None of this is meant to be anything other than a desktop projected in front of you to get a job done - or to watch a movie. There are no VR pieces to this [yet].
I can't wait for #VRheadsets to become so light it's like wearing glasses. #simracing is literally next level in #VR. Especially with the new #buttkicker But I can only wear the #oculusquest2 for so long before I'm fatigued. (I know some can wear them all day and you're lucky!)
Been running #VIR all weekend with the #porsche#gt4 in #iRacing on triples. Hopped into VR and after a few laps I was already negative delta by nearly a second. 🤷♂️ @simracing@iracing
always wired up to a computer or smartphone and have either a #Mac or Samsung Galaxy S22/S23 for anything beyond mirroring the tethered device’s screen
only interested in displaying things right in front of your eyes since it has a comically narrow 52º field of vision
That's "compromised beyond comparison," not "affordable.”
"Engage VR" has the ability to make spatial recordings, where you record the whole scene in virtual reality and then can re-play in virtual reality (including avatar and all models you used) as if it were live! I've wanted this feature forever, as it allows you to watch a fully #VR lecture whenever you like, not just a 2D copy.
Here's a small recording from my "Water in the Universe" course. It's a play-back so all the students have vanished!
[In a WG meeting discussing improving hybrid and online experiences]
Me: Why doesn't (one of our colleagues) see the power of #VR for conferences? Has he just not had the right experience?
Colleague 1: I think he hasn't found the killer use case yet.
Colleague 2: Honestly, maybe we should just find the next large-scale furry conference in VRChat and throw him in for an hour. He might not be quite the same after, but I do think he'd believe he'd seen the use case!
#Throwbackthursday to 2003. When my fascination with VR really fired up. I was so excited to have a 1MP camera to get a photo of using this.
A WHOLE MILLION PIXELS!!! WHOA 🤯
I'm playing #NMS in #Steam#VR on a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 and... it is struggling!
It's running on a Razer Blade laptop I bought second hand to experience with PCVR and computer graphics, but I'm still a Mac user for work. This makes me reluctant to buy a powerful new PC as it feels rather excessive just for gaming... uh, on this particular game...!
I was thinking of getting an eGPU, but the cost is also pretty high once you throw in a Razer Core X or similar casing 🤔 Thoughts?
I’m honestly baffled as to what audience Zuck is targeting with his post on #VisionPro vs #Meta#Quest3. Surely the people buying $500 headsets aren’t the same as those buying $3500 ones.
Maybe it’s targeted toward recent Quest customers, to assure them that they didn’t make a mistake buying that product. But again, you’d have to buy seven Quest 3s to get one Vision Pro, so, I’m not sure that adds up.
Maybe Zuck is just telegraphing that he’s aware that Vision Pro beats them in several characteristics, and that he’s still committed to the Quest line.
Haters gonna hate, but I'm actually pumped as hell for #VisionPro.
Apple is adamant about their “Spatial Computing” frame because they badly need to position themselves away from the clunky #VR headsets that came before.
Thing is, I think they've actually done the work to earn the distinction.
The big pain point in #VR development for me is the cycle of "make changes in the editor and-or the IDE/put on HMD/build project/fumble around for controllers/test/take off HMD/go back to editor."
I'd be thrilled for a VR development environment that works in VR. Unreal Engine 4 had the option of using the editor in VR, but IIRC there was still a fair bit of jank in their system.
Really all I need is passthrough so I can see my physical keyboard in VR. Huh. I wonder if I could build that...
This morning, a new branch appeared (for the first time ever) on SteamDB for No Man's Sky, named "bejryy". It is being discussed in the Discord that a Caesar cypher decodes this string to "Orwell."
We await the macOS release of #NoMansSky that was featured at WWDC 2022. (A forthcoming iOS version of the game was also mentioned by Apple at the event.)
The Mac was released in 1984, along with the famed, Orwellian "1984" commercial.
Apple is expected to reveal its mixed-reality AR/VR goggles at WWDC 2023 on June 5.
Apple is putting a great deal of weight behind the AR/VR goggles as a big, new product line.
No Man's Sky on PC and PS5 is considered to be one of the best VR-capable titles out there.
Could the delay of the macOS version of NMS be due to Apple and Hello Games aligning it to be a huge, day 1 outing for Apple VR?
I hate when I have the perfect hardware for something, but software doesn't let me use it.
I love flight simulaton. And head tracking is a good way to make it more immersive without a big performance impact.
I have a TrackHat head tracker, but it's very inaccurate.
However, I also have VIVE Trackers which can track anything with sub-millimeter accuracy and no perceivable latency. They would be PERFECT!
But I can't use them. There are just so many software obstacles. For one, SteamVR requires a VR compositor for tracking; and the VR compositor requires a headset to be connected. Now, I have a headset, but it's an Oculus Rift that won't work on Linux. On top of that, the OpenTrack plugin for SteamVR seems outdated.
By now, anyone who cares about the closing of Disney's Star Wars Galactic Cruiser hotel knows about it. I was one who hoped one day to be able to visit. Interesting read on it in the Washington Post. Gifted article, free read: https://wapo.st/3ozk2Xr
Heute macht das VR Arcade the 7th in Köln auf! 19 Stationen, 12 Freewalk-Brillen auf 1.500 m2 mitten in Köln auf der Mittelstraße 20. Natürlich hat der Prozess mit der Stadt Köln 3 Jahre gedauert. Stichwort Casino in der Innenstadt. Die 7th GmbH hat dieses Jahr 3 neue Filialen eröffnet, unter anderem in Zürich und kommt damit auf 7! Ha! :) Über 100 Mitarbeiter hat The 7th mittlerweile. #vr#metaverse
I interviewed Jim Green, who has recently retired as Chief Scientist at #NASA after 42 years for our blog at ISAS #JAXA.
When I asked Jim how space science had changed over his career, I expected him to talk about Mars. Instead, he told me about the “disruptive technology” from the internet to #VR that revolutionised the way people worked together to change absolutely everything.
It was an amazing story, and I'm super proud of the piece!
The beginning of Myst drops you on an island with... absolutely... zero instructions. While that can be a frustrating start for the uninitiated, it felt incredibly realistic with the headset where game play details can ruin (a little) the immersion.
So, super excited! There's also an updated version for the computer (presumably with free movement) for keyboard warriors.
So when I was using the Meta Quest 2, I always tried to use Air Link or the Link Cable to play PC VR games on it. This resulted in inconsistent experiences, sometimes great, often times choppy or wobbly and unplayable. I assumed that there must have been something wrong with my own setup that was causing this..
Now with the Meta Quest 3, Air Link was working pretty well but the new Steam Link app worked really great - except that some games just wouldn't launch properly for some reason..
As dedicated fans of #CatsOfTheBalcony will know, Casper is one of my TNR stray cats, who is a regular multi-dinners-a-day visitor and known for his antics such a jumping from balcony to aircon unit to washing poles and knocking over the webcam.
His talent for mischief was spotted by @DavidBFox, who thought Casper had what it took to be part of the #VR game he is developing based on Rube Goldberg machines!
The one thing that annoys me most about the ubiquitous coverage of a $3.500 headset is not even about the Vision Pro.
As someone whose only VR headset is the PS VR2, it's painful to see that not a single video I watched, not a single post I read even mentions it. Every headset on this planet is mentioned, compared and shown. But nobody talks about the PS VR2.
That's really frustrating, when you paid 600€ for something. Especially if you realize not even Sony mentions it anymore really. And most importantly: Game Developers ignoring it almost completely already.
I created a board game about the closest stars. You can travel around, create research and trading bases and learn about the individual stars, their exoplanets, etc.
Any funders interested in helping me put a fancy mixed reality version of this on the Meta Quest 3?
I have the headset, the Blender, graphics and coding skills, the ideas, and even lots of connections with professional astronomers. What I don't have is any way to fund this (or any other) mixed reality project.
Coucou, je profite de tout juste avoir mis mon casque VR en vente pour vous le proposer :neocat_heart:
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