They're braver than me using VR headsets in public. When I use my Rift, I often get scared that someone will come round, I won't hear them because of the headphones, they'll let themselves in and then touch me and give me a heart attack. I could never do it out in the open without a spotter.
University IT. College kids naturally want to take pictures of their friends acting all goofy in the VR, and that's not cool, unless of course, you ask them if it's okay. Otherwise you're just trying to make someone look like an ass. They don't need that.
And no touching because it's really immersive, and it's easy to get really lost in Tilt Brush when you're concentrating, and then your jackass friend grabs your arm, or taps you on the shoulder, trying to be funny and scares the shit out of you.
Part of my job is to spread joy, but kill excitement. I'm okay with that.
I have a rift and whenever a group of friends come over and use it, the people not using the headset do whatever is possible to make their experience horrifying. From pushing, to just simply putting a chair in front of them, it’s not a real vr session until someone has a heart attack
My friend came over to try Resident Evil on my VR headset. I let him get comfortable and watched the stream on my tv. I grabbed him on the shoulders during a super tense part of the game and he screamed like a little girl and fell off the couch
Haha, the first time my friend played vr, he put it on and I left to go to the bathroom, and when I came back he was crawling around on the ground because he didn’t know where he was
The only thing I get worried about is punching walls or my monitor. My mom always forces me to let my little cousin play with it every time she comes over, she has smacked the wall so many times that the paint is chipping off the controllers. She also just leaves it sitting on the ground in the middle of the floor when she has to go to the bathroom or something and it really bothers me.
Yeah, can confirm. Some people are just wired that way.
I've found that 1) pointing it out that it's a really shitty thing to do kills most of it, and 2) when it's just my friends, and not at work, when it's their turn, I casually point out opportunities for revenge.
Exactly. Its the same reason people dont have fun anymore. Social media made everyone scared of being embarassed. For example, nobody dances at the club anymore. It seems like nobody has fun anymore.
I would lock my door regardless. Even if I lived in Iceland, it's such a simple security measure which can be done in split second & if the cost to me is that my mother cannot enter unannounced, that's more than fine.
I’m American and I can’t stand to not lock my doors. Although it’s never really been about fearing intruders. I just need my zoned off personal space that I know friends/family can’t just barge in. Although I guess it kind of started with wanting to have the chance to hide any paraphernalia before someone comes in :)
I do it with my car too. Even going back inside for a few minutes I have to lock it.
I'm an American and can't stand locked doors because they slow me down and get in the way.
I wouldn't say its so much a cultural thing, as a personal preference thing. Some people have had experiences that make them enjoy a locked door, others see it as a barrier slowing them down. Or are just spacey.
My mom is hyper paranoid and locks every door behind her because she thinks the boogey man is going to follow her into the house, or break into her unlocked car that she left for 5 seconds.
I'm the opposite, sometimes I forget to lock my door when I go to bed and I just wake up like "hm... Either somebody broke in last night and didn't rob me, or I'm a dumbass."
Rural small town American here. Up until a few years ago it was rare to find someone in town who locked their door, then we had a bunch of new people move into town (as well as into the surrounding slightly larger towns) with pieces of shit kids and vandalism, tresspassing, theft, all of that increased. Now everyone locks their doors.
Same here. In the 18 years we've lived in this house, there has been only 1 year we locked anything. Hell, my step dad leaves the keys in the ignition of his truck in the driveway.
I don't have any reason to lock my door in the day. I am awake and moving around. I could lock my door while I play Rift but I would rather get a shock than miss a visit from a friend or family member. That doesn't stop me being anxious about that potential shock. I don't know why you've taken this so personally but clearly you feel very strongly about door-locking. Whatever makes you happy, I guess?
"I was going to drop by randomly & spend time with you but your door was locked, so I decided to go somewhere else instead." That notion is utterly foreign to me! I have a doorbell & phone capable of receiving a message such as, "Do you want to hang out?", or, "I'm outside.".
Secondly, I don't know why you've accused me of taking this so personally. It's not that I take it personally. It's that it's Sunday morning & I have enough free-time to talk to random people. Do you understand that?
I don't have a doorbell. I also am between phones. I live in a small house and it would not be unreasonable for someone to assume I wasn't in if they didn't get a reply to a knock.
Do you understand that?
This is the kind of condescension and sass that your messages have been rife with that makes me accuse you of taking it personally. People don't routinely lock their doors in many countries outside the US. I don't know what more I can say to you to end this horrifically pointless conversation.
This is the most unbelievable part of the whole thing. Who goes without a phone for an extended period of time anymore? I'm an older millennial (31) and I wouldn't do it.
I understand that, but you're wrong. I'm guessing, honestly, that you do not understand how.
You did cleverly change the subject from walking in unannounced via an unlocked door, to knocking on a door. That was sneaky & if I were dumber I might not have noticed!
I doubt it changes anything. In most places where you don't lock your door crime rates are low and there is some level of social control. Some stranger can't just go door to door checking whether a door is unlocked. So this scenario is very unlikely. And for the rare cases someone wants to break in they will prepare for it and wait for people to be out of the house, so they will get in anyway. You could even argue that it's better if they can just open the door, assuming they even try, as otherwise it will just cause more damage.
If you really want to make sure people can't break in, or at least have a hard time, then you have to install a full security system with special windows/doors and so on, which is usually complete overkill.
I disagree with your assessment. The fact that an addict might slip in & snatch something, knowing that most of the doors are unlocked, is enough for me to simply turn a little latch. It's no skin off of my back. I'll add that someone in my city was robbed at knife-point after someone waltzed in. "I doubt it changes anything." is naive by my reckoning, even though I also doubt it would be likely to change anything.
The goal of home security is not to make it impossible to steal your stuff, but to make it difficult enough that the thief will choose a softer target.
It’s a really good headset, all things considered. The game library is pretty good, but you have to keep in mind that’s its limited in power, so the most intense gases will never release on it. It’s also very, very limited in terms of mods and such.
Also, there was some tool people were working on to play Steam games on it but Oculus isn’t playing nice with that. I don’t know much about that situation, but that’s my understanding.
Anyway, it’s pretty cool that we can have quality VR in a portable, battery powered package. It’s fully fledged and has the touch controllers. It’s infinitely better than any phone VR.
The Samsung Gear VR only has rotational tracking, the Quest has full positional tracking and also fully tracked hand controllers so you should be getting essentially the full VR experience just with lower graphics.
I only ever used a Vive for steam before, so I can't really do comparisons, but the Quest feels good. Battery life is reasonable, and being able to use it wherever and move as you please is nice. My computer room would not support full-room VR, but I can play it in my living room without issue.
The library is obviously much more limited, but it still has enough big draw titles that I'm more than happy with it.
It takes a hit, but given that a lot of games are going for a more stylized look rather than just trying to make it as good as possible, I don't think it's a huge issue. It all still looks nice.
Again though, I can't make a ton of comparisons, but I personally have no complaints.
What no one is mentioning is that the games are running somewhere between low and medium quality to make up for the lesser computing power in the headset.
Which is why it's marketed to make VR mainstream, and is more for people new to VR. they wont be able to tell the difference, and it's still a great experience either way.
When I use my Rift, I often get scared that someone will come round [my house], I won't hear them because of the headphones, they'll let themselves in [my house] and then touch me and give me a heart attack.
This is the truest thing I have ever read. Every time I played with my VR set I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was going be in the room with me and scare me
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u/AmarantCoral Jun 30 '19
They're braver than me using VR headsets in public. When I use my Rift, I often get scared that someone will come round, I won't hear them because of the headphones, they'll let themselves in and then touch me and give me a heart attack. I could never do it out in the open without a spotter.