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VR Gaming / Re: No Man's Sky Beyond VR

« Last post by Duffamongus on September 20, 2022, 01:11:57 pm »

I realize this post is pretty old, but is anyone playing NMS ? I'd love to join up sometime. I just got back into it a couple of months ago.

VR Gaming / Half-Life 2 VR mod

« Last post by Duffamongus on September 20, 2022, 01:08:18 pm »

The Half-Life 2 fan created VR mod released yesterday. I've only put 2 hours in so far, but it is glorious. It's like playing Half-Life 2 for the first time all over again.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/

Off Topic / Re: randomness

« Last post by Strod on September 04, 2022, 01:06:47 pm »

That's amazing news Jeyk! Congrats!

VR Gaming / Re: Quest 2 Link Best Settings (Finally Better Than Rift S)

« Last post by Tbone on August 28, 2022, 01:40:10 pm »

Updated current settings:

Bitrate > Resolution > Supersampling > Refresh Rate

My settings for Nvidia 3080

OCULUS DEBUG TOOL

Distortion Curvature: Low

Encode Resolution Width: 3712

Encode Dynamic Bitrate: Disabled

Dynamic Bitrate Max: 0

Encode Bitrate (Mbps): 480

Dynamic Bitrate Offset (Mbps): 0

Link Sharpening: Enabled

Mobile ASW: Disabled

OCULUS DEVICE SETTINGS

Refresh Rate (90Hz) or (120hz)

Render Resolution: (3712x1872) 1.0x at 90hz or 1.2x at 120hz

OCULUS TRAY TOOLS

Super Sampling: 1.45 (I start there and adjust depending on intensity of the game using the Profiles). If you use Steam regularly instead, you can also super sample within Steam settings per game. I like to use Oculus Tray Tool's Visual HUD - Pixel Density and Performance to see how close I am to the Quest 2's actual resolution and how my performance is being affected.

VRPERFKIT

Google it. You need to manually put two files in the directory of each game you want to use this on. If you have a video card that supports it, you can get fixed foveated rendering and some sharpening. Currently my settings are:

upscaling

enabled: true

method: cas

renderScale: 0.95

sharpness: 0.9

radius: 0.6

fixedFoveated

enabled: true

innerRadius: 0.6

midRadius: 0.8

outerRadius: 1.0

Note that you don't have to do ALL of these things, but if you leave something out, you'll want to adjust elsewhere. For instance, if you aren't going to super sample and apply sharpening, then just crank the resolution scale up instead. You'll notice my resolution is at .9x scale, but that's simply to give me more room to super sample and save a little performance at the same time. Obviously if I cranked my resolution up to 1.7x then my super sampling would need to be completely different or be left out completely.

News and Announcements / Re: Quest Headsets Will No Longer Require Facebook Account

« Last post by Tbone on July 07, 2022, 03:17:21 pm »

Finally an update! Starting next month this will roll out. Meta is sending an email stating the following:

Quote

A Facebook account is no longer required to use Meta VR devices. Instead, youâ€™ll need to set up a Meta account, which lets you log into your VR devices and view and manage your purchased apps in one place. You can set up a Meta account using your email address or Facebook account, and as part of the process weâ€™ll migrate your existing VR information (including apps, achievements, and friends) to this account.

While you will still need a Meta account, you'll no longer be required to tie a social media presence to it. It will hopefully act as more of a traditional gaming/business account versus the more public and social-facing Facebook account.

Off Topic / Re: randomness

« Last post by NoCry on May 29, 2022, 04:11:45 pm »

Quote from: Jeyk on May 09, 2022, 08:06:59 pm

Hereâ€™s some randomness for you: I proposed Saturday; she said yes!

Jolly good Jeyk. Congratulations old chap!

VR Gaming / Re: Quest 2 Link Best Settings (Finally Better Than Rift S)

« Last post by Tbone on May 19, 2022, 04:20:32 pm »

I'm in the process of revisiting these settings again. The question is whether 3970 encode resolution width and 550 encode bitrate is wasted performance. Some seem to think the Quest 2's decoding is locked into around 300, so increasing the encoding past that won't help. I seemed to notice a difference between even 400 and 550 when I made this post, however, so I'll have to look at it again. Quest 2's native apps render at 3660, so the theory is going above that isn't worth it for the width, though I've also seen that, due to the native resolution of the actual panel, going to 3970 can have benefits.

Either way a more safe baseline where you won't hit too much in the way of diminishing returns would be bitrate to 350 and encode resolution width to 3664.

Off Topic / Re: Been AWOL

« Last post by Tbone on May 14, 2022, 01:26:00 pm »

Hey man! A few of us still meet up on Discord nightly for VR gaming. We've been playing more "session based" games, where you can jump in and jump out depending on how much time you have. I'm still waiting on a VR MMO that's worth diving deep into. I usually hop back into SWTOR every few years and play the new content and then unsub. Also doing that with FFXIV.

I'm still doing acting (which is finally getting back up and running) and more recently have been working with a gaming company on a product that should be going into paid beta soon. When I have a way to do so, I'll share it here!