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The low res screens are very obvious for something like HL2 alright. In fact, perhaps that's one of the reasons it made me feel so nauseous!
Not so bad with older stuff and the demos though. Quake is definitely worth trying out.
Give Blue Marble a go too for a good space buzz
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Spent a long time with it last night, extremely impressed with it and was blown away by what I saw. Youtube videos really don't justify what this thing can do.
It badly, badly needs the HD screen but that doesn't make games or demos unplayable by a long shot (with the exception of Half Life looking very pixely on models far away). The screen door effect isn't as bad as I had expected it to be and you quickly forget about it, running demos / games at high resolutions like 1080 help.
Unfortunately, I've a dead pixel smack bang in the middle of my screen but I actually don't notice it that much so I'm not planning to act on it yet. I nearly flipped when I plugged the Rift in for the first time and it gave me the error "No USB device attached" which on forums meant it's a hardware problem. Fortunately, I found out it was the IR software for my remote that was causing it so I disabled it and I was good to go.
Depending on the lens cups you use, which is A for me, and the IPD range (distance the lens are from your eyes) what you see takes up almost all of your vision with the exception of slight visibility of the borders which you quickly forget about and don't intrude at all.
Tuscany was the first demo I tried and just moving my head around blew me away. As soon as I moved, though, the nausea hit me which took a small time for my brain to understand what was happening and gain my "VR legs". Once I got used to moving I was awestruck by everything, right down to the candles on the wall poking out at me when I went close to them.
It takes a small bit of fiddling to get it to sit just right for your head but it is light, doesn't hurt to wear and I found it pretty comfortable. Eye strain can happen initially but frequent breaks helped as me brain and eyes adjusted making it much easier to use the Rift as the night went on.
Have tried a lot of demos ranging from "meh" to ones that really sell the capabilities of this, more so impressive ones as there's so many unique and odd demos out there. Wearing headphones is definitely a plus as it helps increase the effect.
I've no sound at work so these videos may contain annoying voice-overs, I don't know :pac:
An odd one demo is Dumpy: Going Elephants where you're an escaped elephant in a bizarre, colourful world on rails just smashing things with your trunk by moving your head.........strangely satisfying :pac:
Dreadhalls is quite unnerving in parts. I started off thinking the dark halls weren't so scary until I met the first monster (the demon dog) that came right up to my face, scared the fùck out of me not because of what it was but how it really felt like I could feel it's breath. That was my first true stereoscopic moment.
Alone in the Rift started out fairly normal, dark and moody but gets unsettling quickly.
RiftCoaster (the main one you see on Youtube) is a blast. Cobra Rollercoaster is another cool one that's weird to experience if you stand up and hold your arms up either side of you as that's what you're in-game character is doing.
Don't Let Go is another short but novel demo that'll be great for scaring the shìt out of people. You must hold the 2 Ctrl buttons and not let go while the game tries to scare you. Nothing too freaky, a velociraptor appears which looks silly but when the spider appears it should get people quite nicely, especially at the end.
Sightline is one of the most impressive demos I've seen yet, based on quantum physics on which involve you having to move your head to solve various puzzles. It has some great moments perfect for the Oculus with lots of simple but effective particle effects and is a decent length, too. The silly English voice is the only thing that let's it down but I highly recommend it.
Museum of the Microstar is probably one of the better looking demos and really feels like you're in some kind of high-tech, sterile museum that showcases heavy particle effects. Runs a little choppy on my machine as it's resource-heavy but it's quite a cool demo and looks great.
Delta Draconis is one of my favourites despite not a lot happening in it. You just fly around on an alien planet but it looks great, the cockpit is flawless with perfect dimensions that really sell that you're inside it flying about.
Blue Marble is another must, I tried it with Gary Jules - Mad World as it matches the length of the demo perfectly. I would try other songs but for some reason the textures won't load once you go out into space, instead you're just in a big black void. Titans of Space also goes without saying as the scope of the size of the planets is excellent.
Ocean Rift is a cool underwater one with the odd shark attack to frighten the shìt out of you
Half Life 2 I found to be quite impressive but really begs to be seen with the HD Rift.
Loads more I tried but there the ones that came off the top of my head.
Definitely onboard for VR, any scepticism I had were swept away as soon as I put it on and saw how it reacted when I moved my head.0 -
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