No Room For HTC Vive Roomscale VR? Don't Worry, You Don’t Need 15x15 Feet Of Space

[kcarbotte]

HTC’s Vive lets you walk around in a space as large as 15 x 15 feet, but many people don’t realize that you don’t need that much room to enjoy roomscale VR. We put it to the test to see how well it works in small spaces.

No Room For HTC Vive Roomscale VR? Don't Worry, You Don’t Need 15x15 Feet Of Space : Read more

 

[quilciri]

Source 2 + Vive 1 = HL3?

 

[hotroderx]

I still dont see this taking off its wonderful what there doing but most people aren't going to spend 800 dollars ((Cost with shipping)) for something like this!. Same goes for Rift. With out large scale support from consumers its going to be like the Wii a wonderful amazing concept. That AAA titles ignore because not enough people bought into it.

 

[hannibal]

First dvd players did cost a lot, now everyone have them... These will come down in price eventually.

 

[alidan]

until this is wireless, room scale is worthless, and unless they add in a small webcam to see what is in front of you, i would never want to trust the tech to lead me around blind... here's hoping this gets cut to make future versions cheaper.

 

[Warsaw]

Source 2 + Vive 1 = HL3?

You figured it out! So this means in May we're getting HL3?!

 

[quilciri]

I couldn't help it. The forum won't let me downvote myself.

That would certainly be the killer app all the pundits are claiming that VR needs to really take off, though.

 

[dmdport]

until this is wireless, room scale is worthless, and unless they add in a small webcam to see what is in front of you, i would never want to trust the tech to lead me around blind... here's hoping this gets cut to make future versions cheaper.

Theres a camera on the front of the vive for just that. You map out your room space before hand and it tells you when your about to reach it.