Awesome. I bought this during a very busy period at work and didn't wind up playing it. Might just wait.
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Oculus Rift Launch Thread: Ballpark 2016
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Awesome. I bought this during a very busy period at work and didn't wind up playing it. Might just wait.
Oh god. I bought it because, heck, it's $9.99. How bad could the nausea be?
I made it about 45 minutes in before I had to stop or barf. Drinking ginger tea and lying down now. Worst reaction to VR so far, and I think I'm normally pretty tolerant.
Game is worth every penny so far though.
Herr Starr
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The game does demand that you're a little careful in how you move, and it's definitely worst in the beginning as you're getting used to it. After a while it stops being a problem though, especially if you avoid doing barrel rolls or quick turns. Just be calm and patient in your movements, and you'll be fine.
Version 3.0
Member
I did that, as per the program's instructions. I don't remember what the other mode is called (don't think it's "VR"), but I definitely changed it off of theater mode to the other name on that setting. That's the one I described as "press your face against the TV" mode. It's still rendering the same flat screen, it just puts your virtual face so close to it that it's hard to tell.
I haven't seen full 360 degree rendering and head tracking, like a real VR supported game, photo or video, in any Vorpx title. Is that not possible, or do I just have a handful of poorly supported games? I've fiddled with every setting I see.
The Elite
BOSS
Lol. Can't wait. 505 games sent me an Oculus Code today.
I've heard Elite can be a pretty shallow game, but it is a pretty amazing VR experience. I've owned it since launch, but never put much time into until recently and it has been a blast. I just bought a vehicle to deploy and driving around some of the planets almost feels like a rollercoaster with as much as the vehicle is getting thrown around.
I still don't have a clue what I'm doing, but it is fun to fly and drive around.
I still don't have a clue what I'm doing, but it is fun to fly and drive around.
I bought it on steam and emailed 595games for an oculus key. I must have some messed up sense of balance or something because I haven't encounter a game yet that made me feel the slightest amount motion sickness.
Robobandit
Member
Adr1ft is pretty hard on me, too. Haven't been bothered by any other game so far.
I think it's more due to the fact that I'm inside of a suit, looking around and the suit's visual direction only changes when I use the controller, that combined with the suit's tendency to rotate (especially during the sequences where you aren't in direct control) is kind of a problem for me.
I don't feel that way in Subnautica, where my direction is influenced by where I'm looking. That feels more natural to me than how things work in Adr1ft.
I think it's more due to the fact that I'm inside of a suit, looking around and the suit's visual direction only changes when I use the controller, that combined with the suit's tendency to rotate (especially during the sequences where you aren't in direct control) is kind of a problem for me.
I don't feel that way in Subnautica, where my direction is influenced by where I'm looking. That feels more natural to me than how things work in Adr1ft.
irrotational
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Got my Rift last night - felt like a long road since Jan 6th when I pre-ordered it!
Is there a Gaf friends list so I can at least add some people? (I know there is not a lot of integration yet).
Looking forwards to trying blazerush, and more luckey's tale. Based on comments here I might pick up Adr1ft in the sale too.
Does anyone routinely use their headset a few feet away from the camera? Mine is probably 4 feet or so and occasionally everything moves slightly closer, or slightly further away, as if the distance tracking is getting overly sensitive?
Is there a Gaf friends list so I can at least add some people? (I know there is not a lot of integration yet).
Looking forwards to trying blazerush, and more luckey's tale. Based on comments here I might pick up Adr1ft in the sale too.
Does anyone routinely use their headset a few feet away from the camera? Mine is probably 4 feet or so and occasionally everything moves slightly closer, or slightly further away, as if the distance tracking is getting overly sensitive?
The Elite
BOSS
I played it last night and it's the first game that has really made me feel anything. It's beautiful but kind of dull at times. I wish there was more to explore and less of a reliance on the canister gimmick.
MiamiWesker
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Nope sorry vorpx doesn't do that. It just sticks the screen in your face and wraps the edges around, you control the camera with your head. It's not true VR but it works on FPSs well enough.
Dolphin VR does that though, I don't know what voodoo magic they used. But only a few games actually work well.
MiamiWesker
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I finished Lucky's tale and wrote a review on another site. I'll paste it here:
Luckys Tale is a simple 3D platformer that is free for all oculus users and serves as a great showcase for how VR can enhance a gaming experience. It is disappointing how short and how basic the platforming is but there were enough hints of greatness and the potential for future platformers in VR is immense.
Lucky is a very basic platformer, you can double jump, spin your tail as your main attack and do a butt stomp, that's your whole move set. There are no power ups, no vehicles or any kind of devices that change who you play as. All you do is hop around a simple world. It's basic but controls very well and it's fundamentally a sound platformer. Jumping in VR makes judging distances easier which allows for some great precise platforming sections, sadly there are just too few of those moments.
If this was not in VR there would be no real reason to play this but VR makes this experience well worth playing. It's hard to describe in words how effective being in the world makes even the most mundane of platforming exciting. Plus the way you are the camera and you need to lean in and out to find hidden objects and sometimes lean a certain way for a better angle makes the player a part of the action in ways we have never experienced before. I was amazed at how you can see most of the level when you look out to the distance of sometimes look to your right or left. Simple things like switches that make walls turn and spin are awe inducing when that wall is massive in front of you and it opens toward your face. Floating platforms in air feel like floating platforms in air that float in front of you. These are all things we have seen in normal 3D platformers but I have never FELT like I was seeing a world in this way before. Maybe if you played Mario 3D land and enjoyed how the 3D enhanced the experience, take that and multiply that by a 100, that's what VR brings to platformers.
This game is super short, just 12 levels that can be beat in about an hour or two if you speed through them. Each level has a time attack mode and a find the red coins mode. The red coins aren't like hidden objects in a Mario level that are well hidden as you play the level. Here the game populates the level with red coins that beep if you are near them, so you run through the level again and look for red coins that are usually just hiding behind objects or corners, not that interesting. Time attack isn't the usual find your own path time attack, instead you have to hit gems in order meaning you must follow the path the game sets for you leaving out any creative path finding.
The potential for a really great platformer is there. The controls and feel is top notch so once that base is there all that is needed is great level design and variety. Well there are hints of great level design at moments, especially in later levels one of which uses bombs which you aim with your head to great use. But Luckys Tale never goes the extra step, it never gets too challenging, it never uses its VR tech in creative ways; basically what you see in the first level is what you get for the rest of the short game. A sequel needs to happen that expands the scope greatly too add gameplay variety, power ups, more bosses, basically everything that goes into a great platformer.
Speaking of bosses there is only one proper boss and it's excellent! It's a giant octopus like creature that sits in the background and it's tentacles come out at your face. Lucky is on a line of platforms in front of you so you need to keep your eyes on the tentacles which are in front and on the sides while jumping on these platforms that start moving. You need to move your head to keep track of where the attacks are coming from and to throw bombs at the boss. It's a spectacular showcase of how VR can create an amazing boss battle even out of something that is simple.
Lucky's Tale is a great intro to VR. It runs perfectly, looks great, and it's easy to pick up and play. If you know 3D platformers you will immediately see and feel what VR adds to the genre. Sadly though this is a super simple platformer, if it wasn't free I wouldn't be able to recommended it. It feels more like a test game than a full game, it's still good but could be so much more.
Score: 6.5
Luckys Tale is a simple 3D platformer that is free for all oculus users and serves as a great showcase for how VR can enhance a gaming experience. It is disappointing how short and how basic the platforming is but there were enough hints of greatness and the potential for future platformers in VR is immense.
Lucky is a very basic platformer, you can double jump, spin your tail as your main attack and do a butt stomp, that's your whole move set. There are no power ups, no vehicles or any kind of devices that change who you play as. All you do is hop around a simple world. It's basic but controls very well and it's fundamentally a sound platformer. Jumping in VR makes judging distances easier which allows for some great precise platforming sections, sadly there are just too few of those moments.
If this was not in VR there would be no real reason to play this but VR makes this experience well worth playing. It's hard to describe in words how effective being in the world makes even the most mundane of platforming exciting. Plus the way you are the camera and you need to lean in and out to find hidden objects and sometimes lean a certain way for a better angle makes the player a part of the action in ways we have never experienced before. I was amazed at how you can see most of the level when you look out to the distance of sometimes look to your right or left. Simple things like switches that make walls turn and spin are awe inducing when that wall is massive in front of you and it opens toward your face. Floating platforms in air feel like floating platforms in air that float in front of you. These are all things we have seen in normal 3D platformers but I have never FELT like I was seeing a world in this way before. Maybe if you played Mario 3D land and enjoyed how the 3D enhanced the experience, take that and multiply that by a 100, that's what VR brings to platformers.
This game is super short, just 12 levels that can be beat in about an hour or two if you speed through them. Each level has a time attack mode and a find the red coins mode. The red coins aren't like hidden objects in a Mario level that are well hidden as you play the level. Here the game populates the level with red coins that beep if you are near them, so you run through the level again and look for red coins that are usually just hiding behind objects or corners, not that interesting. Time attack isn't the usual find your own path time attack, instead you have to hit gems in order meaning you must follow the path the game sets for you leaving out any creative path finding.
The potential for a really great platformer is there. The controls and feel is top notch so once that base is there all that is needed is great level design and variety. Well there are hints of great level design at moments, especially in later levels one of which uses bombs which you aim with your head to great use. But Luckys Tale never goes the extra step, it never gets too challenging, it never uses its VR tech in creative ways; basically what you see in the first level is what you get for the rest of the short game. A sequel needs to happen that expands the scope greatly too add gameplay variety, power ups, more bosses, basically everything that goes into a great platformer.
Speaking of bosses there is only one proper boss and it's excellent! It's a giant octopus like creature that sits in the background and it's tentacles come out at your face. Lucky is on a line of platforms in front of you so you need to keep your eyes on the tentacles which are in front and on the sides while jumping on these platforms that start moving. You need to move your head to keep track of where the attacks are coming from and to throw bombs at the boss. It's a spectacular showcase of how VR can create an amazing boss battle even out of something that is simple.
Lucky's Tale is a great intro to VR. It runs perfectly, looks great, and it's easy to pick up and play. If you know 3D platformers you will immediately see and feel what VR adds to the genre. Sadly though this is a super simple platformer, if it wasn't free I wouldn't be able to recommended it. It feels more like a test game than a full game, it's still good but could be so much more.
Score: 6.5
So I have a question.
My USB 3.0 ports are incompatible with the Rift's sensor. I knew this going in and ordered a compatible USB 3.0 port to switch it out. However, I got the Rift before the new USB 3.0 and other than receiving the error saying the sensor is incompatible, it seems to work perfectly fine.
Am I missing something here? Am I getting a subpar experience? I have no judder and everything is as smooth as butter. Also, I do not get any error with the headset's USB cable in the same USB 3.0 ports.
My USB 3.0 ports are incompatible with the Rift's sensor. I knew this going in and ordered a compatible USB 3.0 port to switch it out. However, I got the Rift before the new USB 3.0 and other than receiving the error saying the sensor is incompatible, it seems to work perfectly fine.
Am I missing something here? Am I getting a subpar experience? I have no judder and everything is as smooth as butter. Also, I do not get any error with the headset's USB cable in the same USB 3.0 ports.
If I remember right the compatibility check was just a list of chipsets they've tested against. If it wasn't on their whitelist it would fail the check even if it would work fine. I wouldn't worry about it if it is working fine for you.
Awesome... so I will go ahead and return the new USB port. Is there anyway to disable the error notification?
SoulCaptain
Member
I'm interested in VorpX, and I saw a few videos like this one and this one (where the guy says there is positional tracking)
and as someone who has never tried VR in any form, to me they look no different than every made-for-VR game.
What's the difference? Why is it not "true VR"? Will I want my money back if I buy it?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=205316693&postcount=8962
Uuuuuh Stern Pinball arcade out on Oculus now? I don't see it in the store...
Really exciting details on Stern TPA in general though.
edit: fuuuuuck it's apparently GearVR first, Rift in Fall.
Uuuuuh Stern Pinball arcade out on Oculus now? I don't see it in the store...
Really exciting details on Stern TPA in general though.
edit: fuuuuuck it's apparently GearVR first, Rift in Fall.
Fuck! I need more VR pinball!
Yeah, Pinball FX2 shows that it is a fucking rad experience, but I'm not crazy about any of the tables in there currently. It's not expensive but I'd definitely be all over some real tables. Stern has the LotR table, right?
Dreamwriter
Member
Farsight announced The Pinball Arcade was coming to Oculus Rift in 2016, that's what I'm waiting for. Tons and tons of classic tables!
Trailer for Stern Pinball Arcade on crappy Facebook video: https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/videos/10154204364334244/
Trailer for Stern Pinball Arcade on crappy Facebook video: https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/videos/10154204364334244/
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
just to clarify the version out today is the GearVR version , Rift,Vive,PSVR version this fall..in Farsight speak..sometime before this time next year
just to temper expectations
Dreamwriter
Member
I'm not interested in this cut down game at all, though, I'm waiting for The Pinball Arcade, full version, that they announced a year ago.just to clarify the version out today is the GearVR version , Rift,Vive,PSVR version this fall..in Farsight speak..sometime before this time next year
just to temper expectations
Wrestlemania
Banned
When I first got my Rift, I was able to use it from my sofa with the camera sat just next to my TV, about 5 ft away. The setup process didn't like it, so I had to do that with it closer, but after that I moved it back and it was fine.
I now seem to be getting a slight tracking issue where it seems to think the headset is moving towards and away from the camera constantly by a very tiny amount. This goes away if I bring the camera closer.
Any idea what could be causing this?
I now seem to be getting a slight tracking issue where it seems to think the headset is moving towards and away from the camera constantly by a very tiny amount. This goes away if I bring the camera closer.
Any idea what could be causing this?
Myst spitirual successor is apparently coming to Oculus Rift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWyefxRMhA can't make a thread of the new trailer, looks cool
Enordash
Member
Looks like it could be interesting although I sort of hate the name right out of the gate. Also didn't realize this was Kickstarted. Hope they can deliver.
I've had this a couple times. It's a very slight wobble that I only notice if my head is completely still in a static environment like Oculus Home. And I did the same with my sensor setup. I set it up as far away as it would let me without complaining, which is a couple feet closer than my sitting position.
This is testing the limits of the constellation tracking. As you get further away from the sensor it gets harder for it to detect minute movement of the IR LEDs. A second sensor should help with the issue.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I did get similar wobbles, albeit a bit more pronounced, with the Vive at the extremes when I was having a sensor mysteriously disconnect.
Very excited for this.
Fallout-NL
Member
I cancelled my pre-order. I still believe in the tech, but what's available currently does not justify the early adopter premium, for me at least.
MiamiWesker
Member
When I say true VR I mean games made for VR where you can lean in, where it feels you are in the virtual space and not just the screen on your face. Does any of that matter for first person games, not really, you aren't independent of the camera in FPS, you don't need to lean in or out just move like you would with the sticks. But it also won't feel great as I can't think of anyone who has made a FPS from the ground up where you can walk around like normal for VR because people can get sick. These games aren't made for VR so you move like you would in a normal game so it could be intense. Still when it works it works super well.
KatamariOnTheRocks
Member
Do you know what your estimated shipping date was?
I'm totally cool with whats available at the moment content wise, but in terms of how Oculus have gone about everything since pre-orders went up, they've dropped the ball at every opportunity to the point of pushing me to cancel my order on Monday if they don't ship it out by then.
SoulCaptain
Member
I think I got it. Thanks for the explanation.
I'll probably buy VorpX when my rift arrives, I just wish there was a demo or a trial I could try first.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Edge of Nowhere is looking incredible. I want an Oculus so bad for it. New trailer here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaY-swcKaL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaY-swcKaL0
Pretty sure it was late June, which is why I had procrastinated canceling my order :{
Oculus website says this though:
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Looks awesome, can't wait.
Enordash
Member
Nice. It looks like a sure buy to me.
SEGAvangelist
Member
I always forget how versatile the artists at Insomniac are. They usually put out colorful stuff, but the artwork in Resistance and now Edge of Nowhere can be quite disturbing. It's pretty damn amazing stuff.
Did anyone ever get the Witness running in VR with LibOVRWrapper or through another method? It's 15% off right now.
Yeah, this looks great. Can't wait to read impressions.
Yeah, this looks great. Can't wait to read impressions.
Enordash
Member
I'm just hoping I can withstand the disturbing/horror side of it. I suck enough with normal horror games, lol.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Yeah for sure! The end of the trailer looks like it could be quiet intense in a VR situation.
I believe it has native support. You just need to add -vr to the launch options in steam. I tried it real quick the other day and it seemed to work well enough.
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