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[hlm666]

Some nice stuff for the page's end (only for some random comment to come and bury this and the previous two posts with so much stuff, oh well, such is the forum life, those who care see). VR sure has tons of new, updated & upcoming releases to discuss for a dead medium, eh Mr. Usual Suspect?

The Slothgate Experiment: Death's Door / Launch Trailer

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Invasion 2 ð¤

Sound the alarm! The Science Department has been raided and the robot is MISSING! Head to ^TheScienceDepartment NOW to help us collect power cores and to fin...

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Among Us VR - Hat Pack: Accidental Favorites Trailer

Oops! We’ve done it again! Another pack of five fan favorite hats directly from the original Among Us are ready and eager to sit comfortably on your unique l...

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F1® 23 on Steam

Be the last to brake in EA SPORTS™ F1® 23, the official video game of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship™. A new chapter in the thrilling "Braking Point" story mode delivers high-speed drama and heated rivalries.

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Developer Update - 2 March 2023

Welcome to the Developer Update for 2 March 2023! This is the seventh Developer Update of 2023. Thank you to Lura_ for their comfy and cozy world Abstract:Echo, which graces the Dev Update thumbnail this week! Hang out in the fire pit and talk about life, the universe, and everything. Or...

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Dev Diary - February 2023 - Commuter Games

February 2023 development update about V-Speedway and Downtown Club.

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That trailer for ark and ade is great. Not sure exactly what devour is gameplay wise but i'm intrigued.

 

[poppabk]

Flipside studio looks like the kind of thing my kids would enjoy.

 

[Romulus]

That trailer for ark and ade is great. Not sure exactly what devour is gameplay wise but i'm intrigued.

The demo was fun.

 

[Alexios]

Lowering Prices on Meta Quest 2’s 256GB SKU + Meta Quest Pro

Good news, everyone: We’re lowering prices for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro! Starting March 5, the 256GB Meta Quest 2 SKU will cost $429.99 USD, while Meta Quest Pro will be priced at $999.99 USD. Whether you’re looking to play immersive games, get creative, or collaborate with colleagues...

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Meta Quest Flash Sale: Big Savings on VR Games | Ιστολόγιο για το Meta Quest

Think fast! The Meta Quest Flash Sale starts now. Today through 11:59 pm PT on March 5, you can score deep discounts on a number of VR games. Here’s a taste of what’s on offer at up to 45% off.

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Release Godot XR Tools 4.0.0 · GodotVR/godot-xr-tools

And it's finally here, the first official release of Godot XR Tools for Godot 4.0 This release is feature matching with Godot XR Tools 3.4.0 for Godot 3.5

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Steam :: District Steel :: Devlog #02: Engine upgrade on Beta branch

The engine upgrade to Unreal 4.27 has been completed and the patch has been uploaded to the Beta branch for public testing! Once it has been confirmed to be stable I will set it to the main branch. Since most of the game files have been changed due to this upgrade, this patch size will be quite...

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Steam :: Into the Radius VR :: PATCH 2.6 BETA 1

With this update we hope our explorers will truly Feel at Home in the Radius 😈 As always, the beta has its own save folder and the saves will be compatible with the live version, once 2.6 fully releases (you’ll need to copy your saves from the beta folder). To access the beta go to Steam, Select...

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Ash of Legends - Roadmap February 2023 - Steam News

Co-op Multiplayer will be a new, free, app on Steam. Beta testing starts in a few weeks. The DNA feature modifies the playstyle of our Soldier and Strategist

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[Alexios]

Some smaller stuff. If you're interested in some of these like Undead Citadel and Derail Valley follow them as they post little tidbits very often if not daily but I'm not rting/posting all of them if it's not a rare slow day (but DV also does monthly recaps of the new upcoming atm stuff which I do).
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[hlm666]

Some smaller stuff. If you're interested in some of these like Undead Citadel and Derail Valley follow them as they post little tidbits very often if not daily but I'm not rting/posting all of them if it's not a rare slow day (but DV also does monthly recaps of the new upcoming atm stuff which I do).
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Arkanoid in VR is such a kinda logical idea yet it's never crossed my mind. Next step is to take it fully immersive so the player is standing in some arena like a virtual squash court with some bats hitting balls into a wall breaking it down.

 

[Alexios]

Arkanoid in VR is such a kinda logical idea yet it's never crossed my mind. Next step is to take it fully immersive so the player is standing in some arena like a virtual squash court with some bats hitting balls into a wall breaking it down.

That's a thing too, follow me more closely

Only announced for PSVR2 atm, C-Smash VRS (Cosmic Smash VR). Racket: NX is kind of like that but you don't quite smash stuff, it's a cool racket puzzle action scoring game though. And some lower profile games like Cybrix, VRkanoid and probably other stuff like the one you quote are similar too.

 

[hlm666]

That's a thing too, follow me more closely

Only announced for PSVR2 atm, C-Smash VRS (Cosmic Smash VR). Racket: NX is kind of like that but you don't quite smash stuff, it's a cool racket puzzle action scoring game though. And some lower profile games like Cybrix, VRkanoid and probably other stuff like the one you quote are similar too.

This is why it's lucky I don't make games, would think I have a cool idea only to find out there's already 5 other games already out doing it

I can't afford to follow you closer lol I've already bought devour and district steel this week after finding them in your updates and i'm having to use some restraint to not get undead citadel until I at least put some time into the first 2. Jokes aside, no idea how you keep up with it all. It seems like I get into something then by the time i'm done with it i've missed 20 new releases which at least some interest me. I think that's how I missed devour, it seems to have been released back when I was playing phasmophobia.

 

[Alexios]

Deep Rock Galactic's awesome VR mod got updated with Season 3 mechanics and more goodness. PC VR community is so great but still gets little coverage. Games like this, Risk of Rain 2, Raft, Half-Life 2, Outer Wilds, Neon White, etc. are so good, like they were made for VR!
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[hlm666]

Deep Rock Galactic's awesome VR mod got updated with Season 3 mechanics and more goodness. PC VR community is so great but still gets little coverage. Games like this, Risk of Rain 2, Raft, Half-Life 2, Outer Wilds, Neon White, etc. are so good, like they were made for VR!
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I think sometimes the quantity can be a detriment, I didn't even know Deep Rock had that VR mod and I played that game quite a bit back during season 1. I'm sitting here waiting for the ready or not mod to get hand tracked weapon controls and DRG seems to already have that sorted, I have played a few half life 2 vr mods and some maps ported to alyx/source 2 though.

Thinking about it more my laziness is a factor here, it's too easy to grab a new car or track for AC or HLA mod and be playing in a few mins. I need to try deep rock tho, some of the larger monsters would probably be much more intimidating in vr and ziplines will be an experience lol.

 

[Alexios]

Pimax Announces 100% Revenue Share And $100K Fund For Developers To Boost VR Content | Pimax

Pimax, a developer & manufacturer of VR hardware, announced that it’s giving 100% revenue of its online store to VR content developers, and providing a

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World's First Virtual Reality Navigation Rules Course

NauticEd and MarineVerse Launch World’s First Virtual Reality Navigation Rules Course in MarineVerse Cup.NauticEd, the world leader in online and on-water sa...

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I think sometimes the quantity can be a detriment, I didn't even know Deep Rock had that VR mod and I played that game quite a bit back during season 1. I'm sitting here waiting for the ready or not mod to get hand tracked weapon controls and DRG seems to already have that sorted, I have played a few half life 2 vr mods and some maps ported to alyx/source 2 though.

Thinking about it more my laziness is a factor here, it's too easy to grab a new car or track for AC or HLA mod and be playing in a few mins. I need to try deep rock tho, some of the larger monsters would probably be much more intimidating in vr and ziplines will be an experience lol.

Well, you don't have to play everything (though on Steam you can also trial stuff easily then refund) but it's still cool to see all there is out there (and so be able to choose more informed of your available choices vs the VR media mostly hyping the same clickbait or big publisher backed stuff)

 

[Buggy Loop]

Quest 3 lurking the store

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

This one really bothers me, because it's obviously such a cheap rip-off.

The actual The Room VR is an excellent game, with varied environments and a lot of great puzzles. But this isn't even from the same devs, and tries to imitate their name and branding just enough to get away with it.

 

[Alexios]

This one really bothers me, because it's obviously such a cheap rip-off.

The actual The Room VR is an excellent game, with varied environments and a lot of great puzzles. But this isn't even from the same devs, and tries to imitate their name and branding just enough to get away with it.

Yeah, it seems to resemble the very first mobile The Room game more than any other in that series which has always been of good quality but knocked it out of the park with A Dark Matter. Apparently this doesn't even have any locomotion controls so you're out of luck if playing in a small space.

Edit: seems the trailer was deleted and reuploaded (hence it's missing in your quote, I fixed it in my relevant post) shortly after our exchange, weird coincidence, Idk if anything's different, it looks the same to me.

 

[Stitch]

Interesting. Never played it (Onward), but people were praising it for a while and when the downgrades came people started hating it

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Edit: seems the trailer was deleted and reuploaded (hence it's missing

Actually, it looks like they changed the logo and title just a little to make it less like a copyright infringement against The Room franchise / The Room VR.

before:

after:

So, from Mystery Box: The Room VR to Mystery Box VR: Escape The Room

I have to believe that the actual The Room producers contacted them with a complaint.

 

[Romulus]

Recommended. The roomscale is the best I've experienced too.

 

[hlm666]

Apparently Quest 3 is going to have a reasonable amount of launch software. No idea what the split will be between apps and games but beat sabre 2 has to be one of the launch titles, anyone else have any expectations? I'm also expecting a bunch of ar stuff like some kind of isometric type games that sit on your table etc and super hot type games in ar where your house is the environment/level like that old ar demo with room mapping. Meta's vice president of VR also confirmed quest 2 has sold over 20 million units in that article.

Quest 3 will launch with 41 new apps and games, twice as thin as Quest 2

Meta is going all-in on VR with this upcoming headset.

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[Alexios]

Again a few slow days since the last large batch of news and now everything is releasing/updating/announced simultaneously, the VR community is weird.

DEVOUR - New map The Slaughterhouse now available to play! - Steam News

We're thrilled to announce that DEVOUR's brand new map The Slaughterhouse is now available to play for free! Check out the trailer here: While you've been patient, we've been busy. We've always wanted to push the boundaries when it comes to the themes of our maps, and in The Slaughterhouse...

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Release 5.6.0: clearer communication and increased workflow possibilities - Gravity Sketch

The highlights from the Feb 2023 Gravity Sketch release (5.6.0): including a web browser in VR, layer control in Screen Collab and improved SubD textures

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Developer Update - 9 March 2023

Welcome to the Developer Update for 9 March 2023! This is the eighth Developer Update of 2023. Thank you (again!) to DrMorro for their world Olympia Nights, which we’ve used in our Dev Update thumbnail this week! Sorry, no cute joke here, it’s just a gorgeous world. If you’d like to catch...

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[Alexios]

I divided these in two posts because I couldn't decide which 6 to relegate to mere links instead of embeds (and twitter links don't get a preview in the forum software so it would have to be something else like a video, reddit, Steam or other kind of link).


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[Alexios]

Also, I only just noticed Population: One only went f2p on Quest, not Steam or the Rift store (I'm assuming they have disabled crossbuy on Quest but nobody uses that PC store which doesn't officially support non Meta devices anyway). Is this to eventually go, PC numbers don't justify support, bye?




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[Buggy Loop]

RE4 already modded for VR?

Wow, i thought Praydog was the guy with the UE4 injector, but the RE games seem ridiculously easy to support VR on PC.

 

[Alexios]

RE4 already modded for VR?

Wow, i thought Praydog was the guy with the UE4 injector, but the RE games seem ridiculously easy to support VR on PC.

He is, but before UE injector he worked on the Resident Evil engine REFramework to have VR in RE2make, 3make, 7 and 8 and even Monster Hunter Rise and stuff, so he used the work done for those to add support for RE4.

 

[Buggy Loop]

He is, but before UE injector he worked on the Resident Evil engine REFramework to have VR in RE2make, 3make, 7 and 8 and Monster Hunter Rise and stuff, so he used the work done for those to add support for RE4.

Wow, had no clue.

 

[Alexios]

Wow, had no clue.

Some (all?) of the RE games are (optionally) playable with fpv and motion controls


Naturally it's not as fully developed as Capcom's VR mode, stuff like reloading aren't manual, there are no holsters on your body for weapons and there are all kinds of janky stuff in gameplay, menus and cut scenes, but the basics like moving, shooting and even knife wielding in some work well.

Some smaller screenshot saturday type stuff and similar updates:

Land of Towers - Land of Towers UPDATE 1.1.0 - Steam News

Smooth movement and rotation, crouching, and numerous other improvements and fixes have been implemented.

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Rolling Line - Train optimizations! v5.1 - Steam News

New LOD system, texture optimizations, and lots more background improvements

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Homaysa - In Patch 0.8 we now have new Spaceship Simulation Mode. - Steam News

Greetings everyone, We are excited to announce the latest update for Homaysa! Here's a breakdown of what's new: New Spaceship flying mode, (you need to try it out) Added Planet Death Add Vignette effect when moving Added music to swords arena Going into a new room or leaving it fade the camera...

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[Romulus]

Guardians looked pretty good on the Quest 2 store. Like an RTS/FPS hybrid but in a Halo CE type world.

 

[stranno]

Scrcpy 2.0 has been released with audio support.

It is an ADB client for Windows. Most people use it to record video (and now audio) from Android devices, especially from Quest 1/2. It should be a bit lighter on resources than the internal recording (tho the video compression is still done by the SOC encode cores, not by Windows).

 

[Stitch]

Also, I only just noticed Population: One only went f2p on Quest, not Steam or the Rift store (I'm assuming they have disabled crossbuy on Quest but nobody uses that PC store which doesn't officially support non Meta devices anyway). Is this to eventually go, PC numbers don't justify support, bye?​

They only made it cheaper and also give you a bunch of in-game gold for buying the game

Maybe it's some kind of anti-cheat protection lol

 

[Stitch]

oh yeah virtual desktop doesn't need the oculus software anymore so you can uninstall it and get your 10 GB back

 

[Buggy Loop]

oh yeah virtual desktop doesn't need the oculus software anymore so you can uninstall it and get your 10 GB back

I had virtual desktop pre-airlink but switched to airlink since then. Have they made progress that it beats airlink as of now?

 

[Stitch]

If Airlink works then good for you, but I think it sucks. The Interface sucks, it performs worse for me with random lags and sometimes it also randomly decides to look like a 240p YouTube video (like it ignores the fixed bitrate or whatever).
I had similar problems with wired Link, so the whole Link system sucks for me. Also cables suck anyway.

I'm super happy with VD. ggodin somehow finds ways to make it better and better & now I don't even need the stupid Oculus software anymore. (screw you, ovrserver_x64.exe. Always doing shit in the background)

 

[Alexios]

If Airlink works then good for you, but I think it sucks. The Interface sucks, it performs worse for me with random lags and sometimes it also randomly decides to look like a 240p YouTube video (like it ignores the fixed bitrate or whatever).
I had similar problems with wired Link, so the whole Link system sucks for me. Also cables suck anyway.

I'm super happy with VD. ggodin somehow finds ways to make it better and better & now I don't even need the stupid Oculus software anymore. (screw you, ovrserver_x64.exe. Always doing shit in the background)

Does this mean you now don't need any sort of Meta login/account to use their devices for Steam/PC VR outside their proprietary store? Or is this only for Quest and that still requires having Virtual Desktop on the device from sources like App Lab and Side Quest so it's fully set up with all that stuff anyway? What about Rift/Rift S, Virtual Desktop was a thing for them too before it became famous for Quest, but I guess not for connectivity stuff, only for actual desktop use in VR and what not? Or does it actually get rid of Oculus' app for that use case too? I've lent my Rift out atm so can't check.

 

[Stitch]

No, you sadly still need to have a Meta account and Virtual Desktop from the Meta store on the Quest. But VD also always needed the oculus software on the PC to work. I guess it needed some of the installed drivers/dll/services.
But now it doesn't need them anymore so it's safe to get rid of the oculus software on PC.

 

[Alexios]

No, you sadly still need to have a Meta account and Virtual Desktop from the Meta store on the Quest. But VD also always needed the oculus software on the PC to work. I guess it needed some of the installed drivers/dll/services.
But now it doesn't need them anymore so it's safe to get rid of the oculus software on PC.

So you don't know about Rift/Rift S either? Or it's the same as before, it requires oculus software on PC?