Top Rift Experiences Right Now

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by thenomad • 13 years ago

97 31 13 years ago

Sephr• 13 years ago

I strongly disagree with placing Minecraft as the #1 Rift experience. In Half-Life 2, aiming and looking are entirely discrete but in Minecrift (Rift extension for Minecraft), looking and aiming are bound together and you can't even aim upwards (mouse/hydra control is limited to horizontal movement only) to mine tree blocks directly above you without looking 90° straight up and having your headphones fall off.

It's not game-breakingly-bad, but it surely is bad enough that I wouldn't even mention Minecraft in the top 5.

mscottmcbee• 13 years ago

I've tried several demos, and Minecrift has been the only one I've gone back to several times. When I tried HL2, there were perspective and latency issues to the point that I couldn't play for more than 15 minutes.

OWaz• 13 years ago

What do you mean by perspective issues?

magicalist• 13 years ago

Yeah, they've fixed some issues in the tf2 rift mode that haven't been moved over to the hl2 build yet. In the forums they mentioned that they should be coming soon.

pixie_• 13 years ago

Turn on pitch as well for mouse aim, I find that the optimal translation of 2d mouse look/aim with the ability to still use your head to look around what you're aiming at - just like a 2d monitor, but now it's 3d - woah.

thenomad6• 13 years ago

I must have tighter headphones than you :)

StavrosK2• 13 years ago

Isn't the Rift not out yet? I mean, not even close to out? Why are people worried about the experiences?

anjc• 13 years ago

Because lots of people (e.g. me) have the dev kit and want to get a grasp and what new experiences it can offer.

StavrosK2• 13 years ago

Oh, the dev kits are out? How is it?

tessica• 13 years ago

At Greylock HackFest two weeks ago, someone built the Oculus Drone (https://github.com/feross/oculus-drone) which was a quadcopter-drone that could be controlled by the Rift. The Rift would see what the camera mounted on the drone could see. I think that made for an awesome experience!

netcraft2• 13 years ago

We got two rifts this last week. They really are incredibly immersive. First law is definitely on my list to play - we just didn't have an extra controller around the office. Some other good ones are the Unreal Dev Kit (seems it needs a special build though) and another called Titans of Space.

rje• 13 years ago

First Law dev here - I'll have a new build coming out soon that has better support for more controllers and keyboards. Hope you enjoy it!

netcraft2• 13 years ago

That will be amazing - I was just reading your blog earlier - I like how you're going about things and it really seems you're on a great track. Let me know if you need a beta-tester! Keep up the good work.

momerath• 13 years ago

Show HN?: http://www.vendetta-online.com/h/news_27833.html

thenomad6• 13 years ago

Thanks for the link! I'll check it out for next month's column.

reustle• 13 years ago

“what? I’ve been in here for an hour?”

I think the "in here" is key. As everyone has been saying, this is a whole new way to think about HMI.

thenomad6• 13 years ago

Definitely.

It's very telling that my girlfriend and I have both started to refer to Rift time as time "in the Rift".

Fuzzwah• 13 years ago

My good friend Teddy (who I co-project managed the HL2 mod Dystopia with) is the guy behind the Cover Shooter demo.

https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2915

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSoj9EU7pWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CaUoAVck6g

I'm definitely eager to see what the specs are for the initial mass market release of the Rift is.

thenomad6• 13 years ago

Cool - it's a spectacularly cool idea and a great proof of concept.

mp3geek• 13 years ago

I would've thought TF2 would be on that list..

furyofantares• 13 years ago

I don't find TF2 to be that much different with the Rift. I think it's just too fast paced, so I just end up playing it as normal.

thenomad6• 13 years ago

I like playing TF2 on the Rift - the "I AM SHOOTING WITH MY FACE" aspect is fun - but it's just too vomit-inducing for me, and most people we've tested it on.

Great fun if you don't get motion sick at all, otherwise... not ideal.

As the comment below indicates, it's also very similar on and off the Rift - no real "wow, VR" moment.

Andrenid• 13 years ago

I'm surprised War Thunder isn't on the list. Has native Rift support already built in, multiple views to choose from (pilot's eyes, virtual cockpit, etc), and is ridiculously immersive.

It's one of the main demos all my friends flip out about, and has them talking about for days after coming to my place and playing it.

thenomad6• 13 years ago

I put it in as an honourable mention. It's a spectacular demo, but the actual gameplay I've found is pretty hard to get into, not helped by the "it's online so you're terrified of the League of Legends effect" problem.

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