What are you playing right now?

[Kick-Stand]

I figured you'd have a powerful PC as it is seeing how you were and are always on top of the latest and greatest in tech. That's rad!

Yeah, I was wondering about their VR set up as well. I'm very interested in VR but the Oculus I tried gave me vertigo but I've been eyeballing PS's PS5VR2 for a while now. I might hold off and get the SteamVR because I'm finally getting into PC gaming.

I get too sick in VR to make it worth paying for the hardware, but I'm kind of tempted to get a Quest 3 from a Rent A Center kind of place for a week just to play Half Life Alyx lol.

 

[koriwhat]

I get too sick in VR to make it worth paying for the hardware, but I'm kind of tempted to get a Quest 3 from a Rent A Center kind of place for a week just to play Half Life Alyx lol.

You can rent VR equipment? Rad! Good plan bro!

 

[CryHavoc]

I figured you'd have a powerful PC as it is seeing how you were and are always on top of the latest and greatest in tech. That's rad!

Yeah, I was wondering about their VR set up as well. I'm very interested in VR but the Oculus I tried gave me vertigo but I've been eyeballing PS's PS5VR2 for a while now. I might hold off and get the SteamVR because I'm finally getting into PC gaming.

It's not top of the line but very respectable. AMD Ryzen 7700 CPU with 64gb of RAM and a 7900xt 20gb gpu. More than handles any game I can throw at it.

https://imgur.com/a/zrP6mbv

VR is pretty weird and definitely something that's person-to-person. There are also some apps that are really harsh to begin with. It takes time to get "VR legs" just like it does to get sea legs -- you're likely going to be sick to your stomach until your body recalibrates. I think the Steam Frame will be better in that regard as they're shooting for extremely low latency (so your head matches real life positioning) as well as foveated rendering (the eye tracking allows it to only render what's in front of you at high resolution which can increase performance massively).

IMO the best uses for VR are currently simulators like racing/flying/space. They add an insane amount of immersion and I've been slowly piecing together a respectable sim rig for road/rally racing. It's crazy what you can build for a little bit of cash today.

 

[koriwhat]

It's not top of the line but very respectable. AMD Ryzen 7700 CPU with 64gb of RAM and a 7900xt 20gb gpu. More than handles any game I can throw at it.

https://imgur.com/a/zrP6mbv

VR is pretty weird and definitely something that's person-to-person. There are also some apps that are really harsh to begin with. It takes time to get "VR legs" just like it does to get sea legs -- you're likely going to be sick to your stomach until your body recalibrates. I think the Steam Frame will be better in that regard as they're shooting for extremely low latency (so your head matches real life positioning) as well as foveated rendering (the eye tracking allows it to only render what's in front of you at high resolution which can increase performance massively).

IMO the best uses for VR are currently simulators like racing/flying/space. They add an insane amount of immersion and I've been slowly piecing together a respectable sim rig for road/rally racing. It's crazy what you can build for a little bit of cash today.

Nice rig!

Yep, simulation of both flying and driving is what I'm after when it comes to VR. I too would love an actual simulator and VR. What do you mean by "It's crazy what you can build...", piece by piece or diy with 3d printing and servos?

 

[CryHavoc]

Nice rig!

Yep, simulation of both flying and driving is what I'm after when it comes to VR. I too would love an actual simulator and VR. What do you mean by "It's crazy what you can build...", piece by piece or diy with 3d printing and servos?

Nah, just by piecing together what's out there. I have two transcuders attached to my seat, and they're connected to my PC through simhub. Anytime I hit a bump or my tires lose traction, the speakers vibrate throughout the seat and simulate the actual vibration. Hit a rumble strip and your entire body vibrates from it, which is insane as the effects pair perfectly with the force feedback through the wheel. At some point I might hook up a couple of case fans -- connect them to simhub and they will increase airflow as you accelerate, imitating wind as you speed up. The sim community is just nuts with how much you can do to add immersion to a rig, and it's pretty cheap too. The transcuders and sound card were about $40 total and make the entire setup feel alive, like a car you're actually driving through space.

 

[Neuromancer]

Put about 20 hours into Ghost of Yotei so far. Really enjoying my playthrough. It's not much different than the OG gameplay wise but I like this story better. Atsu is a more compelling character than Jin Sakai imo

 

[koriwhat]

Nah, just by piecing together what's out there. I have two transcuders attached to my seat, and they're connected to my PC through simhub. Anytime I hit a bump or my tires lose traction, the speakers vibrate throughout the seat and simulate the actual vibration. Hit a rumble strip and your entire body vibrates from it, which is insane as the effects pair perfectly with the force feedback through the wheel. At some point I might hook up a couple of case fans -- connect them to simhub and they will increase airflow as you accelerate, imitating wind as you speed up. The sim community is just nuts with how much you can do to add immersion to a rig, and it's pretty cheap too. The transcuders and sound card were about $40 total and make the entire setup feel alive, like a car you're actually driving through space.

Impressive! That sounds rad, bud.

 

[Kick-Stand]

It's not top of the line but very respectable. AMD Ryzen 7700 CPU with 64gb of RAM and a 7900xt 20gb gpu. More than handles any game I can throw at it.

Good you got that much RAM before this apocalypse. I grabbed 32GB when it was dirt cheap two years ago and glad as hell I did now. Fucking OpenAI. Crucial just completely exited the commercial RAM and SSD market. Then Nvidia's not bundling RAM with their GeForce chips any more so with AIBs having to source VRAM without the volume discounts Nvidia gets you can bet RTX gaming cards are going to increase in price significantly.

 

[Kick-Stand]

Nice rig!

Yep, simulation of both flying and driving is what I'm after when it comes to VR. I too would love an actual simulator and VR. What do you mean by "It's crazy what you can build...", piece by piece or diy with 3d printing and servos?

Microsoft Flight Simulator is stunning with a half decent gpu. Game is pretty cpu bound but still looks great at 30-40 fps so you can crank details on it. I never play it seriously though, just do stupid shit like see if I can fly a 747 under the Golden Gate or kamikaze into the crater of Mt Fuji lol. Basically play it like the GTA flying missions whenever I feel like buying Game Pass. Still haven't managed to not kill everyone on board trying to land at some of those crazy airports in the Himalayas.

 

[Kick-Stand]

Finally playing Spiderman Miles Morales five years after buying it. Was showing it to my 7yo nephew since he loves Spiderman to see if I should get him the game for Christmas and he went nuts over it, but he got 1/4 though the game lol. So might just let him beat it at my house and buy him Spiderman 2 instead. Watching him play it convinced me to play it for myself haha.

 

[CryHavoc]

Good you got that much RAM before this apocalypse. I grabbed 32GB when it was dirt cheap two years ago and glad as hell I did now. Fucking OpenAI. Crucial just completely exited the commercial RAM and SSD market. Then Nvidia's not bundling RAM with their GeForce chips any more so with AIBs having to source VRAM without the volume discounts Nvidia gets you can bet RTX gaming cards are going to increase in price significantly.

A friend of mine JUST got a PC and 1 week later it jumped $450 in price. He got a beast of a rig too.

I'm super happy with mine. Does everything I want. can't wait for the Steam Frame.