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I'm really looking forward to the next generation of consumer gaming VR once all the kinks have been worked out. With any luck, the problems and shortcomings of the Oculus Rift and the Omni will be solved within a couple years, and we'll be able to buy a fully usable VR rig for something like $1500 (glasses, treadmill, handheld controller). And we'll have games designed specifically for it.
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Untrue. If wearing a vest, taking a corner involves side-stepping, and in any urban combat situation you'll spend a very high proportion of your time doing that. Source: Urban combat training, FDF.
Of course in reality you move in every direction, even perpendicular to your direction.( Omni supports side_stepping.) I define strafing ( in games ) as running sideways at the same speed as running forward ( as in most shooters ) , which is not done in real life.
This is a great solution to the problem, and I'm really excited about it. But there's one very important catch: The "special shoes" are not an option for people with unusual orthotics requirements (e.g. me), because they're not going to be able to make shoes suitable for everybody. They have to create soles that can be strapped on to our existing shoes.
From the "Oculus Rift" demos I've seen, it seems people already feel weird by the character height, so I guess it might feel a little awkward to run twice as fast as expected.
Nevertheless, it sure beats being sitted.
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Isn't that how most people have exercised for years?
"...to exercise" Yes, people have played games instead of going to the gym, but I wouldn't call that "exercising". I guess you could put Wii/Kinect in this category, but even those are pretty static compared to this. You're actually running on this.
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If by realistic games You mean "Jogging In The Park Simulator 2013" then i guess it's perfect. This could be a nice device to try out on some gaming expo but i think most gamers will be disappointed with the lack of actions they can perform in it.
Yeah, strafing and walking backwards at least you can do. How would you crouch and go prone for example? And I wonder how good you would be able to aim with Omni, that's gonna be a deciding factor.
Looks fun, but seems a bit gimmicky to me. Why would you use something that is extra physical effort to use and makes you worse at gaming? I presume people will only really play games against other people using these, which means that the community will be very small. On the other hand, I could imagine these or something like these making the gym more fun as a fitness thing rather than a gaming thing.
> Why would you use something that is extra physical effort to use and makes you worse at gaming? Fun. Did you miss the Dance Dance Revolution mats, the Guitar Hero guitars, the light gun games, DK Bongos, etc etc?
I think something less gamey and more second-lifey might have potential, but I don't think these will make much headway with hardcore FPS gamers.
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Because something capable of achieving that currently looks like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-8eVcN2z3k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msci440q18s Think about it. How do you accomodate movement along multiple axis simultaneously using treadmill technology in a compact, affordable, game-room-sized package?
There's also this one: http://youtu.be/nQR49JGySTM
Looks fun, but seems a bit gimmicky to me. Why would you use something that is extra physical effort to use and makes you worse at gaming? I presume people will only really play games against other people using these, which means that the community will be very small. On the other hand, I could imagine these or something like these making the gym more fun as a fitness thing rather than a gaming thing.
Also lots of people only play single player games.
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Yeah, strafing and walking backwards at least you can do. How would you crouch and go prone for example? And I wonder how good you would be able to aim with Omni, that's gonna be a deciding factor.
They mention Kinect integration - that should be able to detect crouching movements.