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Zelda 👑

Do I know anyone getting #PSVR2 and the PC adapter soon? I'm tempted to get it (don't have the headset either yet), would like to try "real" version of VR chat, HL Alyx, etc. I have a Quest 2 but it's PC support isn't amazing and I have a PSVR1 but it's kind of a pain in the ass to use and the camera isn't even set up after a move

#VR#playstation#psvr
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The Fury 🐧💻❗️🔥:verified:

So it's been awhile since I posted and one of the big things that had happened since then has been I was able to go fully remote at work. This has allowed my wife and I to leave #RI and live in a more affordable area, being #upstateNY.

It's been a great change. A lot of places are within walking distance and there seems to be a better sense of community as well. My wife is planning to get involved in the weekly local farmer's market to sell her art (and maybe her delicious hot oil or pickled jalapenos and onions? :blobcatyes:)

We also have more room now and I've been able to split our gaming consoles between the living room and bedroom. Still a WIP, but I'm pleased that I'm able to have most of the consoles ready to go. Just need a #component switch, another #HDMI switch, and a bigger #AV switch.

The living room has the more modern consoles, with everything connected via HDMI, with the exception of the #Wii and #PS2, which precede HDMI output, of course. With those, I use component connections, which look pretty good on our #HDTV.

The bedroom has the older consoles, with most using #composite connections, which usually don't look great, but on the little HD TV I got for retro gaming, looks just fine. I use #SVideo with any of the consoles that have it available, with the #Atari7800 and toploader #NES using #RF (why that was the only option on the NES, I have no idea...well, maybe. Probably cost). The #Dreamcast is a special case. The system works with #VGA, which this TV supports. Along with some cheap wired PC speakers, looks and sounds great. The shelf is a temporary set up, until we get a bigger one (and bigger TV).

A TV with multiple consoles (PS3, PS4, PSVR, Wii, Mini NES, Mini SNES, Mini Genesis, as well as multiple video games, DVDs, BluRays, LPs, and books on a shelf).
A shelf with a TV, AV switch, Legend of Zelda Game & Watch, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast, N64, SNES, Atari 7800, PSX, NES, Sega Saturn, modem and router.
#WiiU#PS4#PS5
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Jake in the desert

Rewriting a post on virtual reality I wrote back in April, then a response to an article that claimed "American teens aren't excited about virtual reality", now a response to the newly announced Apple Vision Pro, which will cost $3500 (🙄).

I've wanted to try virtual reality since I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, when you'd often have to physically go to a place (see pcmag.com/news/the-wacky-world for examples of this) to try it. Now I'm 43, and I'd never pay a company (especially Apple) $3500 for something that you can get from Sony for like $600. And I don't even feel like the game selection is too expansive for the PSVR yet. There's a couple of cool-looking games I've seen for it, but that's mostly it. Then there's Oculus (which is owned by Facebook) and their Meta Quest 2. I'm not keen on giving Facebook/Meta money either. My kid got his hands on a Meta Quest 2, I tried it (he just had Beat Saber), and I did like it. A LOT. I still feel like the game selection still isn't fully there for the Meta Quest 2 either, though. There's maybe 4 or 5 games I've seen that I'd want to try.

I just can't imagine spending over $3k (I can't even see spending ONE thousand) for ANY kind of gaming system, even a virtual reality-based one. I don't care HOW MUCH disposable money I had, I just can't see it ever happening.

I don't think many people are going to buy these things. Especially with the economy the way it is. Rising prices of everything, food, rent-- people are really struggling.

This just really feels like a tone-deaf thing for Apple to release right now for this price. Who the hell is the target demographic??

Maybe it was just planned to be a new toy for the ultra-rich.

PCMagThe Wacky World of VR in the 80s and 90sBy Benj Edwards
#VirtualReality#Apple#VisionPro
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Zorro

I played a couple of games on Sony's new VR system last night. I have not played a lot of VR games and this was a friend's system so, full disclaimer, I'm a gamer, but not a VR gamer.

Gran Turismo looked good and the immersion was OK but nothing special.

However, the next game, Horizon - Call of the Mountain, blew me away! The combo of graphical fidelity and haptic feedback was incredible and I could really see VR's potential.

Much like the climbing sections in Tomb Raider or the Uncharted games, the game constrains you to marked sections but stretching out with one arm to grab a distant ledge, while dangling high above a raging river feels risky.

The bow and arrow works well, requiring you to hold it to your eye and really stretch your arms apart to shoot at distant targets.

I finished the session with a 3D jigsaw on Puzzling Places. This worked pretty well once I wrapped my mind around the mechanics and I could see someone like my wife, who loves real-world jigsaws, enjoying this.

Anyway, there's no chance I'm going to spend $900 on a PS5 and $900 on PS VR2 to play this but I'm glad I've got a friend who has 😃

Has anyone else tried the VR2? Am I just easily impressed by VR?
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#PS5 #PSVR #horizon #gaming #videogames #GranTurismo

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