Daydream - VR
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Anyone try it? I got the Pixel when it came out due to my LG G3 dieing that same week. Figured I should get the Google Daydream kit then just to try out some VR. Its a lot of fun but does give eye strain after a bit. I wonder if the higher end VR sets have this issue as well. Content is quite minimal right now and there is a lot of garbage out there it seems (e.g. all racing games have nothing but 1 star ratings). I was trying to find a "decent" game in the Play store and there really doesn't seem to be any. For every review that gives a 5 stars there is usually some comment "Good VR Demo" etc., as nothing has any good meat. Its all concept showing what "could" be done. It seems the best game (some Turret shooter) is even crap in that you pay $13 for this chinsy game that I just sumarized and is nothing more. No plot or story, just shoot a few things and have fun. Well that will get old real quick and while $13 is not a lot of money it seems to go a lot further for game play on other "systems". I did find something called Wonderplay (or something like that) and it was free. Quite impressive, but would get old real quick. Again, nice VR "demo" game showing what can be done. There also was a cool "trippy" game that has two scenarios and are both VERY impressive. Basically its an "X" ravers wet dream. Oddly using those two scenarios I did not observe much eye strain, but after playing it for 10 minutes you are bored anyways (maybe one is supposed to consume some X to not get bored) Other than games the system is pretty neat though. The 360 youtube videos are pretty cool, like the London museum that has some sea dragon come to life. I got a kick out of Netflix as well. They give you a nice living room with a giant screen and fireplace like mantel surrounding it. You can look to the left and see a nice snowy mountain. It gives you the feeling of sitting in a nice man-cave up in a private mountain lodge. While unlikely to use in replacement of a person's actual den, I can see it being very nice for travel (like on a plane or something). The issue is however as I said eye strain. I found my eyes very tired after watching a full show. I can feel eye strain after using the headset for about 10 minutes. It is not painful or anything, but definitely noticeable and annoying.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thi
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Anyone try it? I got the Pixel when it came out due to my LG G3 dieing that same week. Figured I should get the Google Daydream kit then just to try out some VR. Its a lot of fun but does give eye strain after a bit. I wonder if the higher end VR sets have this issue as well. Content is quite minimal right now and there is a lot of garbage out there it seems (e.g. all racing games have nothing but 1 star ratings). I was trying to find a "decent" game in the Play store and there really doesn't seem to be any. For every review that gives a 5 stars there is usually some comment "Good VR Demo" etc., as nothing has any good meat. Its all concept showing what "could" be done. It seems the best game (some Turret shooter) is even crap in that you pay $13 for this chinsy game that I just sumarized and is nothing more. No plot or story, just shoot a few things and have fun. Well that will get old real quick and while $13 is not a lot of money it seems to go a lot further for game play on other "systems". I did find something called Wonderplay (or something like that) and it was free. Quite impressive, but would get old real quick. Again, nice VR "demo" game showing what can be done. There also was a cool "trippy" game that has two scenarios and are both VERY impressive. Basically its an "X" ravers wet dream. Oddly using those two scenarios I did not observe much eye strain, but after playing it for 10 minutes you are bored anyways (maybe one is supposed to consume some X to not get bored) Other than games the system is pretty neat though. The 360 youtube videos are pretty cool, like the London museum that has some sea dragon come to life. I got a kick out of Netflix as well. They give you a nice living room with a giant screen and fireplace like mantel surrounding it. You can look to the left and see a nice snowy mountain. It gives you the feeling of sitting in a nice man-cave up in a private mountain lodge. While unlikely to use in replacement of a person's actual den, I can see it being very nice for travel (like on a plane or something). The issue is however as I said eye strain. I found my eyes very tired after watching a full show. I can feel eye strain after using the headset for about 10 minutes. It is not painful or anything, but definitely noticeable and annoying.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thi
I tried the early Google Cardboard - cool, but similar experience to yourself.... it served to whet my appetite however, and so I just dropped a *silly* load of cash on a new *development machine* , that includes (for development purposes of course!) a spanking 1080 graphics card, a HTC-Vive kit, and the max ram the board could handle ... 128gb :P .... in fairness, I'm doing a lot of machine learning at the moment and that *eats* resources given the chance ... anyway - once its received I shall do a review and let you know the outcome! :thumbsup:
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Anyone try it? I got the Pixel when it came out due to my LG G3 dieing that same week. Figured I should get the Google Daydream kit then just to try out some VR. Its a lot of fun but does give eye strain after a bit. I wonder if the higher end VR sets have this issue as well. Content is quite minimal right now and there is a lot of garbage out there it seems (e.g. all racing games have nothing but 1 star ratings). I was trying to find a "decent" game in the Play store and there really doesn't seem to be any. For every review that gives a 5 stars there is usually some comment "Good VR Demo" etc., as nothing has any good meat. Its all concept showing what "could" be done. It seems the best game (some Turret shooter) is even crap in that you pay $13 for this chinsy game that I just sumarized and is nothing more. No plot or story, just shoot a few things and have fun. Well that will get old real quick and while $13 is not a lot of money it seems to go a lot further for game play on other "systems". I did find something called Wonderplay (or something like that) and it was free. Quite impressive, but would get old real quick. Again, nice VR "demo" game showing what can be done. There also was a cool "trippy" game that has two scenarios and are both VERY impressive. Basically its an "X" ravers wet dream. Oddly using those two scenarios I did not observe much eye strain, but after playing it for 10 minutes you are bored anyways (maybe one is supposed to consume some X to not get bored) Other than games the system is pretty neat though. The 360 youtube videos are pretty cool, like the London museum that has some sea dragon come to life. I got a kick out of Netflix as well. They give you a nice living room with a giant screen and fireplace like mantel surrounding it. You can look to the left and see a nice snowy mountain. It gives you the feeling of sitting in a nice man-cave up in a private mountain lodge. While unlikely to use in replacement of a person's actual den, I can see it being very nice for travel (like on a plane or something). The issue is however as I said eye strain. I found my eyes very tired after watching a full show. I can feel eye strain after using the headset for about 10 minutes. It is not painful or anything, but definitely noticeable and annoying.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thi
I got Catherine the Samsung Gear VR 2 and am rather impressed by it - well, all except for the rubbish search for apps facility. As a test, loaded the Jurassic World VR - it's really very good.
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I tried the early Google Cardboard - cool, but similar experience to yourself.... it served to whet my appetite however, and so I just dropped a *silly* load of cash on a new *development machine* , that includes (for development purposes of course!) a spanking 1080 graphics card, a HTC-Vive kit, and the max ram the board could handle ... 128gb :P .... in fairness, I'm doing a lot of machine learning at the moment and that *eats* resources given the chance ... anyway - once its received I shall do a review and let you know the outcome! :thumbsup:
So are you using Occulus Rift or something like that? I am curious about the higher end content, as it seems the Android based VR is quite lacking and will be for some time yet.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
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I got Catherine the Samsung Gear VR 2 and am rather impressed by it - well, all except for the rubbish search for apps facility. As a test, loaded the Jurassic World VR - it's really very good.
This space for rent
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
well, all except for the rubbish search for apps facility.
Yeah samething I noticed. There is no way to actually "Search" for any apps. You can just view what they want you to see and then install etc. Very odd I thought.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
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So are you using Occulus Rift or something like that? I am curious about the higher end content, as it seems the Android based VR is quite lacking and will be for some time yet.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
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Do you experience eye strain at all with it? Also, how is the content? What game is your favorite?
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
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Do you experience eye strain at all with it? Also, how is the content? What game is your favorite?
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
I'll report back once I'm up and running :)
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Do you experience eye strain at all with it? Also, how is the content? What game is your favorite?
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
Right! ... back from travels and got some chance to hook it all up and have a play around over the weekend. First, here is the thing I got: HTC Vive[^] Yes, a serious piece of kit and mad money .... but it was recently Christmas, hence.... :-D Overall, it took about an hour to setup. Comprises headset, two hand-controls, and two boxes you setup on stands (or fix to the wall) that are called 'base stations' ... they basically track where you are in the room *very well* Downloading the initial setup files and a few games took another couple of hours (best start this thing early in the day!) The headset is a bit heavy after a while... not only heavy, but front-heavy, so can be tiring after a while.... they will improve over time as the the tech gets smaller etc. It has a long cable to hook back to the graphics card ... my understanding is there is already a wireless one int he works. then I tried it ... wow just wow.... really, seriously, wow.... I didn't experience any eye strain ...or dizzyness, and this is in the full stand-up,'room scale' immersive experience.... you walk around (in a restricted space) and it tracks your movement perfectly... if you have someone in the room with you (useful, to watch the cables dragging on the floor etc, at least while you are getting used to the thing) they can see what you are doing on your monitor. The couple of initial games I got were really good ... I then got a space-sim and wow - dizzy central! ... very hard to orientate myself in space, and this was sitting down at the desk, not standing ... not sure if that's anything to do with it. Content overall excellent, but I did go for the best rated games first. Highly recommended if you have the cash to spare (or a gift day coming up and have lots of brownie points in your favor!!!) :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: