Comments on: Why immersive virtual reality is the next generation of gaming: part 2

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:18:35 +0000

UPDATE: VR Headset Maker Oculus: Please, Don’t Back Our Kickstarter, http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/08/oculus-rift-kickstarter/. Reason: “Oculus would rather that only game developers purchase the headset through the Kickstarter campaign. … Rift isn’t ready [for consumers] yet.”

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:09:47 +0000

This technology, when perfected, will change the world. It could be used for so much more than just gaming. Education, virtual tourism, medicine…the possibilities are endless. Very exciting times ahead!!

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:02:57 +0000

Low latency becomes critical with vr and head tracking, it’s hard to see how cloud computing could work for lag free vr.

By: ChrisF

ChrisF — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:19:47 +0000

Respectfully Joe, I think you’re wrong. Done well, immersive VR is a radically different experience from merely watching a rendered scene on a 2D display. As long as the latency is low, your brain really does begin to believe that what you’re seeing on the HMD is real – there are numerous experiments showing (for example) that people in VR simulations experience genuine fear when they’re asked to walk over a virtual rope bridge ! (the book ‘Infinite Reality’ goes into this in great detail). I personally can’t wait for this technology to arrive – I think it’s going to be incredible.

By: Sean Brazell

Sean Brazell — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:24:11 +0000

The technology for tactile feedback already exists in the most advanced prosthetic devices, so it’s only a matter of time before it finds it’s way into the VR gaming world.

By: Kristoph77

Kristoph77 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:12:15 +0000

Im in… excuss the pun

By: Kristoph77

Kristoph77 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:10:33 +0000

Not going to change much???? Progress its always step by step, if you dont think full emersion VR is a good size step then I’d like to know what you consider is a big change? Replacing the visual and audiable world, 2 of the 5 senses, will be an experience that will spur the entire entertainment industry.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:09:47 +0000

Until they have a means to integrate tactile feedback, things aren’t going to change much.

By: Phillfrog

Phillfrog — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:53:00 +0000

The porn industry should get on this. Not joking, porn helped VHS beat Betamax, blueray to beat HD DVD and when people got wind that there was porn on the Internet it exploded (pun semi-intentional). If people hear there’s 3D virtual reality porn, VR will go the same way.

No one will come into work anymore though, which might slow down the singularity, so shhhh, don’t tell anyone!

By: EXTROTECH

EXTROTECH — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:17:16 +0000

Our operating systems and their user interfaces need to radically evolve to take advantage of this.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:15:38 +0000

Valves games are quite suited to VR as they never break the first person viewpoint with free look.

By: Bri

Bri — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:42:09 +0000

In ten years time, we might have real full immersion experience. If the cell phone goes down to the size of a red blood cell, it could suplant the sensory information with whatever is transmitted from the cloud!

By: matthew

matthew — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:57:02 +0000

Oh man, can you imagine gta 6 or elder scrolls 5 in VR? Can’t wait!

By: James Iliff

James Iliff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:25:24 +0000

Glad your ecstatic, Conrad! These are truly exciting times. Give it 5 years and the entire market will be bursting at the seams with VR again.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:09:42 +0000

Sony bought Gaikai, so next gen probably will incorporate the cloud to a significant degree. Probably for updates, especially sony, which as a company policy updates way too freakin’ much. I think 1000 dollars is way too much for VR to become mainstream. I define mainstream as oh, 5 percent market penetration among pc and console users. But maybe not. I really hope that more than a few million get on the VR bandwagon that is surely coming!

By: Conrad Green

Conrad Green — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:15:39 +0000

I already know consoles are dying and personally I’m glad. I’m a owner of a xbox 360. I’m also glad desktops are dying. Cloud computing, tablets, vr simulations are out now. The thing is : The industry comes out with the products but we the consumers take products in places they never thought. So I’m freaking ecstatic.