87 replies to this topic

[Cest7]

I'm playing this game because I'm broke as ***... I'll pass on the $100+ Virtualboy headset.

[RG Notch]

Why waste 1 second of valuable development time on a silly gimmick a handful of people will ever use?

[BlightFang]

Totally can't wait til I can turn my head to look around at the amazingness of the inside of my atlas's eyeball.

[Sean von Steinike]

Waste of time right now. Eventually, could care less, but for now? No thanks.

[Ravennus]

I'm a huge fan of the Rift, and can't wait for it to come out.

If MWO supports it, then great, just as long as it doesn't detract from other development. Though from what I hear, it shouldn't.

I'm most excited for Rift when Star Citizen comes out.
I figure it'll be perfected by then, and Star Citizen.... *drool*

EDIT: Hmmm ... what I'm reading is a LOT of people underestimating the Rift. Likely because of bad past experiences, which is understandable.

Edited by Ravennus, 09 January 2013 - 08:51 PM.

[CrashieJ]

it would be great after the game is DONE. finished, finito, completed, ready-for-the-masses... etc.

great idea probably when both sides have their creases ironed out. but as for now... with bugs, lack of features, missteps etc.

... no, not for a LONG LONG TIME

[BerryChunks]

OF wouldnt be as immersive as a chair with "force feedback" and a good set of computer screens in a panorama around you, as if you wer eactually inside am ech.

OF isn't immersive.

[Ravennus]

Kristov Kerensky, on 09 January 2013 - 04:11 PM, said:

Oh, and on top of all that, I couldn't use the damn things because I wear glasses. At least my nVidia 3D glasses fit over my glasses without any issues.

What vision problems do you have?
If you are near sighted, you don't need to use your glasses with the Oculus Rift.... far sighted, on the other hand, could be a problem.

From everything I've read the tech is up to the task. No doubt, and for the production model they have already locked down excellent head tracking that is more than sufficient.

But I agree that marketing it succesfully is the problem.... thankfully they kicked *** on Kickstarter and have the backing of a lot of big industry people. I think the Rift has a chance.

It might still flop, sure, but can't some of us be a little optimistic?

Edited by Ravennus, 09 January 2013 - 09:00 PM.

[HurlockHolmes]

Poll is borked, should be something like:

-Yes!

-Yes please, sometime down the road at least. (What I would vote)

-I don't care

-No

-If this game doesn't support x than y isn't allowed to be supported.

Also pgi has already said that joystick support is garbage because of engine limitations, the amount of qq from joystick users in this is thread autismal. That's not saying that when the engine is fleshed out more it shouldn't be improved upon, I have a joystick 2 feet to my right in ready position.

[random51]

Bad poll, you should have had a "don't care" option.

I don't care about oculus rift support. Finish the game, then worry about adding support for non-existent niche peripherals later on.

[yashmack]

id rather they work on stability and content and weapon balance ooooh and the matchmaker... I would rather have all those complete than support for some random hardware that most are not going to have or use...

[Ravennus]

HurlockHolmes, on 09 January 2013 - 09:03 PM, said:

Also pgi has already said that joystick support is garbage because of engine limitations...

Seriously? The developers said that they don't support joysticks because of Cryengine3??

I don't understand that, especially because Chris Roberts is using Cryengine3 for Star Citizen, and he has already got it to work with multiple analog inputs.
XBox360 controller, Joystick, etc... take your pick.

And Star Citizen isn't even in Alpha yet.

[Nuwa]

Why would this be a major concern? Would the average player be able to even afford such a system? This is after all a free to play game. I imagine most players are playing on outdated systems that can keep at least medium graphics quality and you want to introduce 3D headsets? This is not really a valid argument and PGI has bigger fish to fry I think so yeah I vote no.
Just watched the video to see if my view would change and yeah I see this as a big money dump to do what? I mean you can prolly spend just as much money to buy 3 decent monitors and sync them to do the same thing.

Edited by Nuwa, 09 January 2013 - 10:03 PM.

[Zaptruder]

I think the opinions expressed within this thread is asymptomatic of a sad state of affairs where at least a large portion of the vocal community is scared out of their minds about how slowly bug resolution and content releases is going that they believe that a feature inclusion like this would massively impact on the state of the game.

The reality however is that the game has already done the lions share of work that needs to be done to be Oculus Rift compatible - with inclusion of a cockpit, and pilot head look.

Also, it's worth noting that this game is an on-going development (as in, content and features will continue to be added when the game is live and release... much like many other MMO projects). So suggestions of it should only be considered once everything else is done... largely equates to - it should never be supported.

That said, a reasonable compromise seems to be investigate into the issue after official launch (out of beta status), and prep a release for Oculus Rift consumer launch (tentatively early to mid 2014 at this point in time).

Having said that, I can get how without more general public feedback and information on the topic that people would be hesitant to even inform themselves on the ins and outs of the technology or understand how its different to the technology from before (hint, it's about 2 decades removed from the last attempts at consumer level VR we've seen), so I suppose this poll/thread will have to be revised when the 'dev kits' are actually out in the hands of developers and enthusaists.

Edited by Zaptruder, 09 January 2013 - 09:27 PM.

[HurlockHolmes]

Ravennus, on 09 January 2013 - 09:19 PM, said:

Seriously? The developers said that they don't support joysticks because of Cryengine3??

I don't understand that, especially because Chris Roberts is using Cryengine3 for Star Citizen, and he has already got it to work with multiple analog inputs.
XBox360 controller, Joystick, etc... take your pick.

And Star Citizen isn't even in Alpha yet.

Yes, but as I said, the engine has yet to be fully developed. So I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt, wait, and see if they add proper support. But until then it isn't fully PGI's fault. (But that's enough of that as it is irrelevant to this topic)

[Grand Ayatollah Kerensky]

I vote yes because if it turns out that oculus rift does what it claims to do and does it well, I will probably buy it.

[ElCadaver]

I think Oculus Rift support would go a long way to increasing the longevity of this game, pay to win naysayers can go jump.

[Sean von Steinike]

ElCadaver, on 09 January 2013 - 09:45 PM, said:

I think Oculus Rift support would go a long way to increasing the longevity of this game, pay to win naysayers can go jump.

A tiny fraction of players have it. A tiny fraction will ever waste their time and money with it. How will it go a long way again?

[HurlockHolmes]

Sean von Steinike, on 09 January 2013 - 09:48 PM, said:

A tiny fraction of players have it. A tiny fraction will ever waste their time and money with it. How will it go a long way again?

Yeah, I tiny fraction of players already have the consumer model, even though it isn't even out yet!

[Nuwa]

I just wanna know what the price of such a system would cost? Good monitors are already pricey one that provides a 3D enviroment as a headset omg it would prolly price in the range of a flat screen TV. and you want a F2P game to immediately support it why?