Comments on: Oculus Rift Should Not Be Driving Force for Design – Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Creative Director

By: Isolation

Isolation — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:19:00 +0000

That guy is so retarded it hurts my eyes to read what he said. -_- “Blah blah blah, my eyes don’t like 3d, blaaah, I’ll probably never make it compatible, you got a problem with that? PFFFF” <– I hate him x)

By: Dan E.

Dan E. — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:45:00 +0000

Designing specifically for it is one thing, but making the Oculus work for it is another. I would love to be able to play Amnesia with it. It’s so fundamentally different than “just 3D” (which I have little interest for). It’s about total audiovisual immersion.

By: smemmo

smemmo — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:28:00 +0000

hopefully someone will tie him down to a chair and actually make him try it out. i haven’t tried it out but from what i’ve seen of what it’s capable of it is not just merely some new gimick. it creates full depth perception and tracks your head movements. you turn your actual head and the camera in the game turns with it. if a machine for pigs doesn’t get official support, at least maybe some people will reformat the game for oculus rift support. there’s only a certain level of immersion you can achieve with a monitor, no matter how big it is. the next step for immersion is head-tracking, simulated depth and visual isolation from your surroundings. everyone i’ve heard say anything about it always says one thing in common- “i’m IN the game”

By: nt

nt — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:03:00 +0000

The guy is an idiot.

By: Bob dole

Bob dole — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:35:00 +0000

He really thinks the difference is just that its stereoscopic? What a great idea it was to get the opinion who obviously knows nothing on the topic.

By: Garet

Garet — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:30:00 +0000

In reply to SchmeltZ.

Yeah…

This actually makes me sad, I’d love to see this guy take the Rift into consideration. He’s obviously still thinking the Rift is no different then other 3D headsets.

By: Denny Unger

Denny Unger — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:52:00 +0000

Hi Ravi! Denny Unger here. We just launched a game built specifically for the Oculus Rift on Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/494598080/the-gallery-six-elements . I have a few things to say about what the format brings to the gaming experience and I’d love to share them with you if you’d like a counterpoint to this article. Please get in touch 🙂

By: Matthew Fuller

Matthew Fuller — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:45:00 +0000

He seems to think its marketing, which is great! So when he does in fact try it, he will reconsider his position giving the quality of the experience. Heck, even if its a few years down the road, by then oculus will have made better user interfaces (like data gloves) and higher resolution screens, and lower latency. This is actually promising.

🙂

Also, sounds like the person in charge of asking the questions didn’t do his/her homework.

By: SchmeltZ

SchmeltZ — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:15:00 +0000

In reply to Dave. I agree with you. Seems like this guy is missing the point of the Rift big time.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:15:00 +0000

Do agree that story, etc. Ultimately make the game. But this isn’t just adding 3D. It’s tricking your brain into thinking you’re actually there, which, in my opinion, is a game changer in the realm of scaring the shit out of your audience.