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It says 26 on the Spanish website so it must be a really late 25 for the US.
I really want a third party to make plastic devices for the VR Labo. That way I don't feel like I need to be so gentle with them.
I think I'm most worried about the blaster, as it's moving parts are more blunt.
I think I'm most worried about the blaster, as it's moving parts are more blunt.
As one who's been playing a ton of it so far (and even burned through a few extra rubberbands for the Blaster), I'm pretty sure you'll tire of the games before the cardboard wears out
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Not too much. I don't suspect I'll be using the headset enough by itself (without toy-cons) to warrant adding one. But hey, maybe Zelda will convince me otherwise
My thoughts exactly. I wonder if Nintendo can track how many people enable VR mode inside Mario or Zelda, to see if they might implement VR modes in other older games or possibly new games.
While it's pretty evident Nintendo does NOT want us to, some of us intend on actually using our Labo goggles. =)
I want to go pick this up from BestBuy tonight. I have a question, whats the difference between the 80 dollar one and the 40 dollar one? They only have the 40 dollar one.
$40 one comes with the Goggles and the Blaster. The $80 one comes with the Goggles, Blaster, and all the other peripherals.
The 40 dollar one only contains the goggles and the blaster toy-con. The 80 dollar one additionally contains the bird, the windpedal, the elephant and the camera. There are two expansion kits, each 20 dollar, that contain the toy-cons that are missing in the 40 dollar package. So you can still buy them later if you buy the 40 dollar package now.
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I saw people talking about it in a Switch hardware thread.
I don't even think I know enough about it to speculate and I can't find any supporting info with a quick google search, but I think the jist that I saw people talking about is that with a performance mode available to developers that boosts the clockspeed of the system.
Apparently, it's something that was available to Nintendo back in 2017, but may be available to other developers with this 8.0 firmware. Not entirely sure since I can't find more info about it.
Well the vr resolution screen-door-wise is already smaller, there's a cut in fidelity for sure.
Huh, how well does this work with phones? I wanna try both labo and phone VR.
So played all the Mario odessey levels, REALLY cool experience, although it's very short, maybe will take you 20-25 min to do everything, I wish there was more VR content for it.
Botw is very cool as well, especially if you have made a strap to hold your tablet, it feels more like a 3D VR experience. Very cool that it's the entire game, def worth checking out.
Botw is very cool as well, especially if you have made a strap to hold your tablet, it feels more like a 3D VR experience. Very cool that it's the entire game, def worth checking out.
Just played Breath of the Wild VR...oh man, that was awesome. It doesn't work like I thought it would work, but you can play the whole game like that. I haven't run around a whole lot, but my wife and I have been passing the game back and forth just checking out locations. Having spent the last 20 minutes playing with this, I don't think it's 15fps, either. Seems like the normal 30fps.
Firing up Mario Odyssey now.
Firing up Mario Odyssey now.
It definitely drops more frequently; I believe it cuts straight to 20fps because it uses vsync but only double buffers.
The Mario content is super shallow and isn't really built to take advantage of VR. It's novel, but immediately forgettable.
After getting used to BotW's VR, I'm legit excited to see something like Skyrim VR come to the console
I tried BOTW in VR very quicly before going to work, my save was in one of the cities (don't know the English name of the city, the one with the architect and the house you can buy).
There's definitely drops that are not present in 2D handheld, more aliasing too but it looks really good and the depth perception is great.
I wonder what power mode the game uses in VR and if it could go further (dock clocks in VR handheld ?)
There's definitely drops that are not present in 2D handheld, more aliasing too but it looks really good and the depth perception is great.
I wonder what power mode the game uses in VR and if it could go further (dock clocks in VR handheld ?)
I'm not really sure about the drops. Because yes I saw them when playing in vr but when I take Switch off the goggles and play in vr mode with two pictures the game seems fine. It might mostly just be that we are looking at a 30fps game with some drops so close to the screen. Every minor drop is then easily noticeable.
Overall I am surpriced how good it actually works. But this just shows how I am not into vr if there is nothing more than some 3d image and headtracking. There needs to be something unique and interaction with the world. Labo games feels great because of the toycons.
Overall I am surpriced how good it actually works. But this just shows how I am not into vr if there is nothing more than some 3d image and headtracking. There needs to be something unique and interaction with the world. Labo games feels great because of the toycons.
Dedicated VR does do that with the hand controls. Toycons do seem to be superior in terms of immersion, but they're very single-purpose. Something like the Valve Index controllers would allow you to basically have virtual hands that don't feel as immersive (except for throwing things), but don't need to be changed out depending on what game you want to play.
BOTW: It wasn't so bad I liked it, too bad for the resolution that undermine some of the vistas, I decided to visit the Castle and defeat Ganon and it worked fine.
Mario Odissey: Terrible, fixed camera was an hindrance all the time, some of the "secrets" also required you to go very far from the camera. It was simply a bad experience. I would have preferred some full levels from 3D Land repurposed for Odissey.
VR Labo itself is quite good, i liked the minigames included.
But in the end I suffer too much of VR-Sickness as with the other Headsets so it will end soon in the drawer to keep company at the PSVR kit, at least 40 is a lot less that 250.
Mario Odissey: Terrible, fixed camera was an hindrance all the time, some of the "secrets" also required you to go very far from the camera. It was simply a bad experience. I would have preferred some full levels from 3D Land repurposed for Odissey.
VR Labo itself is quite good, i liked the minigames included.
But in the end I suffer too much of VR-Sickness as with the other Headsets so it will end soon in the drawer to keep company at the PSVR kit, at least 40 is a lot less that 250.
BOtW looks cool, kind of like a very potent 3D from the 3DS days.
Motion controls are really bad, tho.
If it was just enabled while aiming it would work pretty well, I'd imagine
Odyssey fairs better as an actual VR experience but seems rather short.
Will try some more tonight
Motion controls are really bad, tho.
If it was just enabled while aiming it would work pretty well, I'd imagine
Odyssey fairs better as an actual VR experience but seems rather short.
Will try some more tonight
Another thing: Does Odyssey run at native 720p when you play the VR mode without goggles? Looks really crisp, too crisp compared to the main game, would be cool if someone pixel counted this (even if this mode is so restricted anyway)
Emulating Zelda at 4k and using Vive goggles sounds like it would be amazing because the current sub 720p 15-30fps gameplay certainly does make me feel nauseous after a bit of time, fun to play though.
Emulating Zelda at 4k and using Vive goggles sounds like it would be amazing because the current sub 720p 15-30fps gameplay certainly does make me feel nauseous after a bit of time, fun to play though.
The blaster is so great. It quickly tires my toothpick-thin arms, though.
Has anyone managed to get coins from this? It's not letting me :(
Has anyone managed to get coins from this? It's not letting me :(
Apparently you can use the PlayStation VR headset to play Switch VR games:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._zelda_breath_of_the_wild_with_playstation_vr
I know what I'm trying tonight!
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._zelda_breath_of_the_wild_with_playstation_vr
I know what I'm trying tonight!
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Seems like that would give the VR _view_, but would lack the ability to move the camera with your head unless you strapped the Switch to the PSVR headset as well. Not that BOTW's version of headtracking is very good anyway, though.
For a cheap way to upgrade the Labo VR I got one of these:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/retrak...ooth-controller-black/5449600.p?skuId=5449600
And used both the padding and the head straps for my unit.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/retrak...ooth-controller-black/5449600.p?skuId=5449600
And used both the padding and the head straps for my unit.
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Everything will just have to be plain non textured shapes. It's bad enough on psvr, as fun as it is. On switch it'll just melt it
The lack of sharing of Garage VR is the biggest mistake Nintendo made with this package. It's a crazy huge missed opportunity and it takes away any desire I would have otherwise had to play in the garage.