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Joshua Simenhoff

Joshua Simenhoff was a former Tom's Hardware community manager. He covered a wide range of topics, including PC hardware how-tos and articles with a focus on community engagement. His expertise lay in connecting with readers and providing practical, informative content about the latest technology.

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  • turkey3_scratch
    Do you think in the future VR will be the norm and monitor gaming in general will be as pong seems today?
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  • edhem
    How difficult is it to adopt current games to existing VR systems without lag (I have tried VorpX, and am very disappointed)? Do you have to have 90Hz on the display for every game? How much power do we need to have decent quality, as today's games can barely get 60fps on ultra settings? (When trying to run any game on HTC Vive with a R9 295x2 I am not too impressed with the performance)
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  • campbelln
    What was the most interesting or surprising paradigm shift you experienced compared to developing traditional games?
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  • Darkbreeze
    We have amazing hologram technology and VR is out of the gate at a rather fast gait. How long do you suppose it might be before we start seeing a holodeck type marriage of the two technologies similar to what we've drooled over in the Star trek family of tv series? Obviously it would be a long time before anything even remotely to that extent comes along, but is this something that you guys foresee as being potentially viable at some point and is anybody already working on something similar?

    Also, video arcades like we saw everywhere in the 80's and 90's have largely faded away. Do you think VR technology can create a resurgence of interest in entertainment facilities or do you think that with the availability of relatively cheap hardware people will tend to embrace VR only on home based systems and not have an interest in something like a VR lounge?
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  • Davidtb823
    90% will buy phone VR.
    What does the headset do that the phone doesn't?
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  • scolaner
    Holy crap you guys, these are superb questions. Keep 'em coming!
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  • bit_user
    Do any developers still care about OSVR or other PC HMDs or APIs?
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  • kyle382
    If it fits, do you sits?
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  • Darkbreeze
    Going kind of sci-fi with this, and I realize there are already SOME kinds of training applications in the works for VR, but do you guys think it's possible that at some point VR courses could be a full time replacement for teachers and classrooms. This seems like something that could be easily implemented, but is rather frightening actually as it moves us a step closer to making US become irrelevant and taking more jobs off the table. Is it possible that VR could destabilize the human status quo? Thoughts on this?
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  • bit_user
    18086595 said:
    Is it possible that VR could destabilize the human status quo?
    At least wait until there are optic nerve implants. Most people won't want to wear HMDs like all day, every day.

    I actually do wonder what different people's threshold of discomfort is, with Vive & Rift. I'm sure this affects the kinds of games being made for VR, and that might be a good question to ask.
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