's in low enough demand that ignoring it completely won't harm a developer.

Whatever happened to smell-o-vision? Like VR, it's been promised to us since the 70's. I wanna know what pod goo smells like!