Hiyoo it’s Friday so this is the second episode of Update VRiday where I’ll latest
VR news, exciting hardware, games, and just everything that doesn’t warrant a full video,
but is still interesting.
Thank you guys so much for supporting this format, and because of your enthusiastic response,
I’m going to keep doing this bi-weekly.
Today, I have a jampacked episode.
We have impressions of the PlayStation 5 with PSVR, stuff that you need to know if you are
getting the PS5, new haptic vests at a more affordable price that allow you to feel hugs and stuff
in VR, and a lot more interesting VR game news.
Let’s get into it.
Let’s start with a quick update on the Oculus Elite straps discussed in the first episode.
Last time I told you that it looked like the Oculus Elite Strap shipping has been paused
by Oculus because of the cracked straps.
This time it has been confirmed by UploadVR.
It seems like it is best not to buy Elite Straps anymore until we hear more from Oculus.
Another Oculus news quickie, remember, the Oculus Quest 2 jailbreak I talked about two
weeks ago?
It was claimed that the Oculus Quest 2 jailbreak is coming that circumvents the Facebook requirement,
but an anonymous Reddit post surfaced this week that said the jailbreak is reportedly
fake with proof provided to the mods.
The post says that the XR Safety Initiative had verified the jailbreak by installing other
operating systems like Linux &Windows XP, but the post points out that that Windows XP isn’t
at all possible on the Quest hardware.
Right now, it’s hard to say if this is an actual scam or not, but at least, we do know that
the bounty of five thousand to ten thousand US dollars still stands if someone finds a
working hack.
I have another quick update about the Decagear.
People are starting to trust the company more because they’ve been communicating a lot.
I’ve even talked to one of the board directors by phone to talk about the company.
He showed me this infographic of all the headset components and what it costs.
He told me that they could make the headset so affordable because they use cheaper materials
and focus on software development.
I’m not a headset manufacturer, so I find it hard to confirm what this infographic,
so still, for me, seeing is believing.
But I do think it’s very good news that they’ve been so transparent and I now have
a much better feeling about the company.
By the way, so sorry for mispronouncing Megadodo before.
But thank you for the comments as I had a good laugh at myself.
All right!
On to the new stuff.
bHaptics has released new haptic VR vests, and the price is better for us consumers!
This is the TactSuit X Series that you can get for 299 US dollars or 499, depending on
how many feedback points you want.
If you don’t know what these vests do, basically, when you wear one and connect it to a VR game,
you can feel what’s happening in that game!
Imagine the ability to feel a headcrab bite in Half-Life: Alyx grab you or a hug from
someone in VRChat.
I’ve tried a previous version of these vests before.
If you’re interested in hearing how it works and what it feels like, I recommend watching
our latest video on it where I try it out with Chary in VRChat.
I’ll link below.
I think these kinds of suits are fantastic to enhance the VR experience and can simulate
the movements in-game pretty well.
It’s not like Ready Player one yet but I feel like we keep getting closer.
Ok, last piece of hardware news.
This week, there has been a lot of PlayStation 5 news, since the console released yesterday
in some countries.
But there was also some disappointing news about the PSVR not fully compatible with the
new PS5 features.
Since I don’t have a PS5 yet, I invited our good friend Ben Lang into Big Screen in
VR to talk about this.
Ben is the co-founder and executive editor of RoadToVR.com, who had early access to the
PS5, mainly to test it with PlayStation VR.
He knows what PSVR gaming will be like on PS5, and he also has recommendations on whether
you should buy a PSVR in 2020 if you don’t have one yet.
So the first question I asked was, what should PSVR owners consider when they get a PS5?
Yes, so the PS5 camera won’t work with PSVR.
In order to make PSVR to work on the PS5.
You’ll have to have the very same setup.
The same hardware.
The PSVR camera, the PSVR headset.
And it will only work actually with the existing controllers.
So the PS4 DualShock, the PlayStation Move and the PlayStation Aim controllers.
The new PS5 controllers, the DualSense, unfortunately doesn’t work which is a bummer because that
has very good haptics on it.
I can talk more about this later.
The key thing to know is you will need to go online.
There is website from Sony where you can request that adapter piece for the camera and then
you can hook up the camera to the PS5.
Are there actually any improvements for current PSVR users if they get a PS5?
Yes so the biggest thing you get out of the box is that loading times are quite a bit faster.
And so depending on which game you’re playing that can actually be a pretty big benefit
in a handful tests that we did, we measured almost loading times almost twice as fast
as on PS4 Pro.
So like Iron Man VR for instance which has some pretty long loading times.
You know you can do a minute or a minute and 20 seconds sitting in the loading screen doing
nothing.
Those are cut in half like pretty consistently, and it just makes the game just that much
better.
And you know loading screen when you are not in VR…
Are whatever.
You can go on your phone or go get a drink or whatever.
When you are sitting in your headset just staring at nothing and doing nothing it’s
that much worse right?
Yes!
Exactly!
So it’s actually a really nice benefit.
The things that’s important to understand right now is that so far there are no PS5
native PSVR games.
So all the games that you can play right now are from the PS4 library that are backwards
compatible with PS5.
And that whole thing is pretty seamless.
Basically, when you login to the console on PS5, you’ll see your whole digital library
and you just click install install install.
And if those are PSVR games for PS4, very likely they are going to work and they’re
gonna get these loading speeds improvements.
But they’ll pretty much look the same unless they get a special patch in order to kinda
take better advantage of the PS5.
But the games, you’re not going to see PS5 graphics in PSVR yet, because so far developers,
as we understand, are not able to make PS5 native PSVR games.
So we are just dealing with the backwards compatible stuff.
And whatever adaptations can be done within that realm.
But there are special things that PS5 native games can do that PS4 backwards compatible
games can’t, so you’re not going to see the full PS5 experience on PSVR yet until
Sony either lets developers make native PS5 PSVR games or may come out with a headset
somewhere in the future.
Now, the last thing you may want to know, is whether you should get the PSVR in 2020
for your PS5 if you don’t have it yet.
And this is Ben’s advice:
If you’re just a gamer and you say I want PS5.
I enjoy PlayStation 4 and I’m going to buy a PS5 and you don’t already have the headset
and you’re wondering should I buy PSVR to play on PS5?
You know, I think my answer is really just looking at what hardware is available out
there today.
If you’re thinking getting into VR for the first time on PS5 with PSVR.
It’s hard for me to recommend that right.
I know what is out there.
You know you got Quest 2.
Let alone Reverb.
I mean even Rift S. There is just a lot of other options out there.
Of course, not on PlayStation unfortunately.
But for the money, if you are going to pay 300 dollars or 350 which is roughly what they
are doing the new PlayStation bundle these days.
For the experience that that gets you…
I mean if you got expendable money and you want to check out VR.
Go for it.
But if you’re thinking you know you might want to buy one headset for the next few years.
I may wait to see what Sony is going to do with their next headset.
Or even consider something else like the Quest.
Just because you know unfortunately the hardware is dated at this point and you know we’re
also in this weird waiting period where we don’t know if there will be PS5 native PSVR
games.
So we don’t know what will come up in the Sony exclusive PSVR catalog.
So yeah, I would say, I would lean people away from no.
It’s not worth it.
If you already have a PSVR, absolutely get the adapter and enjoy your existing games.
But if you’re newly getting into VR and thinking on PS5 to get the headset from basically
2016, I would recommend against it or at least waiting.
Or you know if you can get it cheap for 100 dollars or used somewhere.
That would probably be worth checking out some of the most exclusive titles.
But brand new, really hard to recommend right now.
All right.
I hope this makes things clear for those PSVR owners; it was super helpful for myself, too,
as I will buy a PS5 if I can find it somewhere.
And if you have any more questions about the PS5 and PSVR, you can ask Ben directly on
RoadToVR.com or Twitter.
I’ll link everything in the description below!
I also recommend checking RoadToVR for any other VR related news too; they are one of
our go-to sources for VR content.
Anyways, Ben, thanks a lot for coming on!
And let’s continue with VR game and software news!
I’ve got some good ones today.
Soooo guys!
The Under Presents has new immersive VR shows available hosted by real actors!
This is a show based on Shakespeare’s Tempest story, but it’s loosely improvised since,
when you attend, you’re guided by a real actor and attending it with up to six other
players.
You’ll kind of play the show yourself, but don’t worry, you don’t have to memorize
any lines as the actor narrates everything.
So I’ve talked about this before as one of the most fun things I’ve done in VR this
year that wasn’t exactly gaming.
But I was sad to say that shows were over already.
So good news here as they are back until November 15, so if you got some time left this weekend,
I recommend checking it out.
It costs 15 dollars for a 45 min show that you can purchase in-game through the Oculus
Quest Store and Oculus Rift Store.
Beat Saber has also just released a new music pack!
This time it’s from the popular Korean band, BTS, and the pack features the band’s 12
hits and another new game environment.
It looks uber cute.
Not sure if you guys like Korean music, but they always make me happy, so I’m definitely
going to jump into it soon.
And here’s an outstanding deal on humble bundle.
In this package, you can get good VR games for an insane discount.
Most notably the games: I Expect You To Die, Creed, and The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners.
If you pay 14.49 euros, you will get most of the games including Saints & Sinners.
I mean, Saints & Sinners alone is 34 euros, so this is a really good deal if you haven’t
got it yet.
As of now, there are 11 days left.
I’ll link it below.
Valve also released something for Half-Life: Alyx!
A developer commentary feature which adds three hours of behind the scenes recordings
to the game.
If you got the game, you can start a new game with the commentary enabled to find more than
a hundred points of interest all over the game.
Just be sure to have finished the game if you don’t want any spoilers at all.
Ok, moving on to new game announcements!
YUKI is a new VR game by the Pixel Ripped developers ARVORE.
This is a bullet hell VR game with rogue-lite elements set in a fully original anime universe.
YUKI is coming out on Oculus Quest and Steam in the first half of 2021, with a PlayStation
VR release later in the year.
And I love anime so it’s probably my cup of tea!
Raise your hands if you love anime, too, in the comments below! :D
There is another new game coming to the Oculus Quest platform!
Prison Boss puts you in prison where you need to learn to craft and trade rare commodities
of the prison.
The game has a neat feature of scaling to your VR playspace, so the bigger your space,
the bigger your cell.
The game is releasing on the Quest store on December 3 and will be 20 bucks.
Tarzan VR is coming on PC VR headsets on November 17th, but it will be released in parts.
Two episodes are coming out first, and a third episode will come later.
The popular parkour VR game STRIDE has also released a new major update that includes
2 new modes.
Arena and Time Run.
Racket NX, the rackquet-ball inside a giant pinpall machine game is finally coming with
a cross-platform co-op update on November 19.
Maybe you got the game already?
Then it might be fun to try it again.
One of my favorite competitive shooter, Contractors VR is coming on Oculus Quest on December 3
for 20 dollars.
Finally!
Here’s one game I’m looking forward to, Medal Of Honor.
This is an upcoming shooter set in the Second World War.
I’ve tried the game out already during Oculus Connect last year, and it already felt polished.
Now, they released a new trailer about a collection of documentaries featuring World War 2 veterans.
These short films will be included in the game.
It shows how much the developer is trying to stay authentic to the history, and I think
that’s just amazing, and it makes me excited for the game as I feel it may make a significant
impact.
If you didn’t know yet, the game is coming out on December 11 this year.
It also looks like the devs are thinking about making a Quest version of the game.
But it’s probably still far down the pipeline.
And that concludes our second episode of Update VRiday – I hope you enjoyed this second
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