I've had the HTC Vive for three months now and am still blown away by how impressive this device is so I decided to make a thread dedicated to the discussion of virtual and/or augmented reality technologies, applications, and games.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Current Virtual Reality (VR) Devices
PC-based VR
Console-based VR
Smart phone-based VR
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Current Augmented Reality (AR) Devices
- Microsoft HoloLens DevKit
- Google Glass (no longer public; still in development)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I'm going to post random gameplay videos in this thread and update the first post as I record more sessions. If anyone is interested in watching me test out different VR experiences, I'll occasionally stream at the link below. Add me and let me know what games you'd like to see!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current Status: OFFLINE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GAMEPLAY VIDEOS
At the moment, my favorite experience is the paintball minigame from the social sports game, Rec Room. For those unfamiliar, here's a spree from one of the first games I played when the mode was released:
For those interested, my PC specs are:
- CPU: Intel i7 6700K (overclocked to 4.5Ghz)
- CPU cooler: Hyper 212 EVO
- GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 Strix
- MOBO: ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO LGA1151
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz
- PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 Gold
HDD(s): Intel 335 Series 2.5-Inch 240GB SATA3 Solid State Drive (OS); Western Digital 3TB 7200RPM HDD; Western Digital 6TB 7200RPM HDD
If you're curious about anything VR/AR related, ask away!