VR Goggles
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@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
Link to videoMy wife and kids found me dancing with a robot in the kitchen.
There are photos.
No, I'm not posting them.One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21
The Flaming LipsUnit three thousand twenty one is warming
Makes a humming sound, when its circuits
Duplicate emotions, and a sense of coldness detaches
As it tries to comfort your sadness,
One more robot learns to be something more than
A machine, when it tries the way it does, make it seem
Like it can love
Cause it's hard to say what's real, when you know the way you feel,
Is it wrong to think it's love
When it tries the way it does
Feeling a synthetic kind of love
Dreaming a sympathetic wish,
As the lights blink faster and brighter,
One more robot learns to be something more than
A machine, when it tries the way it does, make it seem
Like it can love
Cause it's hard to say what's real, when you know the
Way you feel, is it wrong to think it's love
When it tries the way it does -
Follow-up after 3 weeks of messing around with them, for anybody who's interested.
I've had a lot of fun with them. The technology still has a little way to go, but for $300 (plus another $100 for a better headstrap and PC connection wire) they're very impressive. If you've got a semi-decent gaming PC, then you can hook them up to that - mine is 4 years old (Intel i7-7820, GeForce GTX-1070 video card), so a long way from cutting edge, and it still works fine with the games I've tried.
One issue I've had has been motion-sickness, which is apparently quite common. I was messing around with a WW1 flying game demo on Steam VR, and the sense of speed was like nothing I'd seen before. In most flight games or simulators, you don't really feel as though you're going fast in my experience - with the goggles on, flying low really felt pretty scary. Then suddenly, I thought I was going to hurl. They came off in a hurry.
I've also enjoyed watching Amazon Prime movies and TV - they simulate being in a cinema pretty well, except of course you've got these goggles on. They get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so, so you probably can't watch long movies easily.
I was only joking
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@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
motion-sickness
Brain: You're flying!
Middle Ear: You're sitting still!That's when the fight began.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in VR Goggles:
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
motion-sickness
Brain: You're flying!
Middle Ear: You're sitting still!That's when the fight began.
That's why I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
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@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
Follow-up after 3 weeks of messing around with them, for anybody who's interested.
I've had a lot of fun with them. The technology still has a little way to go, but for $300 (plus another $100 for a better headstrap and PC connection wire) they're very impressive. If you've got a semi-decent gaming PC, then you can hook them up to that - mine is 4 years old (Intel i7-7820, GeForce GTX-1070 video card), so a long way from cutting edge, and it still works fine with the games I've tried.
One issue I've had has been motion-sickness, which is apparently quite common. I was messing around with a WW1 flying game demo on Steam VR, and the sense of speed was like nothing I'd seen before. In most flight games or simulators, you don't really feel as though you're going fast in my experience - with the goggles on, flying low really felt pretty scary. Then suddenly, I thought I was going to hurl. They came off in a hurry.
I've also enjoyed watching Amazon Prime movies and TV - they simulate being in a cinema pretty well, except of course you've got these goggles on. They get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so, so you probably can't watch long movies easily.
Cool update, thanks!
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@mark said in VR Goggles:
I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
This is a nice start, but it's not full motion. Consider it an inspiration.
Link to video"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k That is very cool but way too much involvement for me.
VR does away with the need for all of that. With VR, You get full interaction with everything on the instrument panels. Everything that works in the current release. They keep updating it and more things are supposed to work as time goes on.
Link to videoAdding full-motion to my sim-rig is on the agenda.
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I finally got Elite Dangerous working with the goggles yesterday. There's no realism involved whatsoever in the game, but you can explore the entire milky way, and it's freaking awesome.
Next I'm planning on buying Star Wars Squadrons. Again, not much realism, but if I wanted realism I'd take off the goggles and go outside
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@mark said in VR Goggles:
That's why I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
Isn't this what happened with Disney's Mission Space ride?
So many people got sick that they offered several seats without full motion, they were stationary. The stationary seats didn't make people as sick.
From 15 years ago: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2006-06-25-spacesick25-story.html
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@mark said in VR Goggles:
https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/removable-facial-interface-alert/
The trouble with the alternatives is they get really sweaty. I think I'll stick with the foam.
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"Sweaty Phibes"
Now there's a mental image I certainly didn't need this morning. Thanks, a lot.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in VR Goggles:
"Sweaty Phibes"
Now there's a mental image I certainly didn't need this morning. Thanks, a lot.
Would you prefer 'foamy Phibes'?
I was only joking
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@Doctor-Phibes said in VR Goggles:
Would you prefer 'foamy Phibes'?
Better than
stickyother alternatives.
