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Tom Guycot
Oct 15, 2008

Chief of Governors


Pierson posted:

Is Stormlands still broke as hell if you use it on the Index via ReVIVE? Last time I tried a few months back anything to do with your player's hands was disguatingly jittery and out-of-synch.

I know Robo Recall is a short game but are we taking Beat Saber/Blade & Sorcery-short where the gameplay is good and replayable and it doesn't really need to be long, or short like early VR experiences and it's barely a game?

Definitely more blade & sorcery than 'experience'. Its real gameplay is on score chasing, unlocking stars by completing challenges which let you buy new weapons and upgrades and such for your weapons, etc. Theres 3 maps, 3 missions each per map, and each mission has different challenges and goals to do, and high scores are based around getting and keeping a high multiplier and performing kills and moves with high scores attached and completing the mini missions during the missions well. Some of the challenges are quite difficult and i never came close to getting all stars on each mission and being able to afford all the upgrades for every gun.

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sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Pierson posted:

Is Stormlands still broke as hell if you use it on the Index via ReVIVE? Last time I tried a few months back anything to do with your player's hands was disguatingly jittery and out-of-synch.

I know Robo Recall is a short game but are we taking Beat Saber/Blade & Sorcery-short where the gameplay is good and replayable and it doesn't really need to be long, or short like early VR experiences and it's barely a game?

Robo Recall is paced like, and about as long as, a particularly beefy arcade game. It feels like something Sega or Namco might have made in 1997.

Jokerpilled Drudge
Jan 27, 2010

by Pragmatica
Recommend against vr dirt 2 unless you are super resistant to vr motion sickness. Lots of bumps and spinning around corners is not for the weak of heart

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Jokerpilled Drudge posted:

Recommend against vr dirt 2 unless you are super resistant to vr motion sickness. Lots of bumps and spinning around corners is not for the weak of heart

I never found it very bad myself, and I tend to get motion sickness here and there (and prefer teleport as a result), although for whatever reason I tend to find that car VR games are much less prone to motion sickness because I'm already comfortable with being in a car and having my physical momentum be different from my own movements inside the car.

That said, Dirt Rally 1.0 rated each of the levels for VR comfort, with some being gentler and the bumpier ones with more incline being rated as "vr moderate", which I don't think they did in Dirt 2. So fair point there.

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

been having a blast playing walkabout mini golf and pokerstars with friends, what are some other recommended chill multiplayer VR experiences?

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

JUNGLE BOY posted:

been having a blast playing walkabout mini golf and pokerstars with friends, what are some other recommended chill multiplayer VR experiences?

Friends or randos?

With friends, Iron Wolf and Star Trek Bridge Crew are both real fun. They're not necessarily chill but failure is sorta part of the fun.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Zaphod42 posted:

I never found it very bad myself, and I tend to get motion sickness here and there (and prefer teleport as a result), although for whatever reason I tend to find that car VR games are much less prone to motion sickness because I'm already comfortable with being in a car and having my physical momentum be different from my own movements inside the car.

That said, Dirt Rally 1.0 rated each of the levels for VR comfort, with some being gentler and the bumpier ones with more incline being rated as "vr moderate", which I don't think they did in Dirt 2. So fair point there.
Dunno about 2, but I had no issues at all with Dirt 1 on any of the tracks. Obviously the tighter, bumpier tracks could be a bit tougher but personally I didn't find that it makes much of a difference.

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority

JUNGLE BOY posted:

been having a blast playing walkabout mini golf and pokerstars with friends, what are some other recommended chill multiplayer VR experiences?

The Echo VR lobby. Obviously the competitive game is great (and has humans-vs-AI now!), but the lobby is my favorite VR chat room, between random floating about that you can toss around (balls, discs, a dart board, toy dinosaurs, etc.), a space boxing area, the training rooms where you can throw discs around (including spawning a personal disc, if you don't wanna fly around and get the shared one)... it's just a cool as gently caress place to chill out.

So yeah, have everybody get Echo VR (free) and go hang out and float around and throw stuff at each other. I spend as much time chilling in the lobby as I do playing the actual game.

Davedave24
Mar 11, 2004

Lacking in love

Baby Proof posted:

Strange, I’ve redeemed a code on oculus and gotten it on quest before (not Star Trek though). Are you sure you didn’t buy the steam version? They sell both.

I got the Oculus version and redeemed it on the windows Oculus app, now the Quest version shows as $30, on sale for $10. After trying to find out about this I think the Quest version includes DLC that's separate on the Rift version, so I have to pay to upgrade in order to have it on the quest? For $5 bucks i thought it was worth trying but yeah, be warned if you can't play via PC it'll actually cost you $15.

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
Compound doesn't get enough love in this thread. Just played another big session of it and its up there with Payday 2 as one of my favorite experiences in VR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlO2OzTuSnE
(not my video)

Seriously you guys this game is so good. Its one of the best, most fun and functional VR shooters I've played, full locomotion, roguelike with tons of levels and weapons and enemies and content.

It plays similar to H3VR's Take and Hold, although without the capturing thing, you just clear a floor of enemies and then move to the next. Weapons have manual reloads but they're pretty simple.
Everything looks and feels like you're inside an NES.

Its being made by a solo indie developer and while its in early access I think its worth the money already. There's a nice variety of stuff. I mean its all running and gunning but the levels are just so gorgeous :allears:

Voxx
Jul 28, 2009

I'll give 'em a hold
and a break to breathe
And if they can't play nice
I won't play with 'em at all
I heard people gush over Moss when it came out, does it still hold up?

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Voxx posted:

I heard people gush over Moss when it came out, does it still hold up?

Yep! I mean, it is a third-person type game and doesn't exactly push VR boundaries but it's a fun game and definitely enjoyable.

MeatRocket8
Aug 3, 2011

Can I play Arizona Sunshine online co-op with a friend who has it on steam with a Rift and me with the Quest 2? And I know certain games can be bought on Steam and played on the Quest. Is this one of em?

MeatRocket8 fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Nov 28, 2020

Bad Munki
Nov 4, 2008

We're all mad here.


Voxx posted:

I heard people gush over Moss when it came out, does it still hold up?

The way it pulls you in to these incredibly beautiful set pieces is beyond compare in my opinion. It was by far the most immersive and compelling experience I’ve had to date.

It felt like I was a kid imagining these things but it was somehow made real for me and that reality was just what I would have hoped for.

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

ChocNitty posted:

Can I play Arizona Sunshine online co-op with a friend who has it on steam with a Rift and me with the Quest 2? And I know certain games can be bought on Steam and played on the Quest. Is this one of em?

If you have the steam version too sure, but you need a computer to play from. If you have the quest version it appears you cannot

https://www.google.com/search?safe=...le-gws-wiz-serp

ephori
Sep 1, 2006

Dinosaur Gum

Zaphod42 posted:

Compound doesn't get enough love in this thread. Just played another big session of it and its up there with Payday 2 as one of my favorite experiences in VR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlO2OzTuSnE
(not my video)

Seriously you guys this game is so good. Its one of the best, most fun and functional VR shooters I've played, full locomotion, roguelike with tons of levels and weapons and enemies and content.

It plays similar to H3VR's Take and Hold, although without the capturing thing, you just clear a floor of enemies and then move to the next. Weapons have manual reloads but they're pretty simple.
Everything looks and feels like you're inside an NES.

Its being made by a solo indie developer and while its in early access I think its worth the money already. There's a nice variety of stuff. I mean its all running and gunning but the levels are just so gorgeous :allears:

Compound is extremely good.

Stan Taylor
Oct 13, 2013

Touched Fuzzy, Got Dizzy

ChocNitty posted:

Thanksgiving gave me the opportunity to show relatives VR porn for their first time.

honestly all the vr porno I’ve checked out has been wildly underwhelming.

Vadoc
Dec 31, 2007

Guess who made waffles...


No wonder VR hasn't exploded yet.

Turin Turambar
Jun 5, 2011



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzcOBVPG1Y
This is the type of thing that may seem silly to some because it isn't a 'real' game, but if the variety of building blocks and decorative options, customization, and flexibility and power of their system is good enough, it could be a total success. I can see people chilling out for hours in multiplayer building a cool looking place.

forest spirit
Apr 6, 2009

Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny
First to Fight Scuttle, First to Fall Sink


Compound is just okay, it definitely needs more time in the oven since it costs 20$. I think the best feature the dev has added recently has been the bow and arrow, did a full run with one and it was fun, but I feel like I'm being challenged more by In Death wrt bow and arrow. Overall the game is fine, and the environments are pretty cool, but apart from some destructible decorations they are mostly sterile feeling. The enemies do literally only one thing as well, walk straight towards you and shoot their guns. They won't be running to cover or flanking, which you think would happen considering most of the randomly generated levels end up being a circle.

This is a pretty firm "buy it half off"

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Turin Turambar posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzcOBVPG1Y
This is the type of thing that may seem silly to some because it isn't a 'real' game, but if the variety of building blocks and decorative options, customization, and flexibility and power of their system is good enough, it could be a total success. I can see people chilling out for hours in multiplayer building a cool looking place.

This is cool. My 10 year old daughter absolutely loves designing houses in Roblox and other games. Being able to chill, build a house, and walk around it would be both fun and a enriching experience for a kid.

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5ratiNsDc

H3VR Advent Calendar. It's a new map &scene with daily updates in December (assuming Anton can build it fast enough!). Last year's was tons O fun and this one looks even bigger.

Oh, and streamlined controls are done. Works way better with touch controllers now.

Lockback fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Nov 28, 2020

Harvey Baldman
Jan 11, 2011

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Justice is bald, like an eagle, or Lady Liberty's docket.

I've got a Quest 2 now, and I'm trying to get it to cast to my computer. The Quest and the computer are both on the same wifi network. I can log in to oculus.com/cast and it stages and says it's waiting on the computer end, but the headset just never seems to give me the computer as an available option for casting. The oculus help section on their site is pretty threadbare on this... any ideas what could be going wrong?

They can both ping each other via local IP address (192.168.1.23) but the browser casting just doesn't show up.

Harvey Baldman fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Nov 28, 2020

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Stan Taylor posted:

honestly all the vr porno I’ve checked out has been wildly underwhelming.

I remember when people assumed this would be the big thing for VR.

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




I mean it did drive huge advances in VHS and DVD tech so it’s not too strange to say that it would help drive VR too.

Tom Guycot
Oct 15, 2008

Chief of Governors


Harvey Baldman posted:

I've got a Quest 2 now, and I'm trying to get it to cast to my computer. The Quest and the computer are both on the same wifi network. I can log in to oculus.com/cast and it stages and says it's waiting on the computer end, but the headset just never seems to give me the computer as an available option for casting. The oculus help section on their site is pretty threadbare on this... any ideas what could be going wrong?

They can both ping each other via local IP address (192.168.1.23) but the browser casting just doesn't show up.


What browser are you using, and do you have any wierd extensions or things that might be blocking or mucking things up? Might be worth trying a different browser to test it.

Turin Turambar
Jun 5, 2011



I noticed Phasmaphobia is in Viveport. I dedice to give it a try. I click training, try to open the house door and... I can't. At least pressing the triggers while touching the knob, or pushing it, didn't do anything.

Also, I'm noticing (rather depressingly) that my 1080 was enough for 72hz of Quest 1, but in some games it stays around 75hz, not reaching 90hz. :(

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority

Turin Turambar posted:

I noticed Phasmaphobia is in Viveport. I dedice to give it a try. I click training, try to open the house door and... I can't. At least pressing the triggers while touching the knob, or pushing it, didn't do anything.

Also, I'm noticing (rather depressingly) that my 1080 was enough for 72hz of Quest 1, but in some games it stays around 75hz, not reaching 90hz. :(

You have to grab a key sitting on the desk near the computer in the van. The tutorial is garbage at explaining basic things.

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
SW Squadrons seems to work on my old 1080 via VD. I only did the tutorial to test it out, though.

Harvey Baldman
Jan 11, 2011

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Justice is bald, like an eagle, or Lady Liberty's docket.

Tom Guycot posted:

What browser are you using, and do you have any wierd extensions or things that might be blocking or mucking things up? Might be worth trying a different browser to test it.

I've tried it on my PC and my laptop, both in chrome and Microsoft edge. I guess it's something to do with my network setup if it's not working on either computer but I have no idea where to start.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



Is Vox Machinae worth $14? I'm thinking about getting it for a couple friends and stuff, is there a lot of co-op content?

OctaviusBeaver
Apr 30, 2009

Say what now?
Eleven Table Tennis got a 90hz update on the quest

Pretty good
Apr 16, 2007



I got the GOMRVR halo strap. It's extremely good, especially for the price. Also the top strap is totally unnecessary so now I can do vr without messing up my hair :j:

ephori
Sep 1, 2006

Dinosaur Gum

sigher posted:

Is Vox Machinae worth $14? I'm thinking about getting it for a couple friends and stuff, is there a lot of co-op content?

It’s fun but the co-op is really just comp stomps against bots. I like it and it’s well executed but it’s not much more than ‘just’ various skirmishes.

Twibbit
Mar 7, 2013

Is your refrigerator running?

OctaviusBeaver posted:

Eleven Table Tennis got a 90hz update on the quest

I keep reading that as Elven Tennis and thinking it is something far more interesting

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
My launch Q2 controller batteries JUST ran out. Dang those things last forever.

Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

Oh what the gently caress?


https://www.reddit.com/r/ValveIndex/comments/coh79n/how_to_purchase_the_valve_index_if_you_live_in/

:(

Tom Guycot
Oct 15, 2008

Chief of Governors


Yeah, its... unless money is no object there is no way to justify getting a index in australia, especially when you can get a G2, Q2, or even vive pro sold directly and not jumping through international shopper hoops.


Harvey Baldman posted:

I've tried it on my PC and my laptop, both in chrome and Microsoft edge. I guess it's something to do with my network setup if it's not working on either computer but I have no idea where to start.

Maybe a stupid question but... you're logged into the website with the same account you're using on the device right?


Lockback posted:

My launch Q2 controller batteries JUST ran out. Dang those things last forever.


I really wonder how they pull this off. I'm still on the batteries that came in the box myself, and then you remember the vive cosmos was using 2xAA per controller and getting 4-8 hours run time before needing to be replaced.

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
I thought the CV1 touches were pretty good but I probably would have been on the third set at least given how much I've played it.

I think battery life was a big focus overall. I've been playing with overclocking the hmd and they definitely tuned it hard for battery life while leaving performance on the table. They did some magic with the controllers.

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8one6
May 20, 2012

When in doubt, err on the side of Awesome!

Does anyone know if there's any notable difference between the steam and Quest versions of Virtual Virtual Reality? Like more worlds or anything?

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