VR Goggles
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Um...
Yes. Rift -S and flying a plane or driving an F1 or GT car around any track in the world is like being in the cockpit of the plane or car. It's amazing fun.
@mark said in VR Goggles:
Um...
Yes. Rift -S and flying a plane or driving an F1 or GT car around any track in the world is like being in the cockpit of the plane or car. It's amazing fun.
Mark, you popped up in my list of friends as soon as I logged in. Damn Facebook
I was only joking
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...I'm particularly interested in playing Elite Dangerous, and watching actual F1.
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@mark said in VR Goggles:
Um...
Yes. Rift -S and flying a plane or driving an F1 or GT car around any track in the world is like being in the cockpit of the plane or car. It's amazing fun.
Mark, you popped up in my list of friends as soon as I logged in. Damn Facebook
@doctor-phibes lol.
The VR headset can get very warm after about 15 or 20minutes of stress inducing racing, you start to sweat. For short races I use the VR. For longer sessions I use the 49" ultrawide.
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You've been waiting for an excuse to post that again
Maybe when I retire and/or the kids leave I will get the opportunity for that. It looks spectacular.
Is the game GTR2?
I was only joking
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You've been waiting for an excuse to post that again
Maybe when I retire and/or the kids leave I will get the opportunity for that. It looks spectacular.
Is the game GTR2?
@doctor-phibes That screen is from the sim, Assetto Corsa Competizione. I'm sitting in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 at the Nurburgring.
I also have iRacing but hate the pay-to-play subscription BS. I have tried most of the racing sims but don't have any racing "games" like GTA.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is an absolute blast speeding up narrow mountain roads. Some gravel, pavement, dirt mix and then throw in the ice and snow and it gets really interesting in VR.
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You've been waiting for an excuse to post that again
Maybe when I retire and/or the kids leave I will get the opportunity for that. It looks spectacular.
Is the game GTR2?
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
You've been waiting for an excuse to post that again
Maybe when I retire and/or the kids leave I will get the opportunity for that. It looks spectacular.
My kids are all grown so I hear you!
Sadly my brake pedal stopped working. Customer support has been notified. I hope they let me fix them and just send me the parts, vs. sending the entire assembly back to California.
In the meantime, my flight rudder pedals are being delivered today and I will switch everything over to dedicated flight sim rig for the time being.
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@doctor-phibes That screen is from the sim, Assetto Corsa Competizione. I'm sitting in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 at the Nurburgring.
I also have iRacing but hate the pay-to-play subscription BS. I have tried most of the racing sims but don't have any racing "games" like GTA.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is an absolute blast speeding up narrow mountain roads. Some gravel, pavement, dirt mix and then throw in the ice and snow and it gets really interesting in VR.
@mark said in VR Goggles:
@doctor-phibes That screen is from the sim, Assetto Corsa Competizione. I'm sitting in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 at the Nurburgring.
I also have iRacing but hate the pay-to-play subscription BS. I have tried most of the racing sims but don't have any racing "games" like GTA.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is an absolute blast speeding up narrow mountain roads. Some gravel, pavement, dirt mix and then throw in the ice and snow and it gets really interesting in VR.
I used to love racing sims before the kids came along. I played the famous Grand Prix Legends a lot back in the day, although it's very long in the tooth now. It was brutally difficult. I've dabbled with Project Cars and the F1 series from Codemasters. Sadly, my wheel no longer works with Windows 10, so I'm confined to the PS4.
I was only joking
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@mark said in VR Goggles:
@doctor-phibes That screen is from the sim, Assetto Corsa Competizione. I'm sitting in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 at the Nurburgring.
I also have iRacing but hate the pay-to-play subscription BS. I have tried most of the racing sims but don't have any racing "games" like GTA.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is an absolute blast speeding up narrow mountain roads. Some gravel, pavement, dirt mix and then throw in the ice and snow and it gets really interesting in VR.
I used to love racing sims before the kids came along. I played the famous Grand Prix Legends a lot back in the day, although it's very long in the tooth now. It was brutally difficult. I've dabbled with Project Cars and the F1 series from Codemasters. Sadly, my wheel no longer works with Windows 10, so I'm confined to the PS4.
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
@mark said in VR Goggles:
@doctor-phibes That screen is from the sim, Assetto Corsa Competizione. I'm sitting in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 at the Nurburgring.
I also have iRacing but hate the pay-to-play subscription BS. I have tried most of the racing sims but don't have any racing "games" like GTA.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is an absolute blast speeding up narrow mountain roads. Some gravel, pavement, dirt mix and then throw in the ice and snow and it gets really interesting in VR.
I used to love racing sims before the kids came along. I played the famous Grand Prix Legends a lot back in the day, although it's very long in the tooth now. It was brutally difficult. I've dabbled with Project Cars and the F1 series from Codemasters. Sadly, my wheel no longer works with Windows 10, so I'm confined to the PS4.
Get a new Logitech setup for a reasonable price. Move to the higher end when the kids leave. The kids will love it. They work with PS4, Xbox, and PC.
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My wife and kids found me dancing with a robot in the kitchen.
There are photos.
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My wife and kids found me dancing with a robot in the kitchen.
There are photos.
No, I'm not posting them.@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
Link to videoMy wife and kids found me dancing with a robot in the kitchen.
There are photos.
No, I'm not posting them.One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21
The Flaming LipsUnit three thousand twenty one is warming
Makes a humming sound, when its circuits
Duplicate emotions, and a sense of coldness detaches
As it tries to comfort your sadness,
One more robot learns to be something more than
A machine, when it tries the way it does, make it seem
Like it can love
Cause it's hard to say what's real, when you know the way you feel,
Is it wrong to think it's love
When it tries the way it does
Feeling a synthetic kind of love
Dreaming a sympathetic wish,
As the lights blink faster and brighter,
One more robot learns to be something more than
A machine, when it tries the way it does, make it seem
Like it can love
Cause it's hard to say what's real, when you know the
Way you feel, is it wrong to think it's love
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Follow-up after 3 weeks of messing around with them, for anybody who's interested.
I've had a lot of fun with them. The technology still has a little way to go, but for $300 (plus another $100 for a better headstrap and PC connection wire) they're very impressive. If you've got a semi-decent gaming PC, then you can hook them up to that - mine is 4 years old (Intel i7-7820, GeForce GTX-1070 video card), so a long way from cutting edge, and it still works fine with the games I've tried.
One issue I've had has been motion-sickness, which is apparently quite common. I was messing around with a WW1 flying game demo on Steam VR, and the sense of speed was like nothing I'd seen before. In most flight games or simulators, you don't really feel as though you're going fast in my experience - with the goggles on, flying low really felt pretty scary. Then suddenly, I thought I was going to hurl. They came off in a hurry.
I've also enjoyed watching Amazon Prime movies and TV - they simulate being in a cinema pretty well, except of course you've got these goggles on. They get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so, so you probably can't watch long movies easily.
I was only joking
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Follow-up after 3 weeks of messing around with them, for anybody who's interested.
I've had a lot of fun with them. The technology still has a little way to go, but for $300 (plus another $100 for a better headstrap and PC connection wire) they're very impressive. If you've got a semi-decent gaming PC, then you can hook them up to that - mine is 4 years old (Intel i7-7820, GeForce GTX-1070 video card), so a long way from cutting edge, and it still works fine with the games I've tried.
One issue I've had has been motion-sickness, which is apparently quite common. I was messing around with a WW1 flying game demo on Steam VR, and the sense of speed was like nothing I'd seen before. In most flight games or simulators, you don't really feel as though you're going fast in my experience - with the goggles on, flying low really felt pretty scary. Then suddenly, I thought I was going to hurl. They came off in a hurry.
I've also enjoyed watching Amazon Prime movies and TV - they simulate being in a cinema pretty well, except of course you've got these goggles on. They get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so, so you probably can't watch long movies easily.
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
motion-sickness
Brain: You're flying!
Middle Ear: You're sitting still!That's when the fight began.
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@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
motion-sickness
Brain: You're flying!
Middle Ear: You're sitting still!That's when the fight began.
@george-k said in VR Goggles:
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
motion-sickness
Brain: You're flying!
Middle Ear: You're sitting still!That's when the fight began.
That's why I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
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Follow-up after 3 weeks of messing around with them, for anybody who's interested.
I've had a lot of fun with them. The technology still has a little way to go, but for $300 (plus another $100 for a better headstrap and PC connection wire) they're very impressive. If you've got a semi-decent gaming PC, then you can hook them up to that - mine is 4 years old (Intel i7-7820, GeForce GTX-1070 video card), so a long way from cutting edge, and it still works fine with the games I've tried.
One issue I've had has been motion-sickness, which is apparently quite common. I was messing around with a WW1 flying game demo on Steam VR, and the sense of speed was like nothing I'd seen before. In most flight games or simulators, you don't really feel as though you're going fast in my experience - with the goggles on, flying low really felt pretty scary. Then suddenly, I thought I was going to hurl. They came off in a hurry.
I've also enjoyed watching Amazon Prime movies and TV - they simulate being in a cinema pretty well, except of course you've got these goggles on. They get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so, so you probably can't watch long movies easily.
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
Follow-up after 3 weeks of messing around with them, for anybody who's interested.
I've had a lot of fun with them. The technology still has a little way to go, but for $300 (plus another $100 for a better headstrap and PC connection wire) they're very impressive. If you've got a semi-decent gaming PC, then you can hook them up to that - mine is 4 years old (Intel i7-7820, GeForce GTX-1070 video card), so a long way from cutting edge, and it still works fine with the games I've tried.
One issue I've had has been motion-sickness, which is apparently quite common. I was messing around with a WW1 flying game demo on Steam VR, and the sense of speed was like nothing I'd seen before. In most flight games or simulators, you don't really feel as though you're going fast in my experience - with the goggles on, flying low really felt pretty scary. Then suddenly, I thought I was going to hurl. They came off in a hurry.
I've also enjoyed watching Amazon Prime movies and TV - they simulate being in a cinema pretty well, except of course you've got these goggles on. They get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so, so you probably can't watch long movies easily.
Cool update, thanks!
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@george-k said in VR Goggles:
@doctor-phibes said in VR Goggles:
motion-sickness
Brain: You're flying!
Middle Ear: You're sitting still!That's when the fight began.
That's why I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
@mark said in VR Goggles:
I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
This is a nice start, but it's not full motion. Consider it an inspiration.
Link to video -
@mark said in VR Goggles:
I want to build a full motion rig for the flight and racing sims.
This is a nice start, but it's not full motion. Consider it an inspiration.
Link to video@george-k That is very cool but way too much involvement for me.
VR does away with the need for all of that. With VR, You get full interaction with everything on the instrument panels. Everything that works in the current release. They keep updating it and more things are supposed to work as time goes on.
Link to videoAdding full-motion to my sim-rig is on the agenda.
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I finally got Elite Dangerous working with the goggles yesterday. There's no realism involved whatsoever in the game, but you can explore the entire milky way, and it's freaking awesome.
Next I'm planning on buying Star Wars Squadrons. Again, not much realism, but if I wanted realism I'd take off the goggles and go outside
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