So, in a small space, is VR a wasted opportunity?

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My study has about 1.3m deep by 2m wide of space in front of my desk...

I'm guessing this means standing up is a no go without the risk of punching walls, PCs and monitors... So, just sitting down? Is there enough content/experience to be had?
 
NeilFawcett said:
So, just sitting down? Is there enough content/experience to be had?
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Yep. Things like Elite Dangerous, Lucky's Tale, Project Cars, DCS World, Witchblood, Dirt Rally, Landfall, Chronos, Star Trek Bridge Crew, the upcoming Alien Isolation hack to name but a a few are all seated games.

Get a taste of some of the motion control standing stuff though, and you'll be removing furniture from your room in no time ;)
 
I do feel slightly spoilt with my large master bedroom entirely taken up for VR room scale. I do prefer the games that take advantage of it for obvious reasons but I know that I'm in a minority and most games have teleport systems so all of them should be able to be used in a smaller area.
So standing up is still a goer just be aware before punching :)
 
FlukeRogi said:
Yep. Things like Elite Dangerous, Lucky's Tale, Project Cars, DCS World, Witchblood, Dirt Rally, Landfall, Chronos, Star Trek Bridge Crew, the upcoming Alien Isolation hack to name but a a few are all seated games.

Get a taste of some of the motion control standing stuff though, and you'll be removing furniture from your room in no time ;)
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So all those games you can play happily sitting at your desk with mouse, keyboard, controllers etc. ie: You don't need to wave your arms around like a loon (eg: with Chronos, Landfall and Bridge Crew)?
 
NeilFawcett said:
My study has about 1.3m deep by 2m wide of space in front of my desk...

I'm guessing this means standing up is a no go without the risk of punching walls, PCs and monitors... So, just sitting down? Is there enough content/experience to be had?
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Can you stand up with your arms out and turn around without hitting anything? It's small but doable and it's amazing how quick you learn the limits of your boundaries.
 
Thing to remember is, this isn't the wii or the connect. As soon as you see an object in vr, you'll get it, and want to do things with it, it's so intuitive that any sensibilities you have looking at it from the outside in go out the window. Roji is dead right about the furniture, that's exactly what happened to myself, I turfed everything out bar the desk.

I survive in a 1.5/2 with most things just fitting in. I figure in the near future that wireless will allow me to branch out
 
I am just going by my own experiences. When I first got the touch controllers I broke my light, slammed into the walls a few times, tripped over furniture etc. But, I rarely bang into anything now.
 
NeilFawcett said:
No... There's room in front and to the sides... Not behind...
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hmmm I am confused :) IF you have room to the front, just move forward a little? Or am I missing something?

You know you don't have to setup the rift so it's facing the monitor? You can even set it up in a different room. I know one guy on Reddit who had a small room, just ran the cables into another larger room.
 
NeilFawcett said:
So all those games you can play happily sitting at your desk with mouse, keyboard, controllers etc. ie: You don't need to wave your arms around like a loon (eg: with Chronos, Landfall and Bridge Crew)?
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Yeah, they're all seated experiences. Chronos and Landfall are gamepad games, Star Trek uses Touch (it's the only Touch game I listed), but it's still played sitting down.
 
OP your space is about the same size as my current VR space (hopefully larger when I move in October). Seems okay for the most part.
 
melmac said:
hmmm I am confused :) IF you have room to the front, just move forward a little? Or am I missing something?

You know you don't have to setup the rift so it's facing the monitor? You can even set it up in a different room. I know one guy on Reddit who had a small room, just ran the cables into another larger room.
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I have a fairly deep desk (with my monitor & PC on), and in front of it I have about 2m wide x 1.3m deep of foot space.

So my fear is, if VR titles will require you to stand up and have arm length room in all directions, I do not have this.

I certainly have it in over 180 degrees, but not 270-360 degree, as my back is near a wall basically.


Jae-So said:
OP your space is about the same size as my current VR space (hopefully larger when I move in October). Seems okay for the most part.
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And do you stand up and do stuff in your limited space? Do you find you can get away with only facing and putting arms out in one direction (eg: 180 degrees or so in which you have space)?
 
I play seated most of the time but yeh I moved the chair out and played Robo Recall and it seemed okay. Obviously difficult tracking in 360 degrees but good otherwise.
 
NeilFawcett said:
I have a fairly deep desk (with my monitor & PC on), and in front of it I have about 2m wide x 1.3m deep of foot space.

So my fear is, if VR titles will require you to stand up and have arm length room in all directions, I do not have this.

I certainly have it in over 180 degrees, but not 270-360 degree, as my back is near a wall basically.


And do you stand up and do stuff in your limited space? Do you find you can get away with only facing and putting arms out in one direction (eg: 180 degrees or so in which you have space)?
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I have a similar area, and occasionally I clunk a controller into the wall (or more regularly the light bulb above me), but once you get to know your play area limitations you can work with them.

Generally speaking, with 2 sensors you're going to be facing forwards most of the time anyway.

Don't get me wrong, more space would be better and it might bug you, but it's a lot better than no VR!
 
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