Official VR Headset discussion

[t0adp1p3]

I will say I have heard whatever you do, do not let sunlight into the headset for a long period of time. It gets magnified and burns out the screen.

[bill dennison]

I will say I have heard whatever you do, do not let sunlight into the headset for a long period of time. It gets magnified and burns out the screen.

thanks good to know

just sunlight or say a bright lamp, but it's Arizona we don't let sunlight into the house

was planning to toss a clean shop towel over it to keep out some of the Arizona dust

[t0adp1p3]

Just playing the tutorial in elite dangerous with a xbox one controller is badass. Definitely gonna get one of those HOTAS sticks, I can see spending a lot of time in this.
Got Voice Attack, and the HCS Astra pack, and damn it so nerdy but so awesome.

[Nagorak]

Sunlight is the only real risk (unless we're talking like some sort of movie spotlight). A normal light isn't strong enough to be a problem.

For those of you who have Raw Data, check out the new update. They instituted the new UE4 forward renderer and the game looks so much better now. All of the horrible shimmery edges are gone!

[KAC]

I still don't know which games you gays are playing. Once I receive my rift, I will ask you guys again what to get and what to avoid.

[CyanBlues]

don't let direct sunlight into the lens, it doesn't take long to burn at all. Just think how fast you can burn something with a magnifying glass and that's it.

[Exposed]

I still don't know which games you gays are playing. Once I receive my rift, I will ask you guys again what to get and what to avoid.

Play Dreadhalls.

[Nascar24]

Was actually entertaining the thought of picking the rift up at $399, although at this point I decided not to. Have only had the PSVR for just over a month and really don't see the need for 2 of them, at least at this point, so I bought RE 7 instead after trying the demo out on the PSVR.

[KAC]

Added these to wishlist on steam.

KickAssCop has added Thumper, Sairento VR, Virtual Desktop, Dreadhalls, Battlezone, Overkill VR, Karnage Chronicles, Eleven: Table Tennis VR, Tilt Brush, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, I Expect You To Die, Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, TO THE TOP, Technolust, Batman™: Arkham VR, Eagle Flight, EVE: Valkyrie, Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul, Fruit Ninja VR, Dead Effect 2 VR, Arizona Sunshine, SUPERHOT VR, Elite Dangerous, Raw Data and GORN to their wishlist.

[bill dennison]

Was actually entertaining the thought of picking the rift up at $399, although at this point I decided not to. Have only had the PSVR for just over a month and really don't see the need for 2 of them, at least at this point, so I bought RE 7 instead after trying the demo out on the PSVR.

I have not done more then had time to set it up too busy with work right now or too tired
but if I do get into it

and if the htc vive drops in price also or a htc vive 2 hits I may buy one also
I can see the need to have both as it looks like these may be more like xbox and ps and have lots of exclusive games
and the oculus rift/zenimax fight may feed it if doom, fallout vr and skyrim are blocked from rift in some way

but fallout vr I do want to play and will buy what I need to to do so
would need a good hdmi/usb 3 port kvm switch - rift/vive/and off

I may get the kvm switch now as a off switch

[Nascar24]

I have not done more then had time to set it up too busy with work right now or too tired
but if I do get into it

and if the htc vive drops in price also or a htc vive 2 hits I may buy one also
I can see the need to have both as it looks like these may be more like xbox and ps and have lots of exclusive games
and the oculus rift/zenimax fight may feed it if doom, fallout vr and skyrim are blocked from rift in some way

but fallout vr I do want to play and will buy what I need to to do so
would need a good hdmi/usb 3 port kvm switch - rift/vive/and off

I may get the kvm switch now as a off switch

Yea, I suppose, just wasn't sure if I want to drop another 4 bills on a headset that is marginally better then the PSVR. Yes I know the Rift has much better tracking but to be honest I prefer to just sit and play my video games and haven't experienced that much trouble with the tracking on the PSVR. That and I think I will put that money towards a One X in November.

[Nagorak]

Added these to wishlist on steam.

KickAssCop has added Thumper, Sairento VR, Virtual Desktop, Dreadhalls, Battlezone, Overkill VR, Karnage Chronicles, Eleven: Table Tennis VR, Tilt Brush, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, I Expect You To Die, Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, TO THE TOP, Technolust, Batman™: Arkham VR, Eagle Flight, EVE: Valkyrie, Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul, Fruit Ninja VR, Dead Effect 2 VR, Arizona Sunshine, SUPERHOT VR, Elite Dangerous, Raw Data and GORN to their wishlist.

Looks like a pretty good list. I especially liked Arizona Sunshine. Raw Data is pretty good too.

[KAC]

Additionally, I want The Climb, Unspoken and a couple of others from the Oculus store.

[KAC]

Seems my Rift is in UAE but touch controllers are still in US of A. Stupid UPS. Also I hate when Amazon does 2 shipments out of the same order. It just sucks cock.

[t0adp1p3]

Lone Echo is definitely worth a purchase. It's really something special.
I definitely would make sure you get your VR legs first though, because floating around in zero g can be a bit stomach churning. All in all though it is probably the definitive VR game, ready at dawn made up for the order with this one. Be aware it's short though at like 5 hours.

Really is "THE" VR game to own.

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So far my favorite games are:

Lone Echo
Elite Dangerous
Superhot
Mages Tale
Arizona Sunshine
Robot Recall

Onward is really cool too, I just haven't had time to learn all the intricacies of it.

[Exposed]

Got my touch controllers today and bought Paranormal Activity.

Did the intro, took me a while to find the key to house.

Once I got in the house i barely lasted 2 minutes before I had to quit. Amazing how the touch controllers allows you to pick up and examine objects as if you're really there holding it. Once the noise cues began though, coupled with the eerie rooms, my heart started to elevate beyond what it could handle, had to pussy out for now.

[andino]

Pulled the lever on a HTC Vive during the Steam Summer Sale. Got it for $50 off plus a $50 steam card and Star Trek Bridge Crew and free shipping.

Just got around to setting it up. It's pretty cool. The kids haven't been off of it in a week.

I wish I can say that I haven't got sick on it yet but I have. Motion sickness is a bitch for me apparently. Been playing it increasing the time a little bit each session on it for the last few days and I'm doing MUCH better now. Still, sometimes get a little queeze feeling from time to time. It's really disorientating for me I guess.

Anyway, I love the games though.

Got Superhot VR, Raw Data, PCars, Tilt Brush, Sports Bar VR, Job Sim (The kids play that. I don't need a sim), ED, Google Earth, The Lab, NVidia Funhouse, Star Trek, Universe Sandbox 2 on Steam and got Everest and the Plank Experience on the VIVE. Ponied up for the Vive subscription and got Apollo 11, Fantastic Contraption, Front Defense, Mage Works, and Sairento.

[KAC]

My rift arrived. Do I need to set it up in Windows 10 or is Windows 7 good enough? Can I use my 360 controller with it?

[t0adp1p3]

Don't think it matters windows 10 or 7.
It comes with a XBox controller, so yeah you can use it.
Personally, I would wait for the touch controllers to have the full experience.

[KAC]

Yeah touch controllers maybe tomorrow or day after. Anyways I am sick so no time to set it up.

[Korrigan]

Got myself a Razer Hydra controller, takes care of the controller part.

[delirium121]

Well i've ended jumping on the Oculus summer sale - touch bundle

& just wow this is the promised land when it works smoothly (but everything still feels a bit beta'ish, e.g. sound dropping due to conflicts between steam settings and oculus and other little niggles)

I now understand the comments about the lenses sweet spot and frankly i'm glad i went Oculus on this one (particularly when flailing around).

I've got a 4th sensor on the way and had to swap to a inteck usb3.0 card, but apart from that all good here).

Firstly - why hasn't alien isolation been updated for VIVE & Oculus?

Anyway all game suggestions welcome

Current impression of Arizona sunshine - is this thing needs patched badly
Robo recall is a must
The lab - is a must
Eve Valkyrie - i've already clocked up way to many hours on this (this is my multiplayer crack & i don't normally go near multi player).
i'm waiting on Nvidia to un-break their drivers, to suit Paranormal activity.

On a side note - i've no idea why some straps with emitters for torso and legs aren't standard or the option to add MS kinect to keep a check on user & location etc. e.g. the more sanity checks on player and room location would seem like a no brainer.

[KAC]

How do you get the free games? I still have to receive my touch controllers but there was nothing in the RIFT box that I got. Haven't gotten around to setting it up as I have been very sick lately.

[bill dennison]

How do you get the free games? I still have to receive my touch controllers but there was nothing in the RIFT box that I got. Haven't gotten around to setting it up as I have been very sick lately.

you get the free games when you setup you oculus account

[KAC]

I see. I am waiting for my touch controllers. Already made an account on Oculus but didn't get any free games. Guess I need to run the setup.

[KAC]

Also EVE Valkyrie or Elite Dangerous? Which is the better game? I am looking for mostly SP content and just flying around doing space battles. Not overly complex nonsense about maintaining economy etc. MP is fine too if I can play it on and off and not all the time.

[Nagorak]

Current impression of Arizona sunshine - is this thing needs patched badly

LOL, you have no idea! Until a recent patch it would take two minutes to load each level. Now it takes 5 seconds. You'd just be sitting there and sitting there. Also, don't run MSI Afterburner's overlay when playing, as it seemingly can cause the game to freeze.

The game is a bit rough. However, if you can get beyond that it's probably the best zombie game for VR. If you're just coming into VR now you have no idea what we had to contend with. Some of the early games, well, they make AZ Sunshine look like a master piece!

[badboy]

Well i've ended jumping on the Oculus summer sale - touch bundle

& just wow this is the promised land when it works smoothly (but everything still feels a bit beta'ish, e.g. sound dropping due to conflicts between steam settings and oculus and other little niggles)

I now understand the comments about the lenses sweet spot and frankly i'm glad i went Oculus on this one (particularly when flailing around).

I've got a 4th sensor on the way and had to swap to a inteck usb3.0 card, but apart from that all good here).

Firstly - why hasn't alien isolation been updated for VIVE & Oculus?

Anyway all game suggestions welcome

Current impression of Arizona sunshine - is this thing needs patched badly
Robo recall is a must
The lab - is a must
Eve Valkyrie - i've already clocked up way to many hours on this (this is my multiplayer crack & i don't normally go near multi player).
i'm waiting on Nvidia to un-break their drivers, to suit Paranormal activity.

On a side note - i've no idea why some straps with emitters for torso and legs aren't standard or the option to add MS kinect to keep a check on user & location etc. e.g. the more sanity checks on player and room location would seem like a no brainer.

The devs abandoned vr support for alien isolation thats why there is none

Games to get:
Lone Echo
Lone Echo
Then also get Lone Echo

How do you get the free games? I still have to receive my touch controllers but there was nothing in the RIFT box that I got. Haven't gotten around to setting it up as I have been very sick lately.

They activate when you set up your touch controller

[t0adp1p3]

The devs abandoned vr support for alien isolation thats why there is none

Games to get:
Lone Echo
Lone Echo
Then also get Lone Echo




They activate when you set up your touch controller

Someone is releasing Proper VR for Alien Isolation soon. He is about 90% complete and it should be done in a week or two.

[delirium121]

How do you get the free games? I still have to receive my touch controllers but there was nothing in the RIFT box that I got. Haven't gotten around to setting it up as I have been very sick lately.

just search free on oculus store, don't forget to grab the lab etc. of steam and whilst your waiting on touch controllers project cars is supposed to be pretty life changing (see youtube for settings guide to get 90fps).


these are the active usb3.0 extension cables you'll need;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and grab one of these aswell

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

4x cameras is the way to go (although 3x is pretty good)

and don't forget to grab the oculus tray tool to bump the supersampling up.

& Eve all the way, jump in and blast away, the single player is 1/2hr tops I kid you not, but the multiplayer with the chatter off more than make up for it.

EDIT: Also i grabbed lone echo, which is astounding (and I've discovered I get space walk vertigo, which is odd as i don't get any other kind of vertigo).

[delirium121]

LOL, you have no idea! Until a recent patch it would take two minutes to load each level. Now it takes 5 seconds. You'd just be sitting there and sitting there. Also, don't run MSI Afterburner's overlay when playing, as it seemingly can cause the game to freeze.

The game is a bit rough. However, if you can get beyond that it's probably the best zombie game for VR. If you're just coming into VR now you have no idea what we had to contend with. Some of the early games, well, they make AZ Sunshine look like a master piece!

I found alot of my glitching was solved with the active usb3 cables linked above, but AZ seems to be amongst the worst of my culprits particularly when compared to lone echo.

[t0adp1p3]

If you are going for four cameras and plan on using that linked USB card save your money. It doesn't have a separate controller for each USB. So do a little more research and grab the $80 one that has a controller for each port. I believe it is this one
https://www.amazon.com/Express-Super.../dp/B00HJZEA2S
Or this one for a more traditional layout since the above is a tad funky I guess

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/...=UTF8&cursor=1


If you only need one extra USB slot than that cheaper linked one works fine.

[KAC]

I will be staying with only 2 cameras for now.

[KAC]

So my touch controllers are in and I will be setting up this crap tonight or tomorrow. Now is the time to tell me what games I should buy.

There are some summer bundles I was thinking about.

Summer adventure bundle has Raw Data, Climb, I expect you to die and Sports Bar for 70 bones.
Explore Summer bundle has unspoken, Everest and space pirate trainer for 33 caps.
Superhot VR was another one I wanted to get
Lone Echo
Arizona Sunshine

Still undecided between EVE and Elite Dangerous. Also Mage's Tale.

Help me.

[Dave]

Don't buy anything straight away. Enjoy the free games first.

[KAC]

Ok

[Exposed]

Paranormal Activity had so much potential to be a great game, possibly the scariest VR game of all time, but it's plagued by so many gameplay issues that makes it far more frustrating to play than enjoy.

I played 25% of the game so far without a flashlight, because I couldn't find it. Turns out it was in the beginning before entering the house, but a dark material texture covered it. Even with the patch I couldn't find it without looking at a youtube video. And if you don't get it and enter the house, then you'll be stuck wandering around in the dark for hours until you come across a second one. How about giving you the damn flashlight in your inventory in the beginning in the first place?

Too many objects required for the puzzles are right there in front of you but you can't see them, because they're not highlighted or made to stand out in any way. Remember pixel hunting in old point n click adventure games? Welcome to the VR version...

All too often there's a dead end with no clear direction on what to do next. So you go all around the house trying to interact with everything tediously, while the game throws random jump scares at you. Who designed this ****?

This is just a terrible game that relies on jump scares and other gimmicks, and while that in itself can be a very scary experience, in the end everything boils down to gameplay and gameplay in this game is ****.

Very disappointed, kinda reminds me of Obduction, another VR game I was disappointed with. That game had cool VR effects and environments in the beginning, but it became tedious the more I put into it until it became painfully clear that despite all the oohs and awwe of VR, it was just another Myst game with godawful puzzles.

[KAC]

Set it up.
Good product overall.
Screendoor is too much. With my glasses it is a pain and always seems some form of blur is there.
Robo recall was tons of fun.
I also picked up the adventure and exploration bundles.
Picked up Lone Echo and Arizona Sunshine as well.
Things are still downloading.

Will try some more over the weekend. Have a raging headache after about 30 minutes of play. :S

[Dave]

VR can take some getting used to for some folk. Give it time and don't over do it.

When I had PSVR I was wearing glasses. In between returning the PSVR and getting an Occulus Rift, I switched to contacts. With the PSVR I found it annoying to get the headset on correctly without any blur when wearing glasses. Glad I don't have to deal with glasses now. Watch out for scratching the Rift lenses with your glasses.

[Nascar24]

Set it up.
Good product overall.
Screendoor is too much. With my glasses it is a pain and always seems some form of blur is there.
Robo recall was tons of fun.
I also picked up the adventure and exploration bundles.
Picked up Lone Echo and Arizona Sunshine as well.
Things are still downloading.

Will try some more over the weekend. Have a raging headache after about 30 minutes of play. :S

Pretty much figured the screen door would be to much for your liking. I probably would have bought the Rift at the $399 price but already had the PSVR which was ordered over the internet so not returning it, and based on the screen door I will probably wait for the next gen before buying any other VR head sets. PSVR is good enough for now.