| > It's definitely not Lawnmower Man/the matrix/ready player one yet I think we have surpassed Lawnmower man already. We are only missing the extra hardware, like the full body suits and moving beds/leonardo devices. And even then, not really: Lawnmower man happened at a well funded laboratory, the scientist just had some expensive company hardware at home. We have better quality headsets at home today. Ready player one was... inconsistent. They handwaved the movement problems. > if you want the "best" graphics This will always be true, VR headset or not. If you want the 'best' graphics, you always have to for over a lot of money for specialized GPU hardware. The thing is, it's perfectly fine to use an untethered Quest to play something like Superhot or Beat Saber. > For me it's hard to go back to "flat gaming" after vr. This is why I think the market is going to explode. Every single person I've shown it has walked away impressed. Young, old, doesn't matter. Even non-gamers. Oculus Quest and similar devices are on the right track. > I modeled the house in Maya, imported it into UE, and was able to put on my oculus and "walk" around the space. I'll definitely try this! I wonder when 3d Modeling will be primarily done with a headset. Like, would it be useful to do the initial modelling in Maya itself? |
I think the desired goal would help dictate if you use VR. For example, for the Lion King remake the world was entirely cg. To do the rough and final layouts of the environment multiple people (director/art director/modelers/set dressers/dp) all went into vr (sometimes together) and used tools in UE to place/scale/rotate objects. This made a lot of sense b/c they could more accurately place and model the environment within it.
It could be quite useful when modeling but I wonder at what point make sense. I've done a fair bit of modeling which involves a lot of manipulation of points and faces and also involves lots of object tumbling, which might prove tiring in vr. But I think it ultimately makes sense b/c it allows for a 3dimensional view of what you're doing.