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Anybody else interested in VR?


Tsia

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With the Oculus, Vive, PS-VR etc. up and coming, I thought I’d have a go with bit of a ‘homebrew’ VR setup.

It’s using my old Note 3 as a screen with a VR head mount that I got from eBay (£22 with a controller) and an app called ‘Trinus VR’.

 

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I got the Trinus server set up on my laptop and plugged the phone in to use USB tethering to stream the games, as anyone that’s used VR before can testify – FPS is important in VR!

Played with a few settings and then launched Dying Light.

 

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It’s relatively smooth (45FPS average) and the head tracking works, meaning that to turn around in the game, I had to turn around physically.

Bit of a pain to try and play a game this way, but hey, it adds to the immersion and that’s what VR is about.

 

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As long as you keep in mind that it’s a cheap VR setup and won’t live up to the big brands in terms of smoothness, FOV and overall quality I’d definitely say it’s worth a shot – especially as the Vive and Oculus haven’t been officially released yet! I’ll definitely be having a go with a few of the Youtube VR videos and other games (it’ll support pretty much anything with Trinus) over the next few days. Most important of which will be Asseto Corsa, as I've got a Logitech G27 steering wheel setup, I'd imagine this would be pretty amazing.

 

So anybody else here planning to get a VR setup when they're released? :D

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Looks cool, whats it like for motion sickness? just been watching the boys play Starwars and feeling like i need a lay down.... :blink:

 

I've never really gotten motion sickness from VR headsets, but my eyes are a bit wonky for 5 minutes after playing this :D

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I'm tainted by the first wave of 'amazing' VR we had in the 90's. Can't see the current crop being much better in all honesty.

 

Amusing to see all the major vendors falling over themselves to release something soon, no matter how half baked.

 

It'll come....eventually.

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I'm tainted by the first wave of 'amazing' VR we had in the 90's. Can't see the current crop being much better in all honesty.

 

Amusing to see all the major vendors falling over themselves to release something soon, no matter how half baked.

 

It'll come....eventually.

 

To be honest, the Oculus and Vive headsets are genuinely very immersive. They've been in the works for years and are far from half baked. Can't say for any others as I've not tried any alternative headsets, but these really do the trick.

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Im going for the PS VR. It apparently supurb for the price. But my gaming PC wouldnt be able to run oculas or HTC let alone my wallet lol

 

lol, I know the feeling! I'll probably get a PS VR due to sheer popularity, then hopefully a Vive at some point in the future.

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Really can't wait to have a go with one.

 

Samsung do a headset for about £70, games at the moment are fairly limited I think but it's definitely something I'm looking forward to trying.

 

The Gear VR is very similar to the setup I have here - it's a phone that clips in to a headset.

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Yeah the samsung looks interesting. My eldest got sucked into hype surrounding *uckerberg's version and believed the original 'low prices' being bandied around as he had a budget of 250-300, got a major shock when the price rocketed for pre-order. Think they are overpriced, particularly as you need a decent spec PC to work at optimum. I used to be into pc gaming, in clans etc but now prefer the real world not the VR. Must be age or mid life crisis, prob why I've got a supra :D

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Do you have a link for the one you got? Guessing it should work with the Galaxy 6 if it works with the Note?

 

If you search eBay or Amazon for 'Shinecon' it should come up. It's one of many of the VR cases for phones, I think they're all much of a muchness.

 

For those saying 'VR is outdated already' - have you tried it recently?

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I'm waiting a bit but watching closely, the main problem I have is that I get motion sickness with some of the phone/tablet versions I've tried. Should be good for shooters with proper ballistic physics rather than just hitscan stuff. That and for horror/survival games...

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I seriously can't wait for PS VR to come out. October can't come fast enough. I've been watching all the demos and reading up on all the hype, looks absolutely superb. There was one video I watched that I can't find now showing a journalist getting a hands on go in a PS headquarter room, showed all the great aspects and also did a split screen etc.

 

Thankfully the new tech all appears MILES ahead of the 90s stuff, I remember being so let down when I was younger. My Dad paid £5 for a go on a VR machine (Was a lot of pennies in 1990 for an arcade game lol), I sat in it.... put the headset on... turned my head and waited on the headset to catch up, turned it the other way and waited again..... 3 seconds later, BOOM.... another tank had blown me up and it was game over. The queue was a mile long full of absolute mug punters, like myself, dying for a shot of it and it was so unbelievably crap that I never even glanced at one again till now :D

 

My only gripe with the PS4 version is that it comes with a hell of a lot of strings. You need the following to have the FULL experience:

 

PS4 (£300-£350)

PS VR (£350)

PS Camera (£45)

PS MoveController(s) (£25ea)

Games? (£???)

 

Initial outlay is going to be approx £800 which is a lot of lolly. And just to add salt into the wound the PS4.5 is coming out for 4k TV owners. I noticed there's a bundle deal with the camera and a controller for £415, exactly the same cost as it is to buy all the stuff individually anyway :D

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Considering the fact that a Vive is £800 on it's own, plus the cost of a high end PC, the PS VR really is the budget VR option at the moment. Friend of mine has pre-ordered a Vive, really looking forward to trying it out :)

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I've played with the rift but haven't bought the retail version as I'll wait for the ps4 version, purely since I prefer consoles.

 

I have the Samsung gear.

 

VR is a game changer, all the big companies want to do it because it's so good.

 

Imagine a driving simulator where you can look out the side window by turning your head. Or virtual tourism where you can move down a virtual street, shop or hotel.

 

I think there is massive potential for VR, much more than 3D or whatever was around in the 90's

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