Rocky Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) So Sony announced their VR headset will be about £350, the HTC Vive for Steam is about £650, and then there's oculus. Anyone clued up on this yet? Which is going to be the best, and what kind of rig does the PC gear need? Walk around sounds really cool on the vive http://www.cnet.com/products/htc-vive-review/ Edited April 5, 2016 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester~SPARTA~ Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 And my mom always said don't sit too close to the tele....... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiSan Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I'm getting the one that us mere mortals can afford... Except they haven't made em in that price range yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Oh yes they have. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Updated-Version-Splaks-Cardboard-Glasses/dp/B0193IM368/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1459964007&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=google+cardboard&psc=1 Works great too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiSan Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Wow, those games look fantastic, ordering one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Its great fun actually, we had a blast with the VR apps, pretending to be on a roller coaster while sitting in a swivel chair is really cool. So cool, it does make me want to step up. I just ran the nvidia test though, I'd also need to shell out for a new GPU, so the whole deal is almost 4 figures now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiSan Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I just ran the nvidia test though, I'd also need to shell out for a new GPU, so the whole deal is almost 4 figures now.... "I... your honour, rest my case". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I sold my Oculus Rift on Ebay. I got a free consumer one for Kickstarting it a few years back. Going to either buy an HTC Vive in a few months time or just wait and buy Version 2 of whichever model wins this year's VR race. VR looks like fun, but as far as content, it's mostly just tech demos right now. There aren't a whole lot of fully fleshed out games that utilize VR well in my opinion. They're basically all just mini-games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Yeh mini games are okay to begin with but I'm looking for the second wave that will include extremely immersive and dark games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Hmmm stuff like this makes me want to pony up right now!! The best VR game i have played. So immersive i felt as if i was Alex and i just started the most EPIC adventure. Great voice acting and story telling. The best thing i have done in gaming in along time. This is what i wanted from VR. i cant wait for ep2!!!!!! 10/10 http://store.steampowered.com/app/270130/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter~SPARTA~ Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 There aren't a whole lot of fully fleshed out games that utilize VR well in my opinion. Wait... these are supposed to be for games? I thought they were just for the new VR section of the pr0n websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) Short on time? SKIP this one and go to my next post... Awesome, just awesome. At the parts where there is a seat in the game, I can totally imagine me forgetting I'm in a game a falling on my ass. VR and full 3D, with room walking, SOLD. Edited April 19, 2016 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 2:15 "This is incredibly impressive". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I was only saying to Cent the other day that when walking around the top parts of the mining rig I have built in Space Engineers I get a real sense of vertigo I think HTC Vive would scare the crap out of me impressive indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Well I've made up my mind, I'm getting the Vive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I am not surprised, the only thing stopping me is I really have to have a game I would be interested playing to get it with, at the moment I still have a lot of interest in WOT and Space Engineers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 So I did eventually get the Vive, had it for a few months now, must have about 90 games in the VR library lol. Lots of free stuff and sub £5 stuff. Only paid for a few that were £15 or more. Anyone else get a Vive? Would be good to have a spartan to swap stories with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I got the Vive when it came out. I only used it about a week though. It's just too much of a hassle to work with, and I don't have a lot of empty room near my computer tower. There was also the issue with it being new and not having a lot of VR titles to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I nearly bought one in January but went with a widescreen monitor. Now I see they work well with Flight sims I use (with a flyinside as well as leap motion, which shows your hands), I think 2018 will be the year of VR for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 There is an insane amount of content now MH6, and I would guess around 20 titles that are rate overwhelmingly positive on steam that are pretty much "must haves". Right now I would say that VR games are entering the next phase, where we are getting proper games that look just fantastic, and have decent longevity. You do need a decent space to use it granted, for room scale anyway, luckily I have a 4m x 3m space that works out just great. There are plenty of seated titles too though, although room scale is really awesome. I totally understand frustration around lack of space though. The only hastle I have is the cable to the headset, but later this year there will be a wireless adaptor, I am so pumped for that, it will help immersion so much not to be tethered to the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) I nearly bought one in January but went with a widescreen monitor. Now I see they work well with Flight sims I use (with a flyinside as well as leap motion, which shows your hands), I think 2018 will be the year of VR for me. Yeh flight simmers love VR, I downloaded one on steam, can;t recall the name it was a proper flight sim from a Russian dev team, but it wasn't dev'd for VR and I found it just waaay to difficult to get in to. Elite Dangerous is just the most immersive VR experience you could wish for. I am on the verge of shelling out for the flight controllers that are actually modelled in game and giving ED a new, concentrated run through. I love how you can also use voice commands in ED and the ship actually talks back to you, the voice packs even have William Shatner on board. Very cool. If you wait until 2018 you will also have wireless headsets and new "glove" like controllers with finger tip control. Edited May 10, 2017 by Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Was the Sim DCS world, free to play and has VR support? I havent played Elite Dangerous for a while, but Floyd has been. Certainly if I get a VR headset I will be all over Elite Dangerous. If your still playing when I do get back into it we should get together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 DCS that was it. I never got off the runway, looked cool though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 I'm back with more VR stories. Well one. I've 150 VR games now - and the one I actually can't wait to get home and play - Alien Isolation! Just drop a dll file into the install directory and the original game is playable in VR - and it is absolutely stunning. And Scary. Hope some of you guys jump on the VR experience soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 When they get something without the screen door effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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