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VorpX

Discussion in 'VR Headsets and Sim Gaming - Virtual Reality' started by TheLoneRonin, Apr 3, 2016.

  1. TheLoneRonin

    TheLoneRonin Working at my first 2DOF Simulator...

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    Hello,

    There is a programm to make non-native supported Games playable with the Oculus Rift.
    I didn´t bought it by my own yet, but i think it may work: http://www.vorpx.com/

    Greetings:
    Ronin
    TheLoneRonin, Apr 3, 2016
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    Yes quality piece of software you can pretty much get any game to work in VR. It will be updated very soon to work with Oculus 1.3 runtime some have got success already with the beta.
    SilentChill, Apr 3, 2016
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    Imo it should be a standard that all VR gear comes with this kind of software. I would actually be excited about VR headsets if they were capable of providing the same support for 3D that I have already enjoyed for years with Nvidia 3dVision.

    But considering the Rifts current release debacle, Oculus at least are incapable of supplying millions of more customers atm anyway.
    BlazinH, Apr 3, 2016
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    Yup, that's basically all I'm after. 3dVision, combined with TrackIR, combined with a head-mounted display. I have my Vive pre-ordered, and am pleased to know that although VorpX doesn't support it yet, it's certainly 'on the to-do list'.
    Mic_n, Apr 5, 2016
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    I suffered nausea playing games that weren't designed with original VR support.
    Not seeing your body is one of the things that triggers nausea, lateral unnatural movements (strafe) in fps is the leader in this
    Blame73, Apr 5, 2016
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    Having the motion felt by your inner ear and that reported by your eyes being out of sync is the basic trigger, and as you state, FPS strafing is not something that our body can work out very well..

    I'm thinking "in cockpit" stuff, though.. driving and flight sims in particular. The sort of thing that you'd use something like TrackIR with. Stereoscopic video and head tracking. That's what VR boils down to, and those components can quite readily be backported via existing interfaces. Stereo vision is trivial at a driver level, and TrackIR and the FreeTrack setup that mimics the earlier versions of it are widely supported already - 'translating' output from the Oculus and/or Steam APIs into that shouldn't be all that complex from a technical perspective.
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    Mic_n, Apr 5, 2016
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