Welcome to /vrg/ - Virtual Reality General
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY Edition
>What is virtual reality? What is a head-mounted display?
Just read this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality
A head-mounted display (HMD) is the headwear responsible for creating a VR environment
>What VR HMDs are available right now?
This general will focus on the enthusiast-level of VR, and doesn’t cover the widely-available methods of VR (ie. Google Cardboard). For enthusiast-level HMDs, the popular ones are: Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
>Where can I get one? What games are there? Can I ride a dinosaur? If I die in VR do I die in real life?
I’ll just specify what this general is meant for:
Asking/Answering questions people have about VR.
Talking about VR experiences.
Meeting other people with VR in VR.
Now for the nitty-gritty
>Where is the porn?
Check out /t/’s catalog and search for “vr porn”. While you might not like the website, /r/oculusnsfw is a good start for that stuff. This is a blubord, don’t post pictures or think that discussing these types of things is a good idea. Keep it to a minimum.
>Where are the games?
Mostly Steam. Link below
>What else?
I’m thinking about making a steam group thread. Would you be interested in a /vrg/ steam group or do you avoid chan groups?
Hopefully that’s enough information to get the thread going. Here’s some links.
HTC Vive: https://www.htcvive.com
Oculus Rift: https://www.oculus.com
Steam VR catalog for Vive and Rift: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?&vrsupport=101%2C102
VorpX: http://www.vorpx.com/
Vireio Perception: http://www.mtbs3d.com/new-vireio-site
VR News: http://www.roadtovr.com/
Youtube channels to check out: TribalInstincts, Brad Lynch, Giant Bomb (look up their “VRodeo” series), jacksepticeye (WARNING: youtuber personality)
/vrg/ threadly topic: What online games have you been playing?
I'm curious to see what the physiological effects would be?
>>143932346
Can't imagine it'd be any worse than playing regular video games.
I've heard claims that people have had more vivid dreams after using it for a month or so, but I've had mine since may 5th, and the only memorable dream I had was being able to fly... But that was only a couple weeks after use, and since then I haven't had much else worth mentioning; if anything at all.
>>143921623
are there any games to be hyped about? games right now are so bad, they're all simulators and whatnot that gets boring after 1 hour
>>143934735
Budget Cuts has a demo out right now.
Raw Data looks like a fun VR coop game.
Those are the ones I'm looking forward to, not much else, then again I haven't been doing much research.
>>143934735
Thank God Sony jumped into the VR game. Most of their shit is timed exclusives, and those games look seriously good.
>>143941635
I am 80% sure that people will need the new PS4K/NEO/whatever to use PSVR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtjEhzoNxMs
>>143942672
What I think will happen is that OG PS4s will play VR games at 60fps with interpolation, and PS4-neos will play them at 90/120fps native.