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India is a cool place to check out in Google Earth VR, because the population is so dense, there's interesting and lively things to look at on every block. They don't even try to blur peoples faces there. The algorithm is like, gently caress it, there's too many faces. It's interesting to move through bordering countries and see the cultural and ethnic makeup go through smooth transitions. Like you can literally see the look of people, and the signage gradually morph from Indian, to east asian, and how places in the middle like Burma, are a perfect blend of India and Vietnam. It's also a fun tool for history geeks. Like following Alexander the Great, and the Macedonians campaign from Greece to the Hindu Kush, to visually get a sense of how long of a journey that was, that you only get in VR. Getting a visual feel for how much progress 30 miles a day is, and seeing how little they would have moved on that zoomed out map, after weeks and months of marching, and knowing they zig zagged all over. Or going through the alps, thinking of Hannibal Barca leading his army and dozens of african elephants through the mountains in winter, and knowing how insane that was, because you get a good feel for how tall the mountains are and how vast the mountain range is.
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Jack Trades posted:Is Espire 1 worth 10bux and my time? Kinda close but... I will say no, it doesn't reach the quality bar.
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Is there a google earth that can run natively on the Quest 2? I might bring this to my parent's for the holidays and that might be a neat thing to show them without making them want to vomit.
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Seeing people streaming After the Fall with the stream title "WARNING: DO NOT BUY After The Fall - PlayStation VR Edition | PSVR LIVESTREAM" is pretty disappointing. I mean I wouldn't get it on PSVR at this point anyway because  but it sounds like a lot of the complaints go beyond the bad controls and performance on PSVR and are more about design choices and the game being ultimately pretty light and kind of boring. Apparently the game is kind of average all around. Bummeredit: the PSVR version is left handed mode only basically, rofl Cutedge fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Dec 6, 2021 |
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Cutedge posted:Seeing people streaming After the Fall I've read a pair of reviews, and the impression they gave me is, "it's a fun FPS coop game, the shooting is good, but for 5 maps and 6 weapons (and 0 melee weapons, or things like bows, or anything unique) wait until it's $20-25".
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The developers of a bad and broken game Arizona Sunshine made another bad and broken game? Who could have seen it coming.
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explosivo posted:Is there a google earth that can run natively on the Quest 2? I might bring this to my parent's for the holidays and that might be a neat thing to show them without making them want to vomit. Closest I know of is called Wander. But it doesn't have the flight option that Earth has, just teleport, so you will likely not make people vomit. It is a super nice intro to VR that my in-laws enjoyed this holiday.
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Nukelear v.2 posted:Closest I know of is called Wander. But it doesn't have the flight option that Earth has, just teleport, so you will likely not make people vomit.   Lmao (thanks for the rec, this looks perfect)
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Jack Trades posted:The developers of a bad and broken game Arizona Sunshine made another bad and broken game? Who could have seen it coming. I enjoyed Az Sunshine though it is very def mechanically an old VR game (I think it came out 4 years ago)
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Diephoon posted:Probably should've asked around Black Friday but can anyone recommend a good wireless modem/router for Quest 2 Virtual Desktop play? I'm in a position where I can afford an upgrade but would obviously prefer a good deal if there's one to be had. If its just for virtual desktop/VR stuff. https://nexuslinkusa.com/ 15% of with code QTpop15 (if theres any issues with that, let me know ill talk to the marketing people) I get no $ from that. Just tracking purposes and we like the company. Also stacks with sales. They dont seem to disable our codes during sales. The 2 kit pack is what I use for my back yard VD usage. The singles fine for inside if you just wanted a thing for your headset. https://nexuslinkusa.com/product/wb-1750-kit/ Thats the 2 packer. Otherwise, buy whatever wifi6 thing you can find honestly. Theres so many out there now that don't suck. Hell even the router ATT give us with our fiber install is wifi6 and works really well. raditts posted:I got this one a couple months ago to extend into my basement where the wireless signal is normally poo poo, and it works great. Only thing with it is for some reason it freaks out when I try to put it in WAP mode so I have to keep it set as a normal router where it's got its own set of IP addresses, but my Quests are the only thing that connect to it so it doesn't matter that much. (I guess I should note that the connection between this and my main router is wired.) Yooo thats a pretty solid deal. EbolaIvory fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Dec 7, 2021 |
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Diephoon posted:Probably should've asked around Black Friday but can anyone recommend a good wireless modem/router for Quest 2 Virtual Desktop play? I'm in a position where I can afford an upgrade but would obviously prefer a good deal if there's one to be had. I got this one a couple months ago to extend into my basement where the wireless signal is normally poo poo, and it works great. Only thing with it is for some reason it freaks out when I try to put it in WAP mode so I have to keep it set as a normal router where it's got its own set of IP addresses, but my Quests are the only thing that connect to it so it doesn't matter that much. (I guess I should note that the connection between this and my main router is wired.) as for rechargeable batteries... just get pretty much any that aren't a no-name brand? I don't think there's a whole lot of difference. raditts fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Dec 6, 2021 |
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8-bit Miniboss posted:
I remember some other people saying the same when it launched. Great sweet spot clarity, but it degrades faster than others once your eye is outside of it. I think this is why people also recommend it for sims, it isn't only about the tracking of controllers. If you are seated, still, and looking straight and front of you in a racing game, this flaw is less important.
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All of the sudden I’m getting massive ~half second audio delay to my quest 2 over airlink. Anyone experience anything similar or have any ideas? I was contemplating a DAS but if I have to use my wireless headphones it’s pointless.
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Eleven Table Tennis is legit. I feel like the skills I'm gaining will transfer over to real world table tennis.
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Zosologist posted:All of the sudden I’m getting massive ~half second audio delay to my quest 2 over airlink. Anyone experience anything similar or have any ideas? I was contemplating a DAS but if I have to use my wireless headphones it’s pointless. Airline’s been kinda buggy for me ever since they added that pairing code feature. My catchall solution ended up being a quick pop over to Virtual Desktop, bring up Oculus Tray Tool, restart the Oculus driver.
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Leathal posted:Airline’s been kinda buggy for me ever since they added that pairing code feature. My catchall solution ended up being a quick pop over to Virtual Desktop, bring up Oculus Tray Tool, restart the Oculus driver. Better then my solution of restarting my pc and headset every drat time. Thank you.
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Last chance to activate a Quest 2 referral before it goes back down from $60 to $30: Steps: Factory reset the device by holding down the power and volume buttons and/or wipe it remotely by unlinking it at https://secure.oculus.com/my/devices/ Accept the referral from clicking on someone’s link: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/Baby_Proof Re-activate the device by pairing it to your mobile oculus app that’s signed in with your Facebook account.
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That reminds me, is walkabout close enough to real life that I'm gaining real life minigolf skills? If I get really good at walkabout can I then own my friends at RL minigolf?
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Organza Quiz posted:That reminds me, is walkabout close enough to real life that I'm gaining real life minigolf skills? If I get really good at walkabout can I then own my friends at RL minigolf? I can confirm you won’t be able to fly when you raise your hand up. That was devastating to me.
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Organza Quiz posted:That reminds me, is walkabout close enough to real life that I'm gaining real life minigolf skills? If I get really good at walkabout can I then own my friends at RL minigolf? Still though, I can’t imagine it makes you any worse 8-bit Miniboss posted:I can confirm you won’t be able to fly when you raise your hand up. That was devastating to me.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:I can confirm you won’t be able to fly when you raise your hand up. That was devastating to me. Well you can, you just need a really tall starting point and a jump first. After that it's a matter of skill as to how well you do.
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You know you have a problem when you are playing virtual boy and realize, dang, Red Alarm is actually pretty sick. And that game/prototype where you play as the thing from Jumping Flash, but it becomes a ball named Chalvo? Well that's pretty sick as well Walkabout is so frigging king though. I'm gonna have to play online some time.
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I played basically the entire Virtual Boy library one afternoon and yeah, it wasn't actually that bad. If the headset was lighter and had the clarity of modern VR it might not have been quite as badly received, although it still would have failed as none of the games are advanced enough to justify the 3D.
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There are some really solid VB games. But I've owned a couple actual VBs, on actual hardware it's not as good. The emulators are a big improvement, you didn't get the same sense of scale on an actual vb and, the weird "LED rapidly bouncing off a mirror" screen cause a lot of eye strain. Also no head tracking. Galactic Pinball is awesome and has a Samus gunship cameo so I consider it a Metroid spinoff. Mario Tennis is fun, just fun. And VB Wario Land is legitimately one of the best Wario games. Panic Bomber is awesome and uses the 3d really well. I don't think I'd get that into the non-vr versions of panic Bomber but with 3d it's cool and really vibey.
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Bad Munki posted:Windows just likes to disable audio outputs for weird reasons sometimes, it’s done it to me plenty, including before I added the Index (or any VR) to the system. Usually a restart fixes it, or you can go to the control panel and manually re-enable them sometimes. You can force it without a restart by going to sound settings --> device properties --> additional device properties. For some reason the final click resets the sound devices in the OS and I'm able to choose from all my audio devices again.
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Did I miss a virtual boy emulator being released for vr recently or something?
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It's been around for a while, but yeah there is one, I think it's on Sidequest. The Quest controller layout is pretty much the same as the VB as well, so it translates over really well.
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I can’t believe it took until the quest to deliver on the promise of the Virtual Boy
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Baby Proof posted:Last chance to activate a Quest 2 referral before it goes back down from $60 to $30: I was going to use your referral, but it gives me a version of a 404? Is it working for you, don't want to reset without a code...
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.Ataraxia. posted:Eleven Table Tennis is legit. I feel like the skills I'm gaining will transfer over to real world table tennis. Approximately 99% of my total lifetime table tennis time is covid ETT, and I was shocked at how well it transferred to over-the-table (the one time I did it). You have to get used to the feel of hitting a real ball, but that goes away pretty quick. Just get a paddle.
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I had a Virtual Boy back in the day. It was not as bad as people made it out to be, but there needed to be more games. Teleroboxer is basically Punch Out in first person, Red Alert was a fun flying game, the Wario game was really good, but Panic Bomber was the one that I played the most as puzzle games have the best replay-ability. Skip Waterworld, that piece of poo poo was the worst cash grab game I've ever played.
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I think Jeremy Parish made the argument in his retrospective series that if the VB had just been a higher resolution Game Boy it would've been way better recieved.
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Here's my referral link if someone wants it https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/Trashcanballs69/
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One thing that's hard to appreciate nowadays is just how CRISP the display was on the Virtual Boy. And high res, for that matter. Monochrome red, but still. The scanning LED display was pretty cool for its time, honestly. Just was a bit of a solution looking for the right problem.
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How much dodge-swaying is necessary for Until You Fall? With my current floorspace I need to be able to play VR without actually needing to move my feet.
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Once you get to the second area it's a required part of most fights, you don't need to move your feet though, just lean to one side or duck.
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njsykora posted:Once you get to the second area it's a required part of most fights, you don't need to move your feet though, just lean to one side or duck. 
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Desdinova posted:I was going to use your referral, but it gives me a version of a 404? Is it working for you, don't want to reset without a code... Strange, it was used once, and it looks good to me. There was something about the referrals being restricted by country, maybe you hit that?
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I got that bowling game that’s $5 and it owns so hard.
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