Looks like they're finally making their way back to VR

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Ran into this article (HERE). It looks like they're going to be jumping back into VR integration in the next couple months. It seems like forever ago, but VR is what led me to find out Star Citizen was a thing. The possibility of flying a ship with full VR in a AAA game led me to an immediate purchase. Then there was the "holy sh**" moment the first time I walked out on the deck in Port Olisar and saw my first glimpse of the potential. VR was still the initial draw though. So I'm excited to see it's still a thing.

That said, much like the issues with FPS games trying to merge mouse and keyboard players with controller players, I don't know if cross platform can be a thing here.
 
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I love so many things about VR, but losing access to the keyboard. . .I need to be convinced by a vid of someone playing the entire game with just two sticks, and maybe a mouse. I see pilots do it. I need to see FPS in VR.
 
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I am betting that the standard VR setup for folks will be a swivel chair, VoiceAttack, and contextual buttons. Also, remember that the goal is to create a physical switch in-game for every function. I, for one, will be excited to do my pre-flight switch flipping in all of its immersion-y goodness.
 
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I love the idea of VR but can't stand the headsets. I understand they need to be that bulky to have the optics to make a screen two inches from your eye viewable but really want for a set which is basically glasses size - a physics impossibility.

I wonder if there could be a semi VR where i can play on screen but pick up motion controllers to be my hands when I need them, like with the Wii controllers of yore.
 
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I'm put off VR by the weight of the larger headsets, which would surely become uncomfortable over the duration of a Star Citizen play session - those tend to be long. Not being able to see your hands and desktop would be a challenge in a game where you switch between using keyboard and mouse and HOSAS/HOTAS. And surely good headsets that have high refresh rate high-res images need to be wired, which isn't as comfortable as wireless.

Bigscreen VR are working on high-end consumer VR in a small lightweight package: bigscreenvr.com , and it seems promising. The website mentions a fibre-optic cable, but it either also carries power or the headset has a battery (weight, time limit). It also requires two (or more?) SteamVR Base Stations, not included. Amazing progress in this field, and it's still improving fast, but I'm not ready to buy one. I bet loads of us would be very interested to hear from anyone who does get VR working well with SC and finds a way to make it a good experience for a multi-hour session with a mix of controllers.
 
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I've always wanted to try VR maybe I will for Xmas
 
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I stil play ED here and the and I never played in VR maybe time to try
 
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BUTUZ said:
I stil play ED here and the and I never played in VR maybe time to try
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Combat is better as you can look up/around. Landing on platforms or flying into the station is incredible. Being in orbit is amazing, it gives you a real sense of the size of objects. You can even stand up and look around your cockpit including under the seat. I have not done it for about a decade. You have to be able to fly by touch and know where your buttons are. ED was my first modern VR experience in a game it changed the way it thought about VR.
 
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CitizenDad said:
Just got some quests in today for the fam and started playin with this again:
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I found VR Citizen Auto Installer the very moment the new EAC patch killed VorpX. Well, not for offline mode at least. But it's just not the same as VR in online mode.
Considering all this work Chachi Sanchez and his team put into this tool it's a shame they got waylayed by EAC.
I get it, there's no technical difference wether you use the Z-Buffer for VR or wall hacking.
So EAC HAS to act in some way.
But well, whitelisting VorpX might have been an option too.
I wonder.
Maybe Cloud Imperium Games could simply licence VorpX and save a lot of money and recources?
Ah... who am I kidding?
CIG saving money...
Ridiculous... 😅
 
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Mudhawk said:
I found VR Citizen Auto Installer the very moment the new EAC patch killed VorpX. Well, not for offline mode at least. But it's just not the same as VR in online mode.
Considering all this work Chachi Sanchez and his team put into this tool it's a shame they got waylayed by EAC.
I get it, there's no technical difference wether you use the Z-Buffer for VR or wall hacking.
So EAC HAS to act in some way.
But well, whitelisting VorpX might have been an option too.
I wonder.
Maybe Cloud Imperium Games could simply licence VorpX and save a lot of money and recources?
Ah... who am I kidding?
CIG saving money...
Ridiculous... 😅
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haha rediculous! but yeah man such a shame so much work by Chachi and crew :(
 
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CitizenDad said:
haha rediculous! but yeah man such a shame so much work by Chachi and crew :(
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Well, knowing Chachi and his crew, they're probably find a solution.
Those guys are tenacious I tell ya... :o7:
 
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