Gaming/VR
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@Kruse were they Concept2? The difference in machine quality is massive - I like it as I can smash out a high intensity row quickly and it keeps a baseline fitness.
Nah - just the not-quite-cheapest shit I could find in each country - while being magnetic resistance so that it was as-quiet-as-possible while I watch shit TV from a laptop in front of me.
cheap rowers are dogshit. Concept2 is the only way - they are good to use. I got into it and it's a great combo of aerobic + resistance training.
The beer, meat, cheese and chips cause me problems - but rowing definitely helps!
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@Kruse I'm massively into VR.
I got the Quest 1 as a gift just prior to Covid lockdowns and haven't looked back. Now have Quest 2, Quest 3 and bought a gaming PC to get at some of the higher graphics titles.Quest 3 is definitely the headset to get to dip your toes in. Great quality visuals our performing other more expensive headsets, great price, wireless and has a huge stand-alone game catalog. You can also link it to a PC either wired or wirelessly if you want to play PCVR games. If you don't mind a little bit of tinkering some super-nerds have created something called an Unreal engine injector which allows you to play hundreds of PC games in VR, you will need a fairly grunty PC for that though.
I don't know a lot about Vive. I've not heard of it being recommended https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/ is a good place to look for advice,
Quest 3 also has colour passthrough which opens up some really interesting mixed reality games and applications. Fighting zombies crashing through your living room window or learning to play piano for example.
VR Sickness is very real for games where you use the controller to move forward, but can be overcome in most cases. Initially I could only do maybe 20 mins playing a first person shooter. The trick is to play with a fan on your face and stopping as soon as you feel even slightly ill, never push through it. Over time your tolerance will build up, I can easily now play for hours in some of the more ridiculously fast paced shooters.
As the form factor gets smaller and smaller and the visuals improve I'm certain these will be come extremely common accessories in a lot of households, I have family overseas with one and when you catch up in VR to watch a rugby game, play some mini-put or shoot some zombies together it genuinely feels like you've caught up with them in real life.
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Just had a look at the Vive standalone store. There are maybe 6 or 7 good titles, less than 150 titles in total and a lot of those don't even look like proper games. Meta is the market leader by a huge distance so anything decent will be on their store in some cases exclusively.
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@antipodean cheers!
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@Machpants said in Gaming/VR:
Quest 3 (although I only have a 2, but would love that extra res) is worth buying just so you can play Half Life Alyx!
You still need a PC to play Alyx. I played it through on my Q2, even on that it was phenomenal the attention to detail, still my absolute go-to when I'm showing VR off to guests, its a shame valve appear to be getting out of the vr realm.
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Tried this in VR tonight https://store.steampowered.com/app/513490/1943_Berlin_Blitz/
An original audio recording of a journalist who went up in a Lancaster bombing raid on Berlin and they've recreated highlights of that trip in Vr. Hell of an experience, its a few years old now but damn what a way to get a glimpse of what those blokes went through. Highly recommend, hope more are released.
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so, im a Switch user and love it, Switch 2 has been announced....and its a bit underwhelming, dont get me wrong i didnt expect or even want a sea change...but this really is just a Switch Pro....the biggest thing...no flagship games announced with it, there is little reason to replace my current one
....so ive pretty much decided to get a steam deck, there obviously a huge catalogue of PC/Xbox/PS games i can play on it
anyone got a steam deck?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Gaming/VR:
the biggest thing...no fagship games announced with it,
Is that cool kid speak for crappy games?
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@antipodean typo corrected
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Fuck HL3? Like waiting for Winds of Winter
Fresh leaks suggest Half-Life 3 development may be nearing completion
Data-mined engine updates suggest long-awaited sequel is in âpolish and optimizationâ phase.
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@Machpants to be released just after Doom 4
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@antipodean said in Gaming/VR:
@Machpants to be released just after Doom 4
That was released in 2016, without the 4, as is trendy nowadays (make things confusing by dropping the numeric)
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If true, that would make it Doom5 as Doom 64 would then be Doom 3, and Doom 3 would be Doom 4...
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agreed, bring back numbers, i remember during lock down we binged some movies (mission impossible, fast and the furious etc) and having to google which the next one was each time
