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Leal posted:I have been launched in Skyrim VR The first time I tried Skyrim VR I modded it up all up and started and the wagon started freaking out and jumping all over the place with me in it. I closed my eyes and alt+f4ed skyrim and immediately downloaded an alternate start mod.
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njsykora posted:Because without games there is no Oculus and pissing off developers has historically been a fast track to systems dying. As mentioned you are out of your mind if you think this isn't baked into all those Oculus exclusives. Moreover, Oculus games will do whatever Facebook wants because they are facebook. There is no market correction we're heading for with this. People scoffed at the idea that they'd require a facebook account yet here we are. We're past that line, the end result is worse than you and I wished it would be.
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A reminder that Facebook is in the process of buying any developer that makes a top 10 VR game so they are all making 1st party games now.
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Jun 17, 2021 02:55
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Mandatory IGA would be a very unusual clause in a third party exclusivity contract, if it had been in any of them I would have expected it to leak before this. Obviously they can put it into all the first party games they want, though, and as has been observed that's a lot of them.
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Jack Trades posted:https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/facebook-to-begin-testing-oculus-ads-in-vr-headsets Oh look; This is my surprised face  .quote:Facebook says that it does not use the following information to target ads: What UploadVR failed to notice was the inferred "for now". They wouldn't do all that right off the bat, buuuut six months/a year from now when you're all happily putting up with ads in Also that last one is laughably technically-correct; They're not using the contents of your voice interactions yet because they don't have the means to do so yet. The Walrus posted:Yeah I sweat a lot, I'll pour sweat when running in the summer. I also go full intensity in everything, I'm that dude dancing his heart out at a show but also just drenched so nobody wants to get too close. My original point is still valid which is that when you have like nineteen possible failure points on your system and each one costs half as much to as much as the entire Q2 to replace, it's an issue. And all of this stuff is absolutely prone to failure. For your anecdote there's just as many you can find where people are having random trackpad issues, tracking issues, VR arcade owners needing to replace wands too often - all stuff I saw described in the many times I was searching for fixes for my issues. You should get the Hyperkin gel skins for your wands at least if you haven't already.
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Jun 17, 2021 03:26
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The Walrus posted:Yeah I sweat a lot, I'll pour sweat when running in the summer. I also go full intensity in everything, I'm that dude dancing his heart out at a show but also just drenched so nobody wants to get too close. My original point is still valid which is that when you have like nineteen possible failure points on your system and each one costs half as much to as much as the entire Q2 to replace, it's an issue. And all of this stuff is absolutely prone to failure. For your anecdote there's just as many you can find where people are having random trackpad issues, tracking issues, VR arcade owners needing to replace wands too often - all stuff I saw described in the many times I was searching for fixes for my issues. OH hell yeah, the shits way priced insane. Its sad and depressing thinking how much money I have in controllers/light houses laying around. And replacing that stuff as a normal rear end person is not a cheap deal. No disagreement there. Thats always been 100% my hangup with HTC stuff. Price.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:
Doesn't really help unfortunately, too many holes. But that is what went on over the Saran Wrap for grip.
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I noticed something last night on the Quest 2 that is kind of crazy. I was playing in my office where I have my desk added into VR. When I first started the quest up it flashed the outline of my couch which is two rooms away, but it got the location exactly right. It's like I could see my couch across the apartment through the walls. What is so weird about this is I have never joined up the play spaces. I have no idea how it knows where to place the couch outline.
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Jun 17, 2021 04:13
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Shemp the Stooge posted:I noticed something last night on the Quest 2 that is kind of crazy. I was playing in my office where I have my desk added into VR. When I first started the quest up it flashed the outline of my couch which is two rooms away, but it got the location exactly right. It's like I could see my couch across the apartment through the walls. What is so weird about this is I have never joined up the play spaces. I have no idea how it knows where to place the couch outline. Yeah, I've taken the Quest to the next room sometimes and I can see the outline of the other room's playspace in what looks to be the exact right place on the other side of the wall.
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Jun 17, 2021 04:58
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Well, as the person who pops in to say “the new elite strap is fine” all the time………..it’s not fine So can someone link me to the current hotness for Amazon 3rd party elite straps? Feel free to say I told you so but only if you link me to a good replacement.
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Jun 17, 2021 06:13
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Well, as the person who pops in to say “the new elite strap is fine” all the time………..it’s not fine When mine broke I bought this halo strap and I found it to be a revelation.
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Jun 17, 2021 06:22
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Well, as the person who pops in to say “the new elite strap is fine” all the time………..it’s not fine I highly recommend the DAS Frankenquest if you are ok with earphones.
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Jun 17, 2021 06:30
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The curious thing is that Facebook is starting with what it could be the proven bad approach, ads directly ingame. Don't people remember that was already tried in normal, 2d games? There were a few attempts in the 00's, but they never seem to congeal into something worth it. I remember when Quake Live was supposed to use ingame ads to support the free game structure. Never happened.
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Jun 17, 2021 07:17
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I remember figuring out how to replace the ads in Battlefield 2142 and I made a bunch of forum meme images for it.
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Turin Turambar posted:The curious thing is that Facebook is starting with what it could be the proven bad approach, ads directly ingame. Don't people remember that was already tried in normal, 2d games? There were a few attempts in the 00's, but they never seem to congeal into something worth it. I remember when Quake Live was supposed to use ingame ads to support the free game structure. Never happened. The difference is Facebook has all the ads they need ready to go. Prior attempts had to convince companies into putting their ads on those game services.
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Jun 17, 2021 07:25
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The difference is Facebook has all the ads they need ready to go. Prior attempts had to convince companies into putting their ads on those game services. You still have to convince those companies to spend worthwhile amounts of money for advertising in VR. Hulu is and was owned by networks with supposedly built-in advertisers, but it took them years to convince the bigger brands to buy slots on streaming. Even today, you can get the same ad 5 times in one show because they don’t have any other ads to show. VR is still very niche and its demographics are nowhere near as representative as FB’s. Non-tech/gaming brands will mostly sit it out until VR becomes more mainstream.
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Jun 17, 2021 07:46
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Shemp the Stooge posted:I noticed something last night on the Quest 2 that is kind of crazy. I was playing in my office where I have my desk added into VR. When I first started the quest up it flashed the outline of my couch which is two rooms away, but it got the location exactly right. It's like I could see my couch across the apartment through the walls. What is so weird about this is I have never joined up the play spaces. I have no idea how it knows where to place the couch outline. Have you ever walked between play spaces with the headset on? I walked out of a guardian boundary once, and walked to another room with passthrough on and set up a new guardian boundary, and it now knows where those two are relative two each other, and my sofa. It's pretty smart. But if you haven't ever walked round your house with it on then that's pretty nuts.
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theflyingexecutive posted:You still have to convince those companies to spend worthwhile amounts of money for advertising in VR. Hulu is and was owned by networks with supposedly built-in advertisers, but it took them years to convince the bigger brands to buy slots on streaming. Even today, you can get the same ad 5 times in one show because they don’t have any other ads to show. VR is still very niche and its demographics are nowhere near as representative as FB’s. Non-tech/gaming brands will mostly sit it out until VR becomes more mainstream. Facebook is the marketing company though, and this is what Facebook's been working towards all this time to actually profit off their investment. I doubt they're gonna set all this up without batches of ads ready to go.
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Jun 17, 2021 09:46
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While we love the doom & gloom, it seems the ads will be opt-in* for devs. So right now if ads appears in Blaston, it will be more Resolution Games fault... What bothers me it's that Blaston is a paid product, it would be a different thing if this started in a f2p game. *: for now...
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Jun 17, 2021 10:47
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Really enjoying the Iron rebellion alpha. Not a tonne of gameplay in it, just one wave survival map, but they have nailed the stompy bot feel and it's great. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1192900/IRON_REBELLION/
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Turin Turambar posted:While we love the doom & gloom, it seems the ads will be opt-in* for devs. So right now if ads appears in Blaston, it will be more Resolution Games fault... I'm sure Facebook will give the studios they own a choice in that matter.
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Jun 17, 2021 11:00
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300 dollar wireless VR headset... but with opt-in ads in development mode! *the crowd gasps*
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I've been getting back into VR after upgrading some PC parts and this is probably a stupid question but is it like...Normal, for stuff to be a little hazy? I'm not talking 'i forgot my glasses' blurry (which is all googling seems to bring up) but the image never feels particularly sharp. I dunno if this is just how VR is or what. It's not a huge deal though but it is a bit annoying when it makes me feel nearsighted in games like Alyx where stuff a little far away is out of focus a tad bit. Mostly talking like text and such. I tried messing around with the IPD and didn't notice a real difference.
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Jun 17, 2021 12:29
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Now it makes sense why they bought the population one devs. The game is littered with billboards that just display the Pop1 logo. Someone’s boutta be replacing all those with real ads
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GoodApollo posted:When mine broke I bought this halo strap and I found it to be a revelation. I am not a super big fan of halo straps, due to having a big dumb head, is there one that’s basically a direct replacement for the elite strap but also not going to break?
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Ibram Gaunt posted:I've been getting back into VR after upgrading some PC parts and this is probably a stupid question but is it like...Normal, for stuff to be a little hazy? I'm not talking 'i forgot my glasses' blurry (which is all googling seems to bring up) but the image never feels particularly sharp. I dunno if this is just how VR is or what. It's not a huge deal though but it is a bit annoying when it makes me feel nearsighted in games like Alyx where stuff a little far away is out of focus a tad bit. Mostly talking like text and such. I tried messing around with the IPD and didn't notice a real difference. Honestly one of the biggest drawbacks of VR (for me, at least) is the fact that each headset's ideal resolution isn't simply identified by default. I have to deal with multiple programs that handle resolution and/or scaling differently, I'm never quite sure which one is in charge, and then every individual game has settings which feel like they're conflicting with everything else.
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:Which headset are you using? If you have decent lenses and get your settings dialed in, text should be pretty clear. I'm using a Rift S, should have specified. I haven't messed with resolution setting stuff so maybe that's the culprit?
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Ibram Gaunt posted:I'm using a Rift S, should have specified. I haven't messed with resolution setting stuff so maybe that's the culprit? Take a look in the SteamVR settings and make sure the resolution is at 100% and not like 120-130% as it likes to default to.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:I'm using a Rift S, should have specified. I haven't messed with resolution setting stuff so maybe that's the culprit? I guess you already cleaned it with a microfiber cloth?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:If you havent signed up for your complementary quest facial interface replacement, I suggest doing so. Do you have the link handy? I can't remember where it was posted in thread. e: never mind, saw it on the last page https://tickets.oculusvr.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360001267272 raditts fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Jun 17, 2021 |
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I am not a super big fan of halo straps, due to having a big dumb head, is there one that’s basically a direct replacement for the elite strap but also not going to break? I have a last-tick-on-a-baseball-hat big head and that halo strap is pretty good
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I tried playing Walkabout Minigolf with my friend last night and my Q2 was doing some real weird poo poo, basically the screen kept going black and I'd get the "Lost tracking" message, but it was cutting the audio in and out like it was lagging too. It'd catch up and start working again and then randomly flash black and then do the whole thing over again. I was in a well lit room that I've played in before, my only thought was that my right controller was actually super low on battery and the headset was kinda low so maybe it just couldn't track it for some reason? I picked up new batteries and will try again tonight to see if it's still happening after fully charging the headset too. I've also gone back to the normal strap because the elite strap finally broke after the stress fractures started appearing when I put the replacement VRCover on it. I will also eat my words because I figured the complaints were overblown but the design of this elite strap is just confounding. I forgot how much the normal strap kinda sucks 
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Man I really like the quest 2 and Oculus has made some great hardware and games but gently caress I just don't want the future of this tech dictated by loving Facebook. This is some monkeys paw poo poo
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explosivo posted:I tried playing Walkabout Minigolf with my friend last night and my Q2 was doing some real weird poo poo, basically the screen kept going black and I'd get the "Lost tracking" message, but it was cutting the audio in and out like it was lagging too. The last part makes me think it wasn't really a problem with the tracking, but more general: reboot it.
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Turin Turambar posted:The last part makes me think it wasn't really a problem with the tracking, but more general: reboot it. I think you're right, I'll try tonight. Thanks!
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I hope there are some really good in game ads while i play this active shooter drill game! https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/4068694166508791/
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explosivo posted:I think you're right, I'll try tonight. Thanks! /solves IT problems on the work /browse the web in the middle of the work /solves IT problems while browsing the web :P
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On the subject of Quest 2 straps, looks like Rebuff Reality's caught on to the Frankenquest's popularity as they've released a head strap that looks awfully DAS-like.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I am not a super big fan of halo straps, due to having a big dumb head, is there one that’s basically a direct replacement for the elite strap but also not going to break? There's like a million Chinese knockoffs on Amazon. Just if you don't want to use headphones, make sure you double check whether they have integrated speakers or not, because a lot don't.
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Larcenauts is out today, 6v6 class-based shooter in the vein of tf2/apex/overwatch, on both quest and pc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HkHolOKvm8 https://store.steampowered.com/app/421190/Larcenauts/ https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3126295830741280/ Launches with 8 classes and 4 maps. If they've executed it well this could be v popular.
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