Pankratous
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Huh, weird.
Your television looks to be displaying that in normal quality. My TV displays it in the same quality as it's been shown in the headset.
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PlayStation VR Launch Thread: Welcome to The Real World
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Huh, weird.
Your television looks to be displaying that in normal quality. My TV displays it in the same quality as it's been shown in the headset.
FairXchange
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There's nothing as terrible at motion sickness imo, leaves me out of it for hours if not days. I'm steering clear of Driveclub, I've heard nothing but horror stories about the motion sickness.
Yeah that's how it always looks when I'm spectating and someone else is playing. It looks like it does in the headset only when I take the headset off, I think, if I remember correctly.
Can anyone corroborate that?
HomerSimpson-Man
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I managed to do the full race in the Driveclub VR demo, really cool, but man, I had to lay down for like hour or so afterwards.
Yeah, don't push yourself through the beginning of the queasy feeling, it will just make it worse in the day.
Yeah, don't push yourself through the beginning of the queasy feeling, it will just make it worse in the day.
Kilau
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Haint
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That's good for you, but it's clearly a very common issue. If he's shifting a full 45+ degrees in a session of Danger Ball, he's absolutely going to be recentering every 5-10 minutes.
HitCtrlAltDel
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What I plan on doing is getting some wireless headphones that have a 3.5mm audio in (like the new Astro A50's) and running an audio cable from the in-line remote to the base station near the tv. Yes it will be another cable, but I can bundle it with the VR video cable and that means the headphones will be wireless with the correct 3D audio, not the speaker audio.
Job Simulator asks you to stand a foot too far away.
After some experimentation with the two standing games, Batman and JS, I've determined the latter asks you to stand about a foot too far away, at the outer range of the PS Moves reliable tracking area.
If I stand where the JS calibration tool asks and look at the moves, I can see them slowly wobble in and out. Take one step forward and they're almost perfect. I notice this is about the distance Batman asks you to stand, and tracking is thus much better ;though Batman seems to incorporate a smaller deadzone for move tracking, leading to increased jitter.
It's late here, but I might make a video to show this off tomorrow.
After some experimentation with the two standing games, Batman and JS, I've determined the latter asks you to stand about a foot too far away, at the outer range of the PS Moves reliable tracking area.
If I stand where the JS calibration tool asks and look at the moves, I can see them slowly wobble in and out. Take one step forward and they're almost perfect. I notice this is about the distance Batman asks you to stand, and tracking is thus much better ;though Batman seems to incorporate a smaller deadzone for move tracking, leading to increased jitter.
It's late here, but I might make a video to show this off tomorrow.
Business
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lol stuff like that is priceless and justifies buying one of these headsets.
Oh awesome. I basically accepted I wasn't getting the founder's stuff and I was fine with that for saving $40 but that ship is pretty sweet.
It's only that bad for me in that one game if I'm being honest. It does occur in other games but not to that extreme.
Drift occurs with all my headsets to some degree which is why a recenter button exists on Vive, CV1, and Gear VR apps and games. The problem I have is that sometimes recentering does nothing on PSVR and really makes some games unplayable. This really seems like a software issue that Sony should be looking at.
WhiskeyKnight
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I think VR has spoiled me on traditional games.
I tried to jump back in to The Witcher DLC last night and just couldn't get into it. Everything just felt so...2D -- flat and artificial. After having an near spiritual experience with Area X in the new Rez, anything I play on the TV screen feels lifeless by comparison.
This is the real deal GAF. This the paradigm shift we've been waiting for.
I tried to jump back in to The Witcher DLC last night and just couldn't get into it. Everything just felt so...2D -- flat and artificial. After having an near spiritual experience with Area X in the new Rez, anything I play on the TV screen feels lifeless by comparison.
This is the real deal GAF. This the paradigm shift we've been waiting for.
FIREKNIGHT2029
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lol, this is why I love VR. I need to get my mom on PSVR.
Yeah, I haven't touched a normal game since hooking up my PSVR. I'm also not particularly interested in a lot of the upcoming games anymore. I'm sure the honeymoon phase will die down and I'll transition back a bit but, right now, all I care about is playing in VR and finding out what new games/software PSVR has coming in the future.
If we don't get some announcements at PSX I'm going to be super deflated.
Clockwork5
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It was interesting. I played fine for about a minute but there was a hairpin turn on a gentle decline that made my head spin. I was then kinda dizzy and spun out the back end of the car and my head started doing barrel rolls in addition to horizontal spinning. I stuck through for a bit more and that hairpin turn came around again and my throat closed up and I began sweating in addition to the head fuckery.
I now know not to push it but I kinda wanted to see how far I could go, for science.
The only other thing that has caused me discomfort was Vrideo. But those 360 videos look like garbage anyway.
My girlfriend's sister came over last night, they'd been out and had a few drinks. She played the shark encounter from VR Worlds and absolutely loved it. She seemed pretty amazed and really enthused for VR after saying she thought it would turn out to be a gimmick. Really great to hear. Then we made her play Kitchen and she literally fell of the chair at the end!
I'd had some experience of VR before so to me PSVR was great but hasn't really hit me the way its hitting other ordinary folk who never tried it before. They're astonished
Edit might as well post the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jWkB0eNa8
I'd had some experience of VR before so to me PSVR was great but hasn't really hit me the way its hitting other ordinary folk who never tried it before. They're astonished
Edit might as well post the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jWkB0eNa8
After playing alot of the demo finally played Batman & Eve Valkyrie, both of these games had me smiling ear to ear, i know that the novelty will wear off but man, it's such a fresh breath of gaming experience that words do very little to explain. Was having some feelings or doubt or negativity from some of the reviews but glad that i picked up the headset, and really looking forward to the future of where ever this is is heading.
The Lamonster
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Which one is the platformer? What does the 'sphere' for it look like when choosing which gametype to play?
I've been pretty good about the not mistaking VR for real life thing, but last night I tried to instinctively catch some blocks that were falling off the table in Tumble. :/
VindicatorZ
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Try playing Witcher 3 on the giant virtual screen! Alot of people are overlooking this. I set mine to the largest possible. You have to go to Devices > Playstation VR > Screen Size. I played Uncharted 4, Resident Evil 7 and Witcher 3 in there. Holy fuck. It feels almost like playing VR. The environments on the giant screen almost take up your entire field of view. Uncharted and Witcher were breathtaking in there. You can get a little dizzy after awhile but give it a shot and try it in bursts. It's the closest we can get to those games in VR for now.
Obviously you lose resolution in there but it doesn't fucking matter. The sheer size of everything makes up for it.
KatamariOnTheRocks
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Not sure if it helps anyone, but the room I play in has really inefficient window shades so I've only ever used my PSVR at night with all the lights off and my controller set to bright and I've never experienced drift issues except for my first session when my controller was set to dim.
I first started out using the controller on Dim and noticed some slight tracking inconsistencies like the controller was slightly out of line with where it was in the real world but as soon as I made the controller light brighter that went away and things have been perfect since then.
I don't know if using your PSVR in a bright room has any potential for issues but I do know that I've had no drift or problems at all when I play in a totally dark room at night so I would recommend anyone that's having issues to try theirs out at night with the lights off if possible. I also end each session by powering down the PSVR with the button by the Volume Control and then a full shutdown on the PS4 when I'm done in case that has any relevance.
I had my first VR experience when I received my Vive back in May and it's still just as mind blowing and awesome today as the very first time I used it. The "wow factor" hasn't worn off after 6 months of daily use (1-3 hours per night) and I can't see it ever wearing off if I'm being honest. VR is something I've dreamt of my entire life so it's not entirely surprising that I haven't grown bored with what has essentially been a life long aspiration
You guys, I've been working in industrial VR applications for years now and I did not expect Batman VR to blow me away as much as it does.
I'm so sad it's a short experience. I need a full blown 6+ hour experience ASAP.
The level of craft and clever storytelling is just mindboggling. I really hope we see a sequel soon.
I'm so sad it's a short experience. I need a full blown 6+ hour experience ASAP.
The level of craft and clever storytelling is just mindboggling. I really hope we see a sequel soon.
There is a thread with a few impressions http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1294636
It's level/stage/world 1-2 if I remember correctly
I actually really like playing non-VR games in Cinema Mode. I talked about it a couple of pages ago, but I hooked my Retron 5 up to the headset and played some SNES games throught it and had a blast! The screen drift is the only irritating part about Cinema Mode though.
ElMexiMerican
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This so much. Was playing the IW Beta and Mafia III on the largest cinema mode, and it was great. However, it wasn't until I pulled the headset off and saw the game playing on the screen just how small that 43 inch actually was compared to the screen in cinema mode.
Yes, I also noticed how much sharper the image on the TV was.
phant0m
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Played DriveClub this morning, no problem, felt completely fine. Seeing different reactions to this is so odd: I'm someone that's EXTREMELY prone to motion sickness, I can't read in the car, can't go on most rollercoaster/thrill rides, etc. However, I've had almost no issues with VR so far, the only thing that made me feel actually sick was London Heist when I some had some tracking issues. I was clipping through stuff and the camera was doing the zoom in/zoom out thing and it made me feel real bad. The other was playing games in cinema mode, didn't really make me "sick" but just didn't feel right.
Not sure, but I bought some to have on standby in case someone comes over and gets uneasy while playing. So far I have not had any motion sickness, only VR dissociation while not playing.
The controls are super fiddly for me. It's in desperate need of a button to ratchet the camera round. There's Hulk mode (press both moves together and you can kind of spin the room around you) but it's kind of sickening to use. When you keep teleporting you end up facing the wrong way in game and it NEEDS a ratchet function to quickly right yourself. Move tracking needs to be spot on or it's almost pointless playing it. I tried for a while but got frustrated so think I'll wait and see if they improve upon the movement.
VindicatorZ
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It's pretty god damn amazing. My jaw was wide open playing Uncharted 4 in there. I felt like I was in the environment. I almost think the graphics look better because of the resolution drop. On my HD TV, I can notice all the little shimmering, jaggies etc. But on the theater screen, Uncharted 4 has a near CGI look. I recommend replaying the entire game in there. I was planning on playing FFXV in the theater mode, but I don't think the headset is comfortable enough to play a 50 hour game in there.
And yes, when you take the headset off and see it on your little TV, there's no going back.
vpance
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Job Simulator IQ looks really clean. I wonder what internal res it's running at?
If Pro can bump up all games to that level of clarity it'll be worth every penny.
Kitchen on the other hand was horrible. Had to shut that off after 1 min. Presence or not I'm not gonna play a jag fest like that.
If Pro can bump up all games to that level of clarity it'll be worth every penny.
Kitchen on the other hand was horrible. Had to shut that off after 1 min. Presence or not I'm not gonna play a jag fest like that.
Majmun
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stuck at 16 forever
The drift only happens for me in the PS menu or cinema mode. Never in a game.
Codiox
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its far from perfect, but to just hang out with friends or strangers and to fuck things up its fucking perfect. Loving it.
When you play pool with a stranger and are communicating by body language (shaking head, point at things, drinking VR beer together) is where this really shows how awesome VR is.
VindicatorZ
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I really think so. Almost everything I've tried is pretty great. Playing Batman with the Move controllers really solidified the purchase for me. Manipulating things in VR with your hands is so fantastic. There's Rez, Rigs, Battlezone, Driveclub, Bound, London Heist, Playroom VR, RE7 coming soon. A good amount of content, and VR is just amazing, especially to show to friends and family. It's worth it.
I have amazon points that should cover the purchase. I just need to convince the wife that it is a worthwhile usage of said points.
My daughter played Job simulator, she was amazed that she could use each move and play flappy bird on the PC with one hand and answer the phone on the other.
the thing that made her the most amazed though was throwing a bloody paper aeroplane accross the office.
Pai Pai Master
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Yeah kitchen looked like playing a 3DS game lol, hopefully RE7 in full is a bit higher res on base PS4.
The non VR games on the medium size setting is what sold me on the PSVR. It's absolutely captivating and even though I know it's not as crisp as a 1080p set, the immersion makes me forget all about pixels and just has me zoned in to whatever I'm playing.
Also saw Pacific Rim and wholly canoli was that a ride.
This little device is breathing new life into a lot of old games (UC4, LoU, Sniper Elite) and I'm excited to see more full fledged experiences.
Cthulhu_Steev
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The only one for me is Here They Lie, I think the severe low rez and the movement is a bad combination.
Pai Pai Master
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I watched the Civil War airport battle on Cinema Mode, it was nice.
Got me thinking, what happens if you try to play a 3D Bluray in cinema mode?
Got me thinking, what happens if you try to play a 3D Bluray in cinema mode?
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