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Stay seated: Valve’s Team Fortress 2 ported to virtual reality
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If Valve Software’s Team Fortress 2 is anything, it’s versatile. The company’s demonstrating that versatility once more in porting the game to virtual reality goggles, which could result in some serious psychological trauma. Kidding aside, a Game Developers Conference blurb today revealed the internal project — part of Valve’s ongoing wearable computing efforts — which says the talk, “will describe lessons learned from Valve’s porting experience.” In another talk, Valve hardware man Michael Abrash is diving into the possibilities he sees in the future of VR, as viewed through his own company’s experience. It isn’t clear whether Valve is using the much-loved Oculus Rift technology (seen above); the notes of the second talk only detail a general exploration of VR’s weaknesses and strengths as they pertain to current technology. One thing is clear: both talks aim to educate game developers on what some Valve employees see as a burgeoning new frontier in game development. We welcome this bizarrely sci-fi future with open arms.Continue reading Stay seated: Valve’s Team Fortress 2 ported to virtual realityFiled under: Gaming, Peripherals, HDCommentsSource: GDC (1), GDC (2)
source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/15/team-fortress-2-virtual-reality/
2013-01-15 17:17:18
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