this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
643 points (96.5% liked)

4chan

4615 readers
621 users here now

Greentexts, memes, everything 4chan.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

VR actually went through this from 2014-2024 or so. the original Oculus DK had such chonky pixels, very rudimentary tracking, game integration sucked, no hand controls. it rapidly got better to the point where playing Riven is like straight up being teleported into the world..

..except for like, being able to run around or touch things. so it's stayed niche.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Not as widespread as the systems shown above though. Older VR games and even VR in general is pretty niche.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

What's the status of VR right now? Any major advancement? I know oculus got bought by Facebook, so no way in hell I'd ever get that.

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

Strong rumors of Valve's new VR launching this year. Quite excited for that. Otherwise, the status (in my opinion) is stagnant. I still have fun occasionally getting into VR though.

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

regrettably, Meta is the state of the art for VR. the Meta Quest 3 is stunningly crisp for the price point. it's almost retina-scale with the pixels, the head/spatial tracking is extremely accurate and doesn't require any base station or wired attachment, and you can fluidly stream VR games from your PC wirelessly at 1080p and like 120fps with nearly no latency or reality sickness.

I played Myst and Riven while I was sick with COVID last year, and it was one of the top five visual experiences of my lifetime (along with seeing the Grand Canyon and taking psychedelics.)

Meta has also recently finally cracked the holy grail of non-chonky AR glasses with full FoV, though the gallium nitride waveguide process is quite expensive and yields are too poor for them to sell it. but they look like slightly nerdy glasses that let you see holograms superimposed on your vision, even outdoors in the light.

unfortunately, VR is still anti-social and there's not much content there, and the company leading the way is awful. but even just for Riven alone it was worth it to me.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Ah hopefully other companies will advance becuase there is no way I'm giving my money to that shit company