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nihilian
Up and Coming
May 9, 2013
Question

Ideas: HP Lovecraft VR Experience? God Helmet?

I'm just gonna blurb out ideas I have that might make for cool VR projects in the hopes that someone will want to do it.

1. Adopting some short Lovecraftian stories might be really awesome, even if it's just a theme-park ride kind of experience, not as full blown games. I get chills just reading those books, I might need a poop bucket with OR.

The God/Koren Helmet or Shatki helmet from Michael Persinger, Todd Murphy et al is one of the only well known, well researched, commercially accessible neural stimulation technology that produces dramatic psychological and/or paranormal effects.

If you're not familiar with it, go ahead and google/youtube some of those names.

I'm actually as much afraid as excited about the prospect of combining a robust VR game with that kind of neural stimulation.

    9 replies

    AnotherAtreyu
    Up and Coming
    May 9, 2013
    I think a Virtual Cthulu simulator would be pretty wicked. So you could look and see your tentacles and claws and run around terrorizing little fishing villages feeding off of souls and screams until you became powerful enough to summon your dark hordes and go all out on the mainland. Of course there would have to be some cool ocean battles between yourself and the Elder Gods, or perhaps some Giant Squid?

    :D
    “If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all.” (~I really gotta remember this shiz~) ― Yogi Bhajan
    sven
    Inspiring
    May 9, 2013
    A ski simulator could be fun, you're wearing a ski mask anyway :lol:
    ghostlyfu
    Up and Coming
    May 13, 2013
    Great minds do think alike. I'm exploring the movie/theatre potential of OR, starting with a From Beyond adaptation. OR & the pineal = beware.

    Stephen
    ThothThe3x
    Up and Coming
    May 13, 2013
    I may or may not be working on something Lovecraftian. Until I get my Rift I can't tell the effect of rendering creepy things in only one eye in mirrors and such though, so I've kind of put it on hold til I get mine next month.
    sgtsprinkles
    New Participant
    May 16, 2013
    "ghostlyfu" wrote:
    Great minds do think alike. I'm exploring the movie/theatre potential of OR, starting with a From Beyond adaptation. OR & the pineal = beware.

    Stephen

    If we could get rift support for garrys mod, there are multiplayer "theatre servers" already up and running. Its all youtube based, I think it would be awesome with OR.
    2EyeGuy
    Up and Coming
    May 20, 2013
    God helmet? That sounds a bit sacrilegious. ;)
    Currently working on Dolphin VR Follow along: https://github.com/CarlKenner/dolphin/commits/VR-Hydra Latest Version: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=11241&start=1020#p249426
    Grix
    Up and Coming
    May 22, 2013
    Should get vireio working on Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Excellent game!
    rorster
    Participant
    June 7, 2013
    Great lovecraft idea

    I own a website http://www.madebylovecraft.com it gets thousands of lovecraft fans visiting perhaps we could get some of those fans posting ideas :)
    ThothThe3x
    Up and Coming
    June 8, 2013
    "rorster" wrote:
    Great lovecraft idea

    I own a website http://www.madebylovecraft.com it gets thousands of lovecraft fans visiting perhaps we could get some of those fans posting ideas :)


    I already visit too many sites daily, but if you get some good ideas, definitely post them here. I might be going a little over the top with the game I'm working on, but I won't be able to tell until I get my Rift (this week finally, maybe? in processing)... it's not even a horror game unless you look in the wrong spots, go down the wrong alleys, or notice that one creepy guy that always seems to be in every scene.
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