Will Battlefield 1 include full support for Oculus Rift and/or other VR headsets?
I’d hazard a guess that there would be vague support. To the point it works and may have preset controls which work kindly but doubt it’ll be a full support and optimised title.
That would be really cool if it happens. I believe there won’t be too much VR support as the game is not really fitted maybe for such experience, yet.
Aren’t dice working on a battlefront for ps vr so it might be a possibility there’s some sort of support.
If BF1 will have VR support on PC then prepare for broken furniture and tons of bricks in gaming bed rooms all over the world
They can make VR for the Commander Mode, which is not impossible, it would be easily achieved to make it a feature worth playing in the virtual world! Like a virtual command center with some intuitive features and actual gameplay. While it may not be feasible to play the actual game due to the running around and shooting, something like that is possible but who knows? Or maybe they can do something in the lines of VR support for a specific mode or even a vehicle… like loading a tank shell or gunning in a plane… which would require putting on the VR headset and taking it off, so I doubt this will appeal to gamers, but they can definitely incorporate VR for something small, but useful. So a VR mode that would require everyone to use a VR headset is possible, like air superiority, or tank superiority… so everyone is forced to play evenly… how would it work towards ranking etc… is the hard part!
There’s so few headsets out there. Adding support for VR in a title so huge and complex as Battlefield will be very expensive and probably wont make sense. It will cost too much, there wont be many computers that could run it and it would probably take too many developers away from the main game.
There’s a reason most VR titles so far are small and focused.
The most probable answer is that it will not have VR support of any kind.
VR games has to be built from the ground up to be as immersive as possible. And there is a balance problem from using VR hardware vs normal PC gamers in multiplayer. A player using a VR headset would be able to lean around corners or even leam through walls and would basically be cheating. If a player model moves in a certain way then the position of their head would have to be tracked for other players trying to shoot them as well.
If VR was to be used in a Battlefield type game, then there would have to be a mode which is VR ONLY and with VR ONLY servers.
Battlefield VR sounds like a really interesting approach, but it wouldn’t work practically speaking. You can use certain software like vorpx to force VR support, but it isn’t geometric 3D, it’s basically just simulated 3D.(Kind of like watching a 3D movie, which wasn’t made to be a 3D movie). It’s not comfortable and creates alot of eyestrain.
VR can also give motion sickness if not animated properly. If you are jumping from walking speed to suddenly accelerating hundreds of miles per hour in a jet, rotating in every axis possible, and then jumping out, that is going to put your brain through a lot. I’ve never been in a jet. But I’m pretty sure the nausia it causes is many times worse than being car sick.
I do have both Oculus Rift DK2 and the HTC Vive and I use them extensively, so I know what I’m talking about. I’m more immune against motion sickness than anyone who’ve tried my HMDs. There have been some horrible experiences made, because at first you think it will be cool, but then you try it and you regret ever thinking it would be. And we still don’t know what the perfect game will be.
The most playable VR first person games right now are wave based shooters, where waves of enemies storm your position. Which means you don’t move around that much.
If they can create a way of movement that doesn’t turn your insides upside down, by either cancelling nausia with technology(currently in the works by third parties) or creating a new genre or movement system that keeps the Battlefield way of gameplay intact, then we can have a Battlefield VR game.
But until then, don’t get your hopes up. It is very likely Star Wars Battlefront VR will be a local, seated experience as well. I would imagine they are working on a turret type shooting game. I doubt it will even be on rails because that causes motion sickness for some no matter how slow you move.
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why can’t DICE separate console players from PC? so at least hackers won’t ruin console player’s game?!!!
Console players do not play with PC players… wat?
I am!
When they are on console lol
I think it would make a great experience for flying and driving, but a waste of resources supporting something that so few people own.
Yeah, a VR commander mode is possible… and they can implement it with a patch in the future. I imagine it can be useful if done correctly. It’s not impossible, and will appeal to many. It would look great if the commander can view what the players are seeing thru the VR in live feed, so they can assist with commander commands and support the players in the battlefield according to their current situation. I’m a 38 yr old gamer, BF vet and I would be happy to see the future titles have a feature that is so intuitive, as live support via VR would definitely help the gamers get the best support in-game. But NOT in WWI.
Imagine you are in a situation in the battlefield, and the commander can see exactly what you are up against via satellite, and VR feed from your helmet cam or vehicle dashcam. Then he can determine how and when to assist and where to drop supplies. Obviously it’s not something we had in WWI, so they would need to incorporate it cleverly enough as to be realistic in the approach if they want to do it. What technology was available back then? It can be done in a more modern warfare approach without deviating from the realism of the era, but in World war one, what technology did we have to provide this VR environment? None really, but if they have a DLC that brings the ERA up a few decades, then it can be done.
VR? I’m in :*
why can’t DICE separate console players from PC? so at least hackers won’t ruin console player’s game?!!!
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Way to expensive atm imo i would rather upgrade my video card and get a nice ips monitor for the same price, it costs 1hundred million dollors, plus tax.
honestly, VR wouldn’t make sense in BF and is too expensive to add as a gimmick.
also, motion sickness. this game isn’t made for VR
I am pretty sure this won’t be happening.
I guess DICE is working on better projects in terms of VR.