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Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:47
by Habiki
I was attending an event in AltSpaceVR ( http://www.altvr.com ) and thought I'd give playing Genesis in virtual reality a try. Sure enough, it worked!

Took a video here:
https://youtu.be/OR8BTKxUZ0g

It's funny to me because it's one of the oldest multiplayer games being played inside one of the newest multiplayer games.

You can even play it in a virtual IMAX theater, sharing the view with other people in the room. I tried to take pictures at different distances from the avatar so you can get an idea of the scale of the screen:
AltSpaceVR_Genesis_Closeup.jpg
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I was using an Oculus Rift DK2. Thanks for building the web client to make this possible! Geek dream fulfilled.

Habiki

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 15:59
by Cherek
Hah! Awesome!

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 16:37
by Kas
I used Virtual Desktop with my Oculus DK2 to play Genesis yesterday. Very interesting indeed. :D

Awesome program.

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 00:13
by Irk
hehe Matrix in the Matrix ;)

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 16:09
by Habiki
Kas wrote:I used Virtual Desktop with my Oculus DK2 to play Genesis yesterday. Very interesting indeed. :D

Awesome program.
Yeah, Virtual Desktop is actually a very cool program. That would be the best way to play it in VR for now, I'd think. Later it should be more integrated into Windows 10.

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 00:50
by gorboth
That is truly incredible. I might have to pony up for one of those Rifts.

G.

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 02:04
by Habiki
Better to get an HTC Vive. They're coming out in a month.

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 23:38
by Kas
I got my consumerrift for free, so, bai Vive.

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 05 Apr 2016 17:57
by Kas
Weird contraption left near the Morgul stairs.

Quoting Gollum: "What is it, precious??"

Re: Playing Genesis in Virtual Reality with Oculus

Posted: 05 Apr 2016 19:18
by morgzaash
Ready to send all your activity to facebook ?