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Title: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: Nektonico on August 07, 2011, 01:49:49 PM I just wanted to share this with you guys because its so cool.
Quote Those of us that remember when you could actually go to a mall and play on a VR game machine, tend to remember it fondly. What happened? The computing horsepower has grown so much, our graphics now days are simply stunning, yet there’s been no major VR revival. Yeah, those helmets were huge and gave you a headache, but it was worth it. With the 3d positioning abilities of the latest game crazes, the Wiimote and the Kinect, [Nao_u] is finally taking this where we all knew it should have gone(google translated). Well, maybe we would have had less creepy anime faces flying around squirting ink, but the basics are there. He has created a VR system utilizing the Wiimote for his hand position, a Vuzix display for head positioning, and the kinect for body tracking. Even with the creepy flying heads I want to play it, especially after seeing him physically ducking behind boxes in the video after the break. Long live VR! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS33cENjyRs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS33cENjyRs) http://hackaday.com/2011/01/25/vr-now-with-more-kinect-wiimote-and-vuzix/ (http://hackaday.com/2011/01/25/vr-now-with-more-kinect-wiimote-and-vuzix/) This is the guy's homepage clumsily translated to english: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgame.g.hatena.ne.jp%2FNao_u%2F20110121%23p1 (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgame.g.hatena.ne.jp%2FNao_u%2F20110121%23p1) Also:Check out his youtube channel, he has a couple of other cool videos using the same tech. http://www.youtube.com/user/Nao790#p/a/u/1/WDlvn3voblQ (http://www.youtube.com/user/Nao790#p/a/u/1/WDlvn3voblQ) So, what do you think, could VR headsets be the future of gaming displays? 8) The folks at SONY seem to think so. http://www.neowin.net/news/sony-we-are-working-on-virtual-reality-games (http://www.neowin.net/news/sony-we-are-working-on-virtual-reality-games) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4FURgSRwE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4FURgSRwE) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoE5ij63EDI&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoE5ij63EDI&feature=related) (http://www.neowin.net/images/uploaded/headset2.jpg) You even get to look like robocop. :handthumbsupL: DISCUSS 8) Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: Aloshi on August 07, 2011, 03:22:23 PM I've been interested in both virtual reality and augmented reality for a while. I think these are the glasses (http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_vr920.html) used in that video. $400, but they do already support quite a few games (http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_vr920_support.html). I hope these kinds of glasses down in price and we start to see a lot of cool VR/AR games.
That said, the blue anime head walking on its HAIR THAT HAD FEET is TERRIFYING. Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: moi on August 07, 2011, 04:39:27 PM wasn't the dolphin's first prototypes supposed to be a VR helmet intially?
Nintendo dissapoint Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: Gimym JIMBERT on August 07, 2011, 05:18:36 PM NO unity support? pass
Wait for the wiiU2 with bono. Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: unsilentwill on August 07, 2011, 05:40:09 PM I want this so badly and I don't know why. Even surfing the internet with those glasses seems worth the money. It's not ready yet though, I'll give it some time.
Maybe I just hate TVs and monitors. Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: Nugsy on August 08, 2011, 12:26:29 PM support quite a few games (http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_vr920_support.html). Game: Day of Defeat Publisher: Activision Game: Garry's Mod (CS:Source mod) Game: Counter Strike: Source Publisher: Electronic Arts Game: Trackmania Nations Forever Publisher: Acclaim What?! And there are way more than just these 4! Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: C.A. Silbereisen on August 08, 2011, 12:43:19 PM GIMMICK
Title: Re: DIY Virtual Reality Post by: moi on August 08, 2011, 01:03:22 PM the future is playing on a touchscreen that looks like a phone while but can't make calls, while watching at a big TV screen at the same time and moving the wiimote with your third hand(WIIU)
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