- March 14, 2018
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Welcome to Light Fields. Experience real-world reflections, depth, and translucence like never before in VR. Explore the Gamble House, Mosaic Tile House, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. These navigable stills showcase the emerging technology Google is using to power its next generation of VR content.
- Incredible high-fidelity environments that create a truly immersive experience in VR.
- A fascinating demonstration of light field technology, showcasing the potential for future applications in VR and photography.
- The experience is free and provides a unique glimpse into photorealistic environments, making it a must-try for VR enthusiasts.
- The application is poorly optimized, often crashing or requiring low resolution settings to run.
- The experience is very short, leaving players wanting more content and exploration options.
- Limited movement within the scenes can detract from the immersion, as users are confined to a small area.
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The graphics in this VR experience are widely praised for their stunning photorealism and detail, often described as the best on Steam and a benchmark for future visuals. Users express excitement about the potential of such graphics in upcoming games and the optimization that allows even less powerful PCs to run them effectively. Overall, the visuals are seen as a significant leap forward, hinting at a promising future for virtual reality graphics.
“This demo is a taste of the future we're all dreaming of: a proper (though understandably very small) roomscale-tracking virtual space with photorealistic graphics.”
“The graphics and detail are stunning.”
“Never would have thought that 5 years down the drain this would still be the king of visuals.”
“I wish my computer could run it better, but the fact that my PC managed these kinds of graphics at all shows that it is really well optimized.”
“Imagine this on some future high-res headset; graphics could not get technically any better (it's already real-life quality!).”
