Any good horror and underwater/ocean discovery games (like Subnautica) you guys recommend?
I really like horror games and games where you explore/swim in the ocean.
I really like horror games and games where you explore/swim in the ocean.
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PCVR Game Discussion Thread - A New Era of Gaming
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I've not been keeping up with PC VR. Are any wireless or higher resolution headsets in development?
You got the Vive Pro fir which you can buy a wireless adapter....the are also third party headsets that have some crazy resolutions and POV, I don't know the name for sure, I think it's Plymax or something like that.
You don't swim, you stomp around inside of a heavy deep-sea-suit (still cool tho)
I suppose the potential downside of wireless is the weight of the battery, does it make the headset particularly heavy and uncomfortable? I'm seriously tempted to build a gaming PC just for VR but it has to be wireless.
The battery goes on your belt, pouch, vest, linked to the hmd via a small cable. Not on your hmd itself!
Ah I thought it would be integral. That's still a wire! I want totally wireless, maybe something will get unveiled at CES.
The point is more that the wire is not interfering with your legs and arms and head, so you can spin around freely and never hook the wire with your feet, hands, arms and potentially rip out a wire by crouching and standing on it getting up or hurting yourself by tripping over it.
Finally booted up The Climb yesterday after having it in my backlog forever. Damn! Why didn't I try this sooner. Pretty damn cool game. Graphics are really nice and each area is really atmospheric. Getting the the peak of each climb feels great.
You want that wire so you can switch out battery banks at any point. Otherwise, you'll have to stop what you're doing and charge the whole headset for hours. Larger capacity batteries than the one included (over 10050 mah) are heavy AF, you're not going to want to have that one your head. Even some kind of proprietary super small-high powered battery that goes into the headset with no wire and can be swapped easily will cost a lot of money, while you can currently find substitute banks for the included HTC bank for 1/2 to 1/4 their bogus $80 price tag. The wireless adapter itself weighs nothing.
The only other people we know are producing a wireless adapter are TPCast with their new plus/2.0(?) device.
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Most games work fine with both the Oculus Touch and the Vive Wands.
Wait... how common they are among owners? Almost everyone will have motion controllers since both headsets come with them now.
I mean how many have Vive wands vs how many have Oculus controllers.
As UltraJay was saying, 100% of Vive users have Wands and close to 100% of Rift users have Touch (It used to be sold separately but it is a huge part of contemporary VR: Without it you're almost a Cardboard VR user.
I haven't looked at the latest numbers but I believe that Oculus was slightly ahead. Overall it doesn't matter much, they're both by far the most popular PC VR headsets and PC VR controllers.
That's basically counting headset usage overall. You can't mix and match the controllers because they use different tracking schemes.
There are going to be WMR users using Vive wands as they can be used together and a small amount of Rift users will have bought lighthouses and vive trackers in order to use full body tracking (like a friend of mine's Christmas present this year). They wouldn't be buying the Vive wands though. The lighthouses and trackers agree expensive enough as it is.
There are going to be WMR users using Vive wands as they can be used together and a small amount of Rift users will have bought lighthouses and vive trackers in order to use full body tracking (like a friend of mine's Christmas present this year). They wouldn't be buying the Vive wands though. The lighthouses and trackers agree expensive enough as it is.
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I'm really enjoying the Vive wireless adapter so far. Rock solid connection everywhere I go/turn in my 2.5m x 2.5m play area.
The only negative I've experienced so far is a faint hum when I held an object up to my ear. But I also just read that TPCast users commonly have to deal with a constant hum from the transmitter. So it's not that bad on the VWA.
The only negative I've experienced so far is a faint hum when I held an object up to my ear. But I also just read that TPCast users commonly have to deal with a constant hum from the transmitter. So it's not that bad on the VWA.
Wireless is still some rather expensive accessories
As for higher resolutions, Samsung Odyssey+ just launched, and Pimax is sending out the Vr headsets to backers right now. HTC Vive Pro' display is rather impressive right now.
I just tried both Knuckles Controller EV2 and Oculus Quest today.
I think Knuclkles controller are pretty close to actually production but that little small flat button, I think its a little hard for my thumb to reach.
As for the Oculus Quest, its controller still needs a little refinement. The side button for the middle finger seems a little loose and they should add better spring.
I think Knuclkles controller are pretty close to actually production but that little small flat button, I think its a little hard for my thumb to reach.
As for the Oculus Quest, its controller still needs a little refinement. The side button for the middle finger seems a little loose and they should add better spring.
They're probably talking about smaller games on steam? Most 'bigger' VR games have both Touch and wand support.
Head tracking is flawless as far as I tried. The screen are rather good
One think I notice is there seems to be 3.5mm headphone jack on both sides.
I think the headset is slightly heavier than Oculus Go. And it is really comfortable to wear with clear screen
Open up the Run Dialog (Win+R), and type in the location of the installer and add /drive=D (the drive letter) to the end of it. Mine looked like D:\PC\Revive\OculusSetup.exe /drive=D
Played Invaders VR again after a long time and really have to say, it's one of the best, if not the best wave shooters out there.
I've played Audioshield again after a long break, love the new fitness mode.
There is a new mode? Have to check it out, I abandoned Audioshield for Beat Saber as a warm up and BoxVR as my workout game.
It's just the introduction of barriers like in BOX VR, 2 modes and one new stage (youtube still gone tho, stays gone I guess)... well, I like it!
Anyone know if there is a way to set ceiling height within the rift? I have a lower ceiling in my play space and routinely hit the ceiling (especially for games like robo recall where your shooting guys up high) I'm wondering if there's anything I can do or If i just need to deal with it?
I'm dying to play this, but I've got a Vive. any word on working with revive? Weird it's on steam but Oculus only. I saw the dev didn't have a Vive kit, seems a bit weird, I'd chip in the get him one!
The dev said he just received a Vive development kit over the new year, so the game is getting native Vive support in the future
I actually tried that earlier and it just gave a different error message that said the same thing
I played an hour of Hellblade with the continuous/non-snap camera and oh boy finally experienced vr motion sickness after years. Thought I was going to actually get sick, hangover probably doesn't help tho lol.
Sweet. Polybius looks right up my alley as far as VR games go.
Speaking of the same dev, but how is Minotaur Arcade Volume 1? The games look like a lot of fun too.
Following up since the lenses finally arrived.
BEST PURCHASE EVER! I see better now in VR than I ever did while wearing glasses in the thing, and now I don't have to worry about scratches or additional head pain or anything like that.
Good to hear, I'm going to re-order some more lenses thanks to you. I'm sure it'll be much better once they arrive.
Played through Prey: TranStar VR today. It's a collection of short puzzle mini-games set on board Talos I, the whole experience lasted me a little bit over an hour. Short but fun, revisiting the Prey setting in VR was cool. The grabbing controls were a bit annoying - using press-and-hold with side buttons on Vive wands doesn't work very well for picking stuff up.
It's wasn't very well advertised and kind of hidden inside Prey: Typhon Hunter, a multiplayer add-on which comes for free with Prey: Mooncrash expansion. In case someone here already owns Prey: Mooncrash and didn't know about this - you should have access to TranStar VR from Prey: Typhon Hunter main menu.
It's wasn't very well advertised and kind of hidden inside Prey: Typhon Hunter, a multiplayer add-on which comes for free with Prey: Mooncrash expansion. In case someone here already owns Prey: Mooncrash and didn't know about this - you should have access to TranStar VR from Prey: Typhon Hunter main menu.
Does extending 1 Oculus sensor with a USB 3.0 hub work? I can only find info that 2 sensors in a USB 3.0 hub will create bandwith problems, but no info on 1 sensor.
I have 1 sensor connected to a USB hub and have no issues.