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Kenneth Scott (Halo 4/ex-id art director) joins Oculus' internal development team
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maneil99
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Not sure if it's worth a new thread but Kenneth Scott has joined Oculus as art director.
Tech Demos or are they making their own games?
Doc Holliday
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And who did they hire?
Kenneth Scott! Former Id Software artist, Former 343 studios character art lead!
Kenneth Scott! Former Id Software artist, Former 343 studios character art lead!
Doc Holliday
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You would if you wanted it to look amazing.
serversurfer
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I only glanced at the other thread, but didn't they say Ken Scott was staying at 343i? =/
That was always the plan, they are just waiting for the mobile tech that can drive the screens. People got sidetracked and viewed it as a PC peripheral.
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MrCunningham
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This is what 2billion dollars can get you, and I think it is pretty cool.
Karak
Member
Cool that is what I was just asking. Pretty insane and it all begins to make sense. Too bad the internet isn't as good in the US as some other places. Hook your Oculas up to any standard PC that can stream and suddenly cloud power baby. Not ignoring the issues of course.
ZehDon
Member
I'm still coming to terms with this. id software's very best are making games at Facebook. I... yeah.
Yea unfortunately internet latency is still wayyyy to much for VR.
For the time being it will have to be hard wired to a relatively powerful PC.
But within a couple years they should be able to have a wireless solution, but still dongled or networked locally to powerful hardware, so that at least you won't have a physical cord constraining your movements.
Then within a few more years mobile hardware will be strong enough for effective VR rendering, finally allowing the rendering hardware to be contained in the device itself to go anywhere.
This has been the long term plan for Oculus, and Facebook's cold hard cash makes it possible, as soon as possible.
Some months ago i read that they patented the trademark RiftCon (http://www.gamefront.com/oculus-vr-files-trademark-for-riftcon/)
Maybe we will see some games on a own Rift Event. Carmack needs a new place to hold his Quakecon speech
Maybe we will see some games on a own Rift Event. Carmack needs a new place to hold his Quakecon speech
Elitro
Member
It may be that way, but the way we perceive facebook games is funny, considering that facebook didn't build it themselves (Farmville's and the likes).
As for me i think that none other than Oculus devs are the most indicated people to pave the way for what software for the rift should look like.
I believe they can build excellent proof of concept games, turning heads from every game making company around.
K
kittens
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His Halo 4 work was a very mixed bag. I could see his style working better in other franchises.
ashecitism
Member
yeah.
It is, though the title seems to have focused on the old news instead.
Merging.
I see!
Dictator93
Member
This makes me wonder if we are going to see some crazy FPS from Oculus.
what if it's called 'DAMN'
Probably right not away because Oculus has stressed that they are targeting a seated experience for the first consumer version. They will most likely stick to their guns to be an example for other VR devs and make something where the player avatar is seated instead of running around. At least early on.
Oculus are ambitious and will likely be tackling many different projects over the next 5-10 years.
SenjutsuSage
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His work on Halo 4 was incredible. The art was, for me, the best I've seen in the series. Amazing hire by Oculus. Good luck.
It wasn't a mixed bag at all. I thought Halo 4 had the best overall art direction in the entire series. Many of the environments, I felt, were also a whole lot more believable. I could much more easily believe or imagine the purpose they served. And things were proportionally well done, something that I didn't feel was always that well done in the previous Halo titles on the 360. Yes, environments were large, but many times I didn't particularly like the scale or proportions with respect to the character, so in some respects the illusion was lost or tarnished. I know it's popular to not like Halo 4, but that game was fucking amazing. Nobody can tell me the Forward Unto Dawn level didn't look insane, as well as a number of other impressive locations in that game. The forest/jungle level was seriously kick ass. Artistically put Halo 3's jungle level to shame, imo.
It wasn't a mixed bag at all. I thought Halo 4 had the best overall art direction in the entire series. Many of the environments, I felt, were also a whole lot more believable. I could much more easily believe or imagine the purpose they served. And things were proportionally well done, something that I didn't feel was always that well done in the previous Halo titles on the 360. Yes, environments were large, but many times I didn't particularly like the scale or proportions with respect to the character, so in some respects the illusion was lost or tarnished. I know it's popular to not like Halo 4, but that game was fucking amazing. Nobody can tell me the Forward Unto Dawn level didn't look insane, as well as a number of other impressive locations in that game. The forest/jungle level was seriously kick ass. Artistically put Halo 3's jungle level to shame, imo.
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Perfect Cha0s
Member
It's been really interesting watching Oculus become one of the most talent-dense companies in tech over the past year or so.
plasmawave
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WHAT IS GOING ON AT 343!?!?!?!?!
googleplex
Member
They may really need to do a redesign for the Oculus. Pretty much every Project Morpheus hands comparison agrees that PM is much more comfortable to wear then OR. Sony really knocked it out of the park design wise. Oculus needs to do the same.
plasmawave
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By the way, that oculus rift twitter avatar looks like the cry engine logo.
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