Whatever happened to Virtual Reality

[Colonâ„¢]

I've never been to an arcada, but if Lost In Translation is any guide, they have a lot of wacky stuff in those.

[DanS]

You don't have arcades in Antwerp?

[Colonâ„¢]

I don't know.

[DanS]

Fair enough. There used to be a lot in the US (minus the pachinko, of course), but nowadays there are few. People buy game machines and play games at home on the big screen. However, some of those few arcades are very good, like Dave & Busters.

[Grandpa Troll]

Honestly, having grown up with Pong I believe in my life time I will see VR in many aspects, yes Porn because its a quick sell but more so for training pruposes as well as a real innovative work tool

and like early PC's and other early technologies, will be expensive before mass marketing takes over.

I personally think it would be cool plus I enjoy letting myself romp through my multitude of scenarios within my head and heart so this doesnt bother me.

Imagine VR war games where you would be wired and so intense, you end up getting this before the game ends

Gramps

[Mercator]

Originally posted by Nanimo
Anyway.... there's a big.... concrete block... that's stuck in the middle of the building, it's meant to be a cave, though I think they've named it the "virtual reality cube". In any case, I guess that means there are still people out there willing to investigate/invest in vr technology.

I'd say that that only goes to show VR isn't ready for the public yet. Our uni has such a cave as well (actually called CAVE)... Going to some concrete block where only a few people fit in (if it isn't really meant for just one) isn't quite the same as donning your VR goggles at home for your XBox 720.

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


Imagine VR war games where you would be wired and so intense, you end up getting this before the game ends

Gramps

Posthumously?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun


Posthumously?

In the VR world, you "die" but then come out of the VR world.

I seen a few movies about VR worlds, one with Denzel Washington and Russel Crow and then Total Recall

It would be pretty exciting to me, to quote the songwriter Jim Stafford, take a trip and never leave the farm

Now I used to trip back in the 70's so this would be like similiar.

I never quit "what if this were possible........." so again a VR world would be a place I would find endless pleasure within

I would end up looking like Homer in the VR World most probably

Gramps

[Grandpa Troll]

.................or get assigned milking cows or something

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Mercator


I'd say that that only goes to show VR isn't ready for the public yet. Our uni has such a cave as well (actually called CAVE)... Going to some concrete block where only a few people fit in (if it isn't really meant for just one) isn't quite the same as donning your VR goggles at home for your XBox 720.

Seriously, whats it like?

In the VR world, 3d, interaction?

[Winston]

Nudge, nudge, say no more. Eh?

[Mercator]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
Seriously, whats it like?

In the VR world, 3d, interaction?

I don't know, to be honest. I've never been there.

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by DanS
Fair enough. There used to be a lot in the US (minus the pachinko, of course), but nowadays there are few. People buy game machines and play games at home on the big screen. However, some of those few arcades are very good, like Dave & Busters.

It's odd that Japan, the country of Sega, Nintendo and Playstation, still has a significant arcade hall presence then.

[Drake Tungsten]

It's odd that Japan, the country of Sega, Nintendo and Playstation, still has a significant arcade hall presence then.

Arcades have a lot more than just video games over here. The purikura machines probably make more money than the game machines do and many places also have slots, pachinko and other gambling machines.