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Valve released a new VR helmet? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, VR has happened, and been happening for like a decade... is what's not happening that it hasn't replaecd every system and been the only or even primary method of gaming... no. Is it mark zuckerbergs "metaverse" where we start working from home, by wanting to go into a VR virtual workspace or hold our productivity meetings in VR... no obviously not.

Is it a viable option of gaming, along with mobile phone games, PC games, Console games, and portable console games, yes it has a place there right now.

[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

I assume they meant more that it has never really become mainstream but idk

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

Go away and let everyone else be happy?

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You haven't played Beat Saber I see.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Weird way to write Pistol Whip.

[–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Outside of simracing, Pistol Whip is my most played VR game, despite the fact I can only play for so long until I have to lie down and curse my overall lack of fitness.

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Second one on my list

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Budget Cuts was the one that turned me around on it.

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Beat Saber was fun until I tried Synth Riders.

Then I modded Skyrim VR. All my other VR games have been abandoned forever.

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting, I tried Synth Riders but just couldn't get into it

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I liked the soundtrack much better overall (some of the packs sucked, but I just don't play them) and I like the movement and flow better than Beat Saber. I'm ok at Beat Saber but was never quite able to hit the hardest difficulty levels. I was playing the hardest difficulty levels on Synth Riders pretty quickly. I think it turns people off because the easier difficulty levels are quite boring, but it's very good on higher difficulty settings. They're both good games, it's very much just personal preference for me.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish I could, hopefully some day.

Keratoconus sucks, but theoretically, with a full scan of the eye and appropriate distortion shaders, I think it could be countered. (this doesn't yet exist AFAIK)

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the VR experience with keratoconus like?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think it'll largely depend on how bad it is per individual, but in my case, (one eye is perfectly fine the other was already so bad that corneal cross linking* wouldn't be helpful) it's pretty bad, I guess to give an idea, imagine playing VR with one eye uncovered, but the other with 2-3 copies of the image trying to fight for focus.

Life itself is fine, since the optic nerve is pretty amazing, unless I close my good eye, I don't even really notice it. But for some reason this just doesn't quite translate over into VR.

*Basically scratching a grid pattern into your cornea then flooding everything with vitamin B and UV - the idea being that it forms a strong matrix that resists the changes to cornea shape.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 14 points 3 weeks ago

"Stop liking what i dont like!"

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

VR has been happening for like the last 10 years though?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When it comes to gaming, I believed VR games are a pointless waste of time, for quite a while. Then I played "Psychonauts: In the Rhombus of Ruin" and had so much fun, it's amazing! VR definitely has a place, but it's still quite expensive.

What I'm really waiting for is an affordable VR headset with a high enough resolution to watch 3D movies comfortably. I have a PSVR1 and I've watched TRON: Legacy on it, but the resolution is a bit too shitty to really enjoy it. It's passable for games, but not for movies. The PSVR2 would be better in theory, but Sony decided in their infinite wisdom to remove 3D BluRay playback on the PS5. -.-

A VR headset from Valve will most likely be really well supported on Linux. If that means I can finally watch 3D MKV's, then fuck yes, I'm in. Definitely not paying 1.000€ for it, though.

[–] OptimusPrimeDownfall@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

If Meta hadn't tried to corner the VR market over the past 10 years and absolutely failed miserably, we would have a thriving VR scene. What you're seeing today is not "VR won't happen" it's "Mark Zuckerburg took a massive gamble and lost".

[–] TurboToad@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Man just for sim racing VR is worth it for me. And my headset cost me less than my regular gaming monitor.

[–] t_var_s@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's happening.

[–] Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

You picked the right instance, friend.

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 1 points 3 weeks ago

You are wrong

VR tetris rules 🤭

[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

trust me this time it will totally not die out within a few months

[–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

Valve, after billions of dollars of market research: "we release this cool headset"

Average single braincelled organism: VR dead lol

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, I think it's fine as a gimmick for wealthy gamers, and it's been at that level for awhile.

As the future of gaming though? yeah, never gonna happen. M+KB is the best controlling scheme for tons of the genres I play, and controllers are great for a bunch of others. There's actually not that many genres that are improved by full body motion tracking, they're pretty much all first-person games, and they often turn a relaxing gaming session into a workout. It's not that the technology isn't there, it's that the concept it's fundamentally flawed.