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So techies are looking for more and more ways to get you into video games, what with motion controls at all, and a company named Oculus has taken a stab at VR headsets again:

Previous dakka thread, that has a very tech-related explanation:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/499532.page

Normal Explanation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzCwczY1jTM

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift

They've launched a kickstarter campaign for developers, to get the SDK and dev kit out:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game

Tech demo of what it actually does, this is the one to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBylGcvRuek

And hey, if you want you can show it to your Grandma, and she starts trippin' balls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAC5SeNH8jw

So I don't know, video games don't have the appeal that traditional games, do, but they model kits and traditional games are dying out. But between the new 3D printing and this, it seems like a good time to be a gamer. Imagine playing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and being able to walk through the Warhammer world, and see the various sights, or play 40K and see the actual Cities of Death, or the inside of a Space Hulk fighting Genestealers, like the original Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels game. Or on an cobbled-together Ork spaceship, or on the decks of an Eldar craftworld, or on the surface of a beautiful Eldar maiden world.

Or imagine a modern-era game, where you combine this with Wii-like motion controls, and you're in a little house and you're moving model tanks and soldiers on a table, lol. You could even add voice chat, so you could kvetch at the other player about how the latest codex nerfed your army.

What would you make with this new technology?

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

 chris_valera wrote:
Or imagine a modern-era game, where you combine this with Wii-like motion controls, and you're in a little house and you're moving model tanks and soldiers on a table, lol. You could even add voice chat, so you could kvetch at the other player about how the latest codex nerfed your army.

Silly thing is that, aside from maybe a good helo flight sim or two, that would actually be what would get me to buy in to something like this

 Bolognesus wrote:

 chris_valera wrote:
Or imagine a modern-era game, where you combine this with Wii-like motion controls, and you're in a little house and you're moving model tanks and soldiers on a table, lol. You could even add voice chat, so you could kvetch at the other player about how the latest codex nerfed your army.

Silly thing is that, aside from maybe a good helo flight sim or two, that would actually be what would get me to buy in to something like this

We can dream, take your little wii-hand and select the "red whacky stick" function....

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Not half as fun when your target isn't actually hurting, though.

This really doesn't belong in N&R does it? Since it's not wargame related and all.

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...well, I don't think I would have reacted that way, but I do think it's a cool thing and I'm not a fan of the "Oh god it's not wargame-related get it out of here!" attitude.

Chris.. You sound like you need a hug. Want a hug bro? See....when i was a young boy your age, we had this already... It was Called Virtual Boy, here..I'll leave this link for you have a great day Chris!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy

 chris_valera wrote:
We now return you to the endless kickstarter threads you fags love so much.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Yeah, that's uncalled for. Shouldn't you go back to trolling the Defiance Games Facebook page?

Mate i wasn't having a go at you. No need to get up in a tizzy over nothing.

Now don't get me wrong, i love the idea of VR and would jump at any chance to walk around a battlefield 40,000 years in the future. Just kinda figured this was more of a thread for the Off-topic forum.
I guess i'll leave this thread now so i don't annoy anyone else.


Good day to you all.

 Absolutionis wrote:

 chris_valera wrote:
We now return you to the endless kickstarter threads you fags love so much.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Yeah, that's uncalled for. Shouldn't you go back to trolling the Defiance Games Facebook page?

hey hey now...Don't soil Defiance's name by attaching Chris to it!

 Arrathon wrote:
Chris.. You sound like you need a hug. Want a hug bro? See....when i was a young boy your age, we had this already... It was Called Virtual Boy, here..I'll leave this link for you have a great day Chris!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy

Yeah, but this is much better, because we have accelerometers and stuff now. look at this game demo; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50fvL_EWYY

 Absolutionis wrote:

 chris_valera wrote:
We now return you to the endless kickstarter threads you fags love so much.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Yeah, that's uncalled for. Shouldn't you go back to trolling the Defiance Games Facebook page?

LOL. I actually gave them a compliment on their latest prototype, the scout car... if we'll ever see it released, I'll praise them even further!

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Basically i was trying to say, Your being a a s s h o l e and to chill out. this is a tabletop wargaming site.. not a video game site. There is a video game section actually..if you scroll waaaaaay down. Hope that clears things up for you

 Arrathon wrote:

 Absolutionis wrote:

 chris_valera wrote:
We now return you to the endless kickstarter threads you fags love so much.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Yeah, that's uncalled for. Shouldn't you go back to trolling the Defiance Games Facebook page?

hey hey now...Don't soil Defiance's name by attaching Chris to it!

You know you love me.

Seriously, what would you little nerds to without me. One White Dwarf review and you piss your pants. You just can't handle my witty and insightful commentary.

 Arrathon wrote:
Basically i was trying to say, Your being a a s s h o l e and to chill out. this is a tabletop wargaming site.. not a video game site. There is a video game section actually..if you scroll waaaaaay down. Hope that clears things up for you

Look at this video of Nana trippin' balls; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAC5SeNH8jw Look at it.

Look at the joy I bring into your lives.

Seriously, what would you do without me?

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Hey Chris, instead of being a jerk, update your site already.

 Snrub wrote:
This really doesn't belong in N&R does it? Since it's not wargame related and all.

Quite.

Nor is there any justification for the name calling and insults.