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[Alexios]

Some of the neater recent updates from the last page, check it out for much more, I can only embed 10!

Are they WMR controllers? Arent they meant to be pretty bad?

Watch the video, they have similar inputs but they're not the standard MS design outside the ring. Just like Samsung did their own with the Odyssey, HP redesigned them to more closely match the Oculus Touch, though they didn't add actual touch sensitivity and removed the WMR touchpad too.

 

[INC]

You seen the neo 2

With magnetic field tracking

 

[Alexios]

Yep. Seems like battery life and design (and for now corporate, not consumer focus) hold them back, but the tech has potential for almost lighthouse-quality tracking without the need for additional trackers/bases/whatever, not even HMD cameras (except for pass through and the HMD tracking).

Couple it with a smaller form factor, wireless connection to a PC as standard, made for that purpose rather than retrofit from basic wi fi chips and what not, and it seems like a possible definitive future for VR as a whole (with or without built-in chipset for stand alone use depending on the model).

 

[INC]

Yep. Seems like battery life and the weird design of them is the worst of it, but that tech sure has potential.

Wonder if a magnet protube would be impossible with these controllers

 

[Alexios]

Wonder if a magnet protube would be impossible with these controllers

Occlusion supposedly doesn't matter for them, they track fine behind your back and everything, they don't rely on line of sight, so it should work depending on the materials used perhaps. Maybe the tube could even hold some additional battery life for them. Unless magnets fuck it up somehow.

 

[INC]

Occlusion supposedly doesn't matter for them, they track fine behind your back and everything, they don't rely on visual data, so it should work depending on the materials used perhaps.

Not visual occlusion I mean, protube have really strong magnets on the cups, cant help but feel that that would mess with the magnetic tracking

 

[Alexios]

Ya I added the magnet stuff at the end idk. I wanna see a tracking test of this form to see if G2 is on par.

 

[INC]

Honestly I dont have any issues with tracking on rift s.

My protube arrived today tho (and I'm away), managed it find second hand for £80

Shame they're so expensive

 

[Alexios]

I'm in his AMA, it's on 2-minute break atm. Dude is pimping this hard, like the best VR kit choice so far. Apparently that's a pre-production kit and kept turning off so he didn't play longform games/long durations. Hopefully that doesn't happen on consumer units!


Got one answer, he said he did play actual FPS with no problem, he just used Rec Room for the video. It got busy so no more answers for me, nothing about how durable the cables are, if he has any info on the 4 cameras being a WMR new standard or just HP's.

 

[INC]

Yeh rec room isnt really fps tbh lol

Bit like buying a £500 wheel for driving games, and testing it with mario kart

 

[Alexios]

Steam :: SteamVR :: Introducing SteamVR 1.13

Version 1.13.9

steamcommunity.com

GrowRilla VR - Update 6 - The big 1.0 Release - Steam News

Campaign Mode, New Maps, Redesigned Menu

store.steampowered.com

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]

Steam :: Hyperstacks :: What's new in HyperStacks Alpha 0.3.10

0.3.10 A lot of fixes Improvements and Features regarding the easy of use of the level editor and better gameplay feedback!

steamcommunity.com

Contractors - Competitive Control Game Mode - Steam News

New Game Mode; Bot optimization.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Alexios]

How a 12th century tower inspired this level for our VR game news - Rinlo

We'd like to share with you a very special building for us that served as an inspiration to create the staircase scene for Rinlo. The building is called Asinelli Tower and you can find it in Bologna, Italy.

www.indiedb.com

HORIZON VANGUARD - Version 1.1.0 released! - Steam News

HORIZON VANGUARD 1.1.0 brings some new QoL features and bug fixes.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]

STAR WARS™: Squadrons - Pilot Briefing: Your Starfighters

Let's get into the heart of this game: the starfighters.

www.ea.com

No Man's Sky - No Man's Sky Desolation Update - Steam News

Procedurally-generated freighters, more story content, combat improvements, freighter customisation and more.

store.steampowered.com

Wrench - Wrench Unlimited Update - Steam News

The biggest update to Wrench so far. New game flow, parts, progression, locations, and more.

store.steampowered.com

Assetto Corsa Competizione - Assetto Corsa Competizione v1.5 and GT4 Season DLC are out now on Steam! - Steam News

The GT4 PACK DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione brings 11 new cars reproduced with maximum accuracy from the official GT4 European Series from SRO Motorsports Group.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]

Into the Radius VR - Exclusive Gift for our Early Access Supporters - Steam News

We're giving everyone an exclusive Spetsnaz Machete to everybody who bought the game before 20.07.2020

store.steampowered.com

 

[namekuseijin]

the kind of reality augmentation that's already possible right now with iOS Lidar features:



just imagine when Apple also releases their AR glasses...

 

[Alexios]

The Walking Dead: Onslaught will crawl its way into VR this year

The Walking Dead: Onslaught is coming soon from AMC and Survios as a single-player campaign VR game built around a big hub. But it has no co-op play.

venturebeat.com

Ironlights - The Scythe Update - Steam News

A new class has entered the arena: the scythe-wielding Reaper!

store.steampowered.com

Steam :: Pandemic: The Virus Outbreak :: Pandemic: The Virus Outbreak 1.2.0 - Virtual reality update

Update Highlights: - Added virtual reality support - Added a new tab that shows the statistics of the whole round - Added random outbreaks - Improved influence of actions on statistics - Improved influence of statistics on other statistics

steamcommunity.com

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

 

[Alexios]

BallisticNG - BallisticNG 1.2 and Outer Reaches are now available! - Steam News

BallisticNG: Outer Reaches and the massive accompanying 1.2 feature update are now available!

store.steampowered.com

Can't wait to try this, been looking forward to it for ages, hope it delivers what I think it can.

Into the Radius got out of early access too.

 

[namekuseijin]

Maskmaker promises to be as mind-bending and puzzling as A Fisherman's Tale. Or as Transpose and Paper Beast for that matter.

solid puzzle games that really use the VR medium in original ways...

 

[namekuseijin]

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]

 

[Resenge]

Oh nice, back in the first few years of VR I was buying games like crazy, desperate for the next VR experience. Spent way too much money on crap and this was a game I bought when it first launched, played it for 7 mins according to my steam and didnt play it again. Maybe its time to try out the free remaster.

 

[Tesseract]

why so triggered Alexios ?

 

[Shai-Tan]

Oh nice, back in the first few years of VR I was buying games like crazy, desperate for the next VR experience. Spent way too much money on crap and this was a game I bought when it first launched, played it for 7 mins according to my steam and didnt play it again. Maybe its time to try out the free remaster.

It looked decent enough to try out when I watched Virtual Reality Oasis and Gamertag VR play it yesterday. There's still a bunch of games I haven't tried out yet because they haven't been on sale or aren't on Viveport Infinity.

I'm currently playing Arizona Sunshine because it takes up the most hard disk space (80GB) which is surprising because there's like three zombie models repeated over and over and low res textures all over everything in that game. Lining up headshots still fun though so whatever

 

[Resenge]

I'm currently playing Arizona Sunshine because it takes up the most hard disk space (80GB)

I am curious on what platform are you playing Arizona Sunshine on, Steam is only 25GB.

 

[Shai-Tan]

I am curious on what platform are you playing Arizona Sunshine on, Steam is only 25GB.

viveport infinity, has the two dlc too. maybe all assets are doubled from that

 

[Resenge]

viveport infinity, has the two dlc too. maybe all assets are doubled from that

Ahh DLC, I dont have any. I keep meaning to play coop on Arizona Sunshine so I haven't finished it.

 

[Shai-Tan]

Ahh DLC, I dont have any. I keep meaning to play coop on Arizona Sunshine so I haven't finished it.

it wasn't that. I think it was a glitch when they updated that the compressed data didnt get cleaned up. deleted it and redownloaded and it's about the same size as yours. I had another game with a huge install size (pagan peak) with the same problem

the viveport app is obviously nowhere near as good as steam but I got infinity for 2.00 a month on a deal so can't really complain when I got so many games/experiences for nearly nothing

 

[SF Kosmo]

Some of the neater recent updates from the last page, check it out for much more, I can only embed 10!


Watch the video, they have similar inputs but they're not the standard MS design outside the ring. Just like Samsung did their own with the Odyssey, HP redesigned them to more closely match the Oculus Touch, though they didn't add actual touch sensitivity and removed the WMR touchpad too.

Horizon Vanguard is a fun one. It's old school arcade hard, but it feels like a mash up of classic arcade games in VR and it has that music and atmosphere down pat. I really like it.

 

[namekuseijin]

a nice summary of the last 4 years since the VR revolution:



I've played many of the main indies available on psvr and while I very much appreciate the extra immersion native VR games give you in interacting with your surroundings, still most of my play time has been well spent in ports from flat games, like Skyrim, Dirt Rally, NMS and Borderlands 2 - we need more of this, it's borderline criminal that VR isn't as supported as 4K or wheels in racing games or in humanly paced FPS

 

[namekuseijin]

It looked decent enough to try out when I watched Virtual Reality Oasis and Gamertag VR play it yesterday. There's still a bunch of games I haven't tried out yet because they haven't been on sale or aren't on Viveport Infinity.

I'm currently playing Arizona Sunshine because it takes up the most hard disk space (80GB) which is surprising because there's like three zombie models repeated over and over and low res textures all over everything in that game. Lining up headshots still fun though so whatever

I enjoyed AZ. Very decent game back then (actual level design and progression in a sea of VR wave shooters or arena games) and it's even lower res on psvr (only around 20GB).

didn't enjoy the first dlc but still to check The Damned, that one looks fine...

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]

 

[Shai-Tan]

Apparent Leak: A New Oculus Quest?

Prolific Twitter tech leaker WalkingCat just Tweeted what seems to be an image of a new Oculus Quest headset. In late May, WalkingCat Tweeted out an image of the HP Reverb G2 the week before the official reveal. New Color, New Strap, Wider Camera Placement? This new headset...

uploadvr.com

edit:

this dude thinks (hopes) it might be a lite version

 

[Shai-Tan]

not vr footage but whatev

 

[Resenge]

Apparent Leak: A New Oculus Quest?

Prolific Twitter tech leaker WalkingCat just Tweeted what seems to be an image of a new Oculus Quest headset. In late May, WalkingCat Tweeted out an image of the HP Reverb G2 the week before the official reveal. New Color, New Strap, Wider Camera Placement? This new headset...

uploadvr.com

edit:

this dude thinks (hopes) it might be a lite version

Hope this is more than just a lighter version, already spent a ton on mods to make my Quest feel more comfortable, I wont buy it if its just lighter and more comfortable.

 

[INC]

Apparent Leak: A New Oculus Quest?

Prolific Twitter tech leaker WalkingCat just Tweeted what seems to be an image of a new Oculus Quest headset. In late May, WalkingCat Tweeted out an image of the HP Reverb G2 the week before the official reveal. New Color, New Strap, Wider Camera Placement? This new headset...

uploadvr.com

edit:

this dude thinks (hopes) it might be a lite version

Same controllers, not a bad thing

 

[Shai-Tan]

Hope this is more than just a lighter version, already spent a ton on mods to make my Quest feel more comfortable, I wont buy it if its just lighter and more comfortable.

his hope was that this was a lite, cheaper version (to replace the GO I guess) and there was some other more expensive model

 

[Tesseract]

 

[struggler_guts]

Oh man there are so many vr machines I dont know where to even begin lol like are the stores still separate so depending on what kit I get it limits what games I get?

Fuck I just built a nice beefy pc for vr and thought this would be the easy part, whoops

 

[Alexios]

English version of the ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos video I posted earlier & random outlet Squadrons stuff.

Oh man there are so many vr machines I dont know where to even begin lol like are the stores still separate so depending on what kit I get it limits what games I get?

Fuck I just built a nice beefy pc for vr and thought this would be the easy part, whoops

Viveport and Steam are hardware agnostic, games will generally work with any (decent, popular, standards based) VR kit, Oculus included, the Oculus Store itself is still exclusive to Oculus kits (when viewed on PC it shows PC games, when viewed on Quest - without connecting it to a PC - whatever has been ported to/made for it natively) but Revive mostly solves that problem so others can play its (awesome) PC based exclusives. That info is also in the OP (roughly).

 

[Alexios]

Sauna 2000 reaching 202% means the VR stretch goal was met

 

[Alexios]

The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood - The Greatest Challenge Yet is Here! - Steam News

Today we're rolling out the Hardcore Mode patch! The title of Elder Wizard and endless bragging rights await for those who manage to come out alive!

store.steampowered.com

Soul Scathe - Soul Scathe Update 1.03 - Steam News

Changed: Enemy footsteps are now properly spatialized in 3D, making them more directional and much quieter at distances. It now takes an additional tick to freeze an enemy with Frostglaze. Golems frozen by ice magic now break out faster. Dropping weapons in a dungeon will now automatically equip...

store.steampowered.com

Tower Tag - Tower Tag League Preseason - Steam News

Welcome to the official Tower Tag Preseason 2020. Since we are looking to launch the formal 20/21 season in the fall of 2020, we have brought you this preseason to compete.

store.steampowered.com

vrkshop - Update 2: A Grabbing and Physics Update - Steam News

Update 2: A Grabbing and Physics Update In this update I've started to address some of the issues around grabbing items and the physics joints and inter-item interaction. Here is a list of things addressed: 1. The fixed-hold orientation items (the saw and hammer most noticeably) no longer snap...

store.steampowered.com

 

[Alexios]

 

[Alexios]