07-11-2013 06:47 AM
07-11-2013 08:16 AM
"Madaras" wrote:
In the scenarios I mentioned you could go to a Cosplay shop and buy clothing to take with you to a larping world (you may call a game if you wish, but I would call it another world as part of the VR universe) this is part of the change in minds and "gaming" that I envision.
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Oh well, your "change in minds" is just too complicated for my poor little mind. This must be one of...
07-11-2013 08:24 AM
"Walky" wrote:
So you're talking about some sort of "cloud" clothing (and more than just clothing) system that would be available not only in games but also in other things like VR social networks, avatar images, etc, regardless of the software provider (buy once, use everywhere)?
07-11-2013 08:31 AM
"geekmaster" wrote:"Walky" wrote:
So you're talking about some sort of "cloud" clothing (and more than just clothing) system that would be available not only in games but also in other things like VR social networks, avatar images, etc, regardless of the software provider (buy once, use everywhere)?
Except he said "larping", which means wearing REAL clothing that looks like authentic in-game virtual clothing, while playing (reenacting) game scenarios in real life, using foam props as weapons, and such.
These forked threads are totally confusing me, especially with their artificially ill-defined "game-like but not-a-game" (and especially not a "Wal-Mart" shopping game) thread topic restrictions. And with shopping that seems virtual and real, and clothing and real estate, and serious with no humor allowed. And I still do not see how Macy's and J.C.Penney's are relevant, but Wal-Mart is not relevant. REALLY confusing me...
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07-11-2013 09:02 AM
07-11-2013 09:09 AM
"Madaras" wrote:
Actually cloud clothing is more like what I'm referring to. As to LARPing people use foam swords is because real swords and bean bags are about as real as you can get to what the imagination wants. Partly due to injury and legal restrictions. I have nothing against humor so long as it doesn't completely detract from the topic. Back to cloud clothing, yes in the virtually interconnected world I envision it's not just plugging a cartridge into a console, but you have a planet that you are traveling on, much like in Physical reality, where you can shop, work, club, game, ect... anything you can imagine. The specific aspect of this topic was things you could purchase, as you would in the physical world, and can use anywhere, like you can in the physical world, not simply a game.
07-11-2013 09:11 AM
"Walky" wrote:
I imagine buying some real clothes and getting a claim code for the VR version. It would be like game pre-order TF2 hat codes all over again :lol:
07-11-2013 09:29 AM
"geekmaster" wrote:
So then, as I *THINK* I understand your most recent post, you mean BOTH real clothing and props for "larping" (Real-Life role playing) and ALSO virtual clothing for use in a VR version of the same game?
If so, it might be interesting when we have accurate positional tracking to have a group of people playing together with redirected walking and real props (and perhaps stage ninjas where needed), where they are dressed in full costume that matches their avatar costume, and they get full haptic feelback while they act out (larp) their in-game actions.
That would be awesome to mix VR gaming with larping, in that sort of staged environment. Is that where you are headed in your thoughts about this?
P.S. I think it was your "virtual real estate" idea mixed into the first post that really threw me off. Now that we are narrowing the focus in a (hopefully) well-defined manner, I am (hopefully) starting to understand where you want to go with this thread.
07-12-2013 01:00 PM
07-12-2013 01:03 PM
"Madaras" wrote:
Hmm....some virtual cake sounds good right about now 🙂 Yummy dark chocolate fudge cake with a dark chocolate pudding layer.
07-12-2013 01:08 PM