[citation][nom]Pennanen[/nom]Oh this is one of those products. Like 3d, wii, touch screen and many others, this is going to change the way we play games! This is something that we never seen before!Yeah, no.[/citation]
3d when done well, adds a new level of visual stimulation that is VERY satisfying, but it needs to be built with 3d from day one, not just be able to become 3d like many games currently handle it. before you can comment on 3d, you should play something like uncharted 3, yea i know, console game, but its one of a few that i know was from day 1 made for 3d.
touchscreen, they have their uses, and in many cases, if i had a multi touch pad i would find it better to use than a mouse/keyboard combo, but thats thinking of things like photoshop and not games, for gameing, i can see it in a skill heavy game like an mmo, where you could have 20+ combat skills and a touch screen if done right would be a better place to use those than a mouse keyboard.
and as for the wii motion gaming, its just not there, granted the move that is far FAR better than the wii, but no one is making the hard core combat simulation game, and i will never have a sword in my hand, fighting another person online in 1 to 1 combat, it will forever be a waggle fest... at least this generation... if we ever get a wireless headmount... we may have the single greatest piece of hardware we will ever get in gaming.
while touchscreen, the wii, and 3d are not currently integrated from day 1 or work all that well, this head mount would force 3d from the get go, solving that problem, and if you ever used one with head tracking, my god, can that experience become something you till now were reluctantly forced to live without.
[citation][nom]reprotected[/nom]Yeah, you know like analog sticks and microphone input? Like who needs em? We should just increase the graphics of every new game because graphics is 10 times more important than approaching new trends of gaming that could potentially be the future.[/citation]
there are more than a few trends that i would like to see die, but this one i can see having long legs.
[citation][nom]Pennanen[/nom]I think microphones existed way before gaming. Also analog sticks? Oh right, console people, luls[/citation]
well, for movement, i would take an analog stick over wasd, because i could have sneak speed, walk speed, and run speed all tied to just how far i push it, sadly, there are no keypads i know of that use an analog stick, they use a glorified d pad...
for aiming, i would take a mouse any day though... as they dont make good analog sticks for aiming anymore.
[citation][nom]Achoo22[/nom]I don't understand why this is such a big deal. Similar devices existed, with nearly identical specifications, way back in the mid 1990s at prices around $500. NVidia didn't break any new ground w/ their LCD shutter glasses nor are these guys doing it now.[/citation]
back than we also weren't at a graphical wall either, back than you had massive leaps in tech faster, but we hit a plateau where they power necessary to make a game look better wasn't ramping up as exponentially as it currently is now.
[citation][nom]lpedraja2002[/nom]The success of this device will depend on the games it support. If it works for every FPS and other games I own then I would definitely buy this.[/citation]
not quite, as i see an application of this outside of gaming.
an infinite desktop. if this thing comes out and it can support a desktop that would mimik a 20-30 screen desktop, that would be perfect.
or a pc for personal use. i know at least when my computer wasnt in my bedroom behing a lock, my family constantly screwed with me, shineing a spot light flash light on it, blinding me and makeing be screw up, putting their hands on the screen so i cant see, and because its in the family area, i couldnt look at anything above a pg13 without being nagged, much less looking at porn.
this, at least in a family setting could be a great thing.
granted i would want a webcam on it too, doesn't need to be a good one, i just dont want to have to take the thing off an on constantly to look at someone.