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When VR hits. Who's going VR only?

I love VR and can't wait for it to really go mainstream, but gaming as a whole would have to be suffering from an industry crash or something equally disastrous for me to go VR-only.

Too many games I like will probably never be available in any VR format. Nintendo isn't going VR any time soon. I would never want to miss out on new Zelda entries.

I'll enjoy VR alongside non-VR games. It doesn't have to be one or the other. Why would you impose this on yourself?
 
Krejlooc said:
Because there isn't really a wide variety of VR games, and won't be in the near future. I mean, I guess if every single VR game coming out is up your ally, more the power to you. But, say for example, someone wants to play a 3D fighting game, like Tekken or DoA or (dare I dream) Virtua Fighter. Where do they turn in VR for that?

That's not to say those games can't be done in VR. But will they be done? Especially in the very near future? Probably not.
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Ouch, bad example. Tekken 7 is coming to VR.

But yeah, the overall point is sound. I'd never limit myself to any one thing, it sounds insane.
 
As a huge proponent of VR... I'd only be able to go full VR once

1. It's comfortable enough to wear for 12 hour stretches
2. It has camera/AR passthrough
3. It's high enough resolution for text to be easily readable at the density that I'm used to. Also needs to be good for CAD and illustrator work.
4. Cleanly extends desktop functionality and allows it to be superior to my existing multi-monitor setup.

With that said, the PS4 which I'm not currently using much will definetly be primarily only a VR machine, with the exception of certain PS4 exclusives (FF7R and FF15 mainly).
 
Hasney said:
Ouch, bad example. Tekken 7 is coming to VR.

But yeah, the overall point is sound. I'd never limit myself to any one thing, it sounds insane.
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:shrug: I don't really play or keep up with tekken tbh. I should have just said virtua fighter lol.
 
For me it's not a questions of going VR only I suppose. While some VR games will be nice, there just won't be enough of them to fulfill my gaming needs. However, with the VR devices, I wouldn't mind using the device itself exclusively if it works like another screen.
 
Krejlooc said:
normal, conventional television isn't even comfortable enough to view for 12 hour stretches. wtf
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With intermittent breaks if you must be pedantic about it (same kinds of breaks I take from using my computer).

I guess on some level, that necessitates lightfield displays for maximum comfort - but hey, I'm not in a rush to get rid of my monitor entirely - even if I do think it'll happen in the due course of time.
 
Actually, thinking about it a bit more, going VR only for racing sims would negate the need for a proper sim rig as I'd be in the cockpit. Same for Elite Dangerous and flight/train sims.
 
Krejlooc said:
then VR is already comfortable enough to do that. I've done full day VR stretches with breaks in between.
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Maybe for you. But for me, DK2 is certainly far out of the realm of comfortable enough to use as a primary device. Maybe CV1 is good enough - I don't have first hand access to one to be able to comment reasonable.
 
Hoo-doo said:
And you'll just ignore the thousands of non-VR games that are going to come out every year? And you really want to wear a headset with every gaming session going forward?

VR is an additional side thing to normal gaming. Older arcade games are still going to be best on a 2D screen and oldschool controls. Being able to emulate them in a fake 3D world does not make it a better experience perse.
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I strongly suspect being the type of personality that I am that once I experience a truly immersive gaming experience in VR then I'm going to find normal games on a screen a bit flat.

I'm quite happy enjoying a small quantity of impressive games.

Zaptruder said:
As a huge proponent of VR... I'd only be able to go full VR once

1. It's comfortable enough to wear for 12 hour stretches
2. It has camera/AR passthrough
3. It's high enough resolution for text to be easily readable at the density that I'm used to. Also needs to be good for CAD and illustrator work.
4. Cleanly extends desktop functionality and allows it to be superior to my existing multi-monitor setup.

With that said, the PS4 which I'm not currently using much will definetly be primarily only a VR machine, with the exception of certain PS4 exclusives (FF7R and FF15 mainly).
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Some good thoughts there. In terms of comfort. As long as I can game for a couple of hours without issue then I'm good. I just don't have the time to marathon games anymore.
 
Only?? Lol. The ps4 VR games(so far) look like garbage. Only Rez and psychonauts interest me, as of what I've seen so far.
 
I think you gotta pump the brakes there, OP. I love me some vr, but that's a bit much. Unless you're so thoroughly dissatisfied with normal game design, I don't know why you would even want to cut that out.
 
A tiny niche of hardcore gamers will adopt Vr. An infinitesimally small sub section of those will exclusively use the Vr, at least until their heads fall off of their bodies.
 
I can't wait to try PlayStation VR but I'm keeping my expectations in check as I don't know what to expect.
I know Sony are banking on its success but if it fails were do they go from there?
 
Absolutely not, I'm total believer in VR, but there will be types of games that won't translate over straight away if they ever do. I can't imagine competitive CSGO, for example, being a comfortable experience in VR and if there has been any constant in the past decade+ of gaming for me, it's that I always go back to Counter-Strike.
 
BibiMaghoo said:
Wait until you try it. For all it's qualities, you will understand why the answer is going to be no, even for you.
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You may be right but I'm prepared to look over the technical issues to enjoy the immersive experience.
 
VR isn't mature enough to go "only VR". There aren't enough VR games down the pipe with enough depth. It's going to be a long time before there is enough support for VR that the average consumer will drop the other stuff just for it.
 
Lol I would never limit myself like that. Sure, when I experienced oculus I was absolutely blown away and since then no games have come close to that type of immersion, but it hasn't stopped me from enjoying non-VR games.

That's just silly.
 
to give OP a frame of reference

It's 1993. You have been hyped to high hell about polygon games. Finally, you take your Atari Jaguar home. "This is it! From here on out, I will never play a 2D game ever again."

Then you find yourself with the reality of a current library of Atari Jaguar 3D games. All you have to do is look at what's going on down the pipeline to see games like Daytona USA and VF are showing that polygons are where gaming is heading... but all you have is a Jaguar in 1993.

This thread is much like that.
 
If you mean buying and playing exclusively VR games and ditching traditional gaming then I'm pretty surprised.

A lot of people icluding myself know that VR is the future and the next shift in gaming that hasn't been seen since the transition from 2d to 3d polygonal games, but it seems a bit early to denounce all other gaming options.

I'm going all the way into VR by picking up every headset on day 1 and 2 omnidirectional treadmills, but even I'm not gonna give up traditional gaming even once VR evolves to the dream level that everyone hope it eventually will.

I don't see any reason we can't have both traditional and VR experiences and why you'd need to give one up when they both have specific strengths/weaknesses.

For me personally, I see no reason to choose one or the other when we can enjoy both.
 
cyberheater said:
I'm going to start off with Elite and modded Skyrim on PC. Both of those will keep me going for a while.
There are dozens of VR games getting worked for on PS4 and lots of devs are working on VR specific titles for PC.
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Hope you don't mind being sick all the time :) Elite is great but Skyrim is horrible in VR - it looks amazing and is fairly immersive, but it's the type of game that doesn't work at all in VR because the camera smoothly follows your character, allowing the camera to smoothly turn without turning your actual head, and that causes motion sickness (and the lack of high frame rate makes it worse). That's really why going all-in VR doesn't work, because that means you are cutting off entire genres until developers find ways around the limitations. No more first-person shooters (not as they are today), adventure games like Skyrim or Fallout won't work until they find new methods of controlling them (like Edge of Nowhere which is third person and the camera only moves when the character moves from one room to the next.
 
Krejlooc said:
standing desk is a no no for me. My arches have fallen in my older age.

I'm fucking falling apart lol
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That's why it's gotta be height adjustable. Standing for hours is just barbaric.

But the ability to stand up and relieve some stress on your back/butt for 30 mins to 1 hour is fantastic.

Also works well with VR - letting you freely get into standing and sitting experiences.
 
Hoo-doo said:
How much have you been using VR yourself?
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None. But I've read a ton of personal review by folks that were blown away by it.

Hoo-doo said:
I think you're drunk on the 'potential' of VR more than the current implementation of the tech. VR isn't without it's flaws.
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Maybe. But I'm ready for it. Time for a avatar change. :)

Dreamwriter said:
Hope you don't mind being sick all the time :) Elite is great but Skyrim is horrible in VR - it looks amazing and is fairly immersive, but it's the type of game that doesn't work at all in VR because the camera smoothly follows your character, allowing the camera to smoothly turn without turning your actual head, and that causes motion sickness
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I don't suffer from motion sickness so I should be okay but I do take your point that it's not a game that's designed for VR.
 
Krejlooc said:
among whom? People in the 1960's after watching psycho for the first time?
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No..

You're putting the cart in front of the horse.

That scene in Psycho works and is so famous because Hitchcock brilliantly tapped into and captured a common fear.

If you think people will not become frightened when cut off from all sensory input, I think you're wrong.
 
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