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Americans might be interested in the HP Reverb G2 being $400 at Walmart right now.
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Jack Trades posted:I hope the devs see you defending them and give you more press copies, dude. I really loathe posts like this
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Jun 22, 2021 19:03
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Oh that's cool. Zaphod42 posted:I really loathe posts like this Tough titties.
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Jun 22, 2021 19:07
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I wonder if they'll bring more Myst games to VR. I never really played the rest.
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Jun 22, 2021 19:13
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Professor Wayne posted:I wonder if they'll bring more Myst games to VR. I never really played the rest. Maybe, would be cool but I wouldn't expect it. These aren't just a VR port, they're fully re-building all the art and worlds from scratch, so its a pretty massive undertaking. Myst is easier and has a lot more nostalgia. But if it sells really well I could see them doing Riven, which would be awesome.
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Jun 22, 2021 19:18
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Zaphod42 posted:Maybe, would be cool but I wouldn't expect it. These aren't just a VR port, they're fully re-building all the art and worlds from scratch, so its a pretty massive undertaking. Yeah, Mysts 2-4 are pre-rendered, you would have to rebuild them from the ground up to make VR versions. Myst 5 is realtime, but I can't imagine that ancient engine would be VR friendly. There's also Uru, the weird Myst MMO. But that's third-person and the controls suck, so you'd need to completely re-design it to make a VR version. There is a fan-remake project of Riven that's being worked on, but who knows if it'll ever finish.
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Jun 22, 2021 19:29
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I seem to recall that the source files for Riven's art were lost at some point?
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Jun 22, 2021 19:33
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Ladies and gents, I present you... chess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDqxSbIWu8g "The game supports playing against a friend (with voice chat and avatar features) or against an AI with several levels of difficulty. There’s also online multiplayer with casual and ranked options, alongside different time rules for matches that include “bullet, blitz, classic, real time and async.” You won’t just be limited to controllers either — hand tracking support will also be enabled on Quest headsets."
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Jun 22, 2021 19:36
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mutata posted:I seem to recall that the source files for Riven's art were lost at some point? Probably, with how long ago that was. And even if they had it, you couldn't use that art for a VR game, its in a weird early 90s rendering style so everything is built out of curves and tons of polygons and extremely basic textures and no shaders, fine if you're pre-rendering everything out but for real-time it would need to be modified to the point of being totally rebuilt. They built Obduction though and that game looks cool and plays in VR, so they certainly have the ability to rebuild Riven in VR if they want to, its just a cost-benefit question. Like how much nostalgia is there for Riven in the general public vs how interested would people be in a totally new VR game
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Jun 22, 2021 19:54
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njsykora posted:Americans might be interested in the HP Reverb G2 being $400 at Walmart right now. I'd definitely buy a G2 if I hadn't heard so many horror stories about the tracking. You can get Index controllers for it but at that rate you might as well just get an Index.
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Jun 22, 2021 20:22
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njsykora posted:Americans might be interested in the HP Reverb G2 being $400 at Walmart right now. I'll have to watch some reviews of this later when I'm home, but anyone here have an opinion ob this piece of hardware? Seems like a pretty decent offering at that sale price
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Jun 22, 2021 20:52
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Its great! I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092VJKR3M Thanks for the review. I’ve been looking to replace my strap for a while now and just ordered one.
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Jun 22, 2021 20:59
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Cyan Games also released Obduction which is VR compatible, and is very similar to Myst, so if you’re looking for games like Myst Id recommend it. It looks pretty nice as well, and has more sci fi art style. Edit o whoops, beaten. But yeah, I’m also looking for more puzzle oriented or just like single player games with nice environments, that are ‘weirder’ or just unique in their art style. Games like Paper Beast, which is beautiful, and Outer Wilds or The Talos Principle. imhotep fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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Jun 22, 2021 21:11
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njsykora posted:Americans might be interested in the HP Reverb G2 being $400 at Walmart right now. Was interested until I looked up the IPD range, forgot this thing is only 60-68 IPD. Ugh.
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Jun 22, 2021 22:47
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Looks like, apparently "[Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]" is finally actually fixed in the new nvidia driver. Probably hasn't been affecting too many people anymore, since things like fpsvr added a way to not monitor the GPU but still cool and long overdue.
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Jun 23, 2021 02:21
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RandomBlue posted:Was interested until I looked up the IPD range, forgot this thing is only 60-68 IPD. Ugh. Everything I've seen said the optics sweet spot was really lousy as well, so you definitely can't fudge it if you're out of range.
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Jun 23, 2021 03:24
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Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? So far, I have on my list: Tiltbrush Paradiddle Star Trek Bridge Crew Onward GORN and of course Half Life Alyx Any thoughts on these, and/or other games? I found a couple in the OP I'm interested in, but was wondering if there have been any gems since?
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Jun 23, 2021 06:00
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? Boneworks
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Jun 23, 2021 06:12
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? Just worth pointing out that you shouldn't buy Tilt Brush as it has since been open sourced. Go for Open Brush instead - it's the same thing but free -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1634870/Open_Brush/
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Jun 23, 2021 06:22
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? Hot dogs, horseshoes and hand grenades if you want a good single player shooter.
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Jun 23, 2021 06:22
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Awesome, thanks yall. And thanks for the headsup on Tiltbrush!
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Jun 23, 2021 06:23
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I hear Gorilla Tag is good, and also rumors that the dev is extremely cool, smart and handsome
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Jun 23, 2021 06:25
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? Just as an FYI if you're not already aware, Alyx should just appear for free in your Steam account once you hook up the Index and set that all up.
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Jun 23, 2021 06:26
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? I have found a lot of fun in Echo Arena and Smash Drums.
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Jun 23, 2021 06:26
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Imhotep posted:Cyan Games also released Obduction which is VR compatible, and is very similar to Myst, so if you’re looking for games like Myst Id recommend it. It looks pretty nice as well, and has more sci fi art style. These two are pretty solid if you want more Myst-like VR games https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5046/The_Gallery__EP1_Call_of_the_Starseed__EP2_Heart_of_the_Emberstone/
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Jun 23, 2021 06:43
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Lemming posted:Gorilla Tag is good Truth Lemming posted:the dev is extremely cool, smart and handsome Lies
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Jun 23, 2021 06:49
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Flatulance-a-lot posted:Finally got an Index coming in (possibly) tomorrow. What are some of the best VR games/apps I should look into? Superhot VR Untill You Fall Pistol Whip
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Jun 23, 2021 08:08
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Blaston and Synth Riders, download Noodle Manager for custom songs. Also there's a bunch of demos in the Steam Next Fest until the 26th June, so if you get the headset in time then there's a few things to try there. 2076 is looking really promising, it's an R-Type style game where you can use your offhand for stuff. And I Expect You To Die 2 became an instant purchase when that Bond intro dropped. Undead Citadel sadly remains a no-show.
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Jun 23, 2021 09:58
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Does Synth Riders have the same thing as Beat Saber where it's best to get it on Steam over Oculus for custom songs?
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Jun 23, 2021 10:04
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I don't think anybody mentioned it, but definitely Beat Saber. Star Wars: Squadrons is quite good and you may already own games like Elite: Dangerous and No Man's Sky as well. Walking Dead Saints and Sinners is good, and if you are up to modding Skyrim VR can be excellent as well. Also don't forget some of the free ones like The Lab and Propogation VR. The Lab is made by Valve and is a great introduction to VR mechanics and sadly the closest we have to Portal VR.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:04
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Regarding Myst, Cyan is still (hopefully) working on Firmament. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1252280491/firmament
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Jun 23, 2021 11:20
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Along the lines of free stuff, there's a series of animations called Google Spotlight Stories which serve as nice demonstrations of the technology. My favorite was Age of Sail with Ian McShane. There are a few sequences that really drive home the feeling that you're actually alongside the characters.
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Jun 23, 2021 11:48
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Despite its shortcomings, I've had a lot of sandbox-type fun in Blade and Sorcery. The project seems to be moving in a cool direction these days, and the modding scene is quite active. Forgot to mention the VR mod for the Subnautica games. Very rich in visual spectacle. I found the gamepad control scheme sort of relaxing. Grei Skuring fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Jun 23, 2021 11:49
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Blade and Sorcery is really cool but it's kind of like a tech demo right now. That being said, it's extremely visceral and satisfying so if you want to live out your own Ensign Suder fantasies, there is no better medium
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Jun 23, 2021 12:00
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Don’t forget the good free games too. PokerstarsVR, and Rec Room
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Jun 23, 2021 12:45
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Played and beat SuperhotVR the other day. I knew what I was getting into but having a small playspace really made things harder than it probably needed to be. A bit shorter than I would have liked (got it for 12 bucks though so I can't complain) and a couple stages really kicked my rear end because I can never get non underhanded throwing to work in VR consistently. Would recommend on sale.
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Jun 23, 2021 12:50
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Throwing in Superhot is not great, so it probably wasn't you. Robo Recall is on sale in the Oculus store so I'm giving that a go, and other than the weird turning system (point the teleporter, rotate the stick to set your direction, then release), it holds up really well. Smacking robots then throwing their corpse at other robots is really fun, and the presentation is immaculate. I really do think that a solid physics system is vital for most VR games; even if you don't do anything complex with it, being able to ragdoll things around just makes the game feel so solid and real.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:I don't think anybody mentioned it, but definitely Beat Saber. I'll post this link for anyone who needs it: Lightweight Lazy List. Given me another 150+ hours in a game I've had over 1000 in before, but YMMV. Throwing in superhot got easier when someone suggested "pushing" the thrown object in the direction you want it to fly in rather than expecting it to have more realistic throwing physics. Once I got that, it was way easier to consistently chuck things at enemies.
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:Blade and Sorcery is really cool but it's kind of like a tech demo right now. That being said, it's extremely visceral and satisfying so if you want to live out your own Ensign Suder fantasies, there is no better medium My kid downloaded some Steam Workshop thing that TCs it to Star Wars, and he has been having a blast with this.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Throwing in Superhot is not great, so it probably wasn't you. I think Robo Recall's movement and turning is really good. Using it properly is key to getting high scores as it comes with a built-in slow-motion effect that lets you plan your next moves out.
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