Virtual Reality - How are we doing?

[Jaradu]

Haven't you ever wanted to take up a sword and shield and battle Orcs alongside Aragorn? Haven't you ever wanted to defeat a Sith army with a lightsaber? Or maybe you've always wanted to play football with your heroes?

Me too.... but how long do we have to wait before this becomes available?

So does anyone know how far our technology has advanced? How are we progressing in developing virtual reality? How long before a virtual reality console will be up for grabs at your local gaming store?

We've already touched the surface. For example, I saw a tennis game on tv once where you put on a headset to see the court. You hold a racket, which is plugged into the console, and swing it about at will. It's not very advanced, though, as you can only move left and right - not forwards and backwards. Plus, it's still in beta testing. AFAIK there are other virtual reality games being developed but nothing spectacular.

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Jaradu: Haven't you ever wanted to take up a sword and shield and battle Orcs alongside Aragorn? Haven't you ever wanted to defeat a Sith army with a lightsaber? Or maybe you've always wanted to play football with your heroes?

Actually I'm happy doing that on my Playstation 2

[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Yeah, I'm also kind of idly wondering when we'll be getting all that futuristic technology that they thought we'd have by now back in the 70s and 80s...

[CerebroDragon]

I've wondered about this a bit myself. When this VR technology becomes available for wider public consumption, I'd definitely be putting up my hand for a looksee if I can afford it. I think this is critical - how much will it cost the average Joe to enjoy this kind of experience?

The very concept of VR makes me remember a certain film called "the Lawnmower Man".
Anyone watch that back in the day and remember the visual style of representing a VR world? I guess from there "Tron" should get a special mention too.
It makes me shiver with nostalgic ooziness to think of those retro gaming days.

Mind you, RPG's have traditionally had such a strong tug on consciousness for me that they pretty much become VR experiences in themselves. Perhaps that's why Black Isle included the reminder for us all to 'eat' when playing BG2. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Originally posted by CerebroDragon: I've wondered about this a bit myself. When this VR technology becomes available for wider public consumption, I'd definitely be putting up my hand for a looksee if I can afford it. I think this is critical - how much will it cost the average Joe to enjoy this kind of experience? The very concept of VR makes me remember a certain film called "the Lawnmower Man". Anyone watch that back in the day and remember the visual style of representing a VR world? I guess from there "Tron" should get a special mention too. It makes me shiver with nostalgic ooziness to think of those retro gaming days. Mind you, RPG's have traditionally had such a strong tug on consciousness for me that they pretty much become VR experiences in themselves. Perhaps that's why Black Isle included the reminder for us all to 'eat' when playing BG2. [img]smile.gif[/img]

oh yeah, the Lawnmower Man that was an intersting movie (although i played the game) it was interesting, and yeah it's about VR

man..i can't wait for the VR stuff to be out....just think of the posibilities, havn't they already made beta on stuff like that, cause i'm pretty sure i've read about them [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

[Lauren]

i know this may sound lame, but hopefully one day Virtual Reality will be taken into the classrooms, so the students can experience past events like they were really apart of it.
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[shadowhound]

Yes, that does sound lame [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I want full on multiplayer virtual reality gaming.
Ah the enjoyment to be had.

[Dreamer128]

Not having acces to VR may be for the best. Can you imagine EverCrack like that? It would be the end of life as we know it

[bjorn]

nomatter how sad it may be, i think the porn industry will the one to blossom the most from the vr-technology

then again, many might be looking forward to that.

[ 06-09-2004, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: bjorn ]

[Gangrell]

Originally posted by Lauren: i know this may sound lame, but hopefully one day Virtual Reality will be taken into the classrooms, so the students can experience past events like they were really apart of it. [img]graemlins/egypt.gif[/img]

That's not lame, I would get a kick out of it. Fighting along side King Arthur and his knights, ahh the medieval age