Giant Bomb PSVR Launch Day Support Stream | Not what you're looking for
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Glitchesarecool
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Watch the start to check out Rez because that's pretty cool. I'm not sure I'd suggest anything else, maybe wait for a best of compilation because there were some really good moments in this stream.
GillianSeed79
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Still at work so haven't watched the stream, but it sucks their unit wasn't working right. I get most of my gaming impressions/news from Giant Bomb, so I'm sure they are a huge "influencer," in the parlance of today's gaming media. Man I was a skeptic about VR but my unit is working great and it's an awesome experience. It just sucks they and others are having shitty tech issues/faulty units. This could blow up in Sony's face if it's widespread ala RROD. I know I'm having a fine just sucks GB and crew and others aren't
Skip the boring serious stuff and skip around to the funny quirky games. Human Loader was a funny segment, and the miku/idolmaster games lead to some amusing shenanigans. The party game segments were neat.
That is, unless you're just watching for VR impressions, in which case meh, it's the same deal. Spotty IQ, tracking issues here or there, solid launch lineup software wise, skip driveclub it's half baked. There, I saved you 6 hours.
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AcademicSaucer
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It seems that the move controllers arent good enough, I wonder if Sony is going to make new ones.
Death Metalist
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What else could they do though? They are already tied into the light tracking method with the headset, DS4 and existing move controllers.
schaft0620
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It's not like OP made a time line or anything
The Dear Leader
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A nice headset strung up by mediocre everything else, hope they can sort it out with a second iteration.
OdysseusVA
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VR was a mistake
"I got some motion sickness but this headset is totally fine"
"They have experience with VR so they are obviously jaded when talking about a VR product that is competing in this space"
They had problems, they pointed out those problems. Seems pretty simple to understand but no, they are the problem not the product. I guess having high expectations is a bad thing now. Everyone should amazed by this tech instead of critical.
Also, the idea that Dan "brands" Ryckert is a jaded person is hilarious.
"They have experience with VR so they are obviously jaded when talking about a VR product that is competing in this space"
They had problems, they pointed out those problems. Seems pretty simple to understand but no, they are the problem not the product. I guess having high expectations is a bad thing now. Everyone should amazed by this tech instead of critical.
Also, the idea that Dan "brands" Ryckert is a jaded person is hilarious.
I've been saying this forever. Sony should've just waited and watched Vive and Oculus hype crumble.
mokalovesoulmate
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Lol relax man. It seems they just never heard any of those musics, nor attending any of their concerts. They completely blind about that.
Alx
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If anything it should make it easier. The camera tracks orbs and markers through light intensity, color and shape. Having a uniform background with a unique and homogeneous color reduces the chances of having an object mistaken for a Move controller or a headset light.
Yeah good god, maybe now people can stop blaming GB's cynicism and actually realize that not everyone's experience with the PSVR is going to be the same!
Askherserenity
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lol GB threads on GAF are the best.
GuyKazama
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Some stuff looks cool, but the move controllers and lack of killer app are keeping me away. In the range of peripherals and gimmicks, it doesn't yet measure up.
Zapper > Wiimote > Kinect > Power Pad > U-Force > PSVR > Power Glove > Virtual Boy > R.O.B.
Once VR moves into Kinect-level -- meaning has a few good gaming applications, it may be worth it.
Zapper > Wiimote > Kinect > Power Pad > U-Force > PSVR > Power Glove > Virtual Boy > R.O.B.
Once VR moves into Kinect-level -- meaning has a few good gaming applications, it may be worth it.
Grinchy
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LOL this and the Idolmaster post have me wanting to read a lot more of this hilarious thread.
sammyCYBORG
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Sad I missed this thread live 
I had a lot of fun in the last one...
I had a lot of fun in the last one...chromatic9
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The new Rez level looked fantastic and Headmaster looked fun, I liked the physics and sounds.
Nothing can beat that sinking seat though. Another classic GB moment.
Nothing can beat that sinking seat though. Another classic GB moment.
Yeah it's a quite odd. I just played various demos for the past 4 hours in my living room. None of the twitching GB has experienced.
wesleyshark
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That was hilarious. Driveclub VR is a mistake.
One thing was bothering me, and that was that Brad was continuously blocking part of the front LED light of the controller with one or both of his index fingers.
When distance and movement is calculated through the size of the lightbar in relation to the Playstation camera, it's not hard to imagine how the virtual representation of the controller gets messed up if it cannot read the lightbar correctly.
When distance and movement is calculated through the size of the lightbar in relation to the Playstation camera, it's not hard to imagine how the virtual representation of the controller gets messed up if it cannot read the lightbar correctly.
People will continue to insist that there is nothing wrong with giantbomb's setup despite the multitude of other journalists and hundreds of other user comments that they don't experience it.
The launch thread makes it sound so good i almost caved yesterday, but the closing comments in this steam was sobering, im gonna wait afew weeks at least and see some proper impressions when the dust has settled. But damn i want one of these things now if the pulsing issues with everything you see gets sorted out. (assuming its a global issue)
bargeparty
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Apologies in advance cause I haven't really been following the GB guys, but are they all using one set of hardware or are there a few. Did they rule out that it's just a bad... whatever? Bad HMD, bad camera, etc?
Im not going to say GB is doing something wrong, because jeff geniunely sounds like they tried everything. But my ancedotal 1st day test run proved no problems.
Their experience and the launch thread are truly night and day.
It's not like GB are the only people having mixed experiences with it. Check out the /r/games thread if you want to see non-journalists having wildly different reactions to it.
It's is also good to remember that they have spent hundreds of hours on Vive and Rift. Especially Vive seems to be level above any other VR solution on tracking especially. I personally like Vive's small user experience polish points like rendering the controller in VR world.
In any case all these VR streams really have hammered it down to me that the software isn't there and the excitement will wear down quickly. Similar to Dan I was extremely excited for either Vive or PSVR, but now I've been convinced to just wait.
In any case all these VR streams really have hammered it down to me that the software isn't there and the excitement will wear down quickly. Similar to Dan I was extremely excited for either Vive or PSVR, but now I've been convinced to just wait.
Some people in the launch thread are reporting the same issues GB had. Headset "swimming" back and forth, controller and headset angle drifting off center, etc.
UserDoesNotExist
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VR will succeed in the long run. There are too many compelling use cases in design for it to fail. No one will be pulling out as long as they're still in business.
Whether gaming will be one of those use cases is a different question. I remain skeptical, personally.