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PlayStation VR Launch Thread: Welcome to The Real World
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MisterCTwo
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Anyone else excited for Eagle Flight VR? From the videos I've watched I can already tell I'm going to enjoy soaring in that game.
onken
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Finally played this at a friend's house yesterday.
-did Ocean Descent first. Basically no screen door effect which was great but definitely slightly blurry due to the resolution. I found if the headset was not in *exactly* the right place it became hard for me to focus on the image. Head tracking worked great.
-did London Heist second. Picking up/dropping stuff with 2 x Move was realllly fun. Shooting was fun but I couldn't duck properly (because sitting down I guess) and kept getting shot. Also about 20 minutes in the hands position broke and it thought I was angled about 45 degrees to the right so had to quit.
-played EVE next - this looked amazing but rolling really starting my stomach turning, but it's quite hard to fight the urge to roll since that's how I always play air combat games (i.e. roll until your target is on the top of your screen and then pull up hard). Still looked and played great, though.
-played Driveclub next - this was really good. Didn't feel nauseous at all. My only real gripe with this is I'm not used to the DC physics (big GT fan). Also the FOV seems like it needs to be a touch higher, I feel like I shouldn't have to turn that much to check the wing mirrors. But still was impressive!
In conclusion, it was quite a bit better than I thought it would be but still doesn't get over my fundamental issue with the technology - it's an immersive experience, but not a relaxing one. It reminded me of playing Killzone 3 or Bioshock Infinite with Move - you have to be standing or sitting upright in just the right place - if you move out of camera view then it breaks, it's a tiring experience honestly. I think my friend owning one, mayyyybe occassionally borrowing it, is enough for me for now.
-did Ocean Descent first. Basically no screen door effect which was great but definitely slightly blurry due to the resolution. I found if the headset was not in *exactly* the right place it became hard for me to focus on the image. Head tracking worked great.
-did London Heist second. Picking up/dropping stuff with 2 x Move was realllly fun. Shooting was fun but I couldn't duck properly (because sitting down I guess) and kept getting shot. Also about 20 minutes in the hands position broke and it thought I was angled about 45 degrees to the right so had to quit.
-played EVE next - this looked amazing but rolling really starting my stomach turning, but it's quite hard to fight the urge to roll since that's how I always play air combat games (i.e. roll until your target is on the top of your screen and then pull up hard). Still looked and played great, though.
-played Driveclub next - this was really good. Didn't feel nauseous at all. My only real gripe with this is I'm not used to the DC physics (big GT fan). Also the FOV seems like it needs to be a touch higher, I feel like I shouldn't have to turn that much to check the wing mirrors. But still was impressive!
In conclusion, it was quite a bit better than I thought it would be but still doesn't get over my fundamental issue with the technology - it's an immersive experience, but not a relaxing one. It reminded me of playing Killzone 3 or Bioshock Infinite with Move - you have to be standing or sitting upright in just the right place - if you move out of camera view then it breaks, it's a tiring experience honestly. I think my friend owning one, mayyyybe occassionally borrowing it, is enough for me for now.
Leithkorias
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I was wondering....has anyone gotten surround sound to work while wearing the headset? I like the stereo 3d sound that the headset employs but i dont see why the same effect cant be reproduced (in fact improved) with full surround sound?
The positional audio works great with the headset but i dont like cutting out all ambient noise by wearing them. I use 7.1 surround and would prefer to at least have the option of not using the headphones if i dont want to while still getting that positional audio.
Im hoping this feature is used going forward.
The positional audio works great with the headset but i dont like cutting out all ambient noise by wearing them. I use 7.1 surround and would prefer to at least have the option of not using the headphones if i dont want to while still getting that positional audio.
Im hoping this feature is used going forward.
IbizaPocholo
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The demo is in the store?
Awesome write up, although anecdotally I've found that positioning the camera on top of my TV (~4ft) pointed slightly down is much better than having it below my TV (~2ft) and pointed up.
Also, I might be crazy but the old camera seems more precise when I use it compared to the new version.
The_Inquisitor
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Guys,
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is really fun. We had a group of people over and we were screaming and whatnot at the jump scares. I don't care what the critics said I had a blast.
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is really fun. We had a group of people over and we were screaming and whatnot at the jump scares. I don't care what the critics said I had a blast.
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M_A_C
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Thanks for the detailed write up! What are your thoughts on running the Camera 3 picture setup thing and re-syncing the headset and controllers? I haven't found that to make any difference, but I'm not sure how often you should do it.
To be honest the Wobble is starting to make me more sick/annoyed than when I first start playing last week, and I kinda want to get an Oculus Rift just to be done with the tracking problems and to play Lucky's Tale.
So rush of blood level 5 just triggered the fuck out of me. I have arachnophobia, and the second the huge
Spider came out I wussed out immediately and hit the PS button. I took a breathe and said "LOL video games" went back in and realised the spider was the size of a fucking house and screamed 'FUCK FUCK FUCK' and ripped the headset off. Everything upto this point in VR including kitchen has been fine but this was too much.
Is there a way to skip this level? Are there any more house sized (or regular sized) spiders in the game?
I'm also having a lot of problems with headset drift, in this and the shooting gallery especially. Currently waiting on a camera mount so I can put it on top of the TV. Hopefully that will sort out the issues
Spider came out I wussed out immediately and hit the PS button. I took a breathe and said "LOL video games" went back in and realised the spider was the size of a fucking house and screamed 'FUCK FUCK FUCK' and ripped the headset off. Everything upto this point in VR including kitchen has been fine but this was too much.
Is there a way to skip this level? Are there any more house sized (or regular sized) spiders in the game?
I'm also having a lot of problems with headset drift, in this and the shooting gallery especially. Currently waiting on a camera mount so I can put it on top of the TV. Hopefully that will sort out the issues
Maybe there is something to 4ft. I'll test it tomorrow using a tripod. I really shoudn't have said "below is better than above" since my TV is so tall. On top of my TV is slightly taller than me where as on top of your guy's TV would put the camera in the center of mine. That's what I mean by it being circumstantial.
TheInternetNomad
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Is job simulator a stand up and play vr game? I'm in a wheelchair and I'm worried I can't play this game.
Very much so. The Kotaku preview said there was an amazing sense of flying in the game.
I stood up because sitting on the futon made it hard to reach around me. I think, if you're playing in the wheelchair, you'd be able to, though you might have to turn the chair sometimes. You do have to reach to the side and turn some. Check out the demo -- it might give you a better idea. Most of the games have been perfect from a sitting position.
It's a standing game. There is lowering and raising the level but it's only from the main menu which make it hard to figure out the right height. I personally wouldn't recommend it sitting because I tried to do it sitting and it was frustrating to do and I just gave up and played it standing. You can try the demo but I don't think it has the raising and lowering mechanism.
JetBlackPanda
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Until Dawn
Rigs
Batman VR
These three games are incredible and really good launch titles.
Ontop of that Bound and Thumper and rez and ...
Man great launch lineup.
Rigs
Batman VR
These three games are incredible and really good launch titles.
Ontop of that Bound and Thumper and rez and ...
Man great launch lineup.
supernormal
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If Ocean Descent was scary for you there's a 360 3D video of real sharks swimming around in this app called Vrideo you can get at the PStore. I'm very afraid of fish IRL but I was able to do Descent without much problem. That video as a bit scarier though. Of all the games you mentioned Kitchen was the scariest, but overall it's still something like a 3-4 out of 10 in the scare meter.
Ok I have some strange feedback to give.
Camera is 4ft high on top of TV
No natural light, just the living room lights on
System restart before playing
I've just been playing a few games from my sofa which is almost 12ft from the camera, normally sat on a chair 5ft away.
No drift at all, not even in cinema mode, and I usually get about 30 degrees to the left, and just a small amount of swimming in allumette, which was the last thing I played.
I'm fairly certain now positioning doesn't matter as much as people think, a fresh system is key and something in the software is botching it on rest / resume.
Camera is 4ft high on top of TV
No natural light, just the living room lights on
System restart before playing
I've just been playing a few games from my sofa which is almost 12ft from the camera, normally sat on a chair 5ft away.
No drift at all, not even in cinema mode, and I usually get about 30 degrees to the left, and just a small amount of swimming in allumette, which was the last thing I played.
I'm fairly certain now positioning doesn't matter as much as people think, a fresh system is key and something in the software is botching it on rest / resume.
My favorite VR game at the moment. Until Dawn just gives me that old school arcade feeling when playing. The London Heist also was amazing to me and I want to see a full fleshed out game like it. Bought Batman Arkham VR and haven't played it, but am excited to play it after hearing the positive impressions here...
12ft?! That seems really hard to believe. I'll test it. Also, cinema mode has nothing to do with camera position. It doesn't use camera tracking. Only VR games do.
I would like to hear impressions as well I like the demo and I've heard the game is even better. I watched the PS access video they did for the game intro and it's really cool don't watch it if you don't want to spoil the game intro.
Razgriz-Specter
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I really hope Project Aces is looking at stuff like EVE for VR inspiration in Ace Combat 7.
1. I'd rip off EVE's virtual pregame "lobby" immediately, it really sells vr over the typical text type menu.
Looking down at my suited up body holding a datapad about the same way as the ds4, and my teammates all chilling around the room in their own chairs.
This would also make typically pointless customization somewhat useful, flightsuit color, nation and unit patches and so on(surprised EVE doesn't bother besides giving PC and PC players different flightsuits).
1. I'd rip off EVE's virtual pregame "lobby" immediately, it really sells vr over the typical text type menu.
Looking down at my suited up body holding a datapad about the same way as the ds4, and my teammates all chilling around the room in their own chairs.
This would also make typically pointless customization somewhat useful, flightsuit color, nation and unit patches and so on(surprised EVE doesn't bother besides giving PC and PC players different flightsuits).
I don't think the first month or two will be able to tell us much. Six months in we will have a MUCH better idea.
Bound comes with both VR and regular modes, like Thumper. It's great, the IQ is clean and the sense of immersion is really good. I personally prefer it in VR, it's awesome.
You win five whole Internets. Thank you for your patience and your help. This should be in the OP
J_ToSaveTheDay
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Immensely useful post, thanks for the write-up.
Quick question for the thread -- any idea if the camera needs to be upright, or can it be flipped "upside down"? In my setup, it might actually be most beneficial to attach the camera upside down to the bottom bezel of my monitor. There's space beneath the monitor but my monitor is raised on an monitor arm and that extra height would put it pretty easily in this recommended height. I suppose I could keep it upright and find some other way to rig it to the bottom bezel of my monitor as well, though... Electric tape?
The level 4 boss annoyed me until I figured out you could face backwards and attack him when he was behind you. At first I hadn't even tried because normally you can't do much to anything behind you in PSVR, but not true in this case.
vanDoughnut
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I spam missiles by tapping x whenever the projectiles are getting close. Can work at times.
But without overdrive it's pretty rough. Level 3 might be my favorite though besides Area X.
How do you turn around then? stand up and face the other way?
Immensely useful post, thanks for the write-up.
Quick question for the thread -- any idea if the camera needs to be upright, or can it be flipped "upside down"? In my setup, it might actually be most beneficial to attach the camera upside down to the bottom bezel of my monitor. There's space beneath the monitor but my monitor is raised on an monitor arm and that extra height would put it pretty easily in this recommended height. I suppose I could keep it upright and find some other way to rig it to the bottom bezel of my monitor as well, though... Electric tape?
As far as I'm aware this would make the tracking upside down and back to front. I haven't seen any flip options in the settings, and you'd need to flip both vertically and horizontally for this to work.
Yeah face-aiming is frustrating in Rez. Breaks down every time you need to turn to sides or back, the game wasn't designed for VR in mind after all.
Savantcore
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Got £30 in my PS Wallet. Do I spend the whole lot on PS VR Worlds, or divvy it up between 2 or 3 games?
Could get Thumper + Batman for example, or Wayward Skies + Tumble + Super Stardust. Or even Job Simulator + Tumble or something. Really can't decide!
Could get Thumper + Batman for example, or Wayward Skies + Tumble + Super Stardust. Or even Job Simulator + Tumble or something. Really can't decide!
vanDoughnut
Member
Iono bout all that, it works well. You barely ever need to aim behind you.
Backfoggen
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Just look behind you? Make sure non of the cables prevent that. I always make sure that I can look into every direction without stuff getting in the way before playing Rez.
How does it break down? You just look behind you and shoot. I think it works very well.
katsubento
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It works for me.
Lord Phol
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When i checked earlier this week there were quite a few VR headsets still available online (non-bundle). Took another look today and pretty much ever online store here in Sweden are currently out of stock. Lots of good 4-5 star user reviews as well. This thing seems to be doing well over here so far.
I hope the damn bundle will come here also.
Steve McQueen
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Whatever you do, don't spend it on PSVR worlds. You're better of with Thumper , Batman , Until Dawn, Tumble, Headmaster , Bound etc. All great for different reasons.
Webhallen still has a few for in-store pickups. Would be interesting to see how many Sweden was actually allotted. I recall when I went in to pickup my pre-order from Webhallen, their webpage said 0 in stock (for new buys, not pre-orders), but when I got there, they had quite a few on the shelves ready for sale, so apparently there were more than expected shipped to them at least.
I hope the single PS move controller comes. I already have one from the PS3, but only the double-pack is available for purchase afaik.
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