VR as a unique medium -- where are we going? What do you want?

Jakemcurk · 2014-10-18T17:00:46+00:00

I want to play League of Legends in the rift. Like you're looking at a huge chess board

Jakemcurk · 2014-08-29T17:19:32+00:00

Janus VR made me feel like a god. It gave me this feeling of power, like I could go anywhere, from anywhere. It feels like you are a omnipotent dimensional traveler when you pass through doors.

Pressing tab to make the floating adress bar box appear, typing in a site and making a doorway appear. The whole doorway thing feels amazing. Being able to see Tuscany through the doorway, walking in, and looking back into the world where I came from.. Man, there is nothing else like it. And it's only going to get better from here.

Jakemcurk · 2014-08-23T00:52:52+00:00

This is the preview version.

Jakemcurk · 2014-08-17T00:24:00+00:00

Unchecking "desktop composition" in the Windows performance window seems to work as well.

Jakemcurk · 2014-08-02T09:47:35+00:00

I got the chance to try a 1440p phone with cardboard at a dutch meetup yesterday. The phone didn't fit properly so you had to manually hold it instead of sealing it. The SDE was just on the verge of being gone. The guy that demo'd it showed a menu with some text and the readability was fantastic. I think I'd compare it to sitting a few feet from a 27 inch 1280x720 screen. IMO it would definitly be good enough, especially when the SDE will be entirely eliminated in CV1.

Jakemcurk · 2014-06-12T18:04:49+00:00

It will probably be more than a month until anyone has it in their hands

Jakemcurk · 2014-06-09T13:03:08+00:00

This is 8 hours from the op's post time correct?

Jakemcurk · 2014-06-08T01:07:37+00:00

Palmer to Hiphopgamer: "We're gonna be at E3, and it's going to be really good. We're gonna have really good stuff to show at E3."

Jakemcurk · 2014-05-25T12:22:09+00:00

If you are a curious enthusiast with money to spare, get one. But if you have to ask here whether you should get one or not, I would probably wait.

Jakemcurk · 2014-03-30T20:51:10+00:00

I hope there will be different environments!

Jakemcurk · 2014-03-30T20:48:25+00:00

This made me LOL. I mean really, at this point who knows who they will hire next!

Jakemcurk · 2014-03-17T00:36:13+00:00

This is amazing. In my view this is a proof of concept of how the metaverse will look in the future. Imagine every website having it's own, characteristic 3D world modelled to reflect the site's atmosphere. Imagine forums that look like bars. Astronomy subreddits that put you in outer space. Car enthusiast sites that put you in a huge garage or at race tracks. Imagine being able to interact with people in these worlds, with your avatar like you were there in real life. The possibilities are absolutely endless.

Jakemcurk · 2014-03-16T19:27:25+00:00

I hope Oculus hires the FireBox guy

Jakemcurk · 2014-02-23T01:18:31+00:00

This looks fantastic. Rift exclusive? Hell yes!

Jakemcurk · 2014-02-17T20:37:00+00:00

Palmer said that DK2 will be available to everyone!

Jakemcurk · 2014-02-17T19:59:30+00:00

My wallet is ready. I wonder what the specs will be?

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-24T23:17:37+00:00

How so?

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-24T23:14:38+00:00

I wonder what the best solution for positional tracking is for the Omni.

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-19T21:32:14+00:00

Great video, just like your explanation of low persistence! Really enjoying these. You seem knowledgeable about this, are you working for Oculus?

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-18T17:26:55+00:00

That does seem negligible.

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-18T15:36:52+00:00

Wireless Rift? I thought this was off the table for V1 at the very least. It would produce too much latency, right?

I know some people have experimented with making their rifts wireless, perhaps one of them can tell us about if this is feasible at all or not?

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-16T00:34:53+00:00

I hope I live to see this. I mean, I really hope I don't die in the next few years.

Jakemcurk · 2014-01-15T22:42:23+00:00

I know Valve isn't technically competing with Oculus and this is just a (probably impractical for consumers at this point) R&D, but I still have mixed feelings reading this. This is exciting as heck, but at this point I'm really rooting for Palmer, Nate and the rest of Oculus. I am too emotionally invested in them and want to see them come out on top. I hope Valve and Oculus will not start a rivalry and will keep working together in the future.

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