SPA VR for Oculus Rift

[FarSight_Matt]

Yeah, same on FX2 VR. That certain amount is about 3-6 month I guess. If it is good (not too many bugs and great physics) and my Pinsim works on the Rift version, I am going to get this twice. I bet you aren't allowd to talk about the versions for steam and psvr, are you?

I don't have anything to tell you, don't know anything about it really.

 

[The loafer]

MAtt : cross Vr i think is the developer of “revive”, which allows any games that are available on the rift store to be run on the vive.

 

[FarSight_Matt]

MAtt : cross Vr i think is the developer of “revive”, which allows any games that are available on the rift store to be run on the vive.

My comment about CrossVR was if it would be supported, don't some things just not work?

 

[blindpeser]

Any news here? Thought this is ready to be released...

 

[Jamesac68]

The announcement on VR is "soon", but it's soon in Fasight time. So.... by the end end of the year, maybe?

 

[blindpeser]

http://www.sternpinball.com/communi...to-release-new-stern-pinball-arcade-tables-fo

 

[Narc0lep5y]

http://www.sternpinball.com/communi...to-release-new-stern-pinball-arcade-tables-fo

Link doesn't work right now for me, but short version is 10/4 launch on Oculus. $5/$10 per table. Twitch stream 9/27.

Other links that worked for me.

https://markets.businessinsider.com...ball-arcade-tables-for-oculus-rift-1027563405

https://www.vrfocus.com/2018/09/fli...tern-pinball-arcade-is-coming-to-oculus-rift/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...-arcade-tables-for-oculus-rift-300718262.html

 

[The loafer]

excellent that it's not free-2-play only as was rumoured.

 

[blindpeser]

Nothing here? Did anybody watch deadflips stream on twitch? Just saw some very short clips, the tables and the environment look great. What was the conclusion? Is it good?

 

[Narc0lep5y]

I watched the Dead_flip stream for a little bit. VR is tough to judge on a stream but it looked pretty good. The table text and playfield images on the close ups were really clear, but that could be because we saw the PC output on the stream. I'm not sure the resolution in the Rift will be as clear. The wizard goals kept flashing up on screen and while it's not a game breaking bug, I wouldn't be surprised to see more. It's free to try, so it's not like i wont be downloading and playing day one anyway. Based on what I've already seen from FX2 VR and the BAM VR future pinball mods, this looks pretty similar and once you play pinball in VR the experience is pretty tough to beat.

 

[Pod]

I'm going to assume there's no cross buy or discounts if we already own them on pc?

 

[Narc0lep5y]

I haven't seen an announcement either way but we'll find out in less than a week. My guess is no, as there would be no revenue for them when the base software is already free.

I'm interested in seeing how the DLC will be handled too, whether we'll be tied to the FS servers like Steam was at launch for activation or if it will all be in the Oculus store.
Not sure it really matters unless you're concerned with what happens to your DLC purchases in a hypothetical future time when it will be Vive and rift compatible on steam VR and the DLC management there makes me head hurt.

 

[blindpeser]

It is going to be released tomorrow, Stern says. It is quite quiet here. Is there no demand or do people expect buggy stuff? If the graphics are ok, the physics are nice (ball rotation?) and my Pinsim controller (detected as a xbox 360 controller on windows) work, I should be pretty fine with it and buy everything. If any of this doesnt happen, I have to skip it and be patient for Zens next VR release.

 

[Pod]

I'll be picking it up. If it allows single table purchases I'll probably just get star trek for now and see how it goes. Will report back how I get on.

 

[shutyertrap]

I played the beta yesterday at a friends house who has a Rift. I’ll be curious to hear what you VR users think, as I like the concept of VR but have issues with the actual hardware that taint my impressions of games. I can say the 90 fps is nice, so is the environment. Seeing tables in actual dimensions makes even Frankenstein less ugly. I’ll be interviewing Mike Lindsey of FarSight on Friday for BlahCade Pinball Podcast, so if you guys have questions, I can ask for you

 

[Pod]

I played the beta yesterday at a friends house who has a Rift. I’ll be curious to hear what you VR users think, as I like the concept of VR but have issues with the actual hardware that taint my impressions of games. I can say the 90 fps is nice, so is the environment. Seeing tables in actual dimensions makes even Frankenstein less ugly. I’ll be interviewing Mike Lindsey of FarSight on Friday for BlahCade Pinball Podcast, so if you guys have questions, I can ask for you

Can we submit non vr questions as well? I really enjoy your podcast and I often think of questions that I would love to have answers to.

Cheers

Pod

 

[shutyertrap]

Can we submit non vr questions as well? I really enjoy your podcast and I often think of questions that I would love to have answers to.

Cheers

Pod

Sure, I’d be shocked if our conversation didn’t cover non VR stuff too. I mean there’s no way I’m not gonna talk about what happened over the summer!

 

[Pod]

Something happened over the summer?!?!?

Ill type them up tonight and will priv them over. (I'm at work atm)

Pod

 

[Narc0lep5y]

I think the lack of comments here just shows the lack of installed base on Rift currently. I love my Rift but haven't turned it on in a few months. That being said, Pinball FX2 VR is an amazing VR experience and even the Future Pinball BAM VR mode worked pretty well but both can be improved on. Having Oculus touch support is a step up. If Star Trek can be played without crashing and the interface is not the horrible made-for-mobile version that will help. What's surprising me is to not see any PR pushes from Oculus either since this is their exclusive.

 

[blindpeser]

I think the lack of comments here just shows the lack of installed base on Rift currently. I love my Rift but haven't turned it on in a few months. That being said, Pinball FX2 VR is an amazing VR experience and even the Future Pinball BAM VR mode worked pretty well but both can be improved on. Having Oculus touch support is a step up. If Star Trek can be played without crashing and the interface is not the horrible made-for-mobile version that will help. What's surprising me is to not see any PR pushes from Oculus either since this is their exclusive.

Yeah, no PR from Oculus, Stern amd Farsight at all. If it IS good, it seems to be our job to push it.

FX2 VR is the only game I am playing on my Rift. I stopped to play FP, have to try the new physics though.