>most to all hardware will now be made with only VR in mind
Finally all "gamers" will move onto something else, and my hobby will become niche again.
>tfw the next generation will be full of blind people
>>333379053
No, it's a gimmick that will be forgotten about in 5 years
Reminder that Nintendo, king of gimmicks, stated it's going to be garbage
It's just going to be glorified simulators for porn
It's expensive, has next to no support and you look retarded when you use it. It's going to fail hard.
>>333379053
good. another big jump in gpu and cpu power for pc
>>333379053
I'm unironically buying my friend that ordered an Oculus Rift a Power Glove for Christmas.
I have to let the purchase stew for a while before presenting it.
>>333379849
Surely buying a Power Glove for an Occulus owner would be the definition of irony, retard
>>333379176
>>333379053
Gamers will go blind.
>>333379053
I don't really care even if that happens. We'll still be able to play old games
It turned everything into FPS right? why the fuck would I want to do that?
The fact you can't move in game without moving IRL is terrible. You get queasy otherwise.
>>333379585
Nintendo "king of gimmicks" said that, because they knew it'd be too expensive, and they're all about cheap hardware.
Example: Wiimote vs. Oculus touch
Which one actually works like advertized /v/?
Nintendo is just doing damage control because they're not willing to invest into VR yet. They jump on the bandwagon once it's more affordable. The Wii and WiiU wete literally precursors to the same gameplay models that VR has. Immersion, motion controls, and asymmetric gameplay.
>>333380357
>>333379176
>I don't know what OLEDs are.
If OLEDs make you blind, then so does being outside.... retard.
>Think VR stuff is cool
>Don't think it's $599-800 cool
Maybe in 2 years
I've thought about VR long enough to come to several fairly reasonable conclusions
>It won't be mainstream till it's a cheap, wireless, mobile pair of glasses with 4K or 8K visuals and AR capabilities
>Space sims/'cinematic experiences'/social media/Hover Junkers-esque things will be cool but 99% of actual games won't work in VR due to locomotion restrictions
>The future of gaming is still largely flat screens, but probably in AR or private VR theaters rather than physical televisions
>VR porn will be massive
>AR as a whole is more important than VR (until matrix VR is achieved)
>Most people on /v/ in 2025 will be disappointed with the lack of 'true' VR games
It's a cool technology and I know it'll go mainstream eventually but it's too limiting for most games unfortunately
I'm just excited for the small-scale, more experiential stuff. That painting game on Vive is a perfect example of what VR should strive to be
Yeah just like all TVs are now 3D.
>>333385125
I'm still waiting for VR to be invented though
>>333385141
Tell me oh wise anon, what functionality do 3DTVs offer outside of being a neat novelty for entertainment?
How does 3D enhance other industries in the same way VR enhances Architecture, Engineering, Design, Education, Travel, live events, Porn, Cinema, Social Networking, etc... just to name a few?
>>333379181
That's the problem; it's a stupid fad destined to slowly die into obscurity, like most motion sensor gaming has, but it's still going to prompt a "VR Optimized/Ready" hardware product boom.
>>333385258
>muh Matrix
Just lucid dream then moron. You probably won't live long enough to experience brain augments, let alone afford them.
>>333379585
You're not wrong.
>>333385125
>locomotion restrictions
What about the virtuix omni?
>>333385532
An 800 dollar treadmill is not the solution. No one will buy that shit ans you know it
>>333385683
I'd buy it for Halo, GTA, and other FPS games.
Plus, arcades.
>>333385125
You're probably right about it becoming mainstream after becoming cheap, what doesn't add up is that expectation visual display.
>>333385893
4K or 8K is required if you want the visuals to not look like pixelated shit at first glance
>>333379585
>Reminder that Nintendo, king of gimmicks, stated it's going to be garbage
you kinda proved the opposite of your point bro
>>333385064
i actually think it's $600 cool but not $1000+$600 cool
>>333382685
...but you can?
Have a chance to buy a DK2 for €220
Is it worth it? I have the PC for it, just don't know if they improved much from DK2>CV1
>>333379053
I had a head injury that means my eyes are no longer in line and my brain compensated for this by only really using one eye at a time (This doesn't mean I am always blind in one eye, it just means if my brain is using my right eye, what happens in my lefts field of vision will largely go unnoticed.)
Will I ever be able to enjoy VR?
>>333386664
Idk but I'll be enjoying your mum's arse tonight
>>333386978
Not as much as myself and 32 local white men will be enjoying your dads.
>>333386063
Samsung is making 11k mobile screens, set to release in 2018:
https://youtu.be/SV-eFXd0CTI
11k is more than enough for VR, andvtge fact that this will be the mobile standard in two years, I can see new VR headsets hit the market with 11k res and full scope of vision in 2-3 years.
>>333385460
>You probably won't live long enough to experience brain augments
???
>>333387331
>He thinks it augments anything
Like cochlear implants, visual implants are incredibly low grade and have to make do with nerves that are partially dead or never developed in the first place.
>>333387331
Eye implants and brain augments are two totally different things. One requires vast knowledge of neuroscience, which is still in its infancy and mostly unknown.
You need to find a way to add sensors to various parts of the brain that can trick it into believing that the electrical impulses you experience are real, while still allowing for normal bodily function. In short, you need to become a cyborg. And Im certain, such surgery would be MASSIVELY expensive, and risky, meaning, even if the tech is there, the adoption rate will be near none until cybernitic AUGMENTATION is accepted and adopted by the mainstream. Which will take a while. 2030 is tge year augs are expected to surpass human body parts. I'd say give it a good 10 more years or more for neural augs and nanomachines to become viable. 2050 is when augs start hitting the mainstream, and I'd say a good 20-30 more years before any form of cybernetic augmentation VR is viable, abd only for cyborgs ofc. Meaning, if you have the cash, which, considering Robots are set to take over most jobs by 2030/2050, you probably won't.
Enjoy current VR, because that's the only VR you'll be able to enjoy for a long time. Also, it manages to fool your eyes abd ears 100%, aside from touch, what else would you want?
Smell and taste woukd be awful, unless you wanna taste assholes.
Just lucid dream then moron. You probably won't live long enough to experience brain augments, let alone afford them. best meme i have heard all day
>>333388176
FIVR will be here sooner than you think peasant
In short, you need to become a cyborg
>>333379053
GTX 970+ required for VR gaming
Except for StarCitizen when has the video game industry ever focused on high end systems?
VR is gonna be the new wagglan, isn't it
>>333379585
It's great for simulators, racing game, etc.
Which isn't that big of a market.
VR will probably be good for gaming because it will make 3D modelling much easier. Even if vr gaming itself fails, it'll be good for the industry as a whole.
>>333388004
Oh, you mean this then?
http://www.braingate.com/
>>333388176
What's so "meme" about it. It's the truth. It's not my fault you don't know shit about technological progress.
Matrix-like VR will come at around the same time as Artificial Superintelligence, which, if it doesn't wipe out the entire human race due to faulty programming (a 50/50 chance), then the Utopian supersociety and immortality that comes with creating a god-like machine will pale whatever reality you can live in VR. But yeah, they go hand in hand. That sort of VR belongs to a different era. If we live long enough for that, then feel free to enjoy an eternity if virtual fantasies and pleasures.
Have fun surviving and overcoming the hurdles between then and now though. Between Islamic war, Global Warming, Bioterrorism, and much much worse... good luck. 3D printers and the internet of things will make the threat of superviruses legitimate when you can download pathogens for Ebola, Anthrax, etc... of the web already, and you have Islamic radicals trying to bring about the end of the world. 2030s will be a lot of fun... but at least we'll have robot waifus.
https://youtu.be/JTOMNkZJRao
I'll probably move to the mountains in Japan, or someplace far from civilization, in a solar powered house surrounded by androids.
>>333384997
This post brought to you by the same people who said asbestos was safe. See me in 20 years. Oh, I guess you won't.
2050 is when augs start hitting the mainstream, what are you smoking Einstein?
>>333379176
I spit out my coffee.
>>333388553
Sporting events, political events, air shows, museums, the world's landmarks. Anything that you can stick a 360 degree camera around will be VR ready and watching a video doesn't take a powerful PC. Facebook will have no problem marketing it like this. Combine this with simulators, porn, casual VR games and AAA games coming out with VR support and you get a multi-billion dollar industry by the end of it
>>333388953
Are you arguing with yourself?
>>333379181
Just like touchscreens right?
>>333379053
Exactly like every theater from the 50's on was built with Smell-o-vision in mind, right?
>>333388953
I want name of whatever it is you're running on.
>>333385474
I feel like in order for me to actually cum I'd need that tenga hooked up to a hydraulic pump for enough force to achieve orgasm.
>>333386063
4K PER eye
so in ten years when $2000 video cards can do 8K at 60 fps we're all set! woohoo!
>>333387331
>JENsen
>>333389046
>Oh, I guess you won't
FUCKING SAVAGE
>>333388501
it already is, and that's all it is
it's motion controls with a head tracking Kinect camera and the screen strapped to your face, that's all.
>>333389534
Lol. Foveated rendering + cloud streamed lighting will get us there much sooner
>>333388953
>internet of things
>the term for making everything controllable by Bluetooth
>he thinks household appliances are gonna give him ebola
his ebola has no power here i am right?
>>333390974
>>333391845
http://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2025.htm#bioterrorism
Citations are all hyperlinked by *
>>333389403
Just reading. This is the simplest source I can give you, but I spend a lot of time researching technological trends and future projections.
Don't freak out, it's just a prediction, not a guarantee. Still just look at current ISIS and tell me they wouldn't unleash Eboka strains in the London and Paris subways. Hell, they tried to break into a Belgian nuclear power plant just a few days ago, and killed a security guard in the process. If getting a pathogen for a virus is as easy as downloading it, then what's stopping them?
>>333389403
Also, if you're interested in where AI is taking us, read these:
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-2.html
And watch these:
https://youtu.be/JTOMNkZJRao
https://youtu.be/Tzzu7Q-yL7Y
>>333393127
I would imagine job simulator is meant to be a direct reference to the simpsons.
>>333393089
Who are you replying to?
What the fuck happened ITT
>>333379053
I'm glad I still have books to enjoy.
>>333385474
The future looks bright.
