tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post6298834880351192368..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: In the Dog House #3: Virtual RealityRyan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-52108979938723048542008-08-14T07:37:00.000-05:002008-08-14T07:37:00.000-05:00There was an article on Tomshardware about how to ...There was an article on Tomshardware about how to configure Far Cry to work with one of those sets of glasses that Dunc mentioned and a <A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wall-sized-3d-displays,1581.html" REL="nofollow">projector.</A><BR/><BR/>According to the author, it really did make spatial perfection much more effective, but the setup was expensive (not like the hamster ball, but still expensive) and riddled with problems and software bugs.<BR/><BR/>So, indeed, not for the average Joe; but the idea was certainly intriguing.Valhar2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/05467019327257867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-82871011700331836832008-08-12T09:27:00.000-05:002008-08-12T09:27:00.000-05:00I'm definitely outside the flight sim community, s...I'm definitely outside the flight sim community, so I guess that might be why I haven't heard much about this.Bronze Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938257296504189967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-10963776578807893432008-08-12T09:21:00.000-05:002008-08-12T09:21:00.000-05:003D imagining has been available, and cheap, for th...3D imagining has been available, and cheap, for the PC for ages - it just hasn't caught on outside the flightsim community. Sure, you need a monitor with a pretty good refresh rate, but it's not like the tech isn't there. You can pick up a set of LCD shutter glasses for about 10 bucks on eBay. <BR/><BR/>From my own experiments with it, I think the <I>reason</I> that it hasn't caught on is simply that most games aren't properly designed to work with it. Shame, because it does actually work pretty well.<BR/><BR/>Then there's head tracking - another VR technology that's been around for ages, but has only been picked up by the flight-simmers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-91700972649376862772008-08-11T12:38:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:38:00.000-05:00One suggestion I left for the alternate Virtual Bo...One suggestion I left for the alternate Virtual Boy was some kind of TV link to show others what they were seeing, which could help the social aspect.<BR/><BR/>Don't know what could be done about headaches, though. I never experienced one, personally.Bronze Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938257296504189967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-27211566681060169852008-08-11T12:30:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:30:00.000-05:00To be honest, I think the Virtual Boy may have kil...To be honest, I think the Virtual Boy may have killed off a lot of possibilities there, particularly with regards to headsets. A lot of the problems with the VB - lack of social gaming, headaches - would still be hard to overcome with any other type of headset, however much better it might be. I know we have the technology now to make a lightweight headset with a separate, fully-colored screen for each eye, but that doesn't get around the other problems inherent in the technology.Infophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309973524623338264noreply@blogger.com