I've waited long enough

[gettin2dizzy]

When are we going to have virtual reality in our living rooms?!

*stamps feet*

[Baph]

You could have one in 8-10 weeks. Cost depends on what you want to be able to do mind.

We have a virtualisation lab downstairs (I'm in work), and that has a TV in it. Good enough for me, and awesome to play with (the lab, not the TV).

Don't get me wrong, it's not quite up to the level of "holodecks" or whatever they are in Star Trek, but dagnamit, it's not far off.

[gettin2dizzy]

It's aaaaalways been on 'the brink' ..bah! How long until all playstation games are VR though?

[Baph]

It's aaaaalways been on 'the brink' ..bah! How long until all playstation games are VR though?
Trimersion gear with a P5 glove usually does the trick. It's what we use anyway.

Trimersion hooks up directly to our standard XBox360, PS3 or PC/Mac by USB. The P5 glove only works with the PC or Mac.

The Trimersion headset offers better rendering quality than the projection cameras do.

Trimersion is yours for a mere $500 USD, and the P5 glove is approx $100 USD.

EDIT: You've obviously been waiting so long that you've missed the news releases. :)

[Jayneflakes]

It's aaaaalways been on 'the brink' ..bah! How long until all playstation games are VR though?

Yeah, then you can play games like "going down the pub to meet people" and "social interaction for beginners"!

Ooh do I smell nerd? :laughat:

:smt045




should point out, I had to get rid of my playstation when I got addicted!

[gettin2dizzy]

Yeah, then you can play games like "going down the pub to meet people" and "social interaction for beginners"!

Ooh do I smell nerd? :laughat:

'how to talk to girls without doing card tricks' ;)

Can't get past the first level :(

[Baph]

Ooh do I smell nerd? :laughat:

There aint nothing nerdy about 2 people in a soft walled VR lab, with headsets on having a good ol' fashioned sword fight. :)

EDIT: Our 3D cinema is quite funky too. Noth the crap kind that you need to wear glasses for either, and all in 1080i. ;)

[gettin2dizzy]

Trimersion gear with a P5 glove usually does the trick. It's what we use anyway.

oooooh. Now that does look good :)

Reckon you could lay your hands on one? ;)

And how the hell does 3d without glasses work?!

[Baph]

Reckon you could lay your hands on one? ;)

I finish my shift at 3pm, employees are allowed free reign on the hardware - so long as no-one else gets there first.

Usually when we have a new release going out the door, both the VR lab & cinema are pretty booked up. But after a couple of weeks most folks get bored of the novelty.

I still find it amusing choosing films to watch using the "wand" (read: P5 glove) - simple wave of the hand to scroll, clench fist to select. :)

I think security may lock the doors though if they see me coming up the stairs carring the VR gear. :(

EDIT: The 3D cinema is basically a huge ball shaped HD TV. You open the door, and sit inside it (it's large enough to happily accomodate 30 people). The computer on the outside translates the specially encoded video so that it renders the right part in the right place. Heypresto, 3D 1080i. Massively expensive way to do it, but this company have outrageous profit margins.

[gettin2dizzy]

Where on earth do you work? The future?! :scratch: :D

[Baph]

Where on earth do you work? The future?! :scratch: :D
:lol: Nah. I work for a company that do a lot of Gambling terminals (hence the reason for the outrageous profits they make).

EDIT: I like playing with the automotive dev projects more tbh. Have you seen a pic of the wiring on my bike? :lol:

They're also closely tied in with the local University and like to throw their money around (if only they'd throw some of it in my bank account :( ).

This (http://www.wda.co.uk/index.cfm/cast_technium/technium/en6311) is the building I'm sat in now, I could wave, but that picture was taken a long time ago. :)

[wyrdness]

There aint nothing nerdy about 2 people in a soft walled VR lab, with headsets on having a good ol' fashioned sword fight. :)

EDIT: Our 3D cinema is quite funky too. Noth the crap kind that you need to wear glasses for either, and all in 1080i. ;)

So where do you work and do you have any vacancies? :D

I was accepted to do a Ph.D. in VR a few years ago, but decided that I couldn't live for a few years with no income.