Valve: Future Hardware Plans

I really hope they will make small cubes / cylinders that can be tracked as well. Or allow for custom trackers to be made.

If you have doubts about VR you either haven't tried Elite Dangerous or you have some serious pre-concieved notions that you are unwilling to change

To be honest, things like Titans of Space should be required to experience in school for everyone.

So lads, your thoughts on the Vive lighthouse?

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Never liked the teleportation mechanics or limiting games to a small area with VR, so this is a way to solve that. Too bad you have to sacrifice one of the controllers for it, but I guess you will be able to attach a dedicated device for this in the future Anyway, letting the first generation solve its infant problems for now

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On 21/4/2016 at 6:49 PM, Bastion said: Surprised that neither occulus or Valve were able to work out a trick like this.

That's because there's a huge problem with this.

What's makes the Vive amazing and pleasant to use is because it follows 1 rule : All the movements you do ingame, you also do them in real-life. If you jump like that without actually moving around, your body knows it, your inner ear knows that you haven't moved forward at all. But yet, you are moving in the game → huge potential of motion sickness

It's really important that all your movements ingame are exactly the same as in real life, except if you're on a moving platform, but even there it has to move in a straight motion with constant speed (and if you need to accelerate and decelerate, the acceleration must be very very low).

That's why the teleport system seems to be the only one that works currently, because there's a quick fade in black between the 2 positions. And if you take a look at hover junkers, you'll see that vehicles accelerate and decelerate very slowly.

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On 21/4/2016 at 5:25 PM, AtsEst said: ...

Ok, how many of you have actually tried the Vive or the Rift with Touch?

I did, 6 months ago on a 20 min test.

Am I the only one who think they looks fucking dumb with their helmets ? And while this technology is awesome, i'm a bit scared for the future of our society too. Might wait a lilttle bit before buying one or i'll end up by locking myself in a room watching VR porn all day long, and i'm not sure if it's a good thing or not.

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On 5/1/2016 at 2:00 AM, RaVaGe said: Am I the only one who think they looks fucking dumb with their helmets ? And while this technology is awesome, i'm a bit scared for the future of our society too. Might wait a lilttle bit before buying one or i'll end up by locking myself in a room watching VR porn all day long, and i'm not sure if it's a good thing or not.

I think we are safe for now but imagine the kids who will have easy access to VR porn... I think that generation will be doomed.

just installed mine today! Set-up isn't as bad as people say, just the number of wires is very intimidating at first. ONce you calm the F*ck down and actually look at it, it's more doable. Youtube videos definitely help. So far, this is my favorite:

IT'S SO FUN!

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On 5/2/2016 at 11:08 PM, Minos said: I think we are safe for now but imagine the kids who will have easy access to VR porn... I think that generation will be doomed.

it'll be the next pot

So, after a fair bit of use, I'm pleased with the Vive. When you get "presence" it is quite magical. So magical and so novel that it's tempting to write a million paragraphs exploring the nuances of my experience. As for the not so cool stuff, it's probably exactly what you expect for an early adopter type device. The hardware is generally fantastic (if a bit heavy on your face). The software, on the other hand, has a lot of catching up to do. It's weird to think that a futuristic high-tech device has just come out, and it's the software that's lagging behind. Thankfully, software can be patched!

Also got my Vive a week or so back, absolutely loving it!

ps. In contrast, the Rift CV1 I sold a week after i got it.

Hey guys, really thinking about getting a Vive. Would like to hear your thoughts now that some time has passed!

Is 2nd gen far off do you think?

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On 01/08/2016 at 9:17 AM, Puddy said: Hey guys, really thinking about getting a Vive. Would like to hear your thoughts now that some time has passed!

Is 2nd gen far off do you think?

I'd say a fair while before gen 2 happens. Doubt Valve would work on a VR headset for the next gen without releasing a entire game based around it. Wouldn't count the lab in that as it was more of a tech demo than anything.

I predict that Valve is currently revisiting the F-STOP concept they came up with during Portal 2's creation, as it would seem to be the best fit for the headset.

If you don't remember F-STOP, it was this

I really like the steam controller! I haven't really found a game I couldn't play with it. You just get so much control for the thing right out of the box, no juggling around with third party programs and different control profiles or anything it's all automatic! and it's so much fun to just customize the controls I find myself constantly tweaking something. It's not perfect though, I kinda found the layout of the controller somewhat weird at first and using the track pads takes a long while to get used to properly.

I wish more games from the recent years would have supported simultaneous inputs from different controllers. It's frustrating to discover that games usually either disable kb+mouse in favor of controller or outright freeze all inputs while using inputs from both control methods for several seconds. Steam controller's best efforts to emulate the mouse movement for controller only games doesn't really cut it. I just want games to support using the analog stick + mouse more.

Anyway, best piece of gaming hardware I've bought a while.

Had family VR time today, was sooo much fun. Played a lot of games, nothing really extraordinary yet. But it was fun to introduce everybody to it (and very social! being able to see what people are experiencing on your PC makes a huge difference and makes for a lot of laughs on jump-scares and shit like that.)

I've got room-scale running in a hallway outside my room, even though it's about 10ft by 8ft, it's just not enough space. Wireless cannot come soon enough.

my brother suggested I get rid of my bed in my room to do VR. He thought it was a joke, I thought it wasn't the worst idea I'd ever heard.

Yeah, it's so much fun to watch people using VR for the first time. I ordered the Oculus touch controllers, can't wait to try them.

http://dlvr.it/NLCH32

Gabe optimistic about VR but includes possibility of total failure

3 new Valve VR titles

Portable VR coming soon. First as an Add-on and then integrated

Plenty of great informations. I love the interest they have in innovation rather than trying to compete with others. If i had enough money i'd buy a 3D printer at my house and build prototypes of crazy controllers and stuff

(It's also the interview in which Gabe say that they are working on 3 "full" games (not expriments like the lab), using both Source 2 and Unity and all the infos we learned recently.)