Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by Filligree 3257 days ago
Elite:Dangerous is awesome. You should try it in VR--if you haven't already, it's almost a completely different game. Target/screen selection by head-tracking works great, immersion goes up significantly, and the holograms are actually holographic.

The dramatically increased spatial awareness and FoV is also useful. I find myself sticking to ships with massive cockpit windows, because I look up at them all the time.

Pity about the resolution, that's all. VR right now is good enough to use... but it'd be so much better with about twice the linear resolution.

1 comments

Sounds great! I'm presently using a curved 3440x1440 34" 95hz screen with TrackIR, full HOTAS and a quality audio chain (ZXR+ATH-ADG1X). I'm hanging for next gen VR with improved resolution, but meanwhile I find the immersion quite incredible as is - can't imagine it without the head tracking. The soundscape is worth an honorable mention too.