Hideo Kojima Thinks Devs Are Doing VR Wrong, But He Won't Say How To Do It Right

UploadVR: Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima recently offered up his thoughts about what VR developers are getting wrong right now.

[shallowpoint]

Would love to see what he could do!

[UCForce]

Even that, I see some VR Games done right. For Example, RIGS Combat League is made by GC. It's got a lot of good reviews for being fully fledged PSVR game.

[PFFT]

It will be the same as with any other VR title out there. Just wait for release and see.

[G20WLY]

I don't understand how it can be. Wouldn't he be done for copyright??

Yes, I'm mocking you, doubter! ;^P

[poppinslops]

So what should they do? Kojima wouldn’t say. “If I said what they should do, then people will just copy that thing, so I won’t say it here,” he explained.

This guy is so full of $#!t... I mean, I agree that VR is a long way from ubiquity, but to suggest that he knows the secret to 'true' VR - one which might keep the platform from going the way of motion-controlled gaming - and withhold it?! He's either the world's biggest asshole, or a compulsive liar... if he spent less time getting his ass kissed, Death Stranding might have a shot at releasing before 2019, but with all the press he's doing I can't see it getting past the 'motion-captured pipedream' phase anytime soon.

[Fishy Fingers]

Go read the source interview and you'll probably find you rant is unfounded.

[poppinslops]

You mean the interview I just quoted?

Edit: Yeah, that's what I thought - nothin' but the clicking sound of cowards 'disagreeing'!

[UCForce]

And why is that ? I think you get disagree. I'm not gonna say you get disagree for good reason. But I will say this, can you be little more senses ?

[poppinslops]

Oh, the irony... I'm sorry, but I didn't get a degree in English to dumb myself down.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Maybe he is implementing his notion to Death Stranding and doesn't want anyone else wearing out his idea before release. If I believed that I may have a gold mine, I wouldn't tell anyone where its hidden but then again I wouldn't said that I had one in the first place.

Don't forget the innovations he implemented to both rumble and memory cards with Metal Gear Solid so there is some credence that he may deliver......

[poppinslops]

From the article - 'He said that he hasn’t yet seen anything he “particularly liked”, which makes him want to work on a VR game himself.'

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

That's true but he obviously has an idea that he may follow through with it and some minds change over time. Kojima may well be blowing smoke but I still no reason that prevents him from trying his vision in the future. Ife he doesn't do anything then its safe to say that it was a B.S claim.

[JackBNimble]

Maybe he shouldn't have said anything at all then. He sounds like he's 12 years old with the "I know how to do it better but I won't tell shit".
Get over yourself Kojima

[UCForce]

Here something what he quote: "As a hint, the developer pointed to the Lumière brothers, who created the first motion picture camera over 100 years ago. He explained their invention of moving frames to create the illusion of a moving picture, which has formed the basis of much media for the past century".

[poppinslops]

And? None of that's gonna help VR devs make better games... just sounds like a bunch of pretentious bull$#!t in place of an actual answer.

[G20WLY]

^Guys, we should listen to Poppinslops here. He knows pretentious bullshit when he smells it. He has an English degree and shit like that. Proper smarts, you know? Please tell us more Poppy!

[UCForce]

Let's just say that you are not helping, pal.

Edit : @poppinslops Well, Farpoint is maybe your answer.

[poppinslops]

And who said I was here to help? I'm here to post comments and argue their merit.

Regardless, I do have some ideas as to how VR might be improved - namely hand tracking (eliminating the need for Move/Touch style controllers) and voice commands, which would make VR a more believable and immersive experience... here's hoping the Scorpio uses Kinect as it's VR camera.

[TankCrossing]

Hand tracking is actually pretty decent with controllers, and the haptic feedback is worth the weight or hassle of holding one. I've been really impressed by how well the feedback on the archery game in Steam's The Lab is implemented for Oculus' Touch.

It'd be great if Kinect worked in tandem with Touch, because it could add some full skeletal tracking and also map out the 3D space you are playing in for an improved chaperone/guardian system. Kinect is dead, but someone might run with the good bits.

[poppinslops]

People have already modded their Kinects for similar purposes, though I doubt consumers will see anything like that until 'Project Aquarius'... that said, I suppose it's only a matter of time before miniaturization allows for VR gloves, with dynamic feedback based on in game interactions and individual sensors for each finger - here's hoping they're 'water'proof!

[Gatsu]

You seem to be quite salty. Come back commenting in 2019. Also I think Kojima has more knowledge on how to do VR better than you or many others.

[madpuppy]

Don't sweat it, man.
Kojima's way of doing VR would probably be weird and uncomfortable...like making the VR headset look like a pair of upside down panties and the controllers looking a giant set of cat paws.

one more thing,
To start a game you have to yell "NYAH!" loud into the mike.

[UCForce]

Well, that not Kojima doing.

[UCForce]

Wow ! Your comment is way off. You can comment whatever you want, but if you don't know to use your word carefully , then you have a problem.

[JackBNimble]

Amen brother... Kojima is highly over rated, his head has got to be the size of planet 🌍.

[Gatsu]

Highly overrated lol? People really use that word with everything. Stealth genre wouldn't even be what it is today without him. He also was the one to show how to make games cinematic.

[poppinslops]

@Gatsu: That was 20 years ago... What's he done for us lately? I mean aside spoiling his legacy with The Phantom Pain (an unfinished exercise in repetition) and Ground Zeroes (the demo with a price-tag)... and don't say 'Revengeance', 'cos that game would have been cancelled were it not for Platinum.

[JackBNimble]

He is highly over rated. What's he done in the "stealth genre" Metal Gear Solid?
So let's praise him for MGS? Give me a break already, he has done nothing ground breaking ever and you fan boys praise him like he's royalty.

If he is so dam good and has answers to helping the VR industry evolve out of it's early infantsy, then he should help or shut the f*** up about it. After all if he knows the secret and it became a success because of what he knows, then he would be a legend.... And no, he is not a legend by any meaning of the definition.

[BlackDoomAx]

I have the ultimate idea for VR, better than Kojima's. But i won't tell it too.

[TankCrossing]

Er... Of course I already know how to make VR amazing... But why don't you tell me, just so that I know that YOU know what it is?

[G20WLY]

lol, well we all know that, don't we? It's pretty obvious when you think about it. Like, duh!

Shhhh! Let the other devs work it out for themselves ;^)

[ps5fanboy]

Meaning , death stranding ,as i predicted ,will be v.R ,he won‘t say He'll show.

[Lighter9]

Sounds like the average gamer.

[GrimDragon]

Is this a hint at death stranding being VR done right? Hmmmm.

[BizarroUltraman]

That because Kojima will show them the way. Id love to experience a Kojima,Del Toro VR game.

[DivineAssault]

This guy can make anything good on any platform... I hope he makes a snatcher type game for it