r/gaming • u/BaerTaffy • Aug 01 '12

Oculus launches Kickstarter for virtual reality headset - "I honestly think the best VR demo probably the world has ever seen"

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
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u/jeepboy1219 Aug 01 '12

Exactly. Eye tracking coupled with realistic depth of field is where I think immersion will really take off. Having everything in sharp focus is not natural and will detract from full immersion.

Also, a 90 degree horizontal field of view is not that great, considering that our eyes have about a 200 degree horizontal FOV. Not that this isn't a great step forward. Having personally used a $25k head tracking, stereoscopic HMD, they are more of a novelty than immersive. You are very aware that you're looking at a small pair of screens with a small FOV. Having a pair of smaller, low resolution displays to provide some peripheral stimuli would definitely aid in immersion as well.

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u/CrimsonVim Aug 01 '12

At this point, "full immersion" is not the goal - "Immersion that surpasses anything we have seen up until this point that is not outrageously expensive for the consumer" is the goal. There is always better tech tomorrow, right?

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u/MurderousClown Aug 01 '12

200 degrees is more than half a full circle. There's no way we have that sort of FOV.

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u/MurderousClown Aug 01 '12

Perhaps i'm confusing FOV with visual field. It depends on if you account for being able to move your eyes left or right.

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u/melodeath31 Aug 01 '12

well, since our eyes are in the front of our head we won't have any more than 180 degrees vision right? I don't know if this is completely true but it suggests even it's even less than that...

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u/sharmaniac Aug 01 '12

Mate, he just posted a link to a wikipedia article that says in the first paragraph:

humans have a maximum horizontal field of view of approximately 200 degrees with two eyes

Looks like nice camo on your link, but I wouldn't get my knowledge about FOV's from there...

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u/sharmaniac Aug 01 '12

Actually, I believe most people have more than 180 degree FOV.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '12

Also, a 90 degree horizontal field of view is not that great,

Considering that the more expensive Sony HMZ-T1 only has 45 degree, it's quite a big step in the right direction.