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PlayStation VR Launch Thread: Welcome to The Real World
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Play the Rez demo fully. The rest of area 1 and the later boss they let you fight is a true indicator how the game will feel (faster travel flow).
I suppose it depends on if the public buys into VR in the same way the Wii and Kinect saw great early adoption. Whether it sticks around is on Sony, Valve, and Oculus to keep it relevant.
ShadowKingpin
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Gave those away earlier in the thread
If you ever have any more, please let me know.
US here. Missed out while in VR.Use the recenter button my man. I get drift on every single thing I play on this thing, but the recenter button means I only ever have to worry about it once every few minutes and only for just a couple seconds
Just one more thing, have you gone through the IPD settings and set yours? Might help
How do you access that? All I've seen are reposition and brightness settings?
DryvBy
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Streaming various things during lunch. Catlateral Damage up first.
Scratch that. Something else because that doesn't work. 100ft Robot Golf.
Scratch that. Something else because that doesn't work. 100ft Robot Golf.
ShadowKingpin
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This. Holding the "Option" button for a few seconds does wonders. Helped me out when things got weird.
Still $25 on Asia PSN, fishyHarmonix VR is very underrated.
And I'm not talking about the painting game, or the dancing game or the beach thing.
"The Trip" is fucking amazing if you play your own music.
Just tried first 2 areas in Rez Infinite and I can't decide I like this or Thumper more. They're both incredible in VR
blame space
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does anyone else have really long eyelashes that constantly brush up against the lenses? I'm worried I'm gonna scratch the thing.
Pai Pai Master
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I dont think this is an issue unless your long beautiful eyelashes are made of steel or something
I am worried about my glasses though, they bumped up against the lenses a couple of times. Can't be good.
Muahaha yusss, I'm proud of you. Everyone should have their loved ones try this for shits n giggles lol.
I have that issue sometimes, just pull the visor out a small bit.
TheCanisDirus
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It doesn't work for me at all. Works exactly as it was during the GiantBomb streams. Clicks your view a 1/4" back to the right but won't get anywhere near center :/
InfiniteUnrest
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Yeah, I don't know that I articulated my excitement enough in my previous post. I can't be more pleased with my purchase so far, despite the expense. To be honest, aside from the fact that most content is short, I feel it's easily worth the $500+ I paid for it, plus the extra for the games and a charging stand. I really hope this stuff takes off, because it's very impressive and we're just touching the surface of what's possible.
As for re-calibrating, no, I didn't try that...I couldn't figure that one out and by the time it started to occur, it was time to give my son a turn. He must have had a similar issue though, because at the end of his 20-30 minute session, he was having to turn his controller nearly 90 degrees to the left of him in order for it to shoot the rope out at the correct angle in Playroom VR.
Drift is confusing as anything. The camera shouldn't be simply acting as a basic recalibration of the motion sensors, it should be a full reset of positional and rotational data every frame (1/60 or 1/30 doesn't matter). The worst you should get is a little drift between camera updates but nothing past a fraction of a second and certainly nothing cumulative
Hoping it's fixable with a software update because it should be basic, figure-this-out-day-one kind of stuff for VR
Hoping it's fixable with a software update because it should be basic, figure-this-out-day-one kind of stuff for VR
What the hell?
It's supposed to center based on where you are facing
Are you sure you're turning your head back to the camera BEFORE pressing it? Sucks to hear if you, cause you may have deeper issues
Goose_Se7en
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Hooked it up and it's yet to work. All I see is a ring of white lights. Any help here?
TheCanisDirus
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Yeah unfortunately
. I have major left drift and pulsating (back and forth) screen no matter the adjustments I make physically to camera/headset/controllers.I'm going to dive down into the headset light and eye settings after work and pray that helps. If not I'll be exchanging it for a new unit.... or putting that money into my gaming PC and picking up a Vive instead this winter lol.
ShadowKingpin
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You may have a faulty unit or camera. When I hold the option button, it goes right to the center with no issue whatsoever. You may want to contact Sony.
Details.
Is the TV even showing an image of anything?
Did you press power on the VR dongle?
Snowybreak
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Hey, just to ask, how is cinematic mode for everyone? I'm hoping to get the system and I just wanted to know if playing games with it on works well.
Yeah no real drift or tracking issues for me. Recenter works fine when I need it, but I have had a random issue where my VR screen completely cuts out for a split second. It's only happened twice considering the amount of time I put in yesterday, but I'm not sure what caused it.
Goose_Se7en
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Yes tv is showing image, (menu of the demo disc) and the camera is tracking because when I move the headset I can see the movement on the tv. Headset is on, all lights are on.
Just a stupid ring of white lights. Like a loading icon.
It's super no-frills. Just a giant floating image in black space.
Some games have issues with ghosting/trailing due to the fact that Sony runs their OLED display in this mode at absolute black levels (rather than a few shades up). This means the lowish response time from a pixel turning from black to not black leaves trails in dark spots of the screen. Very noticeable in games like PT (plus banding like crazy).
Otherwise, it's fine
Jacksinthe
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I get the same and what's weird is if you see the camera negative and hold the controller directly below your body, it's perfectly lined up but you are at an angle to the camera. If you face the camera directly it looks like you are angled.
It's weird. Once you turn a bit it's fine for however long you play.
It's really awesome to see so many people here are having a blast and being blown away with PSVR. As for myself, I love the tech and the experiences but my body isn't reacting well to it. I have felt "off" every time and that feeling sticks with me for a while. :/ I'm jealous that so many of you guys have no tracking/nausia issues. I'm going to keep at it though and get this working because I sooooo want to keep experiencing VR. Regardless, it's really starting to feel like PSVR might be a big deal for general VR acceptance.
I personally think it looks really fantastic. Way clearer and higher fidelity than I expected. I'd totally watch a movie or play a game with it.
However, I have seen and heard other people saying it isn't good enough so your milage may vary. I honestly don't understand the complaints. It looks much better than I expected it would and I can't see any screen door. I wear glasses, too!
I personally think it looks really fantastic. Way clearer and higher fidelity than I expected. I'd totally watch a movie or play a game with it.
However, I have seen and heard other people saying it isn't good enough so your milage may vary. I honestly don't understand the complaints. It looks much better than I expected it would and I can't see any screen door. I wear glasses, too!
Oh...a ring of dots spinning in the headset? Lol, it's working man.
That's the loading indicator. If you're playing off a disc, it takes a loooong time.
phant0m
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I had the same problem yesterday. Today, I played for almost 4 hours with NO drifting at all. Here's what I changed:
- No artificial lighting in the room. Still very bright from natural sunlight though.
- Moved my seating about 1-1.5 ft closer
- Readjusted the camera to be centered on my chest instead of my head.
- brb reboot?
ShadowKingpin
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Now that I think of it, when I loaded up the Demo Disk for the first time, I was told on-screen that there was something wrong with my HDMI and USB connection, then it froze the PS4. After the restart, I didn't have any issue. It was odd.
xZoneHunter
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Decided to bite the bullet and order one. It was surprisingly pretty hard to still get one. Hopefully it'll arrive tomorrow and not on monday.
Goose_Se7en
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Is it weird that I can the cinematic mode presentation on my tv but not the HMD?
Jacksinthe
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Going to try this with the camera centered below my headset.
With the tiny box focused on the PSVR I have to hold the DS4 up higher to get it in view at about 6 feet away. This way I'll get the controller in full time I hope. Maybe that will help positioning.
In any way, this sounds def like a software thing.
it's really a new $500 console*. I expect it to continue to sell exactly like a new console, 100% contingent on post-launch support (quality and quantity)
*for the existing PS4 userbase of 40M+
CheeseConey
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Really liking Rigs and Until Dawn. Thought Rigs would make me feel sick but so far so good.
Pankratous
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Everything appears to be closer to me today. Like, for example, in the Playroom VR where you put the controller in the claw machine, it's right in front of me, whereas yesterday I had to stretch my arms a little.
What gives?
What gives?
i kept rubbing the lenses because others were mentioning there being protective film on them you had to remove.
had to rub out the oily fingerprints...nooooo. always paranoid about scratching things even with microfiber cloth. i'm assuming you're supposed to launder then...otherwise you're just rubbing grime around eventually? heh
had to rub out the oily fingerprints...nooooo. always paranoid about scratching things even with microfiber cloth. i'm assuming you're supposed to launder then...otherwise you're just rubbing grime around eventually? heh
The post launch support looks slow and unexciting to me. I think they will need to price cut the bundles fairly quickly to keep these moving.
do you, uh, have the HDMI cables in the back of the processor box in the right place?
blame space
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you guys, thumper is so good.
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