AJ wrote:

Can't remember exactly, but a handful. While I don't think I've seen anything that being able to look around has added anything to, the videos themselves are fine; it's just the lack depth which disappoints. Proper VR videos fare better, but it always feels odd that lateral head movement doesn't do anything. Allumette is still the best piece of linear media I've seen on the platform

Depends what it is. WWE did a few interview ones, which seemed pointless. I thought you'd be stood between them or something, but it's 2 people sat on a couch and you can look around an empty room. Anything with some kind of action was good, so the ringside ones, or the ones where the camera was on a cart that came down the ramp and then around the ring.

The driving ones were cool, and there are a few rollercoaster ones I found on Youtube that I liked.

Oh Nightmare mode! I'd forgotten about that. The missus shat herself. SPOILERS.

Is this the skyscraper one? Played that ona rift and was blown away. Can't imagine it veing as good in PSVR though as you can't move about as much...?

Knuckles controllers have gone from prototype to dev kit version so they're more or less finalised in design.

Here's an annoying yoof to demo them.



Jump to 2:50.

And another with knuckles mapped to an already released game.

Woop! Just finished Rum and Bass on Expert! I think the fact I'm drinking rum has helped!

We should.

I'm tiger_swiftly I think.

Does any PSVR game allow you to play together? As in occupying the same play area with a physical avatar?

SpaceGazelle wrote:

Actually not avatar. I don't know how to express it. Like as in a representation of your googles and hands in real-time.

There's a free to play thing called rec room that's a big social space where you can all gather in a sports hall and go play loads of diffrent games together.
I just like to hang out and watch the comedy acts and the x factor stuff.
It has loads of user generated content!

There also a pub game with pool and darts etc that's a smaller (paid for) version.

There also werewolf and Star Trek which might be actually what you’re talking about.

I think I'll be picking up Thumper for £5.79 in the PS sale whilst I have loan of my friend's PSVR...

Ach you'd be surprised how quickly you adapt. I've spent a fair ol' chunk a time in there. It's still trusty Skyrim with added immersive archery and magics, the melee is a bit weightless in VR but fun enough.

On PC you can still mod the balls off it too which can make it look even superer.. obviously..

B brought the Oculus home from work, meaning I can play it a bit.

I've got Thumper, I should probably try Lone Echo or Lone Arena, anything else that I should look at?

Polybius, as isanbard suggested.

Elite Dangerous if you have it, just so you can drive around on a planet. It's almost unbelievable if you can go heavy on the supersampling and put the settings on high.

Lone Echo is a very nicely realised solo advneture story that works better with a beefier pc. I should re-do it now that I pimped up mine. The Echo Arena multiplayer bit has recently had a big update too with added shooting to go with the disc throwing original stuff. Very cleanly done and a generally very nice community that I've found. The whole physical mobility stuff seems to leave even slightly motion sick folks far less affected. 

Beat Saber is great fun, especially on PC where you can easily get an add-on (Beat Saver thing - Beat Saber Mod Manager makes it all very simple)  that allows you to add extra tunes very easily. 

The trusty classics of Gorn, RecRoom, Toybox and Space Pirate Trainer still work very well. The Climb gives you some fun big drop thrill stuff. 

Robo Recall is very well polished Oculus funded, big budget and fun. 

Google Earth is quite the experience. 

Alumette and some of the other short films (Henry.. hmm.. the rest.. ) are a nice little opener. 

Moss, Ultrawings and Superhot are all excellent. 


The nephews are still big fans of stuff like VR Sports Challenge, Job Simulator, Giant Cop, Merry Snow Balls..

You like yer biking and whatnot if memory serves Nina but not too sure if fixing the things are your cup of tea but the free Wrench demo is very pretty and well realised if you want to build an engine block in front of you from a long table.. 

Spiderman Homecoming demo introduces some of the stuff nicely enough..

VR Chat is a big social thing. I've downloaded it but not fired it up yet as it's only recently got to the Oculus store.  

In Death is a very nice bow based roguey run thing. 

I've been pretty tempted by that Submarine jobbie too? Iron Wolf I think?  SG and NoFace I think are fans.

Edit: It'll be interesting to see how it holds up then on a lappy. Oculus and Valve have made some great strides to quite heavily reduce the demands required and play all sorts of fancy tricks to make it work fine on lower spec machines. You don't need a HAL 9000 to get it running buttery smooth anymore.. I mean it can look very pretty pretty if you do but.. it should run fine on a modernish spec system.

Aware that was a bit of a wall of text there Nina. Plenty to investigate.. keep us posted on how you get along. B knocked it out the park on the whole Lone Echo/Arena business too! Well done lad.

I'm DAQster on Oculus too so give us a shout if you feel the need in this short little window at any point. Nexx and Voices were there too but I haven't seen them around and about any time recently mores the pity.