VR controllers have buttons too, some software can recognize gestures, but using them is entirely up to the developer (and by extension, the consumer). You don't even really need the special controllers to enjoy many VR games, even complicated games like Elite Dangerous work just fine with a simple Xbox 360/1 controller.
Since you mentioned Mario, look up Lucky's Tale. It is a 3rd person VR platforming game with the same play mechanics of Mario 64. It's really something to actually be in that kind of environment. I would definitely put a genuine VR experience several notches over something like 3D TV. Not even Google Cardboard comes close.
Go to your local Best Buy if you have them. They are running Oculus demos these days. Give it a shot and see for yourself.
You don't have to develop special motor skills to grab stuff. It's not 1994. The new controllers are intuitive, especially the Touch controllers from Oculus. If you can pick up a can and walk around in reality without stumbling, you can play a VR game. You don't even need two eyes - real-time head tracking (positional, not just rotational), is in my opinion, the real key to VR.
Also... room-scale, even the new controllers, is all completely optional. I don't actually have Touch controllers or a second sensor yet. But have faith in this hardware because I've worked with it before. Before my current job, I worked with the CAVE at my university. A CAVE is basically a roomscale VR setup for wealthy university computer science programs.
As for my computer - it wasn't just for that. it also serves as my workstation away from work - my job involves working with very very large 3D building models, point clouds, etc. In my spare time, I do some creative modeling, rendering, and programming.
But back to VR... it isn't just good for games, it's also good for business. The company I work for is procuring another Oculus headset just for me to use, which will allow for prospective clients to fly about and interact with their building before it's built, hopefully increasing the chance they will select us to build it. Before you say that's crazy - it's a genuine application. I know it because I've done it. It's why I have this job to begin with.
As for your last comment, Mr Anonymous, 3D is kind of my jam... without which, I'd truly be joyless. Not much can be done about the anti-social bit though... you've got me there. I can put on a good face and interact like a normal human being - but at the end of the day, I like being alone. You can look down on me if you want. Just know that while you're out there being a social flower and spending all your money, I'm probably working.
I wish I had the guts to tell this kind of thing to people's face.
Instead, I've perfected the art of biting my own tongue for the sake of peace. But I seek solace in the fact that it doesn't matter, you can't change other people's fundamental belief structure. If they're backwards cultural apologists, or backwards themselves, that's just who they are. Instead, I think what we should be doing is motivating our own people to vote - not just every 4 years, but in midterms and off-year elections too.
I guess my point, which I forgot to add, is that it's sticking around.... unless the high-resolution lcd panels become too expensive during a trade war or something.
Proper VR has full motion real-time head and hand tracking. It's like you're really there. It's light years ahead of what was available the last time consumer VR was around.
After a crash, you come to a stop. The autopilot probably does this as well. I imagine the movie was still playing, next to the grissly scene of a beheaded man.
Heh, you could say that the paranoia in Erdogan's case is self-fulfilling. He's going to go far enough and pin enough people in a corner that there won't be anything for them to do but chop his head off.
I'd be more worried if this was something planned the federal level. The state can pass all the laws it wants, so long as other states are free to do something different, almost nothing will stop you from finding your porn. If you're worried about the block expanding to something else - again, it's the state of SC. They probably can't be bothered to make a Great Firewall or spy on you. Just let them do this so that they can feel like they've done something.
Let the puritans win this. Anyone interested in porn can just uninstall it or develop a removal tool if necessary. Concerned mothers cluching their pearls and others pretending to fight human trafficking get what they want, and you porn addicts out there get what you want. They say you can pay to have it removed, but... lol. Don't fret, you're smart enough.
Idea: Self driving queues. Why do we have to wait in line when our cars can do it for us? As a bonus they immediately leave once filled and can move to a regular parking space or meet you at your current location.
After which there will be a series of horrible terrorist attacks that the government could have stopped if they wern't too inept to respond to early warnings.
The response to that will be the fulfillment of early Trump promises. Prison camps, deportation forces, wiping out entire families, etc.
We will cheer him for it and he'll be called a hero as America enthusiastically pursues his agenda and slides into the darkness.
It's understood that people who devote their lives to mastery of a topic other than persuasion may in fact be bad at persuasion... and may also lack social skills and public speaking skills in general.
That said, I think your distrust is misplaced.
In your effort to demonstrate how critical you are, you've let slip that all you really need to believe a thing is a persuasive argument from a masterful liar.
Having done so, if you were subsequently asked to work with, sympathize, or otherwise stand with these people as Americans on some topic of mutual concern, what would be your response?
I voted, but my state is consistently red no matter who's nominated. When we're in a state like mine, minorities are better off as Republicans. That way we can participate in the primary nomination process and help the Republicans avoid the crazy candidates.
I respect your viewpoint and understand where you come from, and I expand on this in my first reply. The source of my suspicion of Republican motivation has nothing to do with Trump, and more to do with history and the people Trump currently surrounds himself with.
I also make an attempt to explain your experience talking to liberals. I've seen it too. It isn't great, but I think it's due to the media's current hysteria surrounding Trump and the alt-right.
I'm not saying it isn't possible to have a pleasant debate experience with conservatives, I work in an industry dominated by them and I've had my own - but I pick my battles and I speak in their political language - it might help that I'm not economically progressive, so right away we agree on a lot of things.
In any case, I don't rub my beliefs in people's faces to try to look cool or smart. I wait for them to talk to me about it and then we can have a useful conversation, and I never ever call anyone racist.
But in those conversations, while they're smiling at you and "handing you a bible", remember that their leadership is forever plotting to take away your right to openly be yourself, and using your existence to bolster their "gay agenda" narrative in order to scare their party faithful and divide the public.
People say the liberals "won the culture war", but I think that war is still ongoing. Conservatives won what matters - political hegemony. The rest is sure to follow.
To understand where I'm coming from, start by ignoring Trump, Milo, and even Bannon. Ignore the weirdos that are there just to look appealing to free wheeling Millennials. Look at the people Trump hires or surrounds himself with. People like Pence, Giuliani, Priebus, and formerly Christie... these are the ones with real political power and they have a track record of doing things that hurt the very people they're expected now to work for under the veil of Trumpism.
I am forced to admit, however, that when it comes to division for the sake of securing political power, both parties are guilty. I am very unhappy with the Democrats and the MSM right now, and I've never really been that pleased with them and their willingness to lie in order to super-charge the truth. But I still believe the liberals have it right. If you talk to a liberal and they freak out and call you a self-hating racist, that's because the MSM is forever on over-drive trying to get them more worked up about Trump than they should be.... there's a lot to be concerned about, but it's not about Trump being a dictator, or Trump being a fascist, or Trump being the second coming of Adolf Hitler. The truth is more insidious than that. I think when your publication turns yellow like that it risks de-legitimizing your entire message. When the entire MSM is doing it, people like us are left to come to our own conclusions.
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VR controllers have buttons too, some software can recognize gestures, but using them is entirely up to the developer (and by extension, the consumer). You don't even really need the special controllers to enjoy many VR games, even complicated games like Elite Dangerous work just fine with a simple Xbox 360/1 controller.
Since you mentioned Mario, look up Lucky's Tale. It is a 3rd person VR platforming game with the same play mechanics of Mario 64. It's really something to actually be in that kind of environment. I would definitely put a genuine VR experience several notches over something like 3D TV. Not even Google Cardboard comes close.
Go to your local Best Buy if you have them. They are running Oculus demos these days. Give it a shot and see for yourself.
You don't have to develop special motor skills to grab stuff. It's not 1994. The new controllers are intuitive, especially the Touch controllers from Oculus. If you can pick up a can and walk around in reality without stumbling, you can play a VR game. You don't even need two eyes - real-time head tracking (positional, not just rotational), is in my opinion, the real key to VR.
Also... room-scale, even the new controllers, is all completely optional. I don't actually have Touch controllers or a second sensor yet. But have faith in this hardware because I've worked with it before. Before my current job, I worked with the CAVE at my university. A CAVE is basically a roomscale VR setup for wealthy university computer science programs.
As for my computer - it wasn't just for that. it also serves as my workstation away from work - my job involves working with very very large 3D building models, point clouds, etc. In my spare time, I do some creative modeling, rendering, and programming.
But back to VR... it isn't just good for games, it's also good for business. The company I work for is procuring another Oculus headset just for me to use, which will allow for prospective clients to fly about and interact with their building before it's built, hopefully increasing the chance they will select us to build it. Before you say that's crazy - it's a genuine application. I know it because I've done it. It's why I have this job to begin with.
As for your last comment, Mr Anonymous, 3D is kind of my jam... without which, I'd truly be joyless. Not much can be done about the anti-social bit though... you've got me there. I can put on a good face and interact like a normal human being - but at the end of the day, I like being alone. You can look down on me if you want. Just know that while you're out there being a social flower and spending all your money, I'm probably working.
I wish I had the guts to tell this kind of thing to people's face.
Instead, I've perfected the art of biting my own tongue for the sake of peace. But I seek solace in the fact that it doesn't matter, you can't change other people's fundamental belief structure. If they're backwards cultural apologists, or backwards themselves, that's just who they are. Instead, I think what we should be doing is motivating our own people to vote - not just every 4 years, but in midterms and off-year elections too.
I guess my point, which I forgot to add, is that it's sticking around.... unless the high-resolution lcd panels become too expensive during a trade war or something.
Proper VR has full motion real-time head and hand tracking. It's like you're really there. It's light years ahead of what was available the last time consumer VR was around.
After a crash, you come to a stop. The autopilot probably does this as well. I imagine the movie was still playing, next to the grissly scene of a beheaded man.
What, do the treat their work projects like personal projects?
Good.
Heh, you could say that the paranoia in Erdogan's case is self-fulfilling. He's going to go far enough and pin enough people in a corner that there won't be anything for them to do but chop his head off.
I'd be more worried if this was something planned the federal level. The state can pass all the laws it wants, so long as other states are free to do something different, almost nothing will stop you from finding your porn. If you're worried about the block expanding to something else - again, it's the state of SC. They probably can't be bothered to make a Great Firewall or spy on you. Just let them do this so that they can feel like they've done something.
lol, everyone knows it's true.
Let the puritans win this. Anyone interested in porn can just uninstall it or develop a removal tool if necessary. Concerned mothers cluching their pearls and others pretending to fight human trafficking get what they want, and you porn addicts out there get what you want. They say you can pay to have it removed, but... lol. Don't fret, you're smart enough.
Have you been sued over this? If so, could you share with us the circumstances?
Idea: Self driving queues. Why do we have to wait in line when our cars can do it for us? As a bonus they immediately leave once filled and can move to a regular parking space or meet you at your current location.
After which there will be a series of horrible terrorist attacks that the government could have stopped if they wern't too inept to respond to early warnings.
The response to that will be the fulfillment of early Trump promises. Prison camps, deportation forces, wiping out entire families, etc.
We will cheer him for it and he'll be called a hero as America enthusiastically pursues his agenda and slides into the darkness.
Sit their quietly and pout.
It's understood that people who devote their lives to mastery of a topic other than persuasion may in fact be bad at persuasion... and may also lack social skills and public speaking skills in general.
That said, I think your distrust is misplaced.
In your effort to demonstrate how critical you are, you've let slip that all you really need to believe a thing is a persuasive argument from a masterful liar.
It seems like you bought the narrative.
Having done so, if you were subsequently asked to work with, sympathize, or otherwise stand with these people as Americans on some topic of mutual concern, what would be your response?
I voted, but my state is consistently red no matter who's nominated. When we're in a state like mine, minorities are better off as Republicans. That way we can participate in the primary nomination process and help the Republicans avoid the crazy candidates.
I don't think you used enough exclamation points. Also, there needs to be at least one, "1" in there or you risk being taken seriously.
Thumb tacked to the firmament.
We've done worse.
I respect your viewpoint and understand where you come from, and I expand on this in my first reply. The source of my suspicion of Republican motivation has nothing to do with Trump, and more to do with history and the people Trump currently surrounds himself with.
I also make an attempt to explain your experience talking to liberals. I've seen it too. It isn't great, but I think it's due to the media's current hysteria surrounding Trump and the alt-right.
I'm not saying it isn't possible to have a pleasant debate experience with conservatives, I work in an industry dominated by them and I've had my own - but I pick my battles and I speak in their political language - it might help that I'm not economically progressive, so right away we agree on a lot of things.
In any case, I don't rub my beliefs in people's faces to try to look cool or smart. I wait for them to talk to me about it and then we can have a useful conversation, and I never ever call anyone racist.
But in those conversations, while they're smiling at you and "handing you a bible", remember that their leadership is forever plotting to take away your right to openly be yourself, and using your existence to bolster their "gay agenda" narrative in order to scare their party faithful and divide the public.
People say the liberals "won the culture war", but I think that war is still ongoing. Conservatives won what matters - political hegemony. The rest is sure to follow.
To understand where I'm coming from, start by ignoring Trump, Milo, and even Bannon. Ignore the weirdos that are there just to look appealing to free wheeling Millennials. Look at the people Trump hires or surrounds himself with. People like Pence, Giuliani, Priebus, and formerly Christie... these are the ones with real political power and they have a track record of doing things that hurt the very people they're expected now to work for under the veil of Trumpism.
I am forced to admit, however, that when it comes to division for the sake of securing political power, both parties are guilty. I am very unhappy with the Democrats and the MSM right now, and I've never really been that pleased with them and their willingness to lie in order to super-charge the truth. But I still believe the liberals have it right. If you talk to a liberal and they freak out and call you a self-hating racist, that's because the MSM is forever on over-drive trying to get them more worked up about Trump than they should be.... there's a lot to be concerned about, but it's not about Trump being a dictator, or Trump being a fascist, or Trump being the second coming of Adolf Hitler. The truth is more insidious than that. I think when your publication turns yellow like that it risks de-legitimizing your entire message. When the entire MSM is doing it, people like us are left to come to our own conclusions.
Has anyone been locked up for being an opinionated conservative? What is it that you do (or wish to do) that carries a risk of that?
As for boycotts and name-calling, that's freedom baby.