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[Tagyhag]

Thumper looks cool, the good thing is that it's a non-vr game as well. So you can play it without a headset and then try it with one later one.

 

[jett]

I've seen Thumper several times before, and I've never understood how it works at all. But it does look neat.

There is nothing to be whoa about. Head tracking is happening at 120hz but all animation shading etc. is still happening at 60hz.

Not exactly true, the headset samples up everything to 120fps using reprojection. Have they said anything about 3D audio?

 

[Gipsy Danger]

There seemed to be a Rigs icon on the demo disc, but maybe it was just a video or something. I would really like to see that, but it may not be available yet.

They said they'd prefer to show the full game next week. Jason asked about it at the start of the stream.

 

[robotrock]

Thumper is really boring to watch. Wonder if it's any better to play.

Is it boring to hear though?

 

[mnz]

I still can't get over that Jeff got sick. Most telling thing so far IMO, unless he has an illness or something.

There is a VRodeo power level joke in here somewhere

 

[Gtagentleman]

wtf is going on

 

[Mamont1537]

These tracking issues seem weird.
Didn't they play SuperHyperCube for Unfinished EX recently using the same setup and it was totally fine?

 

[Soi-Fong]

Thumper is really boring to watch. Wonder if it's any better to play.

You have games like Audioshield which look boring as hell on a 2D screen, but are actually a lotta fun. VR games don't show well on screen.

 

[pizzacat]

wtf is going on

VR has a chance


A small chance tbh

 

[styl3s]

Preview of Summer Lesson:

Jeff will become the Lawnmow, Summer Lesson's man next week.

 

[backflip10019]

You have games like Audioshield which look boring as hell on a 2D screen, but are actually a lotta fun. VR games don't show well on screen.

Yeah, I can see how this would be interesting to play. VR just seems like such a tough thing to demo.

 

[Visualante2]

I really want to like Thumper but it just looks like a game that hinges on difficulty. I loved Dyad but it doesn't seem to have any player expression.

 

[stump sock]

wtf is going on

good news, now you can wotagei from the comfort of your den of sadness

 

[wesleyshark]

Lmao he's so far off center

 

[repeater]

I like this

DJ Hero x DOOM

 

[Chuck]

Remember VR?

 

[Kinyou]

It's hard to tell what's even going on in this game

 

[GuitarAtomik]

You have games like Audioshield which look boring as hell on a 2D screen, but are actually a lotta fun. VR games don't show well on screen.

To be fair, Thumper is a 2D game as well. Pretty sure it was that first before they added VR support.

That said, I'm sure it's more fun to play than watch. It looks awesome to me.

 

[Easy_D]

Of course the one game that actually looks really fun is the one that isn't really a VR game to begin with

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

This is so weird, there's no reason the centering should drift like that. The camera always knows your actual position, it's not translational at all.

 

[flkraven]

Why are people surprised with this? When the hardware might be faulty and therefore tracking is bad, anyone will get sick in VR.

Yah, if it's faulty it makes sense, but Jeff seemed sort of invincible with regards to this VR stuff but something about PSVR is throwing him off.

 

[tuxfool]

Not exactly true, the headset samples up everything to 120fps using reprojection.

This is exactly what I said. Reprojection just warps an already rendered image to account for the new head position. It doesn't render a new frame.

 

[Death Metalist]

Thumper is literally that scene in Batman Forever when Bruce travels to the Batcave under his office desk.

Spoiler

Don't tell me why I remember this.

 

[backflip10019]

It's hard to tell what's even going on in this game

It's pretty much scarab audiosurf guitar hero.

 

[Ban Puncher]

 

[Zabka]

Preview of Summer Lesson:

 

[demigod]

I'm not feeling it with Thumper. They should release a Mercenaries game for RE.

 

[oti]

wtf is going on

VR's only chance to survive that's what's going on.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

VR, giving you neck pain IRL. Brad was looking all the way to his left at one point.

 

[jet1911]

The drifting looks annoying as fuck

 

[RootCause]

Of course the one game that actually looks really fun is the one that isn't really a VR game to begin with

I'm like the opposite. This looks nice, but not better than DCVR, Rigs, Batman and Until Dawn.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

Oh shit, I just tuned in and Jeff is talking about hardware issues? What's going on?

 

[DangerMouse]

This is so weird, there's no reason the centering should drift like that. The camera always knows your actual position, it's not translational at all.

That's what I assumed as well, it's so weird.

 

[pizzacat]

 

[wesleyshark]

He's drifting left again. Slowly. But surely.

 

[tuxfool]

Damn that IMU drift. Those cameras definitely aren't doing their job.

 

[Zaph]

This is so weird, there's no reason the centering should drift like that. The camera always knows your actual position, it's not translational at all.

Disjointed, retrofitted hardware is disjointed and retrofitted?

 

[robotrock]

I will call to iam8bit once more to purchase Thumper and the soundtrack. I think I might be able to justify this.

 

[Death Metalist]

Oh shit, I just tuned in and Jeff is talking about hardware issues? What's going on?

You got a long road ahead of you.

Spoiler

Basically tracking is inconsistent in a WTF kind of way

 

[Soi-Fong]

Yah, if it's faulty it makes sense, but Jeff seemed sort of invincible with regards to this VR stuff but something about PSVR is throwing him off.

No one is "invincible" to this stuff. If your world is literally shaking or drifting, that will throw anybody off even those with strong stomachs. First rule of VR is don't move the user's view.

That's what's happening with the jitter and tracking issues.

If anything, if they've already been informed that there's something wrong with the hardware they have, then he should just stop going in. It's not gonna get any better. There is no "fighting" your way into VR. You'll get real sick eventually and that's what's happening here if the hardware really is faulty.

 

[Easy_D]

Soon enough Brad's neck will have turned a complete 180

 

[TyrantII]

Damn that IMU drift. Those cameras definitely aren't doing their job.

Did they try turning off those big spot lights on their walls? Their mood lighting looks like a damn DS4.

Might not be the issue, but I wouldn't be surprised if the camera sees that giant blue light in back of him.

The blue is to his left, same way he keeps drifting to.

 

[repeater]

Wait, did the chat convince Jeff that both his and Brad's hardware have been malfunctioning somehow??

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Disjointed, retrofitted hardware is disjointed and retrofitted?

I mean yeah, but still. It's not like the camera is seeing Brad looking "straight" after it drifts to the left like it is, it's seeing him looking off to the left.

 

[Kinyou]

OK, this game is growing on me. Must be quite a ride in VR

 

[Violater]

Makes me want Einhander VR

 

[GillianSeed79]

Ughh...my brain is telling me that $400 is too much for a peripheral that is unproven and not guaranteed to get sustained support with apparently some lsunch-ass launch/mediocre software with Wii-era camera tracking issues. But my heart keeps telling me it's virtual fucking reality! God, I am SO going to have early adopter buyers remorse. I guess it won't be the first time, but, logically, if I were smart, I'd cancel my preorder and get PS Pro instead/ put money towards my PC build. Fuck.

 

[wesleyshark]

Soon enough Brad's neck will have turned a complete 180

Psvr comes with one free chiropractor consultation

 

[cheezcake]

This is so weird, there's no reason the centering should drift like that. The camera always knows your actual position, it's not translational at all.

Yeh I'm really confused as to why it's happening too...

 

[Wallach]

Thumper needs to go on my list, this is pretty slick.