03-15-2019 09:15 PM
And this all begins THIS MONDAY. Hopefully the rumor-mill will prove true this time.
Also note that Oculus is scheduled to be involved in at least 9 different sessions; you can get the full list of GDC here:
Down the Rabbit Hole with Oculus Quest (Presented by Oculus)
https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-oculus-quest-presented-by-oculus/86560...
Creating Realistic Acoustics with Oculus Audio Propagation (Presented by Oculus)
https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/creating-realistic-acoustics-with-oculus-audio-propagation-prese...
03-16-2019 04:48 PM
03-16-2019 04:56 PM
Mradr said:
In correct - analog been doing fine without software for a long time.
Software is literally a set of instructions.
Incorrect. You made a general statement about hardware and intentionally ignored the role software plays in that hardware getting better.
Are you still talking about computers? Regardless, you said yourself that "software is just a thought," so no... there isn't a piece of hardware that exists today that wasn't created as a result of "thought." By your own admission, all hardware requires software (thought) to work.
The Drivers (software) dictate otherwise. Uninstall all your drivers on your PC and let me know how that hardware works out for ya
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03-16-2019 04:59 PM
RedRizla said:
@Mradr - I'm trying to work out what you are saying. Are you saying Oculus should make an expensive headset that only the rich people of this world can afford? Because if you that makes no sense what so ever to me. Who is going to continue to create software for something only a small amount of people own? Oculus want to sell millions of VR headsets not just hundreds or thousands, but millions. You can't reach that goal by making a headset that costs a fortune. But maybe I've misunderstood what you are trying to say.
03-16-2019 05:01 PM
Zenbane said:
Mradr said:The problem is you said there would be no need - the problem is that
humans always have a been creating things before there really is a need.
Exactly. Humans created software before there was a need. Then hardware was developed to support it.It's no different than what we are doing right now with SSD and faster channel memory.All memory storage is controlled by Software.
A customer doesn't need a SATA 4 speed when SATA3 is good enough for
nearly 99% of the applications out there already - yet - we still have
customer grade NvMe drives with read speeds in gig ranges.That "99%" figure is a fictitious number. The need increased due to the demand of Data (software) increasing. The current quote for data processing is, "There are 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day." That's software, and that creates the need for increase processing speed, memory, and storage.
There are plenty of reasons why to make hardware better or faster
without the need or thought of software controlling it in the first
place.Hardware cannot function without the software telling it what to do.Going back to the oj topic - if Rift S is no better than Quest - then
software wise - we wont be seeing a 4k pretty game with a ton of eye
candy.Invalid assumption. Rift-S can be the same as Quest as an HMD specification, but the software ecosystem on a PC will drive it forward, and GPU's can respond to the demand of experiencing 4K in VR (software).
03-16-2019 05:06 PM
Mradr said:I just gave an examle of a tool that wasn't built for that reason:) so
no - a tool doesn't have to be developed for that reason - it can be
made by mistake and later used as another tool. One cool thing about
humans - we can make anything into a tool - but that doesn't mean we
created the tool in the first place. Much to that - hardware can be
created before software has a need for it or even a want.
That fictitious 99% figure completely ignores global enterprise. Fake news!
False.
This is a software dependent question.
03-16-2019 05:20 PM
03-16-2019 05:22 PM
RedRizla said:
@Mradr - I'm trying to work out what you are saying. Are you saying Oculus should make an expensive headset that only the rich people of this world can afford? Because if you that makes no sense what so ever to me. Who is going to continue to create software for something only a small amount of people own? Oculus want to sell millions of VR headsets not just hundreds or thousands, but millions. You can't reach that goal by making a headset that costs a fortune. But maybe I've misunderstood what you are trying to say.
03-16-2019 06:07 PM
Mradr said:@ Zen - if the brain is the first computer:) it would be hardware base - software didn't come around until many generation of life. The brain it self is just a bunch of neurons that forum a lump of matter that just had basic input output - we still see life forms with this basic biology still. Therefore - if your arguments if going to solo base on what came first of that - then it was hardware not software.
03-16-2019 07:11 PM
Zenbane said:Afterall, the mind is not confined to the brain.This argument has taken quite the turn!"In yogic science, the brain is simply a physical manifestation of the mind itself. "Based on this theory... the Software came first, and the Hardware was secondary.
03-16-2019 07:24 PM
Zenbane said:
Mradr said:@ Zen - if the brain is the first computer:) it would be hardware base - software didn't come around until many generation of life. The brain it self is just a bunch of neurons that forum a lump of matter that just had basic input output - we still see life forms with this basic biology still. Therefore - if your arguments if going to solo base on what came first of that - then it was hardware not software.Ah yes, I did anticipate that you would consider the brain "hardware." But now we must explore the inner workings of "life" and how it is created. What comes first, the brain or the mind? The Brain may be the hardware, but the Mind is the Software.Afterall, the mind is not confined to the brain.This argument has taken quite the turn!"In yogic science, the brain is simply a physical manifestation of the mind itself. "Based on this theory... the Software came first, and the Hardware was secondary.