Betta Lines
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I think you're referring to Digital Rain, it's just Matrix-like green text raining down in blackness. A good way to highlight the OLED contrast but otherwise not very interesting.
Oculus Rift DK2 Thread
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The one Matrix demo I know about is literally just the black screen with the green text raining down. If there's something beyond that, I'm unaware. Best resource for demos that I've found is the stickies post in the Oculus subreddit. Lots to try there and updated daily.
Edit: beaten!
metareferential
Member
Yes, thank you guys, that's it.
I just want to see that oled blackness xD
I just want to see that oled blackness xD
Dodging the "raindrops" is fun for a minute or two as well. Not much to it but a neat little demo.
WorriedCitizen
Member
Half Life 2 is so much fun with the Rift. Easily the best experience that i had with DK2 yet after E
. This game is gonna see a revival when CV1 hits. Even in this early, slightly glitchy stage it works surprisingly well.
. This game is gonna see a revival when CV1 hits. Even in this early, slightly glitchy stage it works surprisingly well.
WorriedCitizen
Member
I played in extended mode aswell and head tracking worked here. I added -dev -vr -console to the launch options. Maybe one of them makes a difference?
therealminime
Member
What's needed to get HL2 up and running in DK2?
Astral/H3X
Member
*cue angelic choir*Hey guys
Half life 2 VR works with DK2 now
Fried Food
Banned
Got HL2 to running. Does the virtual reality mode in the video options (in HL2 menu) do anything? I've tried it off and on once and didn't notice anything.
WorriedCitizen
Member
Install Steam VR from Library/Tools in Steam. Opt into the beta branch (right click>properties>Betas>Beta-Steam VR). Start HL2, Go into gfx options, enable VR, then activate VR from the main menu option. The intro was glitchy for me, couldn't see much but from when the train arrived everything worked well. Only minimal judder, chromatic abberation is a bit strong. But other that it works great. can play it with no issues as far as game mechanics goes.
therealminime
Member
Thanks a bunch, looking forward to giving it a go.
Haven't tried it yet but appreciate the post!
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
HL2 in dk2 is pretty damn awesome once you get low persistence working. I fired up Ravenholm and felt very immersed. The creepy atmosphere went to 11. Also the positional tracking is great for looking down the sight of guns and studying weapon details. I was spellbound just gawking at the Magnum from different angles. I can see myself doing another full playthrough now it's that cool
Can't wait for the hlvr folks to implement a version for dk2. Hydras plus the positional tracking is going to be great.
Edit: nm seems as though hlvr IS up and running with dk2! http://www.reddit.com/r/hlvr/comments/2csd6r/half_life_vr_134b/?sort=confidence
Can't wait for the hlvr folks to implement a version for dk2. Hydras plus the positional tracking is going to be great.
Edit: nm seems as though hlvr IS up and running with dk2! http://www.reddit.com/r/hlvr/comments/2csd6r/half_life_vr_134b/?sort=confidence
Ive been messing around with Dolphin vr quite a bit and now all i can think about is how amazing it would be if someone did the same thing for nullDC or any other Dreamcast emu so that i can play Rez in my Rift.
It might not even be possible but I think i remember someone making a 3d plugin for one of the Dreamcast emus a long time ago.
Ive already went so far to open up Rez in pcsx2 while the vrplayer app is on and it was a pretty awesome experience.
It might not even be possible but I think i remember someone making a 3d plugin for one of the Dreamcast emus a long time ago.
Ive already went so far to open up Rez in pcsx2 while the vrplayer app is on and it was a pretty awesome experience.
Can't wait to try HL2 tonight!
I bought Flaming Cliffs 3 last night, apart from the judder and low frame rate.. Has to be a bug with extended mode and killing the service. Hopefully can get more performance because I'm dropping down to sub 30 fps on low on the runway (i2500k @ GHz, 8gb ram, GTX 770 4gb OC). Even with those issues the F-15 is crazy! You can look behind you and watch the inlets thrust vector air over the turbine while flying.. you feel SO high, doing barrel rolls can make you dizzy because your brain is actually tricked into thinking you are 50,000 feet high. Its the most stunning sense of scale I've had in the rift so far. Elite is crazy cool but its in space so don't have any real points of reference for scale other than planets, with DCS I actually feel like I'm in the air.
I bought Flaming Cliffs 3 last night, apart from the judder and low frame rate.. Has to be a bug with extended mode and killing the service. Hopefully can get more performance because I'm dropping down to sub 30 fps on low on the runway (i2500k @ GHz, 8gb ram, GTX 770 4gb OC). Even with those issues the F-15 is crazy! You can look behind you and watch the inlets thrust vector air over the turbine while flying.. you feel SO high, doing barrel rolls can make you dizzy because your brain is actually tricked into thinking you are 50,000 feet high. Its the most stunning sense of scale I've had in the rift so far. Elite is crazy cool but its in space so don't have any real points of reference for scale other than planets, with DCS I actually feel like I'm in the air.
therealminime
Member
So why is it that some games/demos don't activate the IR Rift sensor? I've had basically zero issues with most demos but one or two that are supposedly working don't turn the sensor on.
Ordered a DK2 a few days after orders went live. I've been worried from all the impressions here--smearing blacks, decreased FOV, and so on. So, I was pretty anxious to try the DK2 at SIGGRAPH yesterday--if it wasn't great, would I cancel my order? Have buyer's remorse?
Hell no.
It was fantastic.
Totally immersed in seconds. I never even remembered to check for the issues I was worried about. I was in too deep.
Hell no.
It was fantastic.
Totally immersed in seconds. I never even remembered to check for the issues I was worried about. I was in too deep.
WorriedCitizen
Member
Makes me wonder what other older games can be reinvigorated for VR. I always assumed that VR will need a complete new way of thinking about how to design gameplay mechanics for it. But seeing now how well HL2 works pretty much out of the box (minus the small tweaks that were made to the ui) there must be plenty of other gems from the past. This level of otherwise now outdated gfx also still works great for OR because you can't make out too much texture or normal detail anyway.
Much like Quake 2, I felt a little queasy with Half-Life 2 after about twenty minutes. Wasn't as bad this time though, possibly because I used the mouse versus a 360 controller per earlier suggestions in the thread. Found the experience quite cool although rough around the edges (worst chromatic aberation issues I've seen yet, for example).
I like how the UI is handled (how it moves along with your perspective), although I have trouble focusing on things around the edges of the screen so actually reading health/ammo was pretty much impossible for me.
I like how the UI is handled (how it moves along with your perspective), although I have trouble focusing on things around the edges of the screen so actually reading health/ammo was pretty much impossible for me.
Carr to explain how you got it set up? I tried the big picture fix for steamvr but with no success.
I actually just received order tracking information half an hour after posting this...
This wait is killing me!
Fried Food
Banned
Showed a couple friends the rift tonight. Needless, to say they were very impressed. The words "life changing" were uttered.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
I recommend sight line chair for anyone who wants demo the dk2.
After a lot of trouble I finally managed to get HL2 to work on DK2. The problem I'm not having is the arms and guns seem to be in the wrong place. Is this something on my end, or with the player models for VR? I played a lot on DK1 and do not recall this problem. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
I do not know if this made things work, but I did go in and re-verify the integrity of the files for SteamVR in Tools. All of the sudden HL VR option started working with Rift in Extended mode. Beginning very choppy but later save files loaded up and silky smooth. Some of the enemies rushing my face making me recoil IRL. Very intense feeling.
abracadaver
Member
I tried that, no dice. It's like that in the oculus desk demo and Tuscany sometimes too. Other times silky smooth.
shacklesmcgee
Member
whaaaat holyy shit
thought mine would be September by the earliest!
thought mine would be September by the earliest!
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
This worked for me. Add -freq 75 to the launch options in steam, next to the -VR one. Should be smooth now
abracadaver
Member
whaaaat holyy shit
thought mine would be September by the earliest!
When did you order?
add "-freq 75" to the launch options to force 75 hz.
thisfragilelife
Member
Any idea about the judder when looking around in the Oculus?
I have -freq 75 -refresh 75 in the launch options, but when I open net_graph 1 in the console it shows 299 FPS.
I'm assuming because its not locked at 75 there is judder from the head tracking. When moving with the mouse it is perfectly smooth.
flyinpiranha
Member
Did you set it to the "beta" option?
This is my problem. R9 290. Going to see what the launcher is and maybe setup a RadeonPro config for it
Fried Food
Banned
HL2 in dk2 is pretty damn awesome once you get low persistence working. I fired up Ravenholm and felt very immersed. The creepy atmosphere went to 11. Also the positional tracking is great for looking down the sight of guns and studying weapon details. I was spellbound just gawking at the Magnum from different angles. I can see myself doing another full playthrough now it's that cool
Can't wait for the hlvr folks to implement a version for dk2. Hydras plus the positional tracking is going to be great.
Edit: nm seems as though hlvr IS up and running with dk2! http://www.reddit.com/r/hlvr/comments/2csd6r/half_life_vr_134b/?sort=confidence
how do you get low persistance working?
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
As I understand it low persistence is running at 75hz/fps so if you add -freq 75 to the hl2 launch options in steam you should be getting it.
The judder is theorized to be a problem with the camera. Oculus claims there is a software fix coming for the judder, which lends credibility to the theory. Since the judder occurs predictably when examined closely (i.e. it's not random jerks) the solution would appear to be to simply counter in the opposite direction for the expected judder.
But at this point, it's simply something up with the Dev kit itself.
flyinpiranha
Member
Yeah, I read about that on reddit. Something about the camera. It's odd though, some people have the issue, others don't. I wonder what may be the culprit.
I tried a RadeonPro profile and no dice. Ha, main reason I'm not ordering Elite
angerous is that jutter is apparent in a lot of demos.John Rabbit
Banned
finally got my shipping notice. is there a site that details the recommend first steps? i apologize as i know this information has been covered in this very thread, but i was hoping it had been compiled somewhere.
thisfragilelife
Member
Hmmm....weird that this is only one of the demos I noticed it manifest. Almost everything else tracks very smoothly via headtracking.
I was stoked to hear this was playable in dk2 but the stuttery tracking ruins the immersiveness to the point of not even being worth it for me. Sucks...
I have Hydras that I've literally used for all of 10 minutes in over 2 years, haha. Maybe I should try HL VR....
shacklesmcgee
Member
Says March 21st, 2014 at 4:02 AM Pacific
Did you use -freq 75 to drive it at 75 hz?