Topic: VR is now a safe space
Anonymous A started this discussion 10 years ago #57,061
We've sometimes hear reports that players receive unwanted attention and feel crowded, mobbed or otherwise uncomfortable in Rec Room. I've had this experience myself :-/ Whether it's just over-enthusiastic people who don't realize they're too in your face, or someone actually being deliberately creepy, it's no fun. Behold the ghost button.The new ghost button is designed to (a) be quick and easy to use, and (b) immediately create breathing room to figure out the situation without someone waving objects in your face or saying inappropriate things at you.
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beckyderp !yDoooooooo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 9 minutes later[^] [v] #734,173
What??
Metæ !goTRUMPlbg joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 42 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #734,179
@previous (beckyderp !yDoooooooo)
> What??
So you don't feel claustrophobic while playing Nintendoes.
> What??
So you don't feel claustrophobic while playing Nintendoes.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #734,180
u wot m8
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,183
@734,173 (beckyderp !yDoooooooo)
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Goddamn, m8s. It isn't that confusing. There's a button to turn human-looking player avatars into generic ghosts. The idea is that they aren't as intimidating as player avatars can be.
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Goddamn, m8s. It isn't that confusing. There's a button to turn human-looking player avatars into generic ghosts. The idea is that they aren't as intimidating as player avatars can be.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,184
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,185
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
VR is very immersive. I can see how somebody coming up to you and leaning their virtual face into yours could be very uncomfortable.
VR is very immersive. I can see how somebody coming up to you and leaning their virtual face into yours could be very uncomfortable.
Jubilee Starshine joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,187
@previous (Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx)
the griefing is one thing about multiplayer VR games that i've been wondering about. remember when you were a kid and you'd walk up behind someone and cover their eyes with your hands and saying guess who? imagine that, but with like a dozen griefers and waggling game modded dicks in your face and doing everything they can to make you super uncomfortable. griefing in standard games is bad enough, i've had griefers really piss me off before and get an emotional outburst out of me. more along the lines of yelling god damnit and rage quitting, but i could see how avatars in VR could actually be intimidating and bullying.
i'm reminded of a Day-z video i saw where a dude was roleplaying a psychopath and would break people's legs in game and make them crawl around and shoot at them and make them... do things - and people actually did it. well, the dude i watched play along was playing along. at first. then when it got creepy, the dude got weirded out and scared and was like literally running from the guy and sounded like at times he was going to maybe cry. it was kind of amazing. funny, but also disturbing, but the most disturbing part was why did the guy do as instructed - out of fear - instead of just logging and finding a new server. it was a weirdly immersive, and kinda disturbing look at what people are willing to submit to in a virtual environment when confronted with behavior that in the real world would be terrifying. it's almost like they player couldn't stop himself from doing what he was told by a figure with power over them, even in a video game.
i can see how VR is really going to fuck with a lot of people's heads.
the griefing is one thing about multiplayer VR games that i've been wondering about. remember when you were a kid and you'd walk up behind someone and cover their eyes with your hands and saying guess who? imagine that, but with like a dozen griefers and waggling game modded dicks in your face and doing everything they can to make you super uncomfortable. griefing in standard games is bad enough, i've had griefers really piss me off before and get an emotional outburst out of me. more along the lines of yelling god damnit and rage quitting, but i could see how avatars in VR could actually be intimidating and bullying.
i'm reminded of a Day-z video i saw where a dude was roleplaying a psychopath and would break people's legs in game and make them crawl around and shoot at them and make them... do things - and people actually did it. well, the dude i watched play along was playing along. at first. then when it got creepy, the dude got weirded out and scared and was like literally running from the guy and sounded like at times he was going to maybe cry. it was kind of amazing. funny, but also disturbing, but the most disturbing part was why did the guy do as instructed - out of fear - instead of just logging and finding a new server. it was a weirdly immersive, and kinda disturbing look at what people are willing to submit to in a virtual environment when confronted with behavior that in the real world would be terrifying. it's almost like they player couldn't stop himself from doing what he was told by a figure with power over them, even in a video game.
i can see how VR is really going to fuck with a lot of people's heads.
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Metæ !goTRUMPlbg replied with this 10 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,190
Imagine if Habbo Hotel was VR! ?
kook !!OPZbEQMT1 joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,193
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 10 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,196
@734,187 (Jubilee Starshine)
It is pretty incredible how immersed people can become with VR. I think you're right that, with some VR video games, that'll be a double-edged sword.
On the flip-side, this high immersion gives VR some very positive applications too. Putting a person in a pleasant VR environment can significantly reduce pain and stress, which can be effective in all sorts of medical-type scenarios.
@734,190 (Metæ !goTRUMPlbg)
Yes! A bunch of black guys with afros in suits blocking a pool would really benefit from VR.
It is pretty incredible how immersed people can become with VR. I think you're right that, with some VR video games, that'll be a double-edged sword.
On the flip-side, this high immersion gives VR some very positive applications too. Putting a person in a pleasant VR environment can significantly reduce pain and stress, which can be effective in all sorts of medical-type scenarios.
@734,190 (Metæ !goTRUMPlbg)
Yes! A bunch of black guys with afros in suits blocking a pool would really benefit from VR.
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beckyderp !yDoooooooo replied with this 10 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,198
@734,183 (Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx)
It doesn't fucking explain that it turns them into ghosts. It just says it's a ghost button. What, did you expect me to click on the thumbnail or something?
Figgit.
It doesn't fucking explain that it turns them into ghosts. It just says it's a ghost button. What, did you expect me to click on the thumbnail or something?
Figgit.
Metæ !goTRUMPlbg replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,199
@previous (beckyderp !yDoooooooo)
When their turned into ghost's, can you talk to them usign a Weegee board?
When their turned into ghost's, can you talk to them usign a Weegee board?
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,200
@734,198 (beckyderp !yDoooooooo)
I'll turn you into a ghost in a minute, m8.
> What, did you expect me to click on the thumbnail or something?
Yes!
I'll turn you into a ghost in a minute, m8.
> What, did you expect me to click on the thumbnail or something?
Yes!
bu joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #734,202
@734,199 (Metæ !goTRUMPlbg)
> When their turned into ghost's, can you talk to them usign a Weegee board?
are u OK?
> When their turned into ghost's, can you talk to them usign a Weegee board?
are u OK?
Metæ !goTRUMPlbg replied with this 10 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #734,203
@previous (bu)
> > When their turned into ghost's, can you talk to them usign a Weegee board?
>
> are u OK?
ive never been okay ????????????????????????????
> > When their turned into ghost's, can you talk to them usign a Weegee board?
>
> are u OK?
ive never been okay ????????????????????????????
Jubilee Starshine replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #734,204
@734,193 (kook !!OPZbEQMT1)
creepy stuff? like he'd break their legs so they couldn't move then make them strip their clothes off and say things or he'd break their arms and turn on creepy music and sing to them. i'm trying to find the video. but yeah, oh yeah, and he'd heal them. not completely, but he'd let them linger near death and then heal them up so they didn't die. he'd make them beg for him to stop and stuff.
creepy stuff? like he'd break their legs so they couldn't move then make them strip their clothes off and say things or he'd break their arms and turn on creepy music and sing to them. i'm trying to find the video. but yeah, oh yeah, and he'd heal them. not completely, but he'd let them linger near death and then heal them up so they didn't die. he'd make them beg for him to stop and stuff.
kook !!OPZbEQMT1 replied with this 10 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #734,206
Killer Lettuce? !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #734,207
@734,204 (Jubilee Starshine)
I remember reading about one Day Z guy who was "taken hostage" by a gang of stronger players for a while. They took his items and forced him to walk into buildings first to check for zombies.
I remember reading about one Day Z guy who was "taken hostage" by a gang of stronger players for a while. They took his items and forced him to walk into buildings first to check for zombies.
Jubilee Starshine replied with this 10 years ago, 30 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #734,213
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 11 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #734,264
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #734,518
@OP
So it's Ostrich Mode, basically. Does this mean that Minichan is also, in fact, a "safe space"?
So it's Ostrich Mode, basically. Does this mean that Minichan is also, in fact, a "safe space"?