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

[Jamesac]

what headset are you using? very tempted to get a quest but the fps limit puts me off.

Oculus Rift CV1. No Quest for me yet so no way to tell how it works, sorry. I'm very happy with the CV1's performance, though. Default movement is set to teleport but I changed it to zipping forward instead and so far it's nothing but comfortable. Hard to tell about performance, though. I've recently upgraded my entire PC so it's got overhead to spare, and the Alyx runs smooth and lovely.

[kel]

i'm really, please, forgive |

[kel]

"bum hammer", lol, what name!

[Cloudane]

At the weekend I was sat having a face-to-face chat at the bar with someone from the US. This was in VRchat. Really felt like being there, genuinely - much needed during all this isolation.

[gilesgoat]

Half Life Alyx .. .. .. .. .. WTF ??!!

Fraking impressive !

OK MUST be said with a GTX1070 you do NOT get "full frame rate" but it's still pretty playable ( it's a bit jerky when you move, you won't notice it with teleport but you'll definitely see it while walking ).

I manged to arrive at the "second stage" .. then it started to scare the heck out of me ..

However .. this game .. but it's not the game really "it's the whole situation" gave me "one of the strangest feelings" .. I finished playing it and something went like "I REALLY hope we won't end up like this" ..

I mean the desolation .. the apocaliptic feeling, etc. .. in this moment .. feels strange ...

[Nixie]

im at 6 hrs, but taking it relatively slow, trying to savour it all but wow, what an experience!

kinda can't wait to play again if I can swing an upgrade, I have an index and i love to run this at 144hz and super sampled but my 1080ti seems to like 90hz and native res.

I mean the desolation .. the apocaliptic feeling, etc. .. in this moment .. feels strange ...

I know what you mean, escaping this world for city 17 (if thats where it's set?) feels even more oppressive

[gilesgoat]

*SOB* ... *SOB* ... I CANNOT PLAY THAT GAME !!

I TRIED to enter the Quarantine Zone, can't go pass "the hatch" .. all those "weird things" .. freak me out like mad .. can't even dare to enter the "tunnel"

I am GLAD I did NOT buy the game would have been a waste of money ( for me ) .. I suppose "I get too involved in VR" ??

.. it really freaks me out ...

[Nixie]

It's not real, it's not real, it's n.... FFuuxx!!

I switched back to teleport because I can just get the hell away FAST! But actually Im panicking and dropping the ammo much less now

[gilesgoat]

I managed to win A LITTLE fear and do a bit more after the tunnel ...

.. then there started to be "too many zombies and too many headcrabs" ..

At some point I was near a heart attack .. then I did stop again ...

I still think "this is NOT the game for me" ...

[Cloudane]

Pornhub Premium is free for a month. It has VR stuff. Just saying

[MattyP]

So around a month or so ago decided to have a clear out and so practically all I have left in terms of gaming kit is my Switch and a PC with an Oculus Rift S.

I've been tinkering around a bit with my Oculus now that I have a bit more time on my hands and its driving me a bit nuts so any advice/help would be greatly appreciated with people that have been playing a bit longer with this kit. So.

I seem to have an Oculus client on my PC which has access to the Oculus VR desktop. All seems to work OK with this. Then I have Steam and Steam VR. This is when everything goes a bit whacky/glitchy. Guessing that Steam actually runs as an "App" on my Oculus desktop and the two "kind of talk" to each other some how. Just seems very glitchy? Anyone had a smooth experience with an S and Steam with Oculus software on the PC? Seems at times the two clients are fighting for the headset!

Finally got around to trying out Polybius on it and well its odd. Looks lovely but doesn't seem to work with the Oculus controllers (have to plug my Xbox One controller in). Then it seems to run extremely slowly like I'm playing in a tub of syrup for want of a better description. Screen updates lovely and smoothly but everything is soooo sllllloooooowwwwww!

My PC isn't too bad a spec:-

AMD Ryzen 5
16GB Memory
Nvidia GTX970 card
All SSD based

Granted the GPU is getting on a bit..... Any pointers?

Anyhow enjoying messing about with it Google Maps is amazing. Can't seem to get a YouTube app on the Oculus store though. Its all odd.... just wish I didn't need all these stores and clients. Just a set of drivers and the headset...hmm....

Perhaps I should have stayed with my PS4/PSVR for my VR stuff....

[MattyP]

Just ran the Steam VR performance test.

Looks like my GPU is under-powered sigh. Have to get saving for a decent spec one - had it for a while in all honesty so due an upgrade.

[Misfit]

Just ran the Steam VR performance test.

Looks like my GPU is under-powered sigh. Have to get saving for a decent spec one - had it for a while in all honesty so due an upgrade.

If it's to play Alyx, this guy does some testing.



You can almost get away with a GTX 1060 that you can pick up cheaply, final conclusions is you'll get a great experience with a 1070.

A quick look yesterday suggested that a 1080 Ti used can be got for around £200. OK, still a lot for a just graphics card relative to a console, but it still beats a £500 2070 in some situations.

*I may be talking rubbish as my looking has only been at a surface level at the moment.

[MattyP]

Thanks for the update!

I'll probably look to go for a 1080Ti - think the VRAM is the limiting factor on my current card (4GB with the infamous 0.5 GB of slower RAM on the 970).

Although saying that might hang fire until the new consoles make their way out and do a general review of my system at that point!

Going to fiddle around with Polybius a bit more see if I can get the thing running at least as well as I did on the PSVR!

[gilesgoat]

Thanks for the update!

I'll probably look to go for a 1080Ti - think the VRAM is the limiting factor on my current card (4GB with the infamous 0.5 GB of slower RAM on the 970).

Although saying that might hang fire until the new consoles make their way out and do a general review of my system at that point!

Going to fiddle around with Polybius a bit more see if I can get the thing running at least as well as I did on the PSVR!

If you find a 1080 at "a decent price" let me know, altough I may admit "i am not so sure" if I'd get a used one.

Last time I did check 1080 was still "prohibitive".

[edit] - "witouth mega testing" but just "by seeing what I am seeing" an a really reasonable specs PC I can tell you a 1070 will NOT give you "mega performance in Alyx", OK to play but if you can handle a bit of stuttering.