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[thekiddfran]

Wow...

And there was me thinking this could be something big when I clicked on the thread.

Never mind then.

How the?....what?

The fact Microsoft and Facebook sat in an office together and agreed to this is baffling

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Huh....?

 

[Chezzymann]

instead of playing forza on her xbox one on her tv in her room, the woman streams the xbox one game to her pc and puts on the oculus rift so she can watch her avatar sit in a room playing xbox one on the virtual screen in the room

which is something no one would ever want to do

My brother does because he hates people and wants to live in a world without them, he says hes never seeing a movie at the theater again because of the virtual cinema

 

[jax]

Depends on the VR headset resolution and the processing power of the computer

Cinemas are going to end up extinct by this though.

hahaha. You're more clueless than Oculus. Considering an Xbox One + 120 inch 1080p projector costs about 1/3 as much as a PC capable running oculus + oculus, I would say extinct is a little bit of a hyperbole. This feature is a stupid one that no one asked for.

 

[kevin1025]

This just sounds like Xbox wanted to jump onto the VR thing first this week before Sony really throws Morpheus in front of the world in a few days.

 

[Welfare]

you troll

You've... changed

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Hahaha. This is one of the silliest things Ive ever seen. Of course, this opens up other possibilities that could end up being cool, but that specific demo is so dumb.

 

[Haunted]

Virtually limitless potential to create astounding vistas for this to take place in. And they chose the virtual representation of a fucking boring everyday normal room.


They could have asked for the ocean, and chose a glass of water instead.

 

[sam777]

As daft as this seems it could be a good "remote play" option.

 

[davitpr]

I'd like to know who thought making this happen was a productive use of their time.

Microsoft

 

[darkwing]

I'm confused, so you would need to turn on your PC to stream a virtual living room TV when you are playing on the xbone? why don't you just turn off the PC/Occulus and turn on the TV

 

[gaming_noob]

Good news for Xbox only users interested in VR. This is big.

 

[Adaren]

This is how they ensure that people are sitting 10 or more feet away from their TV.

 

[deadman69]

high voltage are making a vr game. god help us all.

 

[loaf of bread]

This just sounds like Xbox wanted to jump onto the VR thing first this week before Sony really throws Morpheus in front of the world in a few days.

Yeah thats basically what I'm seeing. This seems like something MS did for PR so they can sort of relate themselves to being "relevant" to VR.

 

[Haunted]

My brother does because he hates people and wants to live in a world without them, he says hes never seeing a movie at the theater again because of the virtual cinema

sale number 1 confirmed!

cha-ching!

 

[davitpr]

 

[kevin1025]

high voltage are making a vr game. god help us all.

Their framerate problems close up? Eyes will die.

 

[TheKeyPit]

If my wife wants to watch TV while I want to play Xbox, i could definitely get mileage out of this feature.

The only reason to use this.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Good news for Xbox only users interested in VR. This is big.

But you're not getting VR.

You're getting a 2D Xbox One video feed in a VR living room. You still need a PC.

 

[Cru]

So stream non-VR games into a VR living room. While actually in your living room.

Yeah. I bet people can't wait. What a silly concept.



It's just streaming a video feed, The xbox isn't receiving motion inputs.

Let's downplay everything.

 

[mightynine]

Finally, I can play a video game in a better decorated room than the one I am currently in.

They are truly making virtual life better than real life.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

The huge virtual screen application of VR is actually pretty cool.

 

[Death2494]

Not really interested in VR. Could understand this feature being used by people who travel or people who live in (very) small places though.

This. People in small flats, could probably appreciate this more than others.

 

[Mass Effect]

So wait, let me get this straight:

You need the Oculus (duh of course)
You need an Oculus-capable PC? (as in high-end gaming PC?)
You need an Xbox One

If that's the case, there are going to be so few people that have all three I can't possibly understand why'd they go through the effort of even developing this.

 

[Ishida]

EDIT: Beaten, of course.

 

[darkwing]

So wait, let me get this straight:

You need the Oculus (duh of course)
You need an Oculus-capable PC? (as in high-end gaming PC?)
You need an Xbox One

If that's the case, there are going to be so few people that have all three I can't possibly understand why'd they go through the effort of even developing this.

people with Windows 10

 

[BokehKing]

This isn't very exciting, but it is could be a precursor to actual oculus support for XB1. That would actually be worth getting excited for.

How? When pc requirements are triple the price of a xbox 1?

 

[Mechazawa]

Wouldn't graphical detail and resolution suffer a lot by playing through this? There are some jokes in this distance and being able to tell the difference but yeah.

Those Xbox games aren't being run natively. It's just streaming from the Xbox one.

All they're doing is taking a feature from Windows 10, and instead of streaming the game to your monitor, it's streaming it to a window in a 3d room.

This is as stupid as it sounds.

 

[Hellsing321]

This is so pointless it actually offends me.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Couldn't this possibly simulate playing the games on a much bigger screen to you personally? LIke if you have a dinky TV, I can kind see it?


Then again if you have a Rift, and a powerful PC, and and an Xbox one, you probably have a good TV.

That's sort of the stumbling block for me. I'd be a little more excited for the potential to pretend I have a bigger TV if it didn't also require that I buy a new PC.

 

[davitpr]

The huge virtual screen application of VR is actually pretty cool.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Hmmm.. okay.

I guess if you have a really small TV this could be cool

 

[Brudinho]

Do you... have to use the virtual room? Cause that seems kind of silly.

They probably use the virtual room to avoid motion sickness , because you would start to puke if you would be playing Forza at 60FPS without the virtual room

 

[Wulfram]

There probably are some people who it'd make sense for. My TV isn't a priority to spend money on, my PC is.

(But I don't have an XBOX, and would only get one as an alternative to getting a new PC that'd be capable of Oculusing)

 

[PJV3]

I'm getting old, I don't understand anymore.

 

[Rymuth]

Its very meta

I...I need to sit down. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the concept.

 

[Palette Swap]

This is so dumb.

 

[D4Danger]

As daft as this seems it could be a good "remote play" option.

I'd like all of the lag please

 

[Noobcraft]

But you're not getting VR.

You're getting a 2D Xbox One video feed in a VR living room. You still need a PC.

Still "bigger" than any other screen I have in my home lol. It could be cool if it includes other interactive elements like raining on the screen causes raining in the VR room, achievements/friend's messages could be placed off screen if implemented right. It just depends how interactive it is. If it's just a video stream on a wall that's pretty boring.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

wait what a virtual living room?

Finally, a reality where all Xbox One games are 1080p.

fucklol got me

 

[Hidden One]

you troll

You troll for the avatar change

 

[kevin1025]

Hmmm.. okay.

I guess if you have a really small TV this could be cool

But to do all this you need a good PC, an Xbox One, and an Oculus. A decent TV at that point isn't the biggest hurdle ever if you can afford everything else.

 

[somesayyea]

i don't get the point of this (I guess from the replies, I'm not the only one either)

 

[DannyButtermen]

Honestly, I don't believe that this is the only thing Microsoft will do with Oculus. They probably have no games that support full VR coming anytime soon. Cool feature if you want to hop on the VR train early though in my opinion.

 

[RowdyReverb]

So wait, let me get this straight:

You need the Oculus (duh of course)
You need an Oculus-capable PC? (as in high-end gaming PC?)
You need an Xbox One

If that's the case, there are going to be so few people that have all three I can't possibly understand why'd they go through the effort of even developing this.

It's probably a program they developed for watching any films in a virtual theater that could also be applied to watching incoming Xbox One streaming.

 

[Amused]

This is the wierdest thing...

 

[darkwing]

welp, that is one way to jump in the VR market

 

[ArchedThunder]

I... I don't know who at MS thought this was a good idea, this is one of the dumbest things I've heard in a long time.