We have all played different types of games. From first-person shooters, to open world sandbox where you literally build your own world. Most of these games have "Wowed" gamers and could possibly go down in history as the most successful games. But, add a VR in to the mix and everything seems to become way better. So why is VR a game changer for the industry?
Immersion is the name of the game. According to Wikipedia, it is the perception of being physically present in a non physical world. We all know how immense games' worlds are. Especially first person open world sandbox games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim or Fallout: New Vegas or even Grand Theft Auto Games. By going in to the world of any of those games, it changes or improves your gaming experience a lot.
The video demonstrates how the Oculus Rift successfully makes
everyone believe they are inside the virtual world.
An article written by CNN titled "Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier In Gaming" highlighted how games take advantage of the VR platform. One of the games they tried is Alien: Isolation. According to them "If you failed to elude your enemies in the "Alien" game, you ended up
with a tail spike right through your chest. And yes, you could look down
and see it as it happened. Eww."
That is disgusting! With ingenuity like this, more and more people would be willing to buy VR. It will also be a breath of fresh air for the usual "monitor experience." Sure, we do like the eye-candies like AMD's TressFX or Nvidia's HBAO+ (Horizon Based Ambient Occlusion) and they look good on our monitors. But that's what limits it. A first person game cannot be a true first person in a monitor.
However, there will also be limitations to the current VR technology. Ian Sherr of CNet.com wrote this article in relation to the current limitations of VR. In the article, James Iliff and his team at Survios are trying to make the player's actions in the real world mirror the one in the virtual world.
"But there was a hitch. In a typical video game, characters often traverse large distances in mere minutes. Walking at a normal pace to get through a game would take forever, and require too much room."
Indeed it is. In Skyrim alone, you could walk miles of terrain to get from one town to the other. Mirroring that in the real world would not only be tiring, but also costly. Also, no one has a closed environment or room with miles or kilometers of space. So Survios needs to find a way to overcome this dilemma.
It's only a matter of time though before developers start to overcome these limitations. Technology is evolving faster today than it was 10 years ago. Regardless though, you will still get the best gaming experience with a VR.
References:
CNN.com "Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier in Gaming"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/16/tech/gaming-gadgets/virtual-reality-e3/
CNet.com "How Do You Make A Good Virtual Reality Game? Oculus Developers Meet To Find Out"
http://www.cnet.com/news/how-do-you-make-a-good-virtual-reality-game-oculus-developers-gather-to-find-out/
Wikipedia.org "Immersion (virtual reality)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_%28virtual_reality%29
However, there will also be limitations to the current VR technology. Ian Sherr of CNet.com wrote this article in relation to the current limitations of VR. In the article, James Iliff and his team at Survios are trying to make the player's actions in the real world mirror the one in the virtual world.
"But there was a hitch. In a typical video game, characters often traverse large distances in mere minutes. Walking at a normal pace to get through a game would take forever, and require too much room."
Indeed it is. In Skyrim alone, you could walk miles of terrain to get from one town to the other. Mirroring that in the real world would not only be tiring, but also costly. Also, no one has a closed environment or room with miles or kilometers of space. So Survios needs to find a way to overcome this dilemma.
It's only a matter of time though before developers start to overcome these limitations. Technology is evolving faster today than it was 10 years ago. Regardless though, you will still get the best gaming experience with a VR.
References:
CNN.com "Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier in Gaming"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/16/tech/gaming-gadgets/virtual-reality-e3/
CNet.com "How Do You Make A Good Virtual Reality Game? Oculus Developers Meet To Find Out"
http://www.cnet.com/news/how-do-you-make-a-good-virtual-reality-game-oculus-developers-gather-to-find-out/
Wikipedia.org "Immersion (virtual reality)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_%28virtual_reality%29
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