{"id":8485,"date":"2022-04-09T10:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/how-vr-games-trick-you-into-thinking-objects-have-weight\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T10:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T09:52:18","slug":"how-vr-games-trick-you-into-thinking-objects-have-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/how-vr-games-trick-you-into-thinking-objects-have-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"How VR games trick you into thinking objects have weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nImmersion is easily virtual reality\u2019s biggest strength over what you might call flat gaming. When done well, VR can whisk us away to familiar worlds, storybook fantasies, a galaxy far far away, even the mountainside for a quick spot of climbing. Putting players directly inside these 360 degree spaces, there\u2019s an utter joy to the medium that can\u2019t be recreated on a TV or PC monitor. Often, that hinges on intuitive use of motion controls &#8211; and in VR, hand movement is integral.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSome VR games support traditional controllers but, honestly, they\u2019ve never done the format justice. Direct hand and finger tracking is promising yet limited, making motion controls an adaptable middle ground. While they can\u2019t replicate our exact hand, grip and trigger buttons add significant physicality when holding objects. But this poses another problem. With games using the same controllers for object interaction, how do you convey object weights differently? Picking up items is one thing, throwing them accurately is another.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing the release of several physics-based VR games like Boneworks, I was curious to learn more, so I spoke to two developers. The first is Immersion Games, the developers of <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1293530\/Disc_Ninja\/\">Disc Ninja<\/a>, where I spoke to CEO Bartosz Ros&amp;lstrok;o&amp;nacute;ski. Presently, his team is working on a major update to Disc Ninja\u2019s \u201cflight and throwing model,\u201d letting them expand the game\u2019s arsenal of throwable objects. After that I spoke to Tunermaxx\u2019s Kalle Max Hofmann, the game director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/experiences\/quest\/3327842470656115\/?locale=en_GB\">Rainbow Reactor: Fusion<\/a>, an expanded version of Rainbow Reactor. Currently the team&#8217;s developing <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1802520\/Snow_Scout\/\">Snow Scout<\/a>, which utilises a \u201cphysics-based approach.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/how-vr-games-trick-you-with-object-weight\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immersion is easily virtual reality\u2019s biggest strength over what you might call flat gaming. When done well, VR can whisk us away to familiar worlds, storybook fantasies, a galaxy far far away, even the mountainside for a quick spot of climbing. 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