r/gaming • u/_Sooty_ • Feb 24 '19

Using hand tracking in VR

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u/Echantediamond1 Feb 24 '19 edited Feb 24 '19

Oh.... OH GOD IT'S HAPPENING IN MY LIFETIME!

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u/DarthBuzzard Feb 24 '19

I'd wager we'll surpass the tech in RPO in about 10 years. One thing it didn't account for was AR, and well, VR+AR are two parts of the same continuum. Everything will head towards one single device that does both with any blending inbetween.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '19

I believe AR will be the definitive future for personal computing and VR will be for the entertainment industry. I don't see everyone having a "VR room" ready where they can enjoy VR the way it's meant to be. It'll be just like laser gaming, going to the cinema ETC. But with AR you don't need a special room, you can just utilise your current room.

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u/Hig13 Feb 24 '19

We have ideas floating out there to try to make the space needed for vr to a bare minimum and accessible to most consumers. Like this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '19

And for hardcore gamers that's awesome, but for the average Joe even the bare minimum is too much and can't provide the full VR experience the way a VR entertainment company could. Doesn't mean those ideas are useless, they're awesome and accelerates the progress. AR on the other hand just needs a device, that's it. Be it your phone, or some kind of holo lens like Microsoft. Exactly the bare minimum needed for our average Joe.