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peter gabriel posted:The fov is the thing I'd love to be improved, I can deal with the resolution (improvements are welcome though!) but I would adore a proper all encompassing fov I think having a bunch of programmable multicolored LEDs surrounding the area outside of the vive's field of view that can be controlled by what's going on in the VR environment could potentially be a fantastic stop gap since we're talking about crude monocular peripheral vision here. I think this would be a great mod for existing Vives and potentially Rifts too. iceaim fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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Someone did some mod of a headset that put a bunch of LEDs around the outside, don't know how far that got.
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homeless snail posted:I'm kinda skeptical and I have no idea what the product they're gonna sell later this year is if they don't have a headset design of their own Of course your should be skeptical, but if they can get foveated rendering working then someone will buy them/license the tech for use in their headsets. It's a problem that many companies have been trying to solve, and this seems like a pretty horrible solution. I hate to think of physical moving parts on your head when we still commonly hit headsets into walls. The most common idea is just eye tracking then rendering the screen only in high res at the focal area of the eye. Since they eye is only highly perceptive for about 3 degrees you could render everything else to a much lower level with no perceivable visual difference. In the Oculus connect talk Abrash said that he believed if you could get perfect eye tracking you would get about a 10x reduction in the required rendering effort. That would mean you could either do 10 times more complex scenes, or you'd be able to run on hardware 1/10th as powerful.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:13
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Mechanical doesn't necessarily mean steampunk gears and driveshafts, it could be a DLP-like solid state device. Would still be bulkier than a panel if it involves reflection paths though.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:52
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https://www.oculus.com/blog/summer-of-rift-heats-up-esports-action-free-multiplayer-weekends-and-more/ Oh boy Echo Arena July 6-10
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I think if anyone were going to be bought for their tech, it would have been the Fove people. I know that HTC already bought some eye tracking tech and I'm pretty sure Oculus is working with a company too. If their goal is to get bought up by a bigger company, I'd say that, like Sixsense Stem, that ship has already sailed.
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iceaim posted:I think having a bunch of programmable multicolored LEDs surrounding the area outside of the vive's field of view that can be controlled by what's going on in the VR environment could potentially be a fantastic stop gap since we're talking about crude monocular peripheral vision here. I think this would be a great mod for existing Vives and potentially Rifts too. That sounds really interesting, I have a TV that projects the colours on screen behind it onto the wall to create an ambient effect, and can picture how that would work I'm picturing this basically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Q33FtNdgs&t=79s peter gabriel fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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iceaim posted:I think having a bunch of programmable multicolored LEDs surrounding the area outside of the vive's field of view that can be controlled by what's going on in the VR environment could potentially be a fantastic stop gap since we're talking about crude monocular peripheral vision here. I think this would be a great mod for existing Vives and potentially Rifts too. The only problem with that is it loses its whole effect the moment you start looking anywhere but dead center. If you're looking at the edge of your screen your going to have these big blurry lights right there which might look really off.
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Tom Guycot posted:The only problem with that is it loses its whole effect the moment you start looking anywhere but dead center. If you're looking at the edge of your screen your going to have these big blurry lights right there which might look really off. Yeah, really off the hook
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Lemming posted:https://www.oculus.com/blog/summer-of-rift-heats-up-esports-action-free-multiplayer-weekends-and-more/ Ooh and a free weekend for The Unspoken, I always wanted to try that
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Also GORN is opening purchase for Early Access on the 10th, so lots of lovely VR fun to come! I purchased To The Top and after the initial weirdness with the controls - this ain't no Climbey - I'm really enjoying it. I love the soundtrack and the feeling of vaulting through the air feels incredible. It's definitely not the same style of game as Climbey, it's more a freeform, fast-paced parkour game. God bless STEAM summer sales, bringing VR games down to almost bearable prices!
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http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...RS=PN/8,212,859 HMD peripheral LEDs are patented by apple.
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peter gabriel posted:That sounds really interesting, I have a TV that projects the colours on screen behind it onto the wall to create an ambient effect, and can picture how that would work Exactly! You have the basic idea down. I think it could be a great pseudo increased FOV hack.
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The new controllers look fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCkD5aM3AwQ
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Lathe Safety Simulator Well then.
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Songbearer posted:Lathe Safety Simulator tomorrow morning I am going to wake up, drink some coffee, get so god drat high, and then learn to lathe safely.
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The Walrus posted:tomorrow morning I am going to wake up, drink some coffee, get so god drat high, and then learn to lathe safely. I'm pretty sure you'll have already broken the first rule of safe lathing!
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I'm pretty sure you'll have already broken the first rule of safe lathing! You cannot lathe in your sleep please do not attempt as de gloving may occur
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Add my voice to the chorus: SUPERHOT VR Endless Mode is outrageously excellent. I keep convincing myself that I can do idiotic Wanted-style bullet curve motions with the Uzi AND IT JUST KEEPS WORKING.
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The absolute boy Anton made a Westworld parody level for H3VR and holy poo poo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN_J9o-akJc
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Taintrunner posted:The absolute boy Anton made a Westworld parody level for H3VR and holy poo poo This guy is a delight in his production.
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I heard a great one tonight "If you exercise in VR... You exercise in real life"
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honda whisperer posted:I heard a great one tonight This is very true After the first day of Echo Arena I learned I needed to have a big container of water and drink between every round or I'd get dehydrated
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Reminds me of https://i.imgur.com/eD0JGvE_d.jpg Honestly I use audioshield/soundboxing as a workout routine. My dog would probably rather me go on a walk but damnit, I need to hit bubbles in cyberspace!
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honda whisperer posted:I heard a great one tonight
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Alpha Phoenix posted:Reminds me of https://i.imgur.com/eD0JGvE_d.jpg  For the non-tiny version
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honda whisperer posted:"If you exercise in VR... You exercise in real life" God bless VR for keeping us healthy
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Welp gonna add that to my VR workout routine of Gorn/Soundboxing/Thrill of the Fight, so this headset is definitely hosed (I already get IMU issues when I get too hot and sweaty) Also can you really not change the grip angle in Arizona Sunshine? The first thing I did when the main character started talking was try to shoot myself so I think this is gonna be a refund
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Rift + touch is finally in the mail! I bought sound boxing. What else do I need outside of the bundled freebies during the steam and oculus sale? Almost bought quiver and thrill of the fight, but lost my nerve.
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I'd say Pavlov and Climbey, but you might want to get a bit more used to VR before you start throwing artificial locomotion in the mix. Thumper is awesome, and you probably owe it to yourself to get some kind of car game (Assetto Corsa, Project Cars, Dirt Rally).
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Agreed. I've got project cars and dirt rally and I'm holding out hope that they will be awesome. Also have elite, DCS, war thunder. Thought about job simulator too but the price is a bit steep for what it is from where I'm standing.
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SuperHot VR is a must buy, come to think of it. Get it wherever it is cheapest. EDIT: Spoke too soon, apparently the Steam version has issues when using a Rift, so get it on the Oculus store.
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SwissCM posted:SuperHot VR is a must buy, come to think of it. Get it wherever it is cheapest. Best to grab it on Steam and refund it if it doesn't work well since Steam Refunds are that simple.
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SwissCM posted:I'd say Pavlov Pavlov and Soundboxing are the only 2 things I find myself coming back to over and over again. I don't have Onward so I can't compare but Pavlov at $7 I think it a pretty no brainer. Although I'd suggest waiting a bit since it is touchpad locomotion and pretty fast when you're sprinting with no weapons.
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Safetyland posted:Agreed. I've got project cars and dirt rally and I'm holding out hope that they will be awesome. War Thunder is great now, as is Elite (if you have the computer to drive it) Job Simulator was my favorite VR experience for the longest time, so I think its worth it. Its the IDEAL game for demoing VR to your friends, if anybody comes over and wants to play with VR for 10 minutes and see what only VR can do, have them play Job Sim. Any other game they'll be fiddling around with learning the game stuff for a long time and the VR will just sorta be there, but with Job Sim its instant and immediate that you're in VR and doing things you couldn't do outside of VR. Its also genuinely funny and does have some replay value as there are hidden easter eggs and things you can do that you aren't told you can do. Its not the biggest game but I find by the time I beat all the missions, I'd forgotten what the earlier ones were like and enjoyed playing through them again. Rick & Morty is Job Sim 2 and is more of the same, well, maybe "less of the same" is more accurate. Its got even better humor but its slightly shorter. Subnautica would be really brilliant in VR but I keep having different major issues with it so I can't recommend it right now. Hopefully it gets all fixed up and then when its "done" it'll be amazing.
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I really enjoyed the Solus Project and can't recommend it enough.
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I just picked up Rick & Morty the other day and it's definitely a step up from Job Simulator. I enjoyed Job Simulator on release, but everything just felt a bit too straight forward and in the case of the mechanic job, went on too long. While Rick & Morty is still task oriented, it feels a little less hand-holdy and I think it makes you think a little more for some of the puzzles. I think Job Simulator (or a sequel) could be more interesting with a randomized mode with pass/fail conditions and multi-tasking to keep you on your toes.
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GI_Clutch posted:I just picked up Rick & Morty the other day and it's definitely a step up from Job Simulator. I enjoyed Job Simulator on release, but everything just felt a bit too straight forward and in the case of the mechanic job, went on too long. While Rick & Morty is still task oriented, it feels a little less hand-holdy and I think it makes you think a little more for some of the puzzles. I think Job Simulator (or a sequel) could be more interesting with a randomized mode with pass/fail conditions and multi-tasking to keep you on your toes. Yeah just adding a randomized mode and some upgrades would give it tons more depth. You could turn the cooking segment of Job Sim into something like Cook, Serve, Delicious really easily.
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