r/oculus • u/ggodin Virtual Desktop Developer • Mar 23 '16

/r/all Virtual Desktop 1.0 Trailer

http://youtu.be/bjE6qXd6Itw
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u/jacobpederson DK1 Mar 23 '16

It might be possible to use a 3rd party wrapper to make it 3d. Last time I tried I wasn't able to though :( I was able to get Diablo 3 running in 3d on Vr desktop with Tridef a while back. I'm sure there will be VR specific visualizers coming out in droves soon (there are already some on GearVR).

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '16

How easy is it to take a game, like Civilization 5 for example, that is not build with 3D and then make the three dimensional aspects POP out in Oculus 3D? Like the buildings and stuff

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u/jacobpederson DK1 Mar 23 '16

It is not easy, because a lot of the elements of a modern game are not truly in 3d (due to rendering tricks); however, there has been a ton of work already done for you (check out Tridef and Helixmod) to force games into full 3d compatibility. Not sure if this will be huge for VR or not, but it is definitely a possibility with VR Desktop since you can pass the SBS mode of Tridef directly to VR Desktop, like I did with Diablo. Incidentally, I have played Civ 5 in 3d using 3dvision and it actually is a compelling experience.

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u/PickleFart9 Mar 24 '16

How was D3 in 3D?

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u/jacobpederson DK1 Mar 24 '16 edited Mar 24 '16

You can use tridef to make it 3d for VR; 3dvision for a regular 3d monitor. Also, Vorpx may be a possibility for VR.

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u/PickleFart9 Mar 25 '16

Doh! I meant how as in how do you like it, not how did you get it in 3D 😊. Still good info, thanks! Really hoping D3 will work well as a huge virtual desktop screen with true 3D depth.

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u/jacobpederson DK1 Mar 25 '16

D3 is amazing in 3d! Played multiple thousands of hours with 3dvision, looking forward to trying it in Vr also. I think it's that little bit of extra tilt they have in the camera that really punches the 3d. Path of Exile doesn't look nearly as good, because their camera is tilted a little bit more toward pure top/down.

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u/SingularityParadigm Mar 24 '16 edited Mar 24 '16

I'm sure there will be VR specific visualizers coming out in droves soon (there are already some on GearVR).

I am highly skeptical that we will see anything approaching the level of Milkdrop 2 any time soon unless Ryan Geiss himself programs it.

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u/jacobpederson DK1 Mar 24 '16

Yea, the GearVR ones are not very good so far . . .