Glowing review of Riven VR, horrifying warning about playing Riven VR

Mike Drucker for The Gamer:

Also, riding in those transport machines is amazing. Since I’m guessing approximately none of you are going to play this game in virtual reality, I’ll just say that using transport in Riven is more fun than any VR roller coaster I’ve ever tried. Some people go to Dave & Busters and pay $5 a pop for this.

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Until I heard my fire alarm go off and I remembered I’m, again, the stupidest human alive. I tore off my VR headset and realized somehow - without me noticing - my entire apartment had filled with smoke. Not a little bit.

Using Apple Vision to virtually play couch co-op

THIS is how we bring back the idea of couch co-op gaming in the modern age!

Apple Vision Pro's Spatial Personas paired with Steam's Remote Play Together feature allows me and @EricMasher to play the same game on my PC, in the "same room" but from hundreds of miles away pic.twitter.com/OM8s42Rx8x

— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) April 3, 2024

Spatial Personas are.. incredible

I got to have @vr_oasis sit on my couch as we watch a movie, play a couple board games together, and mess around with collaborative apps/screens pic.twitter.com/3z7mPELV9J

— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) April 2, 2024

New roller coaster lets you experience The Phantom of the Opera in virtual reality during the ride

Here's the promotional video:

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From the official site:

Eurosat Coastiality - The Phantom of the Opera invites you on an immersive VR adventure. At the centre of this gripping story is the ghost of the Parisian 'Opéra Populaire', whose fascinating story is now brought to life at Europa-Park. The Phantom of the Opera lives in secret and hides his masked face from the world. But when the young soprano Christine enters his life, fate takes its course. 

The mystery and intrigue of this gripping love story, coupled with the thrill of a rollercoaster ride, can now be experienced up close.

This new virtual reality adventure in the French themed area on Eurosat Coastiality has been set to Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical 'The Phantom of the Opera'. A separate station with sliding track and separate trains has been integrated into the dark ride rollercoaster to make the innovative ride experience possible.

This means that there are two attractions in one ride that use the same track layout. With this concept, Europa-Park offers its visitors a unique virtual reality experience.

All passengers put on the VR headset in a pre-show room before the actual VR rollercoaster ride. The real, physical environment is recreated exactly in virtual reality, allowing visitors to board the train without any problems while wearing the VR headset. This is followed seamlessly by the actual VR ride on the rollercoaster.

Neo's Matrix Vision app for the Vision Pro

I made an app that lets you see the Matrix (literally)
byu/tracyhenry400 inVisionPro

The app.

How to make a paddle out of PSVR2 controllers for immersive virtual reality kayaking

- we use tie wraps
- position the controllers close together and between your hands for optimal tracking
- turn on "controllers attached to stick" from general settings
- make sure you have an appropriate play space
- do this at your own risk ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/7mx5sohinF

— Better Than Life / Kayak VR (@btl_sandwich) February 23, 2023

Augmented reality goggles

Just me and @noazark showing the amazing #opensource North Star headset with the very cyberpunk background of #Shenzhen city. Nothing to see here, especially for @SadlyItsBradley.#AugmentedReality #VirtualReality pic.twitter.com/HN7fJOkebc

— TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) February 5, 2023

Why is Facebook worrying about adding legs when they already created the motorcycle centaur?

Somehow I totally missed this video of Jordan Peele pretending to be impressed by a terrible metaverse recreation of Nope. pic.twitter.com/JiL4RLaZW6

— Zack Zwiezen's Skeleton 💀 (@ZwiezenZ) October 17, 2022

Hackers book cover; Concept art for the Matt Reeves Batmobile; Open Source challenge coin; Ralph Lauren's HBCU collection; They regret the branding

Opened a package & it's the newest book by @gerardusjanssen titled "Hackers" in geschreven het Nederlands featuring famous hackers @UID_ #BarnabyJack @0xDUDE @mikko @Yafsec #MelanieRieback plus me @SecEvangelism & many, many more. Get your hoodie & read this great book! pic.twitter.com/26qLemPypw

— Chris Kubecka 🇵🇷🇨🇿🇳🇱 ✈️🇺🇦 @MiddleEastInst (@SecEvangelism) March 15, 2022

Today's funny posts

背景と同化して存在が分からないキャビネット pic.twitter.com/z62whARlkZ

— 最多情報局 (@tyomateee) January 20, 2022

VR knife returns to your hand; Ghost Rider cosplay; Oregon's "Oreo Blizzard" uniform

Leon’s knife got an interesting upgrade #RE4VR pic.twitter.com/0QBQGxvvMZ

— EchoSmoker (@EchoSmoker) October 23, 2021

Seriously?#baltimorecomiccon pic.twitter.com/6dVongBdZp

— Ben Towle (@ben_towle) October 23, 2021

Redefine the limits.#GoDucks pic.twitter.com/96vNm37RHW

— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) October 22, 2021

DUCKS WIN‼

No. 10 Oregon tops UCLA, 34-31, in Pasadena.#GoDucks pic.twitter.com/rLtlA4UeuR

— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) October 23, 2021

@UniWatch

ESPN college GameDay calls Oregon's uniform "Oreo blizzard" with the black speckled white jersey

— Alex Dewitt (@Progress0nly) October 23, 2021

Some good comic book covers; The cave walls were aluminum foil; Sculpture scanned for VR

X-Corp #4 Cover. pic.twitter.com/0O5uZMPvVv

— David Aja (@davaja) May 20, 2021

The idea of this cover was to explore the possibilities of the negative space and also the chance to create a decorative band on the shelves when it will be on sale. Finally, my first collaboration with @loquesunalex
Look at that modelling and lights. Wow.#BlackCat #9 #cover pic.twitter.com/LoHW8qRTG5

— Pepe Larraz ⚔️ Viva Krakoa (@PepeLarraz) May 20, 2021

#IndianaJones #ToD
Indy: Shorty, come up here and take the brake. Watch it on the curves or we'll fly off.
Shorty: Okey. pic.twitter.com/uEZ1YpAlrT

— The Indiana Jones Picture Gallery Project (@Barnett_College) May 20, 2021

How it started 📢

How it went 📸

How it's going 🤯💖🥰😍😭 pic.twitter.com/B01cqAJf0w

— Antonia Forster (@AntoniaRForster) May 20, 2021

growing up with "heroin chic" was rough but growing up being able to make your face into a perfectly smooth cosmetically surgeried bratz doll's whenever you want must really be its own challenge https://t.co/GfaKKfftKz

— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) May 20, 2021

Ever see Dragon's Lair on the Gameboy Color?; If Pikachu was in Mario Kart; Virtual reality training for the LAPD

(Available at ebay.)

i think pikachu should be in mario kart and his car should look like this pic.twitter.com/75nyYzdSkf

— ˗ˏˋ oh hi, sye ˎˊ˗ (@hey_sye) February 21, 2021

Leading the way! Special thanks to @CommissionPOST for providing @LAPDHQ with cutting edge Virtual Reality technology to enhance our training. First of its kind in the state! pic.twitter.com/p7BHK5d8DC

— Commander Marc Reina (@LAPDMarcReina) February 18, 2021

This is official key art from the original Legend of Zelda and I LOVE HIM pic.twitter.com/RixtSbFHTx

— Kate Gray (@hownottodraw) March 12, 2021

🛹 pic.twitter.com/fzqMT5g7L7

— Golden Wolf (@_Goldenwolf_) March 18, 2021

Mario 64 as a desktop marble maze; Sephiroth can be played shirtless in Smash; First Person View headset

マリオのアドベンチャーアイランド（エポック社 pic.twitter.com/K7kJQo4N2I

— アタリショック（ハメコミ合成研究中ｗ (@goegoezzz) December 17, 2020

Sephiroth can be played shirtless pic.twitter.com/ArSmacfJgU

— Wario64 (@Wario64) December 17, 2020

#CloudStrife #Sephiroth #ff7 pic.twitter.com/kGwxjl5NQb

— 魚與花雕 (@Anu_yu) December 11, 2020

This is not even the most ridiculous picture ever taken of me, but this photo (from flying FPV, a few years back) just resurfaced and I still love it: pic.twitter.com/eGnOROdCSL

— Star Simpson (@starsandrobots) December 15, 2020

"after receiving many messages from gamers," is how I'm going to start rationalizing all of my terrible decisions

— Kevin Snow (@bravemule) December 16, 2020

Ractives from Diamond Age are here

Neal Stephenson got an awful lot right (or conjured a lot into existence).





The Tempest:

Now Available on Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift

Shows Nightly through September 2020. Purchase tickets in the in-app box office now!

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What can I expect from Tempest?

The Under Presents: Tempest is a live, interactive, and intimate VR show inspired by the Shakespeare play. With personal variations among each actor, and new groups of participants at each showtime, no two performances of The Under Presents: Tempest will be the same. Each performance will last about 40 minutes.

How can I experience Tempest?

Ticketed showtimes will be held throughout a 4-hour window (4:00pm - 8:00pm Pacific on weekdays, 11:00am - 3:00pm Pacific on weekends) every day from July 9 through the end of September. Tickets are available as an in-app purchase within The Under Presents. The Under Presents: Tempest is exclusive to Oculus Quest and Rift.

Can I experience The Under Presents: Tempest with friends?

Each performance will include one actor networked with up to 8 participants. Multiple performances will run simultaneously. There is no guarantee that participants who purchase tickets for the same showtime will be networked into the same performance.

How does pricing work for all this?

-Tempest will be available for $14.99 (US) per ticket as an in-app purchase and includes permanent access to The Under multiplayer space.

-The Timeboat single player experience will be available as an in-app purchase for $11.99 (US) and also grants permanent access to The Under multiplayer space.

-The intro to The Under Presents (about 45 min of gameplay) will be free of charge as a demo of the experience.

A short trailer:



From a review:

This makes The Under Presents: Tempest wonderfully abstract in its retelling of Shakespeare’s play, as no matter how the actor tries to direct proceedings that live nature opens new interpretation possibilities. Prospero gives everyone roles depending on the number of people attending. While groups can max out at eight people, for this demonstration there were four of us, so I got to play roles including a boson and the groom – the first time I’ve been married in VR.

Virtual reality disaster; Chevron's SimRefinery; Forget Zoom, meet in Red Dead Redemption

absolutely no one:
my dad doing virtual reality: pic.twitter.com/nkLmtEJlZj

— Ashley Madison (@ashleycacioppo) May 16, 2020

Not really how either of us wanted this to go pic.twitter.com/A9dVpCzbuc

— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) May 17, 2020

TIL that Chevron commissioned the makers of SimCity to create an oil refinery simulation, SimRefinery, in 1993. It was never released to the public.

If there are any former Chevron employees out there sitting on an old copy, I would absolutely love to see that shit.

— Maddie Stone (@themadstone) May 15, 2020

Splattershot from Splatoon for my oldest son. In @PrintedSolid Bluemoon and Slime Green and @Proto_pasta Cloverleaf Green Metalic and @ChuckHellebuyck's CHEP Candy Apple Red
I split the files using @tinkercad so I could do the #PoorMansMMU https://t.co/wZLkRbaVoF pic.twitter.com/QYdhEI3tfD

— Mr.Butram #HoosierClub3D (@BoilerRAM) May 14, 2020

some contextless WIP UI for [redacted]. really pleased with how it's turning out pic.twitter.com/MUrhOtzVLH

— KIDD RADD (@EthanRedd) May 16, 2020

Zoom sucks, we started having editorial meetings in Red Dead Redemption instead. It's nice to sit at the campfire and discuss projects, with the wolves howling out in the night

— Viviane Schwarz (@vivschwarz) May 16, 2020

The main technical hitches we've had is that sometimes the meeting table doesn't exist for everyone, and sitting on the ground is the same button as attempting to strangle the nearest person. Still beats zoom

— Viviane Schwarz (@vivschwarz) May 16, 2020

sage's ice wall is just a giant block of frozen baja blast change my mind pic.twitter.com/G8V9MW3uUW

— rose 🥀 (@vlvtrm) May 14, 2020

"I played Half-Life: Alyx on a Google Cardboard (sort of)"

RPS:

Of course, when the Google Cardboard also doesn’t have any kind of head strap, this presented another problem. How do I hold it up to my face and use a controller? The solution? Put the Cardboard on the edge of my desk and sit on the floor. Oh yes, we’re in business.

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Still, I was impressed that I was even able to get Half-Life: Alyx running at all on the Google Cardboard, and I’ll be intrigued to see if I can successfully get any other SteamVR games working on it instead.

Playing a virtual reality game with a cat nearby; Half-Life fun bucket; Popeye teaches English

Just doin our best out here pic.twitter.com/ZZLTnzGdWd

— Alexandria Neonakis (@Beavs) March 21, 2020

"9-D Virtual Reality Experience"

ah. all nine dimensions pic.twitter.com/f7qKaulqqA

— Cabel (@cabel) February 27, 2020

Super Hexagon fanart; The scribbled notes that formed Sayonara Wild Hearts; Slap fight in L.A. Noire VR

Inktober 4. Super Hexagon. #inktober #superhexagon pic.twitter.com/GtUHmAAHxe

— Luis Yang (@SuscrofaD) October 8, 2019

4 years ago someone scribbled down words in a notebook ... pic.twitter.com/1lgkBTTqml

— Simogo (@simogo) October 1, 2019

Rainy days #DreamsPS4 #madeindreams @mediamolecule pic.twitter.com/ZkpnHKGnHv

— Sam Wilson (@SamWilsor) October 7, 2019

LA Noire VR is amazing holy shit #PS4sharehttps://t.co/lDQbtqV3xG pic.twitter.com/7wHDXILeJv

— James (@NitroRad) October 9, 2019

"Westworld Awakening, a new video game ... was the first time in a long time I’ve felt actual fear while in virtual reality"

TheVerge:

I was instructed by my human companion over voice com to start sprinting. If I didn’t, a murderous, deluded android — unaware that he was no longer tasked with playing his scripted part — would cut me down with a Bowie knife. So I started swinging my arms furiously.

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Thankfully, the person running my demo of the game last week in San Francisco tapped me on the shoulder before the knife-wielding android had a chance to catch up to me. (I think I jumped perhaps a few inches off the ground when the hand made contact with me.)

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There were a few hiccups here and there. Moving around works well enough by swinging your arms, but I was constantly finding myself wrapped in the HTC Vive cord, because there wasn’t a wireless adapter for the headset with my demo.

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I found myself making some truly bizarre body movements just to inch a little closer to an elevator terminal or make sure I wasn’t clipping through a door I was trying to open.

The latest in tech to help you really feel like a woman being slashed to death over and over:





*Previously: "Why I’m leaving Westworld"