VRChat was released last year and has been picking up momentum all over the place. If you have not had the chance to see what it's like, it's worth at least checking out as an observer.
The worlds and experiences are reminiscent of Stephenson's Snow Crash or Cline's Ready Player One in so many ways. It's eery, fascinating, and altogether odd.
Add on top of this that spectators, sometimes in the thousands, watch these virtual experiences live on Twitch.tv, and you have a very "we're in the future" feeling.
You can check out plenty of live streams of people experiencing this on Twitch.tv now:
>The worlds and experiences are reminiscent of Stephenson's Snow Crash or Cline's Ready Player One in so many ways. It's eery, fascinating, and altogether odd.
It looks more like VR Idiocracy to me. Especially if you check out twitch and see donation stuff and stream overlays. It's just a platform for vomiting memes. https://imgur.com/ZkJq1cr
On the other hand, if it were super-serious-Deus-Ex-plotting-the-control-of-the-proletariat-VR-Chat, I don't think I could take that seriously either (and would be quickly overrun with Uganda knuckles anyway).
> Rogue Shadow VR says he caught up with the player afterwards on Steam, and that he is doing better now.
Since one of the definitions of "succumb" is "die from the effect of a disease or injury," this title is more than a little clickbaity! Mods, can you potentially edit to "User has seizure..."?
I also associate succumb with die for some reason, although I'm not sure why. Maybe in the newspapers if they say 'x succumbed to their injuries' it would imply that?
Just because "succumb" is euphemistically used to refer to death doesn't mean it's the only meaning. Perhaps "Users suffers a seizure..." would have been a better phrasing though.
1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire;
give up or give in. See 'yield'.
2. To die, especially from a disease or injury.
I think it definitely could have, but it's very hard to determine the trigger for a seizure.
It could not be related to any triggers too (audio/visual).
It can only be identified by review of the person who it happened to... The rest of us are just speculating, and no point in that :)
Systems, including VR, should have an option to disable/slowdown fast paced color switching on a end-user level of they are known to be susceptible to seizures with visual triggers
[+] [-] randomdrake|8 years ago|reply
The worlds and experiences are reminiscent of Stephenson's Snow Crash or Cline's Ready Player One in so many ways. It's eery, fascinating, and altogether odd.
Add on top of this that spectators, sometimes in the thousands, watch these virtual experiences live on Twitch.tv, and you have a very "we're in the future" feeling.
You can check out plenty of live streams of people experiencing this on Twitch.tv now:
https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/VRChat
[+] [-] FLUX-YOU|8 years ago|reply
It looks more like VR Idiocracy to me. Especially if you check out twitch and see donation stuff and stream overlays. It's just a platform for vomiting memes. https://imgur.com/ZkJq1cr
On the other hand, if it were super-serious-Deus-Ex-plotting-the-control-of-the-proletariat-VR-Chat, I don't think I could take that seriously either (and would be quickly overrun with Uganda knuckles anyway).
[+] [-] tlrobinson|8 years ago|reply
[+] [-] btown|8 years ago|reply
Since one of the definitions of "succumb" is "die from the effect of a disease or injury," this title is more than a little clickbaity! Mods, can you potentially edit to "User has seizure..."?
[+] [-] chesimov|8 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Klathmon|8 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] petraeus|8 years ago|reply
succumbed to fear <> die
succumbed to love <> die
etc
[+] [-] chrisper|8 years ago|reply
[+] [-] amelius|8 years ago|reply
That's one aspect I would have expected in the article.
[+] [-] sergers|8 years ago|reply
It could not be related to any triggers too (audio/visual).
It can only be identified by review of the person who it happened to... The rest of us are just speculating, and no point in that :)
Systems, including VR, should have an option to disable/slowdown fast paced color switching on a end-user level of they are known to be susceptible to seizures with visual triggers
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[+] [-] sergers|8 years ago|reply
They have no idea what is happening to the guy truly, and we don't know what set it off.
If you have proof, or more info please cite.
Noone knows what set this person off, it could be not related to visuals.
Yes, that person is dancing in front, but as soon as someone says to move away any flashing LED costumes, that person moved.
If that person was an asshole truly, they wouldn't have moved when asked to do so
[+] [-] jey|8 years ago|reply
Photosensitive epilepsy is a real thing, but this is just speculation.
[+] [-] unknown|8 years ago|reply
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