Ars Technica: Virtual reality is coming to the passenger seat near you, at least as long as you own an Audi vehicle with the brand's most current operating system, anyway. The Audi spinoff, Holoride, announced this week that it will begin offering the Pioneer Pack for just under $700, which includes an HTC VIVE Flow headset, an 8BitDo Pro 2 Gamepad, and a year-long subscription to the Holoride platform, for those who own a 2023 Audi or newer (with the MIB 3 system).
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This is a really interesting technology that I will try to learn more about and see if there are any other aspects of it that I could maybe experience it myself. I have participated in various horror or thriller games using VR devices and it is such a unique experience as you can see something that seems realistic, while you know that it is not, displayed in front of your eyes. It also makes me wonder what inspired the creative team to choose to us vehicles such as cars as a medium to display their work and present their games to different groups of people. In the last paragraph, while it have talked about how these could play an important role in cars when travelling long distance with children, I also wonder if it could be used somewhere else such as on rollercoasters and in amusement park as it could be used in other part of the entertainment industry.
This seems like a pretty interesting idea to pursue, but I definitely would be nervous to try this because of motion sickness. I have tried out VR before and it feels so strange to have the headset over your eyes like that. Although, I once had the opportunity to wear a VR headset on a roller coaster that was SuperMan themed and it was a whole superman experience in VR that went along perfectly with the ride. It was actually pretty incredible. I think as engineers work harder and harder to make this a comfortable experience for everyone to use it that this could be very powerful technology. I could imagine kids using this technology on a long car ride to keep them occupied or even a group of adults needing some entertainment other than conversation. It’s a bit strange for sure, but I think this concept could work really well with a bit of tweaking and refining.
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