This Is an Uprising -
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
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Friday, 30 September 2016
quote [ Last year, Oculus Studios head Jason Rubin approached the studio about making a new Rock Band installation, specifically for the then-unreleased Rift headset. The companies quickly came to an agreement, and LoPiccolo?s team began work on what would become Rock Band VR in August. As LoPiccolo puts it, they figured out two things right away: if done right, Rock Band in virtual reality would be amazing, and they had no idea how to make it work. ]
I really have high hopes for a VR music experience that doesn't suck balls. This piece tells us why that's so difficult to pull off.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 9:32am GMT on 30th Sep
I don't get why they're sticking with toy guitars. I prefer RockSmith, where you can actually learn how to play a real guitar.
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Mythtyn said @ 11:06am GMT on 30th Sep
The only problem I have with that for VR is that to actually learn you would need to see finger position on a regular basis which would prove difficult with a hmd on. Only way around that would be if each possible position was capacitive and could tell finger presence on the guitar which would be outrageously expensive.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 1:11pm GMT on 30th Sep
Make learning a separate part of the game, reserving the concert for the VR portion.
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HoZay said @ 2:20pm GMT on 30th Sep
I think they want an intuitive experience that feels as if you knew how to play, bypassing the tedious learning process.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 2:29pm GMT on 30th Sep
Given the number of buttons and the memorization to know which one is which color, you might as well play with an actual guitar with a simplified difficulty (i.e. on Rocksmith's lowest setting, you're strumming a single string at a time). I also think it fits in with the fact that the drummer has to actually drum, the singer has to actually sing, and the keyboard player has to mash keyboard keys.
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5th Earth said @ 11:17am GMT on 30th Sep
TL;DR: you can't enjoy the immersion when you are concentrating on the notes.
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foobar said @ 3:38pm GMT on 30th Sep
Come on now, this is a game about rock stars. If it's going to be realistic, it had better suck balls.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 4:18pm GMT on 30th Sep
You're thinking of the VR "Groupie" DLC.
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