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TalkLittle posted:There's also the Miku-style rhythm game Airtone which is good if you like the anime style. 25 tracks and 3 difficulties. At least it's apparently way better than the official Miku VR game on Steam, which sounds rushed and cashing in on the IP while providing a half-baked game with only 8 tracks. Airtone is fun but you have to grind by playing songs to unlock new songs which got slightly annoying. Guess I have to buy Beatsaber, I was worried it would suck from the enormous amount of hype I kept seeing for it.
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So can you play non-VR games on the Rift using the VR headset, like a cinematic mode where the VR headset just turns into a big-rear end monitor? Also how does watching movies on the Rift look?
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jubjub64 posted:Is the "facial interface" that comes from vrcover the same dimensions as the stock one from Oculus? I want to use a 3d printed lens frame that I found on thingiverse but I don't know if it will work with vrcover's insert. Its very close. I have some of those lens inserts coming for the GF so I can test it once they get here. Hopefully a week or so. theblackw0lf posted:So can you play non-VR games on the Rift using the VR headset, like a cinematic mode where the VR headset just turns into a big-rear end monitor? Yeah. Just boot up big screen and enjoy.
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EbolaIvory posted:Its very close. I have some of those lens inserts coming for the GF so I can test it once they get here. Hopefully a week or so. Cool, also I have a GTX 1060 6G. Would that be sufficient to run a game like Lone Echo?
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Beat Saber is somewhere between great and must-own. It's so focused, polished and optimized that you really shouldn't be worried about the Early Access part if it looks like something you'd enjoy. It's extremely well designed and performs beautifully, you can tell the devs put a lot of thought into the feel and presence of the experience. A lot of VR stuff seems to be trying to do a lot of things at the expense of doing any of them well (orbusVR is the foul king of that particular poo poo mountain) but Beat Saber is completely the opposite. It's an extremely pure experience, the kind of thing that you used to go to arcades for. It's instant fun, and yet another one of those things you should get to show people how awesome VR is these days. That said, it's nowhere near ready to replace BoxVR for me. It needs a playlist function, and most of all it needs good beat detection and playlist importing. In my wildest fantasies, that means Spotify integration. Yes, there are only 10 songs, but they're actually pretty good. Much better than the usual cheapo licensed music these things start with. I have to assume more content is the first thing the devs are pushing toward, I guess we'll have to see how fast they can ramp it up. I personally think it's worth the 20 bux, but if they run a sale it's a no-brainer at less than that. protip: if you already play soundboxing or BoxVR or anything like it, start with Hard. Normal will probably bore you. Dr. Fishopolis fucked around with this message at 21:00 on May 1, 2018 |
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May 1, 2018 20:57
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theblackw0lf posted:Also how does watching movies on the Rift look? Meh. It's like having a huge, bright projector in a nicely set up room, but the resolution is barely 720p. If that sounds like something you'd enjoy, go for it, but I wouldn't factor it into a purchase decision. The next gen stuff should be much better for movie watching. theblackw0lf posted:Cool, also I have a GTX 1060 6G. Would that be sufficient to run a game like Lone Echo? Yep.
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Speaking of rhythm games, I started up BoxVR the other day and it’s great fun! But my arms and back muscles are killing me. Am I just out of shape, or should I worry that I’m throwing punches too hard? I don’t wanna pull a muscle or cause any damage by going too ham on VR or some poo poo. Disclaimer: I know loving nothing about exercising so I dunno if I’m worrying over nothing.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Speaking of rhythm games, I started up BoxVR the other day and it’s great fun! But my arms and back muscles are killing me. Am I just out of shape, or should I worry that I’m throwing punches too hard? I don’t wanna pull a muscle or cause any damage by going too ham on VR or some poo poo. Disclaimer: I know loving nothing about exercising so I dunno if I’m worrying over nothing. You're just out of shape. Take it easy and work on the basics for a while until you build up your speed and endurance. Treat it more like a speed bag than a heavy bag. Then, once BoxVR no longer hurts and you're getting into the rhythm of it, try Thrill of the Fight for a whole new universe of suffering.
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mobby_6kl posted:Looks like the Go embargo just dropped so Ars has a review up: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/oculus-go-review-the-wireless-vr-future-begins-today-for-only-199/ Thank you for mentioning this! I ordered one from amazon and should be getting it this Thursday. I’m mainly interested in using it to watch media with, but I’m also hopeful that I can figure out a way to turn it into an educational experience for my kids/job. Exciting!
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Macintosh HD posted:Unfortunately, I can't answer that. I had the spring update insider build, as well as the SteamVR and SteamVR for WMR betas installed from the first moment I had the Dell Visor. I don't have any experience with the tracking before these updates were in place. I had the old 1709 build installed up until about 2 weeks ago when I enrolled in the Insider program (slow ring). When I updated to 1803, I had to fight a bug where SteamVR would no longer recognize my headset, but now it's working fine. The tracking is markedly improved and I have little jitter in games like Pavlov, so now I can actually reliably aim down the sights (assuming I'm not spraying like a retard, which I am 90% of the time). It's still problematic when the headset loses sight of a controller, be it behind you or at your waist, but it seems to recover much faster and is generally more accurate and stable. The Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR driver just went out of early access too, and I have yet to test it after that update, but I can say confidently that the tracking has noticeably improved between the two builds. Even Arizona Sunshine, which I stupidly bought on the Microsoft Store assuming it would have better WMR compatibility through that store, is better.
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Just understand that Oculus Go is not in any way "Real VR". I'm sure it's a fine media player and a fun toy to mess around with, but a headset with only 3 degrees of head or hand tracking just isn't representative of what VR is capable of in tyool 2018. I'm a little torn about the whole idea, I get that it's a pretty cool thing for not much money that gives you a taste of what VR could be, but the GearVR software ecosystem just plain isn't very good and that's a real big problem for the Go. If it turns out to work like a gateway drug to get people more interested in VR in general, I'm all for it, but I think it's equally possible that people will gently caress around with it for a couple days and decide it isn't worth it, as evidenced by the thousands of GearVR sets people ditch on ebay for nothing. You can't even watch YouTube with it at launch. If you already have a decent gaming PC, you can get a Windows MR headset on sale for around the same price, which is a way, way, way better deal.
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Ok to get opinions on a VR game? disclaimer: I don't game or VR . (Kerbal Space Plan), but family is working with the startup making it and looking for useful opinions. making an assumption that useful opinions are to be found on comedy web site forum.
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some_admin posted:Ok to get opinions on a VR game? I have no idea what you're asking for.
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some_admin posted:Ok to get opinions on a VR game? What
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nickhimself posted:Didn't someone mention before that The Forest has VR support? It's on Steam's front page today and triggered that memory If you're not sick of jungle survival games, it's aight.
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May 1, 2018 22:10
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I think he's asking if he can ask for opinions on something
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If there's one thing goons hate, it's giving their opinion on video games.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Speaking of rhythm games, I started up BoxVR the other day and it’s great fun! But my arms and back muscles are killing me. Am I just out of shape, or should I worry that I’m throwing punches too hard? I don’t wanna pull a muscle or cause any damage by going too ham on VR or some poo poo. Disclaimer: I know loving nothing about exercising so I dunno if I’m worrying over nothing. Please work out.
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Shine posted:Please work out. Lol leave that post alone it’s amazing. “I accidentally exercised and now I’m sore, should I be worried?” It needs to be in goons.txt and cherished.
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Shine posted:Please work out. Being in shape makes you better at video games, jocks are here to take your hobby nerds
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Lemming posted:Being in shape makes you better at video games, jocks are here to take your hobby nerds This but unironically.
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Bum the Sad posted:Lol leave that post alone it’s amazing. “I accidentally exercised and now I’m sore, should I be worried?” It needs to be in goons.txt and cherished. I am tremendously goony.
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CodfishCartographer posted:I am tremendously goony. You do you brother.
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For what it's worth, VR has actually made me healthier. I've been doing a shitload more cardio now that it's actually fun and I don't have to drag my rear end to the gym, and it gets my HR up just as well as a treadmill. Much more so in the case of Thrill of the Fight, I'd rather punch a guy in the virtual face until I puke than run wind sprints or tabatas.
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Shine posted:Please work out. I think I still have that t-shirt somewhere around the house
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I wonder how far we are from something like the Oculus Go but with Vive-style base stations you can put on a table or something to get full tracking without too much fuss.
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Republicans posted:I wonder how far we are from something like the Oculus Go but with Vive-style base stations you can put on a table or something to get full tracking without too much fuss. Won't need trackers, inside-out works just fine. That's pretty much what Santa Cruz is, Oculus has been working on exactly what you're describing for three years.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:Won't need trackers, inside-out works just fine. That's pretty much what Santa Cruz is, Oculus has been working on exactly what you're describing for three years. For reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlPZ_EGIv4
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:Won't need trackers, inside-out works just fine. That's pretty much what Santa Cruz is, Oculus has been working on exactly what you're describing for three years. And Hololens has been out for years now. It's a terrible product in so many ways, but in spite of those crippling flaws its inside out tracking is robust and accurate.
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Taintrunner posted:Working out in VR is cool and more goons should do it How's your headset holding up smell-wise? Dr. Fishopolis posted:Won't need trackers, inside-out works just fine. That's pretty much what Santa Cruz is, Oculus has been working on exactly what you're describing for three years. Speaking from absolutely zero expertise I worry inside-out will be a "good enough" solution and not be as good as the lighthouse system. Republicans fucked around with this message at 00:05 on May 2, 2018 |
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Republicans posted:How's your headset holding up smell-wise? If you get something like https://vrcover.com/product/oculus-rift-facial-interface-foam-replacement-basic-set/ and use the pleather cover then it doesn't soak in and you can clean it easily. It probably won't be as good as something like lighthouse but judging by the WMR headsets it'll be close enough that it doesn't matter, except it'll be so much easier to use and setup that it'll actually be able to break out into the mainstream
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Republicans posted:Speaking from absolutely zero expertise I worry inside-out will be a "good enough" solution and not be as good as the lighthouse system. It probably won't ever be as good as lighthouse, but as someone who uses a WMR setup daily, I've yet to run into a situation where it really matters that much. If the WMR controllers weren't such ergonomic nightmares I don't think anyone would notice much of a difference between the big three current ecosystems.
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Lemming posted:If you get something like https://vrcover.com/product/oculus-rift-facial-interface-foam-replacement-basic-set/ and use the pleather cover then it doesn't soak in and you can clean it easily. Yeah, this is what I have. It's pretty handy!
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I just got a promotional email from Plex saying that Plex VR is now available for Oculus Go (it was already a thing for Gear VR), so that's something.
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Shine posted:Please work out. I know one thing re: BoxVR and exercise, and it's what I already learned from trying boxing IRL: my core is loving garbage, my lower back and hips have been sore for weeks on end without relent 
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Lemming posted:If you get something like https://vrcover.com/product/oculus-rift-facial-interface-foam-replacement-basic-set/ and use the pleather cover then it doesn't soak in and you can clean it easily. The plether one also cleans with alcohol super well. ITs like brand new if you just semi soak it. CodfishCartographer posted:Speaking of rhythm games, I started up BoxVR the other day and it’s great fun! But my arms and back muscles are killing me. Am I just out of shape, or should I worry that I’m throwing punches too hard? I don’t wanna pull a muscle or cause any damage by going too ham on VR or some poo poo. Disclaimer: I know loving nothing about exercising so I dunno if I’m worrying over nothing. Just wait til it gets boring and you add weights. After an hour with weights, you'll feel like loving goku taking them off. But yes, You're just not used to it. Take a day off, get back on the horse.  Dr. Fishopolis posted:Meh. It's like having a huge, bright projector in a nicely set up room, but the resolution is barely 720p. If that sounds like something you'd enjoy, go for it, but I wouldn't factor it into a purchase decision. The next gen stuff should be much better for movie watching. I'm on the other side of the coin. I only watch movies in VR now. Its great. Dr. Fishopolis posted:Beat Saber is somewhere between great and must-own. Same. Its not going to replace box entirely, but its fun score chasing and its so well done. God drat. Plus its mixed reality is top notch. AND they are already aware of the issues for us MR people and have a patch coming! Great stuff. theblackw0lf posted:Cool, also I have a GTX 1060 6G. Would that be sufficient to run a game like Lone Echo? Should. My 960 was fine for most content in the oculus store. It was only when I ventured out into steam it started to really struggle.
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