Reading the PlayStation Blog post for VEV: Viva Ex Vivo, a biological survival game for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR, is a bit like going back to school: it doesn't make much sense. Look, we were listening when you spouted intel about membranes and white blood cells, Mr. Sturgeon – but we doubt even you would understand the core concepts of this upcoming game.
It sounds a little bit like flOw crossed with Aquanaut's Holiday crossed with… The human body? Except it's not just biological substances that you'll be shepherding a microscopic man-made fibre through – you'll also be exploring pond water. The game's described as an arcade-esque experience, and it sounds like you'll be scooping up food and combo-ing it to create compounds – we're not really sure.
Look, we'll direct you towards the PlayStation Blog post because we've read it twice and we don't really "get" what it's trying to say. We're a little slow on the uptake when it comes to scientific stuff, though, so we're sure that you'll have better luck. If only David Attenborough had narrated the trailer, this would have been a much more informative article.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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See kinda weird games like this one? That's all you're gonna get on PlayStation VR, best get used to it!
(Even I'm not sure if I'm joking)
"Best celler" Well done, well done.
This is another selling point for VR for me. Once it's out, I'd like it if in the PS Store, they started selling movies in VR. Curated stuff, like a tour of the Amazon or giving you the perspective of a Mars rover, stuff like that.
I think Sony wants to broaden people's ideas on the uses of the psvr. I envision a future where VR is used in the classroom for a very "hands on" approach. VR for online classes at university, vr in the conference room for businesses, and vr for travel. Imagine you pay 5 bucks and get a 1 or 2 day "rental" to go see a famous place in the world. The coliseum, the pyramids, etc etc. All these sites and places across the world could be filmed in 3d 4k cameras and then uploaded allowing the user to pay a nominal fee to "walk" around and visit placed they probably never could otherwise. Imagine the educational implications! It can become a truly transcendent piece of tech. (Not psvr specifically, but vr in general) How popular have walking simulators become these days? What would be better than "walking" through these real life exceptional places? Or even in space! The possibilities are nearly endless and I truly hope the world and specifically gamers embrace this tech so it has time to evolve and iterate in the coming decades.
I .sure seems developer could even figure a way to add in NPCs to these travel VR videos, adding all sorts of information about the location and history of the place you are "visiting". Heck, at some point they might be able to use these VR travels and added in NPCs and create games that take place in the actual places we visit, all possible from our home with a headset and some cotrollers. Amazing to think about and probably years away, but awesome nonetheless.
@glassmusic I agree. I think people aren't really understanding the full capabilities of VR. It's going to be about more than games - tourism, education, even therapy will benefit from the technology.
I'm not saying this is that, but the tech has broader uses outside of interactive entertainment.
Gimme BF4, COD or even battlefront kind of game's in VR and I might be tempted to buy VR this doesn't do anything to tempt me into VR at all.
@get2sammyb I'm hoping that it breaks down cultural barriers once it's cheap enough to where every family has at least one set. Think about how powerful it would be to be on the ISS looking down at the earth in real time, or spending an hour with a family in another part of the world that we know little about. Once you see the world through the eyes of another your perspective will be forever changed.
That's my hope for the technology, anyway. The potential is there.
The trailer looked beautiful. Would love to try this out on VR.
It'll end up like -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entire_History_of_You_(Black_Mirror)
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