So yeah, VR Regatta might be my favourite VR game yet. 

It's so immersive and I can't quite figure out why, but I'll try. 

For a start it's beautiful, especially in the moonlight or sunset, but it's more than that. I think it's because cockpit type VR games work the best, and in this you get such an open view. Sitting on the floor feels very natural but it's equally good on the sofa sitting to one side. 

Also I think the mechanics really work well and it helps. Using the Vive controllers (that appear ingame) there's only the tiller at the back of the boat to steer along with leaning forward or back (you sit at the side of the boat like in the olympics) and with the other hand you tighten or loosen the sail, and that's it. But it feels really natural and when you catch the wind just right it's a lovely feeling when you pick up speed. 

The sound is fine, but it doean't need much. Perhaps it's the lack of sound that's compelling. You hear background birds and waves, and when you're going fast the wind noise adds a lot, but there's not much else apart from maybe insects at night. It's the quietness though that's so appealing. You can sail far out in the sunset and the sound of the birds fades as you move away from the shore and when the wind dies down, especially if it's calm, there's only the slight noise of the boat creaking. It's extremely relaxing and the water looks just lovely. 

I'll probably bang about the game a bit more at some point because I'm in love with it. 

Here's a man playing through it.

There’s some VR stuff going on around Glasgow Short Film Festival. Some of it’s being hosted by my pals at Iso, some of it at the CCA. Free but ticketed, I think.

https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-short-film-festival/search-results?q=unrealities

I think it includes a chance to see (experience?) Iso’s own Siren Songs piece, which is the best bit of VR art I’ve seen to date.

Sounds like Sea of Thieves would be good in VR.

Port to PlayStation please Microsoft.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Sounds like Sea of Thieves would be good in VR.

Port to PlayStation please Microsoft.

I’ve read somewhere that Rare tried but the seas are mostly choppy and downright fierce through storms making most voyages nauseating.
Sitting close to a 55” 4K HDR OLED with a headset gives a ‘being there’ experience but still wonder what a VR version would do to my noodle

SpaceGazelle wrote:

In.

Sling me your email address and I’ll forward you the email I got full of details. I quite fancy the artist chat at CCA on Saturday afternoon.

Amazon have proudly invented Second Life.

No Man's Sky getting free and full VR support on PC and PSVR.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-03-25-no-mans-sky-is-getting-a-vr-mode-in-next-big-beyond-update

I bought NMS on the cheap when it was on sale too. I'll play the hell out of it in VR.

*Ah, the fat sarcastic Star Trek fan. He's a devil with the ladies.

Out of interest what is the state of play for PC VR? Is new tech coming out this year? Are we finally doing away with being wired to the PC? I'm assuming HTC is still the way to go?

Oculus are focusing on wireless with Quest and Go. They are the leaders for wireless with Cormack at the helm.

HTC are slow, bringing out small incremental upgrades to the Vive brand at high cost.

Pimax looks promising with good resolution and massive fov.

Valve are working on their own, having stating how jealous they've always been if Nintendo's ability to develop software alongside hardware for amaze experiences. Rumour is they'll release Uber headset alongside a game. They're also about to release the Knuckles controllers.

Windows headsets are being made by all, are cheap and are increasingly good. These have seen the best price/quality ratio and you can get a better than Vive Pro one for a third of the price.

Inside out tracking - 6dof without the need for external sensors is gaining favour and apparently it's quite good. The Vive base stations are still the best and are licenced by Valve to all. This means you can use them on different headsets and are becoming a standard. Presumably though, it'll get replaced with inside out tracking when it becomes good enough.

Controllers can be swapped and changed around to a large extent. Windows/Pimax headsets can use Vive wands or bespoke controllers if supported. In this way it's becoming quite open source, as PC should be. You can play games on different headsets as differing controllers are supported.

Generally, fov and resolution are getting slowly better, but often waiting for gfx cards to catch up. New tech like eye tracking is overcoming this as the resolution only needs to render high at the bit you're looking at. Generally, required graphical power should slowly decrease even though resolution and fov are increasing.

[justify]Should be fine. Some of the best experiences are cockpit anyway, but if you go full roomsacale it can be wonderful in games like Budget Cuts. You're going to need some space if you do this and basestations. Like all PC stuff the temptration is to wait just that bit longer for better/cheaper, but as isanbard suggests I'd wait a bit and see what Valve announce, although christ knows when this will be. [/justify]

[justify]If you've got cash to splash you could go with a basic headset for now like a Rift or Samsung Odyssey, but mainly I'd wait. Cheap second hand ones are a good option.[/justify]

Cheers SG and thanks for that video DAQ, that is exactly what I think VR needs to be (without the excited wrestler).

Think I'll at least wait until E3.

Have you tried pimax with ED?

I know, but at least you're sitting.