Carmack is working on Virtual Reality Headset
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Why does the title say "Carmack is working on VR headset"?
It's an independent team working on it, Carmack just started supporting it in a relatively early stage.
They've already got support of some big devs, Kickstarter project is for spreading the word in media and attracting more developers to start working with Oculus as soon as the end of this year.
They're gonna hit $1M before 24h from running it on Kickstarter. In 30 days, they will attract hundreds of smaller devs, no doubt some large fish and individual consumers. And the media attention can only speed up getting this out for the mainstream market.
It's an independent team working on it, Carmack just started supporting it in a relatively early stage.
They've already got support of some big devs, Kickstarter project is for spreading the word in media and attracting more developers to start working with Oculus as soon as the end of this year.
They're gonna hit $1M before 24h from running it on Kickstarter. In 30 days, they will attract hundreds of smaller devs, no doubt some large fish and individual consumers. And the media attention can only speed up getting this out for the mainstream market.
Soldato
I guess that as my left eye is borked, I will not be able to use this 
Sad panda.
Sad panda.
V.R would really scare you senseless, but it's a long way off yet, get 3D working right first and then things will move on in leaps and bounds.
V.R headset is not nearly enough though, not even starting to get close, because you still need to move in a game/ to smell/ sense/ feel, to make it truly realistic.... and this will be at least 200 years away
until then, please focus on DOOM 4 only !!!!!!!!!!
V.R headset is not nearly enough though, not even starting to get close, because you still need to move in a game/ to smell/ sense/ feel, to make it truly realistic.... and this will be at least 200 years away
until then, please focus on DOOM 4 only !!!!!!!!!!
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Youre kidding right. you want the matrix first?
Yeah, that's ludicrous. And I should imagine we'll be matching VR with Haptic-feedback type suits that means we can feel/sense will be ready before 2020. There's already stuff going on about them too. This article from 2007, now? With the sudden interest in AR and VR technology, I would put his 2020 prediction at 2016. http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/11/full-body-haptic-suits/
The stuff that'll be happening 200 years from now will be far more advanced. By that time we'll just be wiring into the brain's senses directly.
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The haptic glove (falcon glove was it?) would work well with this. If this becomes a commercial reality, is as good as everyone seems to think it is, all of these peripherals like haptic gloves, that 'read your brainwaves' control device, motion controllers in the shape of a gun for better immersion, could really take off... we could be in a very different place this time next year! Gosh im excited.
Imagine if OcUK were the authorised UK retailer eh?
Imagine if OcUK were the authorised UK retailer eh?
I guess that as my left eye is borked, I will not be able to use this
Sad panda.
Ditto
First Magic Eye, now this...
well they seem to believe not and theyre putting their money where their mouth is - 2000 dev kits sold in a day, with 29 days left to go - delivery estimated at christmas. Mind you you just have to look at the DIY kit JC had at E3 to think maybe theyve hit on something cheap(ish) and viable.
At below $500 first release? I think the PC gamer base that this is to be aimed at will likely be very interested as long as there are enough high-end games to play on it. I would pay £350 for it. Cheaper than a smartphone.
I don't have that kind of money sitting around to spend, but it's not like I'd be buying another a year down the line. It's a one-off purchase, like a console or similar. A jump in technology like this, if executed well AND at that price for an early first revision area is/would be phenomenal. And I can agree with Sleepless, at the price of a decent monitor/gfx card, it's not exactly new-mortgage priced equipment. When I heard $500 I was stunned anyway, I was expecting double that price on first release.
I don't get why we don't have some form of proper augmented reality already and why VR headsets have sucked and been so expensive for so long, we've had all the needed technology for ages now, the demand is obviously there, so what's the problem?
Soldato
My problem with this and 3D is that because I have borked vision, it does not work for me.
Surely this is worth considering as how many gamers do not have vision which allows them to utilise such tech?
If you add it up across all territories, that is a LARGE number of people who simply will not purchase your product because it does not work for them.
Surely this is worth considering as how many gamers do not have vision which allows them to utilise such tech?
If you add it up across all territories, that is a LARGE number of people who simply will not purchase your product because it does not work for them.
Well I'm sure that properly developed games will work fine on both current monitors and 3D headsets so there's nothing stopping you enjoying new games. I'm pretty sure the percentage of people like yourself that can't use 3D headsets is fairly low so shouldn't really impact sales, it's just another accessory similar to say a steering wheel which again can't be used by some people.