Oculus Minecraft: Released

Its... its Minecraft for the Oculus.
This was supposed to be great.
This was supposed to be awesome...
Why am I not excited?! Because frankly, it sucks. It needs the Omni to not suck. Minecraft for the Oculus rift WANTS the Omni. It doesn't just want it, it NEEDS it if it wants to succeed at all. The movement schemes in FPS do not work without a physical forum to translate movement. It requires them to be fluid. Minecraft itself knows this, primarily feeding the user VR through the TV screen inside the Oculus format, which, honestly, ruins the whole idea. Why should my minecraft VR be removed three times from reality when we have the opportunity to show it through the lenses of 1st person VR?
We need the Omni now, we need it soon. I'm convinced that VR is doomed without a movement peripheral such as the Omni, and as the most advanced and first to market option, I am now holding my breath waiting for this product. Your move Omni, its a tall order, but most of the work is already done for you, just get out there and make VR what it should be:
Incredible.
This was supposed to be great.
This was supposed to be awesome...
Why am I not excited?! Because frankly, it sucks. It needs the Omni to not suck. Minecraft for the Oculus rift WANTS the Omni. It doesn't just want it, it NEEDS it if it wants to succeed at all. The movement schemes in FPS do not work without a physical forum to translate movement. It requires them to be fluid. Minecraft itself knows this, primarily feeding the user VR through the TV screen inside the Oculus format, which, honestly, ruins the whole idea. Why should my minecraft VR be removed three times from reality when we have the opportunity to show it through the lenses of 1st person VR?
We need the Omni now, we need it soon. I'm convinced that VR is doomed without a movement peripheral such as the Omni, and as the most advanced and first to market option, I am now holding my breath waiting for this product. Your move Omni, its a tall order, but most of the work is already done for you, just get out there and make VR what it should be:
Incredible.
Comments
Even considering recent developments, it still applies.
@xxann5 My guess is he feels this way because he has yet to try roomscale and only just got his touch controllers, or have you gotten that 3rd camera yet @gleamingsands
Honestly at first I could not imagine VR without the Omni and it was in fact the sole reason I got a VR headset... but then I tried my first roomscale game and was **** blown away. I still want my Omni but VR is still amazing without it.
@Admino Not so sure it still applies with the tracking pucks HTC just announced. A company could spring up selling an Omni base now advertising full tracking if you attach 2 of those new trackers to your feet.
Sorry, but that's just how living languages work. The only reason for language to exist is to convey information, and this is a case where saying oculus frequently conveys the desired concept much more accurately and faster than trying to be more technically accurate in saying rift. So you might as well get used to it now.
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