Does anyone here do any VR gaming? I've just got a nice job so was thinking of buying a Valve Index, but really what I'm here to ask is, is VR worth getting in these early days, or are the screens still too low resolution/quality etc and the games still lacking?
Gimmick, or must have?
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If you're actually interested then get the oculus rift s because the quality difference is minimal and does not cost as much as a fucking car so you won't be trying to find every excuse to pretend to like it
VR is a meme gimmick fad that is already over. We 4k gaming instead.
Resolution is a bad argument against VR because you you can't stand inside of your 4k monitor lol
I'd recommend you wait to see Valve's VR game to see the current reasonable "potential" of VR games before falling for the meme.
*makes my sims stand up inside of my 4k monitor because my sims was sitting on a chair with a push of a button*
I do most gaming almost exclusively in VR. I wouldn’t describe it as a must have for everyone, do some demos and come to your own conclusion.
I will say that shelling out 1k for an index is probably a bad idea since it’s a shitty headset for the price.
Depends on what you play. If you play flight or racing sims, or even something like elite, its absolutelly unbeatable even right now. I just got an index and it's been the single most addition to elevate gaming I've witnessed. The feeling of actually having to rack a bolt on a bolt action in fps games, or even just blind firing is insane
Why? There are plenty of good vr games out or coming out that show potential perfectly well. Stormland, Boneworks, Blade and Sorcery, etc. Valve couldn’t even get thumbsticks working in vr. If they’re actually working on a game (they aren’t btw) it’s gonna be shit.
The index is the best headset currently on the market. I dont know what you're smoking. Most comfortable, good screens, fantastic audio, best controllers yet. Yea it's expensive, but you get shat you pay for
Lol when fp is bp
>reflective frunk fucks with tracking
>shitty thumbsticks
That’ll be 1000 dollars please!
The effect of being inside a virtual environment is great, but there is a serious lack of good games and being inside VR for long periods of time is very tiring. I doubt you would ever actually want to play a 15-20 hour AAA game in VR even if it's Half Life 3 VR or whatever.
You realize you don't have to play a game from start to finish in one sitting right? Like, you can actually take a break whenever you want, you know
Would Half Life 2 have been fun in 1 hour chunks?
It's 100% a gimmick, but fun, but also not worth a fucking 1000+ euro.
I'm honestly not sure, I dropped that shit as soon as I stepped off the train because source is incredibly dated traah
maybe you should have played it 15 years ago zoomer
Just ordered a Rift S, what games are fun?
No Man's Sky (unironically)
Bigscreen Beta lets you use your desktop in various environments like at a huge IMAX theater or by a camp fire or on Mars
Google Earth VR is pretty amazing to fly around and look at shit. It's a surreal feeling to look down on your home town like it's a train model, and then swoop down onto the streets at normal height.
Kingspray Graffiti is a pretty amazing graffiti simulator
Hot dogs, horseshoes and hand grenades is the best gun range/weapon simulator for VR to date, with interactibility the #1 priority for the guns
P.T. VR remake but I can't even play that because I am gwnuinely too terrified when I step into the hallway
Pavlov VR for CSGO/MW2 VR with ported maps from many games
VRChat if you're the social type
all those games sound cringe
Then fuck off cunt, I'm sorry for putting a list together for you
Yikes
its a harsh reality but VR has no games
i just hope valve can be competent and make something good
>literally replies to a list of games
Drone
Btfo lmao
>screens still too low resolution/quality
Screen quality is secondary, controllers and tracking is what's important
>If you play flight or racing sims, or even something like elite, its absolutelly unbeatable even right now.
That simply isn't true. While it shows the potential, the resolution is far too low to be comfortably playable. For example you cannot play any flight combat sim without enemy being tags on because you will not be able to spot them even at medium distance.
I'm the user that asked for recomendations, not that guy. I appreciate the list user
Any good VR mech games with customisation?
This is the second most subjective "issue" right after motion sickness. People have different tolerances and something you consider to not be "comfortably playable" is someone elses best experience of their life
This sounds kino af desu
I'm not sure about customization but archangel hellfire might be for you
No, this no where near the motion sickness issue. This is like someone saying they play driving games at 15fps and it's "perfectly fine". Or someone posting some morbidly obese slob in /s/ because they think it's beautiful. No, those people are fucking insane. You absolutely unequivocally need high resolution in a flight sim to spot targets, unless you *only* play modern combat jet games were you rely solely on radar.
Ok, we good then lol
This is bait.
Low resolution is the same as playing 15fps? Sounds like you just don't like low res lol
Resolution is not subjective. Current headsets have enough resolution to read cockpit instruments but seeing and identify airplanes or ground targets is just not possible. Flight sim forums are full of people discussing the "5k" headsets because they need more resolution.
FOV is also an issue because checking six is significantly harder in VR than it is in real life. You need to be a contortionist to check six in VR.
>he fell for the valve hardware meme
>not working on a game
A half life vr game is coming out this year. They had a presentation about it
I'm a WMRchad who owns both a Lenovo and Rift S. The Rift S has SERIOUS comfortability issues
Tolerance is subjective, moron. Because you don't like low res doesn't mean some kid is not going to have fun playing it
>i actually dont own a vive i own literally everything but a vive xD
Yeah, he fell for the valve hardware meme
It's good shit but there aren't any full length games or interest from big companies to make them.
Do you want a timestamp, bitch?
Being unable to play the game is not subjective.
Imagine playing Counter Strike except you can only see 5 meters in front of you while everyone else has normal vision. That's combat flight simming in VR
You're free to buy an expensive PC VR helmet to play porn games, modded games and VRChat. Or you can get a PSVR for a fraction of the cost and have an actual catalogue of games to choose from.
Wow, another demo. Can’t wait!
>being unable to play the game is not subjective.
It literally is, you rotting old man.
The porn games aren't even good. It's all low quality.
Dominatrix simulator was strangely arousing though.
hey people liked the last demo a lot, give them some credit
>has not found the porn games
If it’s not half life 3 then it’s a demo.
Give up your dreams, HL3 is dead and HL2 was a fucking havok sales push.
So this is the power..... Of VR......
>jerking off to 15 windows of pornhub simultaneously on the dashboard
WMR: Shit tracking, small sweetspot
Vive: Shit controllers, worse screens than WMR
Rift S: Facebook
Cosmos: Literally no point when the Rift S is half the price
Index: $1000
>he made a facebook account
>Kingspray Graffiti
Be cautious of this though unless you're 100% sure cause the game is long since dead
>No Updates in over a year
>No one ever hosting an online lobby
>Lots of bugs still floating around
Name a single good one
No one asked about your job you just decided to put it in your post to ask if VR is worth it or not, which it is , you are subtlety attention whoring to boost your own self worth by writing about yourself to strangers , I can’t stand people like you
There aren't that many full games. Skyrim VR is fun, Beat Saber if your wrists can handle it. Lots of AA games and indie if that's your cup of tea. No Mans Sky just released a VR version and it's pretty cool, too bad the game itself is kind of boring.
I play mostly VR myself. Flatscreen games just aren't that immersive or fun.
Captain hardcore vr
Well shit, ok
>Google Earth VR
That shit made me emotional. The nostalgia hits hard. It's also pretty amazing just flying around the world visiting places.
Why haven't I heard of this? Everyone just keeps talking about Virt-A-Mate and that's an annoying piece of (hot) shit.
Because the people shitposting about bad VR games don't actually have VR
>projecting this hard
>No one ever hosting an online lobby
Be wary of this when looking for VR games with multiplayer, most of them are dead.
You literally just sold me
Xstory
>Name one single game
>Names a demo
>You literally just sold me
I wasn't the guy asking for the game nignog, and yes that demo just sold me. Suck my fucking dick
>Suck my fucking dick
>You literally just sold me
Have you just finished browsing r/greentexts and you think quoting every comment you see is a joke? You teenaged fucking outcast
>You teenaged fucking outcast
>Suck my fucking dick
>r/greentexts
>You literally just sold me
you're looking at the best headset vs the best experiences and game support, and right now it's PS4 for support and games, that could change though
Thank you for admitting it
If Rift S wasn't 80hz and lacking hardware IPD I'd agree.
>Thank you
>You literally just
I bought the Oculus Quest on launch and honestly have no regrets, the convenience and freedom is amazing even if the graphics take a hit and the immersion is still extreme. I play it daily still, way more than I play my other consoles, but I also enjoy more arcade-style experiences so your mileage may definitely vary. For me though it's not a gimmick, it's literally gotten me excited about gaming again.
Makes me wonder how easily you can change the battery if it starts to crap out.
It was dated back then, besides the physics.
Which one is the better choice for a first foray into VR?
On that note, is Quest a meme?
>unfinished sandbox with wonky physics
Don't you feel bothered by the potentially limited selection of the Quest? You kinda can't play big names out there like No Man's Sky VR.
Generally speaking
If you aren't really sure what you want to do with VR, you shouldn't really buy a headset.
Beat Saber's real fun though.
SteamHome is (Almost) fucking great but they really need to add support for proper player models, and a lot of the people that would be making things make shit for VRChat instead.
VRChat is deceptively well built, and isn't actually as functional beyond really basic physics toys and shit with a lot of it being faked via decorative entities
Any good VR city building games?
>You kinda can't play big names out there like No Man's Sky VR.
Nor can most PC users unless you got a supercomputer
Definitely Oculus, I know I'm about to sound like a faggot but they unironically developed the Rift out of passion because VR didn't exist yet instead of developing one for the sake of competing for money
Both of those are horrible choices but the S is a slightly less horrible choice.
Go with a WMR.
>Is the quest a meme
Not if you don't have a gaming PC. But if you do there is no point
>gaming
where do you fags keep coming from
All right, Rift S it is for now. I have a PC with a 1080 but the Quest's completely wireless offering is pretty tempting.
>WMR
Samsung Odyssey?
Samsung Odyssey is a good choice of them. More comfortable and higher resolution than the S.
Personally I have the Lenovo and am so satisfied I feel no need up upgrade
It's not lost any of its oomph so far, but I don't think you can replace it once it does crap out which does suck ass. Unless you play with a charging pack on constantly it doesn't wear out too fast. I figure by the time the battery is totally shot I'll have a Quest 2 or something anyhow.
Not really. My PC tower is no longer good enough by modern standards to run PCVR, and the PSVR's iffy tracking and wires drive me crazy despite the additional variety. If the Rift line is the NES this is the GameBoy, and it's incredible for being that, I end up taking it to friends' houses and parties all the time and playing it wherever I end up traveling to where I couldn't lug along a PC. There are of course PC/PSVR exclusives I miss but for the price point and my situation I'm not disappointed, there are enough good games on it I haven't gotten bored yet playing hours a day. If you have a PC that can run VR well though I'd definitely recommend only getting a Quest as an addition to a Rift S if anything so you don't miss out on the full library.
>the Quest's completely wireless offering is pretty tempting
It's right up there with the Ouya in terms of consumer ignorance.
Is a 2070 Super enough to run something like the Index? It seems most VR games are made to be "stylised" anyway, because anything realistic would run like shit at high resolutions and high framerates and true 3D
You can run the index on a RX 480 of course a 2070 is fine
>all in one tracking with 6 cameras
>90hz
>higher resolution than the Index
>build in headphones
>can flip up the display
>700$
>optional faceplate for SteamVR tracking if you are stuck in the past and somehow like inside-out
its literally the perfect place between the index and rift S
If I'm paying $700 for a fucking VR headset it's not going to be an inside-out one. Would rather save up the extra $300 for an Index.
>index and rift S
I'd rather have either of those than the cosmos.
>no hardware onboard for the camera tracking
>it's all offloaded to your CPU instead dealing with 6 colour 60hz webcams at once
I'll stick with the lighthouses tyvm.
Does the Vive Cosmos come with Eye Tracking built in? If so, that's the one to get.
It's like you can run VR on a Potato so I don't think it's that big of a deal.
>cringe
Yikes
OG Oculus Rift already takes up 5% of my CPU time using its three sensors, which operate uncompressed at 1080p/60hz on a single colour channel. 6 webcams with a compressed full color video stream (meaning more CPU needed to decompress it) I don't want to know the overhead costs of.
video games are cringe user, accept it or leave
Dilate.
Why the fuck would you use VR to fuck a 3DPD woman instead of an anime girl? Get out of here you absolute normalfaggot.
It honestly feels pretty realistic. I like to play Pavlov and it kinda feels like actually holding a gun. Well. A really light, 6 ounce gun. I know I played Skyrim and fallout VR with an average of 200 mods on each and the graphics are really breathtaking. You can honestly get motion sickness just by spinning around and get a boost of adrenaline when you are falling. It is really lifelike, depending on the game. The LED eye lens do not fully encompass your range of vision. It's kind of like wearing glasses. You eventually get used to looking at what you can actually see, and only pay attention to that.
The bad news: I've had mine for a little over 2 months. My left joystick broke and will not work when I move it down. Not really a big problem because you select everything in menus with a pointer and you can turn really fast and just run the other way in game instead of walking backwards. I find that walking backwards makes your character move slower in most games anyway. I have no idea how this happened.
I also scratched my lens. This is because I wear glasses. Even in virtual reality I can't escape being a blind fuck. But the good news is I have a one year warranty and they will send me a new one.
As a follow up, this purchase was my first VR purchase. Its definitely not a gimmick. I love it. I see it as being the unadulterated future of gaming. Just the difference of using a button or actually gripping a controller to manipulate the world makes a huge difference. The thing that sucks the most: there's not a lot of games or variety for it yet, as you need to have a PC-tier level of investment into gaming. The average console gamer wouldn't buy a valve index yet, so there are zero AAA games that aren't just secondhand ports like fallout or Skyrim. I can't see myself returning to non-vr games, and that kinda sucks. Going from aiming with your actual hands that are grabbing a firearm to aiming with a mouse feels extremely lackluster. Same thing with RPGs. The only games I can still kind of see myself playing in the future are rts or card games. There are not a lot of categories of games in VR. Most of them are in early access hell or some finicky Arcade style game. MOST OF THEM. But if you can find a few you really like, you can spend hours in there. In the last two months I have over 200 hours in Pavlov. It's the one I really like.
I can't speak Japanese.
Not with that attitude you can't.
