IGN - Sony has filed a patent for technology that lets audience members make decisions for players inside of virtual reality.
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Vr is dope. Idk know why people wanna hate. It's definitely a dope next step. Even if it's a sidestep. I really wish more developers would throw down. Imagine a last of us with vr, or a final fantasy game, all kinds of stuff. It would be incredible.
The Flat2VR community is taking the next step and announced a studio that will develop and commercialize licensed VR ports.
This is great news I love virtual reality and my psVR2 however it's clear that the current bespoke way of building VR games is not working. There's some great games that have been released Absol but they are few and far between and if they are native they are clearly lower in budget and scope then at least I would like. It's definitely jarring to.go from high quality games like Spider-Man 2 to the biggest VR releases like Arizona sunshine 2 and see the huge gulp in quality.
This company aims to streamline porting older games into VR and make them feel as VR native as possible.
And to be honest some of my favourite VR experiences have been traditionally flat screen games ported into VR like resident evil 7, 8 4, doom 3 with the aim controller or borderlands 2.
And I'm not saying that there isn't great native VR games to be found I'm saying more traditional games ported over would be very welcome we have decades of amazing games that we all love and VR presents an opportunity to truely bring us into the world.
Amazing news, there're so many forgotten gems out there, these guys have been consistently porting old games like Return to Wolfenstein, Quake 4, jedi knight, etc. Sounds great that they can earn a living by doing official ports, publishers dust off some old properties, gamers get great games in VR, we all win.
Awesome news! Which popular Steam and Switch game do you think is their first project?
This would work well in multiple ways.
Spectators could give you items like say, a gladiator game, and drop weapons into that battle to help or hinder your ability to defeat your opponent with strong or weak weapons. Maybe throw you a piece of meat for health. Could even be 4 player with 2 VR opponents and 1 helper for each headset when playing online.
Another way, you could be playing an RPG, and just like magic users do in those games, they could heal you or give you defensive spells for protection while you fight. But you have to fight well in VR for the spectator to build enough magic points that they can spend to help you win.
Of course, the one I like best, is a Dungeon Master, Dungeons and Dragons game. Dungeon Master decides what traps are in the area, the enemy skeletons, orcs, dragons, wizards, vampires, etc that are in your way. A real time, true D&D game with up to four VR players in VR.
Even though Sony has done something like this patent already, there's nothing wrong with improving the gameplay that can be shared with those outside the headset until you take turns with the next headset user. Then you help or hinder them.