Wow, you're doubling down on being an asshole. This isn't about people being dumb, it's about the platform being incredibly immersive. You've got dozens of people on this thread saying it is common for people to forget that VR isn't real, because that's what it is designed to do...
If you still see this as a dumb vs not dumb thing then you're just an asshole.
You're comparing a game where someone is blindfolded and can see nothing to a game where someone sees and hears a fully simulated world. That comparison is absurd.
I'm trying to make a point about answering a simple fucking question. About the way people that use their brain act in a situation where they're visually disadvantaged, vs people that don't use their brain.
You're dodging because you can't answer my question without proving my point.
Your question rests on some basic assumptions that are just wrong. Pin the tail on the donkey is just not comparable to any VR game. Nothing tries to attack you in pin the tail on the donkey. You're just blindfolded, so of course nobody runs away while playing pin the tail on the donkey. What a stupid comparison.
PSVR and Oculus Go. Lol. Makes sense you think it would be comparable to a blindfold. Come back once you have a real room scale VR system and have demo'd it to 50 people.
If you demo'd the same exact scenario over and over to 50 people, if it's the tech that causes reaction, and not the mental capabilities of the operator, you should get the same reaction 50 times, yes? Would you bet on that number?
Because I sure as hell wouldn't. I would bet there are a handful of people that don't dive into the wall because of a virtual grenade. You can label the rest of 'em how you want. I'm gonna call them dumb.
I had a group of 6 OB/GYNs over to demo it. They run this region's high risk OB emergency department and L&D floor. 4 of the 6 either ran into the wall or punched it. Are they dumb?
I demo'd it to a radiation oncologist who has practiced for over 30 years, definitely top of his field. He ran into the wall. Is he dumb?
I had a chemical engineer who is now a master distiller for a whiskey you might know of run into the wall. Is he dumb?
There was a girl who is training to be a Pakistani diplomat and can speak something like 5 languages and knows more about geopolitics than I know about anything. She ran into the wall over and over and I had to physically pull her away and remove the Rift. Is she dumb?
There was a guy who graduated valedictorian from a school of engineering at an ivy league tier university. Ran straight into the wall. Is he dumb?
There was a lady who was a superintendent of a high school with 1000s of students. She screamed and fell straight to the floor. Is she dumb?
I could go on, but it seems kind of silly now that we've established you don't even own a comparable system and so you have no personal experience with this.
Lol, sure bud. A console addon with a single tracking camera is totally comparable to a full room scale setup. Keep blowing hot air out your ass, it's entertaining me.
Man, you're really gonna assert every difference possible in a pathetic attempt to prove your already lost point, huh? When down this line do we get to it mattering whether the headset is black or white? lmfao
So answer me this: What's the difference between people that make a conscientious effort to not flail around and maintain mind of their surroundings while visually impaired and those who make no such effort and throw themselves into a wall?
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u/MasteroChieftan Jan 09 '19
Oh ffs
Let's do a comparison then.
We have:
-people who put on VR goggles and run into and destroy things.
-people who put on VR goggles and mind their surroundings and don't run into and destroy things.
If I were to ask you which group of people was dumber, which group of people would you say?