BaconAndEggs1 wrote:

MewTheSmasher wrote:

BaconAndEggs1 wrote:

Xander52 wrote:

BaconAndEggs1 wrote:

haxcharsol wrote:

I want a virtual reality that isn't expensive.

Good thing I read about Google Cardboard yesterday! (Although I don't have an Android.)

Google Cardboard is really cool! I got one!

I know! I want an Android just to try it out.

The proper phrasing would be ‘an Android device’. There are no mobile devices CALLED Android, they run Android.
Google Cardboard isn't really affordable unless you already have a high end smartphone (Which at least costs about 200 dollars).

But I have a Galaxy Note 3 already, so…

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I honestly think Google Cardboard's kind of a fad now. Not that it isn't still relative, but it has really died down on the hype.

All VR is a fad right now… until recently virtual reality being mainstream was unheard of.

virtual reality

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haxcharsol wrote:

I want a virtual reality that isn't expensive.

yup

For some reason, the Oculus Rift hasn't left such a big impression on me ever since it was announced. It just seems so simple.

Just tack on a few motion sensors, carve out holes for eyes then put a screen in them, then make it look like a pair of goggles. Come on; motion control in video games has been implemented many years ago.

It may be more complex than I think, but if that's not the case, I sincerely hope people won't think of this mechanism as the “next generation of technology”.

gigamushroom wrote:

For some reason, the Oculus Rift hasn't left such a big impression on me ever since it was announced. It just seems so simple.

Just tack on a few motion sensors, carve out holes for eyes then put a screen in them, then make it look like a pair of goggles. Come on; motion control in video games has been implemented many years ago.

It may be more complex than I think, but if that's not the case, I sincerely hope people won't think of this mechanism as the “next generation of technology”.

It's the start for the next generation.

It may be more complex than I think

well, perhaps that's it, it's more complex there is a wide variety of different goggles already but imho, the focus should be on all the different VR use cases, rather than the headsets - I mean, check out what virtual reality is good for, beyond games : http://goo.gl/SBZrcU

give the Oculus Rift (or an other type of VR goggles) an other try!

stevetheipad wrote:

My biggest dream for virtual reality is for education purposes. Amazing 3D unbelievably-real games will be cool, but I can't wait to see children throughout their childhood getting to walk with the dinosaurs and learn about what their studying as if they were there. I see a ton of potential for this technology in that area.

can not agree more! I have tried to summarise the benefits of using VR in education, besides walking with dinosaurs here : http://goo.gl/biL6pm