Fool me, this is real good shit ! [the VR thread]

[KlaxonCow]

To celebrate Star Wars day - May the 4th be with you - here's "Beat Saber", a.k.a. "Dance Dance Jedi":

[zbandito]

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[Jamesac]

To celebrate Star Wars day - May the 4th be with you - here's "Beat Saber", a.k.a. "Dance Dance Jedi":

Finally broke down and bought Beat Saber for myself today. Tiny little 120MB download, and there's not a piece of the game that isn't there to get you to feeling awesome fast. Other than VR headset setup time (kick chair out of the way, Oculus front-end loads up and gets dismissed) I can go from loading Beat Saber, going through the menu, and actually playing in maybe 10 seconds total.

It's interesting that the game isn't a new idea by any stretch of the imagination, with Sound Boxing and others treading the same ground first, but this is the version that gets it just right.

[Cloudane]

Just got a Rift as my dad upgraded to the Rift S and kindly did a hand-me-down. What an amazing piece of kit I've been missing out on all this time - I mean, I have the Go which is good, but having two controllers and 6dof is something else. Having loads of fun (and great exercise) with Beat Saber, just inched my way up to Expert on a few tracks

Only downside is I literally can't find enough room for it really... it's doable but if blocks are way off to the side I start whacking my hands on things, and I had to turn off obstacles as leaning over and swinging arms about is a no go. But it is super fun otherwise

When I was done with that, couple of beers and chilling in VRchat. It's all very silly and the people are very silly and I love it. And yes I've discovered Ponyville as well (there was nopony there though and I'm not "trusted enough" by the system to pick up one of the avatars yet)

[Chirpychicken]

I'm currently away on holiday in Fuerterventura but have decided to purchase an Oculus quest on my return to blighty. Anyone know if any of the llamasoft games are coming to quest (I would love a Vr minotaur rescue).

[gilesgoat]

I'm currently away on holiday in Fuerterventura but have decided to purchase an Oculus quest on my return to blighty. Anyone know if any of the llamasoft games are coming to quest (I would love a Vr minotaur rescue).

Well to being with there's Minotaur Arcade Volume 1 ( GoatUP and Gridrunner ) for Oculus ...

Then there will be Minotaur Arcade Volume 2 ...

.. and possibly "and so son and so on"

[Misfit]

I'm currently away on holiday in Fuerterventura but have decided to purchase an Oculus quest on my return to blighty. Anyone know if any of the llamasoft games are coming to quest (I would love a Vr minotaur rescue).

Well to being with there's Minotaur Arcade Volume 1 ( GoatUP and Gridrunner ) for Oculus ...

Then there will be Minotaur Arcade Volume 2 ...

.. and possibly "and so son and so on"

But that's the Rift, not the Quest, which is a very different prospect. (basically an Android device).

Ready to test when you have a version, you can sideload, and pay for on release...

[gilesgoat]

I'm currently away on holiday in Fuerterventura but have decided to purchase an Oculus quest on my return to blighty. Anyone know if any of the llamasoft games are coming to quest (I would love a Vr minotaur rescue).

Well to being with there's Minotaur Arcade Volume 1 ( GoatUP and Gridrunner ) for Oculus ...

Then there will be Minotaur Arcade Volume 2 ...

.. and possibly "and so son and so on"

But that's the Rift, not the Quest, which is a very different prospect. (basically an Android device).

Ready to test when you have a version, you can sideload, and pay for on release...

Ah it's the one that is like an Android Phone without the phone but all the CPU/GPU ?

Ok two things :

1. Is Android == SUPER PAIN IN THE ARSE TO SET UP THE SDK for it in the first place

2. Is Android == "but in this case you are lucky because I have all the new engine in OpenGL"

3. Is Oculus == Have to deal all over again with the OR Shop compliance and such == time and pain in the arse, I heard they are are bit of pain/weird for
letting games in that shop too

Said that I'd love to see it working too but yeah non-trivial to start working on it.

[Cloudane]

Just been in this watching Imogen Heap in this Wave thing. Breathtaking.

Can be Trippy.as.FUCK, now personally I've never touched anything except alcohol or caffeine but I know some of you guys are "people who like to experiment with this and that" and to me, the tutorial 'buddy' guy straight up gives you what I imagine to be an acid trip. Proper amazing, go grab it it's free and I doubt you'll be disappointed if you like music and visual stuff.

[Kelloggs]

Well. Picked up a Rift S, after a bit of a palaver. I tried to order through the Oculus Store, and first go the bank rejected my transaction. Fair enough, they do that. I accepted it, then tried again, and neither ordering on the PC or on the Mac would complete. Fuck that, I thought, so raised a ticket to cancel, including the line "I'll get one from Amazon". (At least it did get cancelled).

Amazon's finest delivered yesterday, and I got home and plugged it in, for it to tell me "Sensors not tracking headset". Disagnostics say no cameras detected, and all the

- software updates
- privacy workarounds (it's a webcam, innit?)
- AV and firewall disabling
- swapping USB ports (Really, Oculus?)
- reinstalling Oculus software, at 7GB a pop
- removing and reseating the captive cable, just in case

isn't making a blind bit of difference, and on the other PC, the Oculus software doesn't even complete installation (twice). Getting teed off with this now.

Fortunately, I've got a Rift CV1, but that's not really the point - and, yes, I know I don't have enough heads to use them both at the same time. Aaaaargh!

[Misfit]

At least it's from Amazon who are great with returns...

Can I suggest you at least give some consideration to sending the S back and getting a Quest?

The Quest is a fantastic standalone wireless device that really takes things to another level with the lack of wires, but the icing is, next month you'll be able to tether it to your PC too and take advantage of all the PC based VR at no extra cost. I'm sure there are some compromises, but all I've read so far is very positive and you could almost argue that it makes the S irrelevant.

[Whiteball]

Seeing as this is the VR thread....

Anyone want a Rift CV1? Perfect condition and comes boxed with:
Two touch controllers (in their own seperate box).
Two cameras
The little button pad clicky thing (for navigating and selecting stuff).
Will probably keep the Xbox controller myself though.
All boxed as new and hardly used really.

Willing to accept a cheaper price from someone on here
Make me an offer

[Kelloggs]

Can I suggest you at least give some consideration to sending the S back and getting a Quest?

You absolutely can suggest, and I'd not thought about it in those terms. One of the lads at work has picked up a Quest, and he, too, is waiting for the link cable (he's got a new graphics card, but it hasn't really helped, and he's thinking wifi problems) so I think I might poke at him and have a play with it. I tried SuperHot on it, briefly (he only got it last week) but I'd always had the S in mind as the upgrade to the CV1.

I'll seriously think about it.

[Jamesac]

A new one I've been enjoying is Audio Trip, not yet on Quest but in Early Access for standard Rift/Vive. The movement in it is absolutely fantastic, seeing as the note placement is designed by a dance choreographer. Could stand a new trailer, though. This one is a bit dated. Also worth noting the trailer below is to show off the difference between standard and expert note tracks, which is why it's split-screen.

[Kelloggs]

quest.get();
return rift.s;

Looks good to me, and slightly more comfortable than the Rift. Now patiently waiting for the Link cable - although, if the pack-in USB-C is data rather than just charge, I wonder if it might suffice all on its own...