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chaosbreather posted:Exactly, Facebook is a NSA-tier intelligence agency that won't be stopped until America starts enforcing antitrust law again or I find it mildly amusing that while we're banning Chinese-sponsored social media this weekend (tik-tok); you need an American-sponsored social media account to login to this hardware
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Nocheez posted:Who the hell can stand a VR headset on for 6 straight hours anyway? Yikes! I've done that multiple days in a row with my Index and its not a problem. Rift CV1 would give me some ear pain after about 3-4 hours and minor facial discomfort from having something on my skin for so long. The Quest 1 is a pain to use in a standing role for more than an hour. The poor interface and bad weight balance is a huge issue.
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Bad Munki posted:My index is plenty comfortable for that long. Inevitably, my feet get tired of standing long before my face gets tired of the HMD. If I'm sitting, like in E:D or something, it's a non-issue pretty much indefinitely. Like, I don't know if I've had any 6-hour sessions? But quite possibly maybe. I probably did when I was playing Moss. I've never ever had to stop playing because of headset issues. Get yourself an anti-fatigue mat to stand on if you're playing VR standing. You'll get a lot of use out of it.
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Sep 18, 2020 18:40
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Nocheez posted:Who the hell can stand a VR headset on for 6 straight hours anyway? Yikes! my vive wireless battery lasts between 5 and 6 hours and i generally only stop when it runs out once i put it on 
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Get yourself an anti-fatigue mat to stand on if you're playing VR standing. You'll get a lot of use out of it. I thought maybe a bunch of piercings and a suspension rig
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Bad Munki posted:I thought maybe a bunch of piercings and a suspension rig I'd pony up extra for the Jim Rose Circus edition
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtKOM_jlVT4 From one of the devs 
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Sep 18, 2020 19:28
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Sep 18, 2020 19:39
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Huh, since the last update my Quest has stopped screaming at me that my Beat Saber has been tampered with but still allows me to play custom songs. Neat.
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Sep 18, 2020 19:55
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Turin Turambar posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtKOM_jlVT4 Pistol Whip is a top contender for "best value for money" at this point The original game launched for, what $19.99 with five maps, they've added I think five more maps, most of which are longer than the original ones, as well as gun customization, gameplay modifiers like auto aim on/off, headshots only, etc and some other minor luxuries, for free A+ Also it's one of those arcade style games that you can jump into for 5 minutes, and back out again which is ideal for a self contained VR headset
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Turin Turambar posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtKOM_jlVT4 Magic Sword?! SOLD SOLD SOLD 
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Sep 18, 2020 20:22
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Zaphod42 posted:Magic Sword?! I didn't know them, I had to search who they are. This seems to be their most viewed song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02wKufX3nw
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Sep 18, 2020 20:32
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Turin Turambar posted:I didn't know them, I had to search who they are. This seems to be their most viewed song: That's because it was in Hotline Miami 2, making some of this electronic artists crazy popular. Still, they say it's an "Action Pack" so I guess a proper DLC. Neato.
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Turin Turambar posted:I didn't know them, I had to search who they are. This seems to be their most viewed song: Yeah I met them through Hotline Miami 2 and then went to a show with my GF, they're easily one of my favorite Synthwave bands And yeah that song loving rules If we could just get some Carpenter Brut in Pistol Whip...
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All this Hotline Miami talk makes me need to listen to my fav of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMoRL46x8F8
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This doesn't look like especially good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7LQWIfBG60
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Sep 18, 2020 21:02
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Turin Turambar posted:This doesn't look like especially good What do you mean, are you trying to say that in a fresh new medium with infinite possibilities you aren't excited by a game where you slowly move across the ground by using a joystick and shoot a bunch of random dudes with guns??
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Lemming posted:What do you mean, are you trying to say that in a fresh new medium with infinite possibilities you aren't excited by a game where you slowly move across the ground by using a joystick and shoot a bunch of random dudes with guns?? Hah. Let's say there is a bit of difference between, for example, HL Alyx, and this.
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Sep 18, 2020 21:23
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As a 40k nerd I'll probably end up getting that as long as its like $20. But its just another VR shooter.
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Sep 18, 2020 21:27
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I mean, 286* was released in 1982, it wasn't until a decade later that Wolfenstein 3D (which will technically run on a 286) was released in 1992 I guess battlezone and a couple of vector graphics games existed, but it wasn't really until Doom1/2 that FPS, third person shooters really caught the public's imagination Beatsaber, rockband clones etc are cool but probably not the long term killer app for VR *Not a typo, I always assumed that wolf3d needed at least a 386
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Hadlock posted:I mean, 286* was released in 1982, it wasn't until a decade later that Wolfenstein 3D (which will technically run on a 286) was released in 1992 I totally agree. As far as I'm concerned, Echo Arena is the only thing that has really captured the possibilities of the medium for me. I'm dying for more stuff that makes me feel that way about it.
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Sep 18, 2020 21:42
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Hadlock posted:I mean, 286* was released in 1982, it wasn't until a decade later that Wolfenstein 3D (which will technically run on a 286) was released in 1992 My dad released this in 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQOrUktm9nY And today he emailed me to say that he's preordering the Quest 2, his first VR headset! This is pretty big to me because despite making videogames my dad has refused to play them with me. He always said he had to test his own games so much that all he can see when he plays a game is work. I put him in my CV1 back in 2016 and it blew him away, but he said he would wait until things got really good and really cheap before buying anything. Now I'm starting to think I need to buy a Quest 2 so that we aren't limited to what can be cross played with an Index.
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Lemming posted:I totally agree. As far as I'm concerned, Echo Arena is the only thing that has really captured the possibilities of the medium for me. I'm dying for more stuff that makes me feel that way about it. I gotta say, that last level of HL Alyx where you're walking around on the ceiling and objects have inverted gravity or no gravity, and then you walk into LSD mirror dimension and there's like a mirrored room on room on room and you're walking on the walls.... I want a whole game like that. Somebody give me Prey VR
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Zaphod42 posted:I gotta say, that last level of HL Alyx... That poo poo was awesome!
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Turin Turambar posted:This doesn't look like especially good this playthrough gives me hardcore area 51 vibes. i used to love that game but i think i got over it in 1999. what a waste of a good ip.
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Zaphod42 posted:I gotta say, that last level of HL Alyx where you're walking around on the ceiling and objects have inverted gravity or no gravity, and then you walk into LSD mirror dimension and there's like a mirrored room on room on room and you're walking on the walls.... There is a prey vr mode, but it's multiplayer I think?
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Parallelwoody posted:There is a prey vr mode, but it's multiplayer I think? I think he is making a reference to the first Prey.
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Tip posted:
My son turned ten just the other day He said, "Thanks for the SNES, Dad, come on let's play Can you teach me to yoshi", I said "Not today I got a lot to do", he said, "That's ok" And he walked away but his smile never dimmed And said, "I'm gonna game like him, yeah You know I'm gonna game like him" And Crash's in the cradle and the silver Spiro Little hedgehog blue and the man in the egg When you comin' home dad? I don't know when, but we'll game together then, son You know we'll have a good time then
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Tom Guycot posted:My son turned ten just the other day The fact that I'm now running my own game studio and crunching to launch a game really completes the Cats and the Cradle loop. I've long since retired and my son's moved away Added him to my friends list the other day I said, I'd like to VR with you if you don't mind He said, I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time You see, my new game's a hassle, and we're launching in a few But it's sure nice IMing with you, dad It's been sure nice IMing with you And as I took off my quest, it occurred to me He'd grown up just like me My boy was just like me
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that some people actually do use VR for extended periods. I've done a few hours with my index but don't have the free time I did when I was younger. My wife unexpectedly asked to play "that pistol game" after the kiddo heads to bed 
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Turin Turambar posted:I think he is making a reference to the first Prey. Yeah, the one wot has you walking on ceilings lol
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At the risk of reigniting the Facebook arguments, does anyone know if there's a way to legitimize an Oculus account that's under a fake name? At this point, I'm ready to surrender to the Beast and just link my regular Facebook account(since it closed my burner Facebook I originally linked to the account), but I'm afraid the name mismatch will trip something and they'll cancel my account and take away all my games. I figure, it's better to try to cross this bridge now rather than accumulate years' worth of software before they make me switch over and potentially cancel my account.
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TadBradley posted:At the risk of reigniting the Facebook arguments, does anyone know if there's a way to legitimize an Oculus account that's under a fake name? At this point, I'm ready to surrender to the Beast and just link my regular Facebook account(since it closed my burner Facebook I originally linked to the account), but I'm afraid the name mismatch will trip something and they'll cancel my account and take away all my games. Do Oculus accounts even have a real name associated with them? I can't see anywhere to set one in my settings, only the username which can be anything.
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NRVNQSR posted:Do Oculus accounts even have a real name associated with them? I can't see anywhere to set one in my settings, only the username which can be anything. This is an intriguing question, because I'm not seeing it show up in my Oculus profile page, but my Quest definitely calls me Tom, which is not my name. Maybe it's something on the headset itself.
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Tip posted:My dad released this in 1983. This is awesome.
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NRVNQSR posted:Do Oculus accounts even have a real name associated with them? I can't see anywhere to set one in my settings, only the username which can be anything. I can't find anything in my Oculus profile, but under payment they have my real name and credit card details, and I used the same email as I do for everything that has my real name so already there is no hiding for me.
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I have about 3000 hours of VR gameplay in VRchat, some sessions going for 12 hours or more on the weekend thanks to that index comfort. I'm relatively anonymous here so I'm not gonna lie, I've slept in VR a few times without issue. Full body social VR is a helluva drug, especially in these quarantine times.
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Does anyone know if the Oculus link cable is directional? I'm planning to pick up a couple magnetic usb c adaptors but it will already be a 90 degree angle so I'll want to use the straight end on the headset side if I can. I bought a micro usb adapter for my wireless PC headset(Corsair Void) and it's a gamechanger for something you charge often.
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DrBox posted:Does anyone know if the Oculus link cable is directional? I'm planning to pick up a couple magnetic usb c adaptors but it will already be a 90 degree angle so I'll want to use the straight end on the headset side if I can. Magnetic USB adapters are bad news. Most of them won't transmit data at all, the few that do require perfect angular alignment so you lose the benefit of being easier to plug in, and I'd be surprised if any transmit at full USB3+ rate. Also, I'm pretty sure a set of magnetic adapters burned out the batteries on my Index controllers (and one unlucky DualShock 4) and required me to replace them.
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Thoom posted:Magnetic USB adapters are bad news. Most of them won't transmit data at all, the few that do require perfect angular alignment so you lose the benefit of being easier to plug in, and I'd be surprised if any transmit at full USB3+ rate. Also, I'm pretty sure a set of magnetic adapters burned out the batteries on my Index controllers (and one unlucky DualShock 4) and required me to replace them. I appreciate the warning. I have had pretty good luck with them so far for my micro usb devices for charging only. The one I was looking at for quest was a 20 pin with decent reviews so data should work ok. If I end up trying it I'll let people know how it goes.
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