Halo ODST Features An Open World, "Reach" Could Use Natal Tech


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Well, remember that part of TV viewing and gaming is people sitting around and enjoying one another's company. HMDs tend to put you in your own space.

That's true, unless they look multiple ones together and so on.

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If you read the article it says that ODST has mystery areas.

And that Reach could implement Natal.

yeah thats kind of what i meant, these mystery areas are most likely to be related to Natal in some way

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Just because "you" as a singular person can't get used to it doesn't mean it's a bad system and others can't. some people can't use a game controllers, millions can't stand the PS controller. millions more play with controllers just fine.

the thing is, the neck is a 'point' type of control, something like a mouse... a joystick is a 'push' control, you control how fast you spin by pushing in one direction, you dont directly control where you end up pointing...

Another option is the 3d flat panel displays that are popping up all over the place, including some that don't require glasses.

the problem is that by having to face the screen all the time, your neck would have to behave like a joystick, look straight at the screen = centered joystick, because it would be impossible to turn a full circle while still seeing the screen if your head motion was 1:1 in the game ... its meant to be something like a 'secondary' view controller, you'd use it to quickly glance left or right but you wouldnt use it to aim your gun, for instance

also, displays only cover a fraction of your view, and having a 3d display only helps you gauge depth from a distance, it doesnt completely immerse your view like what Natal does to your body movements

with VR glasses, Natal can eliminate the use of those funky gloves and stuff, as well as track your full body motion... and the VR glasses themselves free you from having to stay pointed at the screen... but i think that glasses the same resolution as some high end displayes would cost more than those displays...

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the thing is, the neck is a 'point' type of control, something like a mouse... a joystick is a 'push' control, you control how fast you spin by pushing in one direction, you dont directly control where you end up pointing...

and that's why it's awesome.

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and that's why it's awesome.

just imagine for a second. moving your neck like you move your thumb... you have no idea how fast your ingame view is going to turn for how much you moved your neck, and you have to point your neck the other way if you overshoot... awesome?

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just imagine for a second. moving your neck like you move your thumb... you have no idea how fast your ingame view is going to turn for how much you moved your neck, and you have to point your neck the other way if you overshoot... awesome?

Yeah, you won't know how fast your ingame view is going to turn... for the first few tries

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the problem is that by having to face the screen all the time, your neck would have to behave like a joystick, look straight at the screen = centered joystick, because it would be impossible to turn a full circle while still seeing the screen if your head motion was 1:1 in the game ... its meant to be something like a 'secondary' view controller, you'd use it to quickly glance left or right but you wouldnt use it to aim your gun, for instance

1:1 is seriously overrated. I'm not running and jumping around my house to shoot things. Not happening. Gesture based controls are definitely an option though, implemented correctly.

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1:1 is seriously overrated. I'm not running and jumping around my house to shoot things. Not happening. Gesture based controls are definitely an option though, implemented correctly.

well, 1:1 as in the direction that you are facing, as in how you are supposed to control where you look in-game...

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well, 1:1 as in the direction that you are facing, as in how you are supposed to control where you look in-game...

Well, again, I don't know why you would want to do that anyway. If you can move your head ten degrees left to look into your lefthand mirror in a driving game, why not do that instead of turning 90 degrees? Wasted movement, and requires a lot of ridiculous expensive technology.

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Well, again, I don't know why you would want to do that anyway. If you can move your head ten degrees left to look into your lefthand mirror in a driving game, why not do that instead of turning 90 degrees? Wasted movement, and requires a lot of ridiculous expensive technology.

wouldnt you want it if you turned your head, the game view turned with you, and if you stopped turning your head, the game view stops too? not having to point your head dead center at the screen to keep the view still... you know, like a mouse in a PC first person shooter... its Natal we are talking about, its not a 'ridiculous expensive technology'

on a console i think that Natal would be used like something in the Forge mode in Halo 3 , that would make the most sense

it would almost be like building the level for real, with the exception of not being able to directly see things stereoscopically

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wouldnt you want it if you turned your head, the game view turned with you, and if you stopped turning your head, the game view stops too? not having to point your head dead center at the screen to keep the view still... you know, like a mouse in a PC first person shooter... its Natal we are talking about, its not a 'ridiculous expensive technology'

on a console i think that Natal would be used like something in the Forge mode in Halo 3 , that would make the most sense

it would almost be like building the level for real, with the exception of not being able to directly see things stereoscopically

Stereo glasses are most definitely ridiculous expensive technology, particularly if you're talking about outfitting a whole group of gamers with them.

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Stereo glasses are most definitely ridiculous expensive technology, particularly if you're talking about outfitting a whole group of gamers with them.

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lol 'ridiculous expensive technology' ?

i think you meant 'VR helmets', you know, the ones with an LCD for each eye... even the highest end stereo glasses are just liquid cyrstal shutters synchronized to the monitor's refresh rate...

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lol 'ridiculous expensive technology' ?

i think you meant 'VR helmets', you know, the ones with an LCD for each eye... even the highest end stereo glasses are just liquid cyrstal shutters synchronized to the monitor's refresh rate...

Call it what you like, this is what we're talking about, not shutter glasses (remember the Master System, no, you probably don't, it had LCD shutter glasses before you were born).

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