VRcade Sets Its Sights on the Next Leap in Immersive Gaming

@Lpedraja2002 Yup. We have one of those. That company is a couple of miles away. You need to wear an air compressor, so we are trying to implement a CO2 solution. We also need to wirelessly get the USB signal to the computer, which is a challenge.

@halo-freak Have you seen any of the videos on our YouTube channel? They answer all of those questions.

The HMD is one screen split into two. It is a widescreen, but since it is split into two, one for each eye, it appears to make one square picture. You would have to put in a double wide screen and special optics to achieve widescreen, which is possible, but it makes the HMD twice as wide.

We have a haptic vest that kicks you in the front and back around 8 points. You will feel zombie hands on you.

See the beginning of the video where the guy is doing the backflip? You will have the same level of freedom while fighting against zombies. We can calculate how hard you are hitting the zombie, how the zombie should react, and how much damage your punch, kick, knee, shoulder, or elbow did.

@AloeVera4 See the beginning of the video where the guy is doing the backflip? You will have the same level of immersion while playing any game. You can look at the bottom of your character's boot if you want. This is a prototype demo, as stated in the video.

@BladeStrike1234 Your eyes relax and focus at infinity, so there is no eye strain. It's about 1000 times more comfortable than movie theater 3D glasses and infinitely more effective.

@BladeStrike1234 It's the light that they were mostly reacting to. The HMD is very comfortable.

@JamDev We built our own HMD and the visual clarity is far superior to the Rift development kits that we have. Still, the retail Rift will be gorgeous. With our display and tons of anti-aliasing and filters, it actually looks quite nice.

@IllegallyAwesum

Not just a rep, but one of the founders!

The thing is, those of us involved in the project have been gamers since we were kids, so this is a natural place for us to exist anyway (checking the latest gaming news, living on message boards/forums).

Thank you for noticing, too. We're just a handful of guys who decided to step up and try to make VRcade happen because we wanted to play in it. The mostly-positive reception is really helping motivate us even more.

@ExtremelyAVG The spatial awareness that you have in real life will carry over. Movement, sight, depth, and sound are all re-created. You will hear someone around a corner before you see them. However, smart level design, such as having angled corners instead of 90 degree corners, will mitigate a LOT of that. Gear will get broken and people will bump into each other, but they are wearing motorcycle gear most likely and the tech they have on them isn't terribly expensive.

We aren't careless. We will make it work.

@ExtremelyAVG I was thinking the same thing. We don't think twice about running our character into a wall in an FPS, whereas here it would hurt like hell. I guess it's a mistake you'd only make once. :)

@darkmatt2009 We thought of that. The problem is that you have a harness on your back, making it impossible to roll over or crouch. Still, for certain games, that could be fun. When you start building specific things like that into a space, that space needs to be dedicated for those kinds of experiences. New infrastructure, more floor space, and more computers and games designed around that one space or feature means that it has to be CRAZY popular. Enough to pay for itself and more.

@ExtremelyAVG Different weapons, hit detection anywhere on the body, radar, any level you want, music, sound effects in surround sound, power-ups, sniping, capture the flag...you tell me.

Plus, this is ONE use for the platform. There are a million other kinds of games that you can play with this.

@Nibraybirk It's impossible to know what VR is "only good for" because perfect VR doesn't even exist yet, let alone been tapped out.

Throwing fireballs like baseballs, swords and shields, 360 3D puzzle games, horror games with hallucinations, flying games, driving games...no, VR has its place if done right. And that's what we intend to do.

@Nibraybirk depends on the props used tbh. If you have 12 moving cockpits (fixed to the ground ofc) you could potentially have a great flight sim, dog fights, space battles and exploration. Use your imagination and you'll see this could be used for so much more than first person shooters

@feathers632 How can you say that when it hasn't happened yet? In addition, if there are hundreds of players waiting at a time, you better believe that there will be more than one facility in your area.

In addition, because we are offering SO MUCH EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT and space, this is a level of fidelity and immersion that you can not get in the home. That makes it more than worth it, even just to check out.

Don't knock it until you try it, and until we build it, you haven't tried it. It's fantastic so far.

@Rizernox Have you considered the possibility it's already happened and that's what we're all experiencing? When I say we all... We may all be computer generated.

@Rizernox I believe that as well. Although, can you imagine the level of addiction the would come from that level of immersion. People would never want to leave the simulator. People would work to get just enough money to get back into it. Why buy a Corvette when you could drive one virtually, but couldn't tell the difference?

@pipeboy65 That's in the works, but hopefully, yes.