By Kate Gray
The 10 VR Commandments
In the beginning, there was Pong. And while we’ve not yet reached the seventh day of videogame creativity, the coming of virtual reality headsets like PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift would probably sit somewhere around day five in the gaming equivalent of the Creation story.
But just because the tech is moving forward, not every developer is paying heed to what actually makes for a good VR experience.
Time to don a comedy beard and do our best Charlton Heston impressions: these are the 10 VR Commandments that need to be lived by.
1. Thou shall limit the bounds of player space
As much as it would be great to be able to run across the VR fields, frolic in the meadows and generally have a nice time in a big space, that’s not possible for most people. We usually have a dingy, tiny living room that can’t accurately host an entire meadow, unless that meadow is filled with sofas and dirty laundry.
Find a way to limit the player’s movement just enough that some walking around is possible – to get a good angle on something we’re looking at, for example – but try not to make …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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