Virtual Reality General Discussion / Chat Thread

mrcheez

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

well i love pavlov, hyper dash, beat saber, saint and sinners, vrchat with friends is good craic, asgards wrath, I guess i probably played most of the "must play games up until around 2019 so im guess has anything noteworthy come out bar half life.

just tried creed rise to glory (holy hell thats a workout)

two close friend of mine now have headsets so bonus points for fun multiplayer games.

Path of the Warrior would be good fun for multiplayer.

If you want a real workout check out Thrill of the Fight

Eleven is another multiplayer game that is amazing in immersiveness.

In Death is a must-have title... Lone Echo would be another "wow" moment for PCVR

Then you obviously have the excellent Dr Beef Sidequest games like Doom 3 and Half Life / Return to Castle Wolfenstein (you need the Steam version of all these games to play them on your Quest)

Loads more... I'll let others jump in

Icyseanfitz

Dr Bob wrote: »

With the lockdown I've been spending a fair amount of time on Vrchat . Mostly good craic , but there's an awful influx of kids at the moment due to the quest being cheap enough to be a Christmas present , and also a youtuber unleashing a load of his squeaker fans at it . They're not too hard to block or avoid .

yeah those annoying kids are in everything tbf, impossible to avoid them. A good sign of the health of the vr industry actually.

Doge

Just spotted this ad on Facebook and I wonder if these would work with VR lenses?

http://www.zerofog.ie

Any guinea pigs want to risk ruining their lensses with them for us?

Icyseanfitz

Doge wrote: »

Just spotted this ad on Facebook and I wonder if these would work with VR lenses?

http://www.zerofog.ie

Any guinea pigs want to risk ruining their lensses with them for us?

Would be handy for those trill of the fight sessions alright :pac:

Kiith

So the Quest 2 is the way to go for a VR headset these days, right?

Had the Rift a few years ago, and loved it, but wasn't enough to keep me interested at the time. Was thinking of picking one up again soon. PC should still be good for most of the games, though i may need a GPU upgrade at some stage (assuming we can ever buy them again).

mrcheez

Kiith wrote: »

So the Quest 2 is the way to go for a VR headset these days, right?

Had the Rift a few years ago, and loved it, but wasn't enough to keep me interested at the time. Was thinking of picking one up again soon. PC should still be good for most of the games, though i may need a GPU upgrade at some stage (assuming we can ever buy them again).

Yeah it's got the advantage of the wireless capability and screen clarity, plus low price, just be aware of the Facebook requirement.

Kiith

Yeah, don't mind the Facebook stuff, or i didn't when i had the original one. You can still ignore the vast majority of it, right?

Mickeroo

Kiith wrote: »

Yeah, don't mind the Facebook stuff, or i didn't when i had the original one. You can still ignore the vast majority of it, right?

You wouldn't know it was a facebook account but for the login screen tbh. Just turn off all the sharing and that and it's grand.

mrcheez

New Half Life Alyx mod set in the Bioshock universe... looks incredible!

BlitzKrieg

I decided to upgrade and picked up the hp reverb based on how much it's been praised and how supposedly it works really well with flight sims like IL2


ooooh boy I might return it.

Between how uncomfortable it is with glasses (never really had a problem with my glasses and my vive) the sheer horror that is windows mixed reality interface and how even though I meet the recommended specs the struggle the headset has.



very disappointing, will try again in a bit but my forehead hurts from the headset pushing my glasses into my skull.

Kiith

Quest 2 arrives this week. Can't wait to try it again, after having the original Rift for a while. Want to get some games downloaded and ready in advance, so taking any suggestions.

• Half Life: Alyx (absolutely buzzing to play finally this )
• The Climb 2
• Beat Saber
• Superhot (loved the non-VR version)
• SW Squadrons
• Flight Simulator (if only just to see how things look)
• Alien Isolation

Has anyone tried a few non-VR games using Vorpx and the like? I see a bunch of games that i'd love to try (BioShock for example).

BlitzKrieg

update on reverb g2. I took some time to double check a lot of things before setting up the 2nd time and found there is a shopping list of issues that you need deal with to work around the windows mixed reality bs. But its only a once off list.

Once that was done I found the headset worked a lot better. I also swapped to a different set of glasses that were lighter so it handled it a bit better.

I still think my vive is a bit more comfortable, but I wont deny the headphones on the reverb (same as index) are great and as an inside out headset it's a lot easier to just pick up and play compared to the vive, if only it didnt have to deal with the windows mixed reality bs it would be a very good pick up and play steamvr headset.

SW squadrons and alien isolation both look and play fantastic. Alyx also looked amazing and I am probably going to playthrough it again with the director's commentary (but need to set up proper vr space before I do that)

Put quite a bit of time into alien isolation as it was a solid comparison to my vive, where I struggled reading text and the screendoor effect made it even darker and scarier. The Reverb might make things too clear and bright, but the easy text and the sheer amount of detail in the setting has me sort of playing it more like a sci fi tourist. It is my 3rd playthrough so it'll be hard for the game to actually scare me


I also tried Project Wingman which was fine initially, but I felt my system struggle a bit by the end of the 2nd mission. Which is concerning.

Il-2 the big one I bought the headset for, mostly worked great but framerate took a hit when I flew a bit too close to cities, but I think it needs a big graphic tweak process before it's genuinely good to go as I think it's still set up as max graphics for my 1440p monitor. Which is fine as IL-2 is my long term project, I'm waiting on the last few parts to build my replica spitfire cockpit.

@Kiith keep an eye on the guy who made the alien isolation vr mod, he's also making one for the halo master chief collection

Kiith

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

@Kiith keep an eye on the guy who made the alien isolation vr mod, he's also making one for the halo master chief collection

I'd love to play through the series in VR. Would look amazing i imagine.

Hoping the Rift will arrive today, so have Elite Dangerous, Robo Recall, Alien Isolation and Lone Echo ready to go. Stormland and The Climb are next i imagine.

My 300gb monthly cap is fast approaching (thanks to Eir for taking over 8 weeks to get my fibre installed...shower of morons), so may have to wail till next month to get much more though :pac:

Dyr

Is there anything worth playing in Steam VR anymore? I've not spend much time in VR since the start of the pandemic but looking at the best sellers in the steamVR category its all games I've tried already or stuff that looks very uninspiring

Has Oculus/facebuke taken all the momentum for VR away from Steam?

BlitzKrieg

It holds the lion share due to the quest's numbers but if it's just a matter of playing them I understand the vast majority of titles can be played through steamvr via Revive


But in terms of market lead and being the centre of new titles for VR yeah it does look like Occulus/FB by being the lowest common denominator is getting the goods either first or exclusively.

there is a depressing amount of vr porn filling up the new titles section on steam

though I hear good things about gorilla tag

BlitzKrieg

Also I tried Hellblade senua's sacrifice in vr last night for the first time.


woof


there's a game that is giving alien isolation a run for it's money in the spooky vr games department. Found it clever how they translated some bits to VR and some bits they didnt. Also the Reverbs headset is excellent for the spooky voice work

mrcheez

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

Also I tried Hellblade senua's sacrifice in vr last night for the first time.


woof


there's a game that is giving alien isolation a run for it's money in the spooky vr games department. Found it clever how they translated some bits to VR and some bits they didnt. Also the Reverbs headset is excellent for the spooky voice work

yeah always wondered about this one.. it's €7.49 on GOG at the moment

Shlippery

It's very good, I never finished it but I can see why it gets the praise. Not a 'VR' game as such but works well for the mental themes and insight into the mind of Senua!

Doge

Is there any VorpX users on here?

I'm tempted to get it to try and get a more immersive experience for non VR games.

There's a lot of backlash on Reddit but its meant to be okay for certain games once you don't expect it to be exactly like native VR games.

mrcheez

Doge wrote: »

Is there any VorpX users on here?

I'm tempted to get it to try and get a more immersive experience for non VR games.

There's a lot of backlash on Reddit but its meant to be okay for certain games once you don't expect it to be exactly like native VR games.

This is what's required to play GTA V in VR yeah?

That's probably the only game I'd really want to try in VR.

Samuel T. Cogley

From what I remember VorpX was pretty good in GTA V

Doge

mrcheez wrote: »

This is what's required to play GTA V in VR yeah?

That's probably the only game I'd really want to try in VR.

There's an actual VR mod for GTA X that doesn't use VorpX at all:

https://github.com/LukeRoss00/gta5-real-mod


I'm looking to play Isle Of Man TT - Ride On The Edge 2 with VorpX mainly right now.

The sense of speed is meant to be amazing.

I managed to save about 19 euro by getting a steam key for less than 2 quid from eneba so I can justify splashing out on VorpX!

They have a cloud now with user proifles which should mean less settings to play around with.

mrcheez

Definitely interested... I have a huge backlog to get through though so taking my time with new purchases.

Doom 3 PSVR was my last and it's awesome despite the slightly more "buttery" visuals than the higher res Quest 2 version, but it's more polished and sound is amazing (plus you can use the Aim controller) so it evens out.

mrcheez

I've got a spare key for "A-Tech Cybernetic VR" on Steam if anyone wants it.

Got it from the Fanatical bundle, but I already have it

First to quote this post and I'll PM you

Damien360

mrcheez wrote: »

I've got a spare key for "A-Tech Cybernetic VR" on Steam if anyone wants it.

Got it from the Fanatical bundle, but I already have it

First to quote this post and I'll PM you

Young lad uses VR on stream so I’ll take

Damien360

Thanks very much for that. He confirmed it worked for him

Seems the stutter issue with Oculus / 30xx cards has been fixed. I tried my Rift S again yesterday and it's finally playable again. I had been hooking up my five-year-old laptop to play VR instead.

mrcheez

I randomly opened the Oculus app to check the price of Stride and I'm presented with a 30% off voucher which is expiring in a couple of days.

Wtf?!? Could the alert about this not just get emailed to me as otherwise I would have missed it???

Doge

If anyone out there has a Rift CV1 and fed up of having to go round the back of their PC to connect or disconnect it then I'm selling this solution second hand:

https://www.adverts.ie/other-peripherals/inline-33394a-v-front-panel-for-floppy-drive-or-5-25-bay-with-card-reader-hdmi-usb-3-0-suits-oculus-rift-cv1/24621358

Will fit a 3.5" bay or 5.25" bay on the front of your PC.

Let me know you're from the VR forum and I'll do you a good deal!

Doge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117764392#Comment_117764392

If anyone would like this for free for their Rift CV1 or want to make a low offer or anything pm me! Want to see it in good use at this stage.