Community The MetaVerse VR thread (hardware/software/etc, all platforms)
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Yeah that was my big worry with Metal. Its so musically different than electronic I figured the AI wouldn't be able to gen for it well.
Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing delayed to late 2020 for Oculus Quest, early 2021 for PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and SteamVR
UNIVRS has delayed Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing from its previously announced June release window for all platforms to late 2020 for Oculus Quest and early 2021 for PlayStation VR, Oculus…
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The resurrection of MicroProse and return of "Wild Bill" Stealey
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Blade and Sorcery - U8 News: Finish line in sight! - Steam News
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So I tried it on a few songs from different genres last night, and I'd say it's like 30% of the way to being pretty decent. You can see some of the potential in sections but overall it has some weird design choice issues, breaks a lot of cardinal map rules (there were actual impossible note pairs, like 2 blocks of the same color on same beat on opposite sides of the track), but you do see some potential.
Actual songs I've tested so far:
- Beekeeper - Keaton Henson. Alternative, the map on this was really bad, it had almost no blocks. The blocks that were there were fine though.
- Blood and Stone - Audiomachine. Orchestral / dramatic. This was better than I was expecting, not great, but sort of OK.
- Come with me now - Kongos. This was pretty alright actually. If there were better rules in place for swipe direction / block placement this one would have turned out very good.
- I'm Not Driving Anymore (Instrumental) - Rob Dougan. Oof my arms. The Expert+ had a staggering ~1400 blocks, so I didn't try that (I'm more of a hard or expert skill myself). The hard still had a ton and was actually not bad., A bit repetitive and a few bad directional placements, if you want to flail your arms around a lot give this a shot.
- Raindrop Prelude - Chopin. It always confuses me that games which generate music levels have such a problem with the genre that is most easy to identify beats on. This was a bit slow but not terrible.
- MKAlieZ - Aldnoah Zero OST. This has potential, it was a bit of a mess though.
I do hope they keep polishing it but right now it needs a bit more than just detection refinement, it needs some core design updates.
I guess the Panzer Dragoon VR thingie (no real hopes here but who knows) will be at the Upload VR summer showcase, they retweeted the announcement.
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New VR Single Player vs AI mode with 4 difficulties. Use our songs OR any of your own! 25% during IMB Going Away Sale!
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Been testing out some VR games in my backlog to see if they are worth playing through:
Killing Floor Incursion - meh, uninteresting
Seeking Dawn - beautiful graphics and decend design, but annoying checkpoints and boring gameplay
Don't Knock Twice - too scary
Paper Dolls - too scary, don't like the locomotion controls
A-Tech Cybernetic - okay, decent, but nothing really special
Raw Data - okay, but when it comes to wave shooters I like Space Pirate Trainer, Shooty Fruity and Robo Recall much more
Mind Labyrinth - didn't understand it
The Morrigan - great so far, will play more
Ultrawings - fun
Gun Club - fun
Thumper - great and fun
Shooty Fruity - great and fun
Drop Dead (Oculus exclusive) - fun
Dance Central - not sure
So Morrigan, Ultrawings, Gun Club, Thumper, Shooty Fruity and Drop Dead are games I will play more of, not sure about Dance Central.
Still waiting for a sale on Saints & Sinners, but those games should keep me occupied until then.
Killing Floor Incursion - meh, uninteresting
Seeking Dawn - beautiful graphics and decend design, but annoying checkpoints and boring gameplay
Don't Knock Twice - too scary
Paper Dolls - too scary, don't like the locomotion controls
A-Tech Cybernetic - okay, decent, but nothing really special
Raw Data - okay, but when it comes to wave shooters I like Space Pirate Trainer, Shooty Fruity and Robo Recall much more
Mind Labyrinth - didn't understand it
The Morrigan - great so far, will play more
Ultrawings - fun
Gun Club - fun
Thumper - great and fun
Shooty Fruity - great and fun
Drop Dead (Oculus exclusive) - fun
Dance Central - not sure
So Morrigan, Ultrawings, Gun Club, Thumper, Shooty Fruity and Drop Dead are games I will play more of, not sure about Dance Central.
Still waiting for a sale on Saints & Sinners, but those games should keep me occupied until then.
Good Echo Arena series of tutorials (for whenever/if ever one gets around to trying to git gud). This is, I suppose, VR's closest Rocket League equivalent, so far.
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VR space sim with giant monsters and immersive cockpit controls
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Soul Axiom Rebooted - Save 20% on the first-person puzzler Soul Axiom Rebooted - Steam News
News on patch notes, Linux beta, and a 20% sale
Taurus VR - Taurus VR Friend or Foe Seasonal Event Begins! - Steam News
First Tier of Taurus VR Content Roadmap now available for Steam Early Access Owners!
PULSAR: Lost Colony - Beta 29 Release Notes - Steam News
Hey everyone! Beta 29 is out now! This might be one of the biggest updates we’ve done yet! This update focuses on a few big additions as well as several balance passes and quality of life features. Lost Colony Data Fragments have been added to the game. These are required to get to the Lost...
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Ultimate God Angel Gigaforce EX by Jeremy W. Kaufmann
Protect the uncanny space goddess Ultimatra from bizarre evolving space insects!
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Tranzient - Tranzient version 1.0 is here! - Steam News
Tranzient gets 3D control panels
Country Road VR - Country Road VR LATEST VERSION is NOW AVAILABLE! - Steam News
Country Road VR has released its latest version of its virtual petting farm complete with new trophy items, the ability to feed animals, pick fruits and vegetables, and much more!
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Some Phantom VR promotioning happening. I really hope it turns out good, the premise is so there.
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Can't believe that guy harps about not having some kind of snap turning when you're kayak paddling.
David Hayter Takes Us Behind the Scenes of ‘Phantom: Covert Ops’
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Why Phantom: Covert Ops Is One Of The Most Immersive VR Games You'll Play This Year
I’ll confess, I wasn’t sure nDreams had it in itself. For years, the UK-based VR developer, one of the first brave/crazy enough to dedicate itself exclusively to the platform, seemed to zig zag from near miss to significantly wider miss. The Assembly was a good-natured, story-driven adventure
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'Phantom: Covert Ops' Preview – A Compelling Take on VR Stealth, but Comfort Challenges Could Muddy the Waters
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Block Party: Award-Winning Puzzler ‘Tetris Effect’ Now Available on Oculus Quest
Virtual reality can often make familiar experiences feel new again. In the case of Tetris Effect, VR adds new life to the classic block puzzler Tetris, one of the most popular and well-loved video games of all time. Full of immersive visuals and spatial audio, as well as innovative game modes...
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The public health measures related to Coronavirus have caused numerous delays and setbacks to our small indie team. Seattle and China, where our
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Re-O-Ri - Re-O-Ri tournament May 30th, $200 prize pool sponsored by Cartridge Monsters! - Steam News
May 30th we are having a new tournament with a $200 prize pool! You can sign up for free now on Challonge: and do it quick as there is a 30 participant limit! Special thanks to our sponsor Cartridge Monsters, an upcoming VR-only monster catching title being developed by Happenstance Games. You...
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We are thrilled to announce part of the updates we have made in the first two weeks after SpellPunk’s release. Thank you for being part of our community.
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Bigscreen Beta - Bigscreen v99: Light Dimmer Update! Coming Soon: Video Player - Steam News
Hi everyone! It's time for another Bigscreen update, version 0.99! New Feature We added a small feature here, a Light Dimmer, in our home and cinema environments. It allows you to adjust the room lighting to be as bright or dark as you want! Akira & Anime We've recently announced a couple major...
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Tabletop Playground - Tabletop Playground Is Out Now In Early Access! - Steam News
The modern board game simulator has released into early access on Steam and Humble Bundle, with a 10% launch discount!
Half-Life: Alyx - The Half-Life: Alyx Workshop is now open - Steam News
Expand the world of Half-Life: Alyx with new levels and addons made by the community, or make your own with the level editing tools beta release.
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Steam :: cyubeVR :: Update 36 for cyubeVR is live! Furnace, gravity gloves, and much more!
Probably the biggest update yet for cyubeVR!
Thief Simulator VR - The game is now on a new engine! Performance+ update is live! - Steam News
Hello there, And there it is! After many tests, which we conducted with your help - we have made the download of the latest version of Thief Simulator VR available. The "Performance+" update should significantly improve the performance of the game on your computers. Remember to check out the...
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Various PR fluff from oculus today but some nice tidbits anyhow.
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Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of Oculus Quest + Rift S
We’re about to celebrate an exciting milestone: the one-year anniversary of Oculus Quest and Rift S! From training your workforce to having fun with friends in multiplayer games, VR is transforming our ability to connect with each other from afar. Today, in honor of the anniversary, we’re...
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Keep Groovin’: 46 New Maps Coming Soon to ‘Beat Saber’ in Free Update
Since launch, Beat Saber has grown through poppin’ fresh content from an ever-expanding lineup of musicians and artists. The player community itself has seen explosive growth, and the Beat Games is continually looking for ways to build upon the core experience for all players. Listening to...
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Hand Tracking Updates: Accepting App Submissions Starting May 28 | Oculus
Derail Valley - Overhauled Video Series + Dev Support OST - Steam News
Hi everyone, We know you’re super eager to learn more about Derail Valley: Overhauled, our major free update coming on May 21 at 10am PST. To that end we’ve created episodic video content, which will explain all the ins and outs of the update, one video per day, until the release! Today’s video...
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David Hayter Takes Us Behind the Scenes of ‘Phantom: Covert Ops’
Earlier this month, nDreams announced that stealth legend David Hayter has joined the cast of Phantom: Covert Ops, voicing lead antagonist General Nikolai Zhurov. Today, the renowned voice actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of the iconic Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series takes us...
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Wolf & Pigs does not work correctly for me. Trying to contact the developers.
Finished the Iron Man VR demo. It's okay, nothing special. PCVR technology and PCVR only games like Alyx, Boneworks, Asgard's Warth, Lone Echo etc. has definetly spoiled me. If I haven't played any of those games I could definetly see Iron Man VR wow me, but it sadly didn't.
Getting the game on a sale sometime.
Getting the game on a sale sometime.
The Oculus anniversary sale is live now, some decent stuff including discounts for Journey of the Gods and Drop Dead (exclusives), a deep discount for Raw Data and more. Just double check with Steam, Down the Rabbit Hole is still cheaper there without a sale for example.
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Score Savings on Oculus Quest and Rift S Titles | Meta Quest Blog
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Oculus Quest and Rift S, and we’re ready to celebrate. Now through May 25 at 11:59 pm PT, you can score some serious savings on the Oculus Store.
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Into the Radius VR - Milestone 6 Update - Steam News
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Derail Valley - Derail Valley: Overhauled Is Now Available - Steam News
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I feel like that might be photoshopped with a mix of WMR and Oculus controllers and some Index features. Maybe. But even if it's real, keeping in mind it's meant to be a "premium" ie high priced product I'm not sure it will be worth it over the Rift S (or the Index if its cost approaches that, unless for some reason you really really don't want to have lighthouse bases). It's bound to have lesser tracking, the side cameras will help somewhat but not when playing FPS-ish games which WMR has trouble with lining up the controllers for two handed rifles and such. It'd only really be worth watching if it cost about the same as a Rift S (then again Oculus can easily drop the price a bit if this proves to be a contender) and has something to counter the tracking deficiencies, like higher resolution or whatever (the audio alone won't cut it). Knowing it's going to be more expensive it'd only be worth it if it had Index-like finger tracking instead. We'll see.
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Pavlov - Update 23 - Modding Tools - Steam News
Update with new modding tools for Workshop mappers, expanded community server tools, and ability to remove attachments.
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Siren Head VR by Fletcher St-Germain
End Siren Head's tyranny in a terrifying survival horror VR game
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Man I gotta get Blades and Sorcery cuz that looked god damn sick.
I should play it. And many other things...
(I'm on call this week, can't hear my phone with the headset on, I have a valid excuse!)
Seeker: My Shadow - My Shadow demo is now available - Steam News
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God. That’s reminding me of when I used to do on calls and tried to play VR. Phone max volume, kept in pocket, vibrate max, and one ear cup off the ear. We got calls pretty regularly, but it was very early days for Vive so I wouldn’t let anything stop me from playing for hours on end lol.
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Half-Life: Alyx - Half-Life: Alyx Update 1.4 released - Steam News
Game Features Added subtitles for: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese Bottles now appear to have liquid inside them that sloshes around as you shake them. UI appears quicker when returning to Main Menu Improvements to addon management UI...
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Hi Durante,
I used the OVR_RawProjection/GetProjectionRaw way of getting the FoV of several HMDs including the Oculus Quest (connected to PC with Link cable). Since the Quest is not in your Google doc yet, here are my results:
Oculus Quest:
Eye_Left: -1.27994, 0.90040, -1.32704, 1.07237
Eye_Right: -0.90040, 1.27994, -1.32704, 1.07237
-> 104.000000° x 100.000000°.
Valve Index:
Eye_Left: -1.53902, 1.05133, -1.40477, 1.41272
Eye_Right: -1.05305, 1.54094, -1.41100, 1.41042
-> 114.003876° x 109.381180°.
HTC Vive (Original)
Eye_Left: -1.40033, 1.24576, -1.47397, 1.46573
Eye_Right: -1.24136, 1.39614, -1.46832, 1.46165
-> 108.856194° x 111.541519°.
I used the OVR_RawProjection/GetProjectionRaw way of getting the FoV of several HMDs including the Oculus Quest (connected to PC with Link cable). Since the Quest is not in your Google doc yet, here are my results:
Oculus Quest:
Eye_Left: -1.27994, 0.90040, -1.32704, 1.07237
Eye_Right: -0.90040, 1.27994, -1.32704, 1.07237
-> 104.000000° x 100.000000°.
Valve Index:
Eye_Left: -1.53902, 1.05133, -1.40477, 1.41272
Eye_Right: -1.05305, 1.54094, -1.41100, 1.41042
-> 114.003876° x 109.381180°.
HTC Vive (Original)
Eye_Left: -1.40033, 1.24576, -1.47397, 1.46573
Eye_Right: -1.24136, 1.39614, -1.46832, 1.46165
-> 108.856194° x 111.541519°.
So, HP's Reverb G2 is basically WMR 1.5 but a really nice high quality implementation, like Samsung's Odyssey was in its time. Hopefully the tracking matches Oculus in quality. Still, I doubt this thing will be worth it for most, especially if Oculus drop the price of the S (it's already ~200 less for its lower resolution and lesser audio), though it'll probably kill HTC's VR with their Cosmos mishaps. Hopefully other companies will follow suit and provide their own take on WMR 1.5 for varying price ranges that can compete, down to the $200 of last gen WMR models but with the base improvements seen here, just different HMD/screen/build quality specs and stuff. Otherwise if you're gonna spend a premium you might as well go full Index. Although it can also be a great choice for simmers as it has really great resolution for that $600 it costs, not like a Pimax or XTAL kit (though simmer games like DCS and IL-2 struggle for performance already).
I like seeing new VR models that don't overhaul stuff too much though, lol, first Cosmos, now this use a very similar controller layout, it only means Oculus controllers/features remain competitive and on par longer (it's crazy they got it so right in ~2016) and I don't need to upgrade except when some real sweet stuff arrive for modest prices: VR 2.0 with eye tracking for foveated rendering/gameplay features and finger tracking smoother than index for less moneys or whatever. Maybe wireless connection to PC if that becomes possible already (without crazy extra costs like the Vive wireless adapter). I feel like Quest 2 should have proper wireless (5G?) for PC finally, not the laggy homebrew stuff. But not the other things, too premium to sell any time soon unless they also maintain Quest alongside it and that becomes Quest Pro rather than 2, using its power to run the same games at higher res/hz/settings until they abandon the first.
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I like seeing new VR models that don't overhaul stuff too much though, lol, first Cosmos, now this use a very similar controller layout, it only means Oculus controllers/features remain competitive and on par longer (it's crazy they got it so right in ~2016) and I don't need to upgrade except when some real sweet stuff arrive for modest prices: VR 2.0 with eye tracking for foveated rendering/gameplay features and finger tracking smoother than index for less moneys or whatever. Maybe wireless connection to PC if that becomes possible already (without crazy extra costs like the Vive wireless adapter). I feel like Quest 2 should have proper wireless (5G?) for PC finally, not the laggy homebrew stuff. But not the other things, too premium to sell any time soon unless they also maintain Quest alongside it and that becomes Quest Pro rather than 2, using its power to run the same games at higher res/hz/settings until they abandon the first.
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I added the Quest to the table.
doubt it ... it lacks the top and bottom cameras, so it's still gonna have huge blind spots there
No bottom cameras on Rift S, just 2 front, 2 side similar to the G2 set up in positioning and 1 up the top. The Quest has the 4 in the corners. Tracking is similar enough between the two solutions for users though Oculus has some motion sensing and prediction stuff for when they're in a blindspot or whatever. But it's not just the amount of cameras that matter as the Cosmos line proved. So, it could be close enough to not worry about it for people willing to spend 200 extra (or more if S gets a price drop in the mean time) to have higher resolution and built in headphones & stuff. We'll see with impressions soon-ish I guess.
I still dunno if this is WMR 1.5 by Microsoft updating the base specs or just HP's deal, I saw talk of how the HP controllers are compatible with old WMR and will be sold separately for people who want them (though unless they broke I don't think it's an upgrade worth investing in, especially if you have Samsung's).
I forgot Contractors (imo it's VR COD if Onward is VR Ghost Recon and Pavlov VR Counter Strike) got a mod sdk, neat stuff!
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Tales Of Glory - Update tomorow - Combat & physics on steroids - Steam News
Hey all, Following the first feedbacks from yesterday, i've restarted from scratch and put the Physics & Combat AI on steroids : - Better impacts - More agressive NPCs - Better Parrying - Parry & Attacks combined here is the result Npcs are gonna kick your ass... ;) This should be up tomorow...
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Contractors - Contractors v.0.62.5 Update - Steam News
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Tales Of Glory - Main game and Demo updated - Global combat & physics overhaul - Steam News
Hey all, here's the changelog : Global physics & combats overhaul with a rewrite from scratch of my physics framework & AI with : - Better npcs body movement & better reactions on impact -> impact on cav when hitting them in the head with a lance is sick ! - More agressive NPCs - Better parrying...
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