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A first person future when VR hits?
- Thread starter Kuro
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Well, there are two answers to this.
Everything that is VR is "first person" to some extent. You are looking at some virtual reality through your eyes, and moving the camera from its position and around its axes directly.
On the other hand, there is no reason not to replicate third person or even isometric/top down gameplay within that VR view. For example, you can still "FP" control a camera following a character as in a third person game, or look down on a battle from above and control your troops. In a science fiction strategy game you could even have a holographic display in front of you and move your troops on that
Everything that is VR is "first person" to some extent. You are looking at some virtual reality through your eyes, and moving the camera from its position and around its axes directly.
On the other hand, there is no reason not to replicate third person or even isometric/top down gameplay within that VR view. For example, you can still "FP" control a camera following a character as in a third person game, or look down on a battle from above and control your troops. In a science fiction strategy game you could even have a holographic display in front of you and move your troops on that
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
You can still use new VR experiences with other cameras. In strategy isometric, for instance, you will just feel like you are actually looking from above.
Ah I see, so it would be like playing a chess game in real life. Interesting.
justsomeguy
Member
VR will remain a niche for a while yet due to cost of entry, so "the future" wont yet change wholesale to accommodate it. (aside: is it fair to say that cost of entry to VR will ALWAYS be significantly higher than non vr, as you have to push 2x the pixels of a 'budget' single monitor set up, and at a higher frame rate? And hence that VR will always stay relatively niche (emphasis on relative here)?)
I suspect we'll see more games tout "Vr optimised" modes on top of their regular monitor mode though...
I suspect we'll see more games tout "Vr optimised" modes on top of their regular monitor mode though...
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Yes, that's a good way to put it. I think it would be pretty cool for tabletop games themselves too. Magic The Gathering or D&D, Yu-Gi-oh!, etc with monsters rendered in 3d and shit.
Nowhere Man
Member
I hope not. While true VR would alleviate a lot of the problems I have with first person I still won't like it. Aside from control limitations we already have I want to SEE the character, not BE the character. I don't want to be IN the game. I want to be at a distance controlling a developed character with their own motives and personality. I don't even like dialogue menus.
ScepticMatt
Member
Be a god in black&white or feellike an overseer in Starcraft
DXLelouch153
Banned
until we get VR like SAO(long ass time till then) it will remain niche
ultranova17
Member
Here's an example of how an RTS or a tower defense game could work in VR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvwMd4JCIM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvwMd4JCIM
VR is clearly not for you, then.
I dont see why they cant give a bounded camera. If you look left to a certain soft boundary then your viewport moves left unaffecting your aimer. But if you go too far then your aimer has to start rotating with your head.
Just picture the normal vector on your sternum and the one on your forehead. Eventually the sternum vector has to follow the forehead otherwise you snap your neck.
I would assume they have to give preference to your head otherwise you might get into one of these cases where you fuck your internal orientation up and vomit.
VR is going to be king for exploration type games. You will have more freedom to see things that are not directly in front of you on the guided tour.