Brent, that link doesn't work for me - did you miss something off the end? On 13 May 2015 at 09:53, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/12/2015 4:52 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 05 May 2015, at 00:43, meekerdb wrote: > > On 5/4/2015 11:32 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 04 May 2015, at 10:23, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 10:08 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4 May 2015 at 06:45, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Of course believing in the supernatural is absurd -- what does that even >>> mean? If, for example, ghosts were real, then this would just mean that >>> current scientific theories are incomplete or wrong. >>> >>> That would just mean the terminology isn't very good. It would be >> more accurate to say you do (or don't) believe in ghosts. >> > > That's a good point. > Of course the non-materialist deals with ontological problems. Do entities > perceived under the influence of psychoactive drugs exist in some sense? > > > > At Iridia, there has been a talk and demo of Virtual Reality. I have > been very often disappointed, but this time I have been quite impressed. > They have solved the main problems, and the immersion feeling was quite > realist, in all direction where you looked, without any screen border, and > perfect real time synchronization for any type of the move of your head or > eyes. > > > Does this involve wearing 3D display goggles such as Occulus Rift? > > > Yes. I saw 'Occulus' written on the device, (but not Rift). > > > https://www.oculus.com/ > > My son has created a video game, "Homesick", of the exploration/puzzle > genre, which will be available for Occulus. I tried out their goggles and > the experience is quite realistic in terms of looking around. In a test at > a video game exhibition many people trying them could not bring themselves > to step off a virtual cliff. > > > Wonderful! I really would like to buy such Occulus goggles, but more to > make amazing experience than playing game. But video-games is the main > accelerator in the VR field. > > > Here's a review of the game. > > > http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/4/13/8371781/homesick-is-a-fantasy-walkabout-in-a-scary-lonely-w > > It should be released on http://store.steampowered.com/ by the end of the > month. Buy one - he needs the money. :-) He saved up so he could quit his > job and take two years to create this game. He did everything but the > music, which he contracted for. It'll be available for Oculus later. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
