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Take a gander at this conceptual device that is meant to simulate "true virtual reality." While the tech is obviously in need some maturation, it shows a great deal of promise for being able to truly move and feel in a game environment.
Not all gamers would be interested in a setup like this; some just love the traditional controller and that's fine. However, I look at this and see a different sort of potential. As a gamer, I spend a lot of time 'consuming' as much as I can. I blast through games and watch many different shows and movies new and old. While I also maintain a healthy diet I don't get much exercise done throughout my day outside of what times I need to walk up and down several flights of stares, which is obviously not remotely close enough to the exercise that a person should do each day.
If you're rolling your eyes at this, hear me out; Wii Fit was seen as a type of weight loss game (though the results were pretty debatable) and to make matters worse, it was almost exclusively catered to casual gamers with very little depth for the hardcore enthusiast. Something like VO could actually produce a better result for the core gamer; upping your kill count and earning new weapons can be done at the same time as a daily exercise routine. Imagine getting hours worth of jogging or even sprinting done while aiding teammates in Team Fortress 2 or perhaps the next Quake.
Call me crazy, but I would like to see more VR systems of this nature, ones that really involve the body being active and moving about. As long as they do not hamper the player's skill, latency remains low and the transition of control can be made seamless (being able to switch back and forth between the VO and a standard gamepad for instance), then I think there is a great deal of potential in this kind of technology.
What are your thoughts on VO? Are there any alternative methods of control or VR technology you are interested in? Or is the standard controller your preferred speed?
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
That video is pretty impressive, I didn't expect it to work so well. I recently got a gym membership for the whole family so I'd rather relax when gaming but it's pretty cool to see that setup. I remember when I was a kid there was a VR rig pretty similar to this thing but it was junk and not really fun to play, but this actually looks like a good time (if you don't mind running).