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This man fascinates me. I'll get completely confused with all the jargon in his keynotes but I watch them anyways.
One downside to the involvement of Carmack is how disproportionate the focus on him is, a lot of work was already done before Carmack joined in the project. Still the man is a genius.
i agree with all the comments about carmacks involvement. i guess you met john carmack, great, but his involvement seems to have been to turn off the HUD in doom 3, and to hype the technology so no need to make him out to be the father of VR headset gaming.
it sounds to me like most of the things oculus are hyping haven't happened yet, and all they have done is to make a VR headset that's lighter and has a lower latency than the ones that have been on the market for the last 20 years. fine, but is that really as revolutionary as they say it is? until it's actually living up to the hype, and they make one that normal people can afford i'm not impressed.
it sounds to me like most of the things oculus are hyping haven't happened yet, and all they have done is to make a VR headset that's lighter and has a lower latency than the ones that have been on the market for the last 20 years. fine, but is that really as revolutionary as they say it is? until it's actually living up to the hype, and they make one that normal people can afford i'm not impressed.
carmack had a mobile dream too
lo and behold they cancelled that
How long will it take for this?
Which is why when he says ______ is the future I take it with a grain of salt
lo and behold they cancelled that
How long will it take for this?
Which is why when he says ______ is the future I take it with a grain of salt
I'm seriously contemplating putting the $300 towards the kickstarter to get the dev kit. It seems like it would be really fun to work with.
@ Allistair
by "living up to the hype" i mean delivering on the things Oculus said they would. you said yourself that the FOV and resolution was poor, and although Carmack is saying those are "minor issues that will be addressed in time", they aren't minor issues, and were made out to be important features that differentiated this product from others in the Oculus kickstarter video.
even if they do have a plan to fix these problems, is it still going to be relatively cheap once they have? i'm not confident of that.
by "living up to the hype" i mean delivering on the things Oculus said they would. you said yourself that the FOV and resolution was poor, and although Carmack is saying those are "minor issues that will be addressed in time", they aren't minor issues, and were made out to be important features that differentiated this product from others in the Oculus kickstarter video.
even if they do have a plan to fix these problems, is it still going to be relatively cheap once they have? i'm not confident of that.
Things like this make me excited for the future of gaming, imagine using this with a Kinect style device, like that one coming out at the end of the year that tracks finger motion. strap me in to some sort of 360 treadmill and ill be a very, very happy chap
@psycho terror2
Limited FOV and poor resolution is simply a matter of scaling the hardware based on cost. For a first-gen, mass market model that doesn't cost several thousand dollars, its a VERY minor issue.
Again, it all boils down to scale. No one mass manufactures the parts needed for a wide-FOV, high resolution mass market 3D glasses because the industry hasn't even gotten around to manufactures limited-FOV, low resolution mass market 3D glasses. You're putting the cart before the horse.
Limited FOV and poor resolution is simply a matter of scaling the hardware based on cost. For a first-gen, mass market model that doesn't cost several thousand dollars, its a VERY minor issue.
Again, it all boils down to scale. No one mass manufactures the parts needed for a wide-FOV, high resolution mass market 3D glasses because the industry hasn't even gotten around to manufactures limited-FOV, low resolution mass market 3D glasses. You're putting the cart before the horse.
I hope everyone realizes that even if the resolution is 1080p, its going to look like absolute horse-shit because your eyes are literally centimeters say from the screen. When your eyes are that close you'd need three or four times the resolution than is the current standard for "HD".
Curious if he's made much progress since E3, or if he's been focusing more on showing off what he's done so far. Saw a video interview with him from E3, and hearing him talk about the technical hurdles he's faced was amazing.
All I can think of though seeing the pictures with you wearing that is... how much would using that either long term or for a prolonged period of time would damage your eyes.
Klay Fuller, you have no idea about this tech.
You forgot that the screens are tiny, like 2 inches, so imagine a regular 24inch 180P PC monitor or 60Inch Tv and then imagine 2 inch screen with 1080P res?!
The pixel density is so tight that you wont see any pixels, and the image quality is better then looking at monitor with compatible resolution
You forgot that the screens are tiny, like 2 inches, so imagine a regular 24inch 180P PC monitor or 60Inch Tv and then imagine 2 inch screen with 1080P res?!
The pixel density is so tight that you wont see any pixels, and the image quality is better then looking at monitor with compatible resolution
I was stunned by this thing, and it's nothing like the old, crappy VR rigs you'd imagine. The feeling of being able to look around in a world is what surprised me most -- wearing this, you are IN it, and you feel a direct connection with your head and neck to what you're seeing. Impressive.
Klay Fuller - take an iphone4/4s and put it right up to your face. it's called ppi (pixels per inch). the iphone 4 has a 640×960 resolution squished in to a 3.5 inch screen which means the pixels are so close together you can's see them. each of the oculus screen's are almost the same resolution, and they're going to look comparably good.
So much potential, hope this works out. Though I think it would only be desirable for particular games.
We all wish John well - I only hope his concerns can be addressed in a way that the VR rebirth is not still borne!
I would politely suggest however that VR may work better in public space, than to home down the design to make compromises, just to be able to field a $500 price point system for home players.
I would politely suggest however that VR may work better in public space, than to home down the design to make compromises, just to be able to field a $500 price point system for home players.
While I can see VR headsets working for race sims, where being stationary is expected, I had the misfortune of playing Doom 2 on a VR set and it was utterly disorienting garbage.
Having a full perspective of the action really isn't that helpful when your limbs can't be used to interact with the environment.
People can drop all the money on this that they want, I'll be waiting for the headset that plays games via a coma induced dream state.
Having a full perspective of the action really isn't that helpful when your limbs can't be used to interact with the environment.
People can drop all the money on this that they want, I'll be waiting for the headset that plays games via a coma induced dream state.
You don't get it and neither does Carmack. This won't be any good for FPS games. Like you said, you can't keep trurning your head around for any length of time, and aiming guns with head movements will suck forever.
There is no point in wasting time trying to perfect gun aiming. Just drop the fucking gun and do something else.
There is no point in wasting time trying to perfect gun aiming. Just drop the fucking gun and do something else.
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