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[Alexios]

I haven't posted much cos there wasn't so much actual game stuff but today there's a couple cool things so I'll bunch it up with a selection from the past days.

POPULATION: ONE Launches Event Series 1 | Meta Quest Blog

The new year is in full swing, and POPULATION: ONE is back with its first free content update of 2024: Event Series 1!

www.meta.com

Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

Apple Vision Pro will be available beginning Friday, February 2, at all U.S. Apple Store locations and the U.S. Apple Store online.

www.apple.com

Sony Corporation Announces Development of Spatial Content Creation System, Equipped with High-Quality XR Head-Mounted Display and Controllers Dedicated to Interaction with 3D Objects

TOKYO, January 9, 2024 - Sony Corporation announced development of an immersive spatial content creation system, which includes a head-mounted display equipped with high-quality OLED Microdisplays*2 and video see-through function, and a pair of controllers optimized for intuitive interaction...

www.sony.net

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[Alexios]

Into the Radius 2 - Dev Diary // The Locations - Steam News

Hello explorers! Today we’ll delve into some of the locations of ITR2. Let’s start with the world structure. In ITR1 there were separate locations linked by pathways. They were of different sizes, and would gradually interconnect with increase in difficulty and time spent in the Radius. The...

store.steampowered.com

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[hlm666]

Into the Radius 2 - Dev Diary // The Locations - Steam News

Hello explorers! Today we’ll delve into some of the locations of ITR2. Let’s start with the world structure. In ITR1 there were separate locations linked by pathways. They were of different sizes, and would gradually interconnect with increase in difficulty and time spent in the Radius. The...

store.steampowered.com

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Madison got me a little bit at the end of the trailer, new it was coming but still landed a bit. I like horror games in VR but I have woke people up playing them late at night when tethered to the pc, Quest 2 was great for this because I could got to other parts of the house

 

[Stitch]

 

[Alexios]

And it's out.

Releases · DaXcess/LCVR

Collecting Scrap in VR. Contribute to DaXcess/LCVR development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

LethalCompanyVR v1.3.6

Collecting Scrap in VR

thunderstore.io

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[MarkMe2525]

The only thing that I can think of that would bring 1000's of games to standalone specifically, is allowing to play flat mobile games on the headset.

 

[Resenge]

The only thing that I can think of that would bring 1000's of games to standalone specifically, is allowing to play flat mobile games on the headset.

My guess is a cloud streaming service like Geforce now. Xbox cloud is already natively on there.

 

[Romulus]

Just loaded up the psp emulator for Quest. Playing Gran Turismo, Wipeout, and Flatout in full VR is just an awesome option to have. Granted you need to bump up the resolution but it looks great.

 

[Nydus]

Any news when VRcover releases their facethingy?

 

[cyberheater]

My guess is a cloud streaming service like Geforce now. Xbox cloud is already natively on there.

I hope it’s better than Xbox Cloud. I couldn’t get the latency down to acceptable levels. Probably something at my end.

 

[cyberheater]

Rumour has it that’s it’s going to be some sort of legal emulation

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Just loaded up the psp emulator for Quest. Playing Gran Turismo, Wipeout, and Flatout in full VR is just an awesome option to have. Granted you need to bump up the resolution but it looks great.

How does that work and is it possible with Index?

 

[Hot5pur]

Rumour has it that’s it’s going to be some sort of legal emulation

They are supposed to reveal it today no? Any idea what time?
I am curious to what it is. It seems it will be standalone and no network required, so something that plays locally. Emulation would be neat but if it's just a flatscreen projected in VR that's kinda meh.

 

[Romulus]

How does that work and is it possible with Index?

The emulator is built for Quest 2, 3 only to my knowledge. Psp games can played on a large screen or in VR.

 

[Romulus]

Pretty insane.

 

[Alexios]

CitraVR, coming next week. Not what I expected but still pretty sweet. We need more emulators in VR even if just to play on a giant flat screen without the 3D effect, lightgun games as on EmuVR, etc.
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[Hot5pur]

Looks like it was 3DS emulation natively on Quest:

CitraVR Brings The Nintendo 3DS Emulator To Quest Soon

CitraVR brings the Nintendo 3DS emulator to Quest soon, with full 3D rendering on the virtual top screen.

www.uploadvr.com

 

[cyberheater]

Ocarina of Time In 3D on quest could be something quite special

 

[FoxMcChief]

Interesting about the 3DS emulation.

 

[CrustyBritches]

Mario 3D World is great on a VR headset. I played it via Virtual Desktop using an Xbox controller linked to the Quest 2. Citra and Virtual Desktop have compatible 3D modes, and effect really pops in the headset. Having it native will be cool.

 

[Alexios]

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[ResurrectedContrarian]

Mario 3D World is great on a VR headset. I played it via Virtual Desktop using an Xbox controller linked to the Quest 2. Citra and Virtual Desktop have compatible 3D modes, and effect really pops in the headset. Having it native will be cool.

I just recently started a playthrough of Majora's Mask 3D using Virtual Desktop to create the large virtual 3d screen. Works great.

If this port runs well natively on the Quest 3 though, that will be a much more convenient way to do it.

 

[Stitch]

3DS huh?

wow according to google 1621 3DS games were released



Animal Crossing could be cool on this thing

 

[Romulus]

3DS huh?

wow according to google 1621 3DS games were released



Animal Crossing could be cool on this thing

That Ocarina of Time looks pretty amazing. Comes with the upgraded visuals and Quest 3 can up the resolution. And the biggest winner is the fact that its in actual 3D. Massive win!

 

[Alexios]

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[Hot5pur]

Part of me wants to trains VR or that hot wheels game so I can feel like a freaken child again lol. I guess having actual kids helps in these situations as you can hide your shame behind them....

 

[cyberheater]

I’ve dug out my son’s 3ds and fired up Ocarina of time to get familiar with it again. Nit played the 3ds in a long time. It looks better than I remember.

 

[hlm666]

Didn't even think of this, looks pretty good. I played around with one of the pinball emulators years ago, might be time to go have a look and see if you can set them up in VR.

It's using uevr but looks pretty good.

 

[FoxMcChief]

How does one start the 3DS emulation?

 

[cyberheater]

I’ve heard that BulletStorm isn’t great on Quest.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

CitraVR, coming next week. Not what I expected but still pretty sweet. We need more emulators in VR even if just to play on a giant flat screen without the 3D effect, lightgun games as on EmuVR, etc.
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It's incredible! Samus Returns is still my favourite Metroid game!
But I really hope for Dolphin VR rebirth. World needs this!

 

[Alexios]

Uuuh, can't investigate much on performance or utility for lack of a Quest but these people (one/same person?) are putting a variety of full OS on it with proper control implementation and what not. Spatial Computing <_<
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[Alexios]

Disney made something that could be pretty revolutionary for VR. I don't get how it works (but don't be fooled, it's embedded in that floor installation, not just a mat, so a consumer product would have to come with a wide base at least)

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[Alexios]

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[R6Rider]

Alexios Are you mentioning me in your posts then removing it? I keep getting notifications and then nothing.

That or it's broken.

 

[MarkMe2525]

I completely missed that there was a "Tie Fighter" vr game. Tie Fighter was my first PC game growing up. Is this available for standalone?

 

[Alexios]

I completely missed that there was a "Tie Fighter" vr game. Tie Fighter was my first PC game growing up. Is this available for standalone?

It's an X-Wing Alliance total conversion (XWA Upgrade Project added VR to XWA some time ago). So, nope.

 

[MarkMe2525]

It's an X-Wing Alliance total conversion (XWA Upgrade Project added VR to XWA some time ago). So, nope.

I'll have to look into required system specs to see if it's possible to run on integrated graphics

 

[Romulus]

I'll have to look into required system specs to see if it's possible to run on integrated graphics

In VR I can confidently say no.

 

[MarkMe2525]

In VR I can confidently say no.

I was hoping the games age and low spec requirements would translate into low requirements to run in VR. To be clear, I haven't looked into the conversation at all. I'm busy installing a custom firmware to this ps3 I picked up on FB marketplace.

 

[Romulus]

 

[Alexios]

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[hlm666]

Oh god, 2 races into the supercross and I'm amped enough to consider trying this even if I'm pretty sure i'm gonna wind up getting motion sick and riding the couch for a few hours.

 

[cyberheater]

Is the rain in 3D?

 

[Romulus]

Is the rain in 3D?

Probably but I haven't tried it yet. My backlog of games is absolutely massive since the uevr injector released.

Another video of the arcade. My God the detail is amazing. I just wonder what non VR people think when they see this? They probably think you're moving around an arcade in first person? The visual sensory has to be incredible with all the details you can't enjoy without VR.

 

[Alexios]

That arcade is well done but tbh it should be fully gamepad playable rather than use the VR controllers and swap around after activating etc., also it seems the creator has hand placed custom machines rather than make something that is meant to allow you to put your own cabs, edit their art and roms and what not (though you can probably easily replace those that are in with some fiddling or just renaming the roms and title screen media or something if they're hard coded)? Or is that just for special favorites of his and then all the generic astro city type cabs are interchangeable already?

Still, another project that was meant for that sort of thing seems abandoned and too fiddly for its own good anyway so oh well (also no copyrighted content, just generic art included, obviously). EmuVR is probably best still for usability even if it's just a room and not an arcade venue (not that it should be hard for the creator to eventually allow you to use a different space and hand place 3D arcade machines as you do consoles, which you can already put as arcade machines with roms anyway). Still yeah it's cool but just the latest example of things you could do already years ago. But good to see it acknowledged even if so late I guess, what with PC VR being slammed to hell and back by all the media and influencers more often than not, at least clickbaity stuff like this or any random UEVR game they make a video of for clout show there's more to it than is generally shown.

I'd love to see official, optimized VR platform support from the likes of RetroArch (even if it's just a screen in the void) and have people able to mod that further after the fact with custom content, but have all the capabilities like lightguns mapped on the motion controllers and what not built in.

For elaborate custom support it'd be cool to see something like the House of the Dead 3 or Ghost Squad cabinets in 3D and have you able to just grab their big ass weapons and interact with them and two hand them like you do weapons in full VR FPS games like Contractors or Onward or whatever. Just a fully interactive recreation. Even the wheel and gear lever in car arcades, leaning on the seat on motorcycles and what not (of course you still need button/trigger/whatever support for the rest of the inputs too). But yeah for the average game just controller support is fine.

Cringey to watch casuals discuss such games though, talking about wanting companies to make new Metal Slug that looks like the new PoP, like no, the existing games are works of art and no low budget 3D sequel would approach their quality, come on, just play the old 6 instead of always 3 alone even if they aren't all as good and hunt down other classics in the genre like Sunset Riders or whatever else you've definitely missed being clueless like you seem, ask for them to be released on modern platforms to legally own them rather than glee about the "free VR app" and not even mention which emulator was used etc., if they bother making a new entry then it should strive to be a great new high quality game like some other revivals and not a low budget half assed wannabe, like if it's gonna be 3D instead of 2D pixel art then get it to ArcSys quality 3D as 2D graphics at least.

 

[amigastar]

Can someone recommend me a good VR game?
I mean a really good game, a classic considered VR game, (like HL Alyx)

 

[Alexios]

Can someone recommend me a good VR game?
I mean a really good game, a classic considered VR game, (like HL Alyx)

Vertigo 2, Lone Echo series, Red Matter series, TWD: Saints & Sinners series, Walkabout Mini Golf, Pistol Whip, VTOL VR, I Expect You to Die series, Stormland, Ancient Dungeon, Moss series, Altdeus series, Pixel Ripped series, Racket Nx, Cosmonius High, Eleven Table Tennis, The 7th Guest, Eternal Starlight, Gorilla Tag, Ghost Signal, VR Skater, Garden of the Sea, Eye of the Temple, Vengeful Rites, Mothergunship: Forge, Budget Cuts Ultimate, Kill it with Fire VR, Maskmaker, Cosmodread, The Light Brigade, Deisim, Paradiddle, Amid Evil VR, Resist, Waltz of the Wizard, Fisherman's Tale series, Gods of Gravity, Unification, Cave Digger 2, Elite Dangerous, Phasmophobia, Thrill of the Fight, Journey of the Gods, A Township Tale, VRChat, In Death: Unchained, Song in the Smoke, Obduction, Myst, The Room VR, Apex Construct, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DCS, Omega Pilot, Dirt Rally series, the latest F1 games, Sushi Ben, Automobilista 2, Gadgeteer, Stride, Guardians Frontline, Windlands 2, Yupitergrad series, Asgard's Wrath II, No More Rainbows, Shores of Loci, should include mods like Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Doom 3, Prey, Quake and modded Skyrim VR too.

Edit: didn't even mention any arena game like Blade & Sorcery, Hellsweeper, Hard Bullet or whichever FPS suits you between Pavlov, Contractors, Breachers, VAIL, or whatever style works for you, there's just too much shit to make a list, it's like asking for "good games" on console. Narrow it down.

 

[KXVXII9X]

Can someone recommend me a good VR game?
I mean a really good game, a classic considered VR game, (like HL Alyx)

Asgard's Wrath 2, Assassin's Creed Nexus, Resident Evil 4, Walking Dead Saints and Sinners, Dungeons of Eternity, Wanderer, 7th Guest, Stormlands, etc. It all depends on what you like. I would consider Walkabout Mini Golf, Eleven Tennis, Blaston, and Beat Saber to be my most played games as they translate very well into VR. Superhot is amazing too but short. Echo VR was also great but...

 

[Come On Tars]

started playing breachers with my son. The app sharing feature is nice I only have to buy one copy. It's a sick game. RS Siege clone but vr is vr ya know.