Guardian Monkey
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Its got to be on their list for wii emulation right? But movement? will that translate?
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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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Its got to be on their list for wii emulation right? But movement? will that translate?
I'd just recommend using Virtual Desktop on both headsets. Colors seem off to me in Oculus Cinema for some reason.
Ah ok.
There's an unofficial port of Dolphin for VR but it hasn't been updated to the Vive or Oculus 1.3 yet.
It works wonderfully if you can get the frame rate issues tweaked out via hacks or the various settings. But getting that right is very tricky.
You get total free look separate from the game engine, so you can look around menus and see objects off screen, or see npcs spawn and despawn, because you aren't looking where you character looks. If there's scrolling text in Ocarina of Time you see a giant monolith moving into position off screen to get ready. It's like watching behind the scenes at a play.
Even menus become places in VR. For example his is a menu in Resident Evil 4. It's not just a head, there's a whole person standing there!
Tom Nook Sawyer
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There's an unofficial port of Dolphin for VR but it hasn't been updated to the Vive or Oculus 1.3 yet.
It works wonderfully if you can get the frame rate issues tweaked out via hacks or the various settings. But getting that right is very tricky.
You get total free look separate from the game engine, so you can look around menus and see objects off screen, or see npcs spawn and despawn, because you aren't looking where you character looks. If there's scrolling text in Ocarina of Time you see a giant monolith moving into position off screen to get ready. It's like watching behind the scenes at a play.
Even menus become places in VR. For example his is a menu in Resident Evil 4. It's not just a head, there's a whole person standing there!
This is awesome. Do you have any more examples? I'd love to see that Ocarina of Time one
Are you putting the LibRevive64_1 and openvr_api dlls in the directory that contains Technolust.exe, then putting the OVRPlugin.dll in "Technolust_data/Plugins"?
I just tried that, and when I run Technolust.exe, the screen flashes blank for a second then the application quits.
EDIT: Rebooted, now the game loads but it only displays on my monitor and not the Vive.
Charles Alan Ratliff
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Shuhei Yoshida is the best:
Lol. So although he probably hurt himself by falling over, he was probably relived the fall was so short - in his head he was about to fall to the floor below.
With this and Jeff/Brad leaning on walls in budget cuts that don't exist, people are definitely going to hurt themselves. Does chaperone show the floor? I wonder how you can put out your arms to protect you when you can't see the floor?
With this and Jeff/Brad leaning on walls in budget cuts that don't exist, people are definitely going to hurt themselves. Does chaperone show the floor? I wonder how you can put out your arms to protect you when you can't see the floor?
gen 2 will deploy airbags
There was a Vive demo I think made by Sleep Mattress that tried to simulate what being sleep deprived felt like. Anyway towards the end, they ask you to walk off a platform. Even though I knew I wouldnt fall to my death, my body REFUSED to do it. And when I did make the leap of faith, my heart sunk for a split second, but then I came to my senses that this was a fake VR demo. I can totally relate to Shu, that moment of dread.
What does it mean if I thought this was a Tiltbrush drawing?
More room for controller movement. Victorians were just ahead of their time!
(Tiltbrush has a preset like that, presumably for designing clothes)
The_Inquisitor
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Both amazing and horrifying.
CarbonFire
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Dreams-Visions
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Just saw this and tried it. Need more details, really. See, the thing is as far as I can tell, Vive *needs* SteamVR to do anything. Like, the base stations don't wake up and nothing displays on the HMD. At best I was able to get a white screen in the Vive without SteamVR being on, but I could see no game. Even if I could see the game, there would be no tracking without the base stations.
If they got it to work in some different way, I'd need instructions on exactly how it was done so that I can test it.
FWIW, I did try booting the game, then loading SteamVR after. Looked the same as always.
Is that the real Shuhei Yoshida? I'm not on twitter, so I'm genuinely asking.
artsi
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IMACOMPUTA
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So, I finally got my Vive. I got it all set up and everything. Tried a couple games. Had my mind blown, etc.
So far the most impressive things I tried were the Lab's archery game, the Brookhaven experiment demo, and the Blu's jellyfish section.
I decided to get a refund on a couple things --
hoverjunkers: feels like I need a much bigger room to be comfortable. I'm scared to make quick movements. Also it's kind of janky and chaotic in a bad way. (Iirc there wasn't any haptic feedback when shooting.. It really made the shooting feel bad. What's the deal?)
Virtual desktop: I can't really see myself using this for anything. The vive isn't high enough res for something like this to be enjoyable for me. Also it's incredibly annoying that I can't use the vive controllers to control my mouse/kb.
I would also like to say that steam VR needs a LOT of work.
In the relatively short amount of time I spent playing, I had multiple instances where the steam overlay wouldn't load. It actually prevented me from completing the tutorial. Other times my camera feed wouldn't load, so I couldn't tell where I was in my room without taking my headset off.
Restarting steamVR fixed these things, but it's so much more annoying in VR than it would be in a regular setting.
Oh, and I have a huge head and the strap isn't long enough to "cradle the base of my skull" like everyone recommends.
So far the most impressive things I tried were the Lab's archery game, the Brookhaven experiment demo, and the Blu's jellyfish section.
I decided to get a refund on a couple things --
hoverjunkers: feels like I need a much bigger room to be comfortable. I'm scared to make quick movements. Also it's kind of janky and chaotic in a bad way. (Iirc there wasn't any haptic feedback when shooting.. It really made the shooting feel bad. What's the deal?)
Virtual desktop: I can't really see myself using this for anything. The vive isn't high enough res for something like this to be enjoyable for me. Also it's incredibly annoying that I can't use the vive controllers to control my mouse/kb.
I would also like to say that steam VR needs a LOT of work.
In the relatively short amount of time I spent playing, I had multiple instances where the steam overlay wouldn't load. It actually prevented me from completing the tutorial. Other times my camera feed wouldn't load, so I couldn't tell where I was in my room without taking my headset off.
Restarting steamVR fixed these things, but it's so much more annoying in VR than it would be in a regular setting.
Oh, and I have a huge head and the strap isn't long enough to "cradle the base of my skull" like everyone recommends.
mrchampipi
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Mmmm, I also have quite a massive head. Should get my Vive tomorow, hope I'll be ok.
Have you pulled the cable up before adjusting the upper strap?
Just out of interest, what size room do you have?
IMACOMPUTA
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Yeah. And the top strap is all the way loosened.
It's 10x7 ft but low ceilings.
Thanks.
I can imagine that being one of those moments that scares you to death for a split second, then cracks you up afterward.
Sleeping Lesson
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So I tried DCS out last night. It's....janky. You have in-game hands that I assume are supposed to map to the Vive controllers, but the hands were pointing in random directions and seemed to be tracked at my elbow. Also there doesn't appear to be any way to re-center, meaning you have to move to line yourself up with the cockpit. I'm going to try again tonight, hopefully there was something I was missing.
Please report back. I'm still waiting for my Vive, but I'm very interested in trying DCS with it.
Zalusithix
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They're just going for the surgeon simulator style of cockpit control manipulation.
Trilobit
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I just ordered these last week. Not sure if you would consider that "cheap" but I heard they are damn good at that pricepoint. Big plus is that they are really comfortable. I can wear them for hours with no problem. My previous set would start to hurt during long dota sessions.
Azure Dream
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I just watched someone demo a project on the Vive built via 3.js, which is WebGL... I don't think that involved SteamVR? (They did show where they switched to Unity after and had a much easier time with it, though.)
App in question was a visual calendar that plotted your life events as points as they exist in our solar system (following Earth's orbit, the world line).
Dreams-Visions
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Word. I'd need a tutorial to do it, then. It wasn't clear to me.
flashburn2012
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Ordered the Playstation Gold headset from NewEgg over the weekend, it was on sale for $60, not sure if it still is. They work good, and you can set Virtual Surround on your PC to get the same simulated surround sound you get on the PS4. Works wirelessly on the PC as well.
Guardian Monkey
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Your totally screwed..
Actually I have a 3550 i5 with 970 and everything I have run has been great.
windows 10 though
haha, cool. Glad to hear it. Didn't feel like upgrading just yet. I'm also running windows 10
bloodydrake
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Nother Wrapper game working
WWII flight sims are one of the cockpit games i really want to try in VR, god bless these guys.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4er9s4/how_to_run_war_thunder_steam_version_with_librevr/
WWII flight sims are one of the cockpit games i really want to try in VR, god bless these guys.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4er9s4/how_to_run_war_thunder_steam_version_with_librevr/
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Anyone tried American Truck Simulator on Vive yet?
I just want drive and chill VR game
I just want drive and chill VR game
Zepp Twofist
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It's only on Rift atm. They have some issues with implementing OpenVR http://steamcommunity.com/app/227300/discussions/0/648814844007204502/#c371919771763943883
Hopefully they will at least get it working with a bit less polish than the Rift stuff. Games like this with very inconsistent fps might be the area where Rift is hands down better than Vive. At least for now, but hopefully not for long.
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