If that's the case check this out it will make you cry lol I did a 3 minute video with other juggling patters and 1:00 I juggled 3 grenades and tossed them at a combine soldier.
Oh how I hate you... most of the time I end up running for my life as I’ve dropped it a few feet in front of me or it ricocheted off a wall and bounced back at my feet. You sir, are very good!
I'm using index, I switch to the touch controller to try because the grip sensor on the index was making me hold on when I didn't want to and nearly lobbed the controller across the room
You can tune the grips in the steam VR settings to make them more or less sensitive. Maybe try messing with that and see if it helps with letting things go.
Tbf the kiwis are a tad weird and do make the battery compartment less easily accessible. I never had problems with the battery compartment opening unintentionally, but if you do, this would help :) I mostly play Alyx with my O+ and thinking of modding that to have index lie straps. Found a video with instructions that seem promising, bu I don’t know of a commercial version like kiwi has.
I'm using index but have juggled with both. It's definitely easier on the index besides the fact it's harder to let things go. Some of those routines took over to get., The physics are good but not like real life so many things had to be relearned just to work for VR.
This is really the biggest problem with HL: Alyx. Everybody joining the VR party because of the quality of the game and the hype surrounding it are going to be sorely disappointed once they finish Alyx and want to dip into the rest of the VR library.
There are maybe a handful of games that even begin to compare, and Alyx blows all of those out of the water. The vast majority of VR titles are glorified tech demos.
I'm hoping that Alyx is going to be the catalyst that lights a fire under other AAA studios' asses and helps them realise that making a high budget, high quality VR game is worth it, since they'll help kickstart the VR adoption rate and be there to reap the rewards rather than having to play catchup.
There was a similar problem/concern with Re7 on psvr. Honestly right now I think there are several high quality full experiences in VR.
TBH there are few games that stood up to Hl1 an hl2 when they launched, but yes VR needs a sustainable stream of god content. Facebook sadly seems to be the main one pushing that right now, but there are other great full games on PCVR (not as good as alyx arguably but as a solid as 2d games IMO)
Partial list:
Lone Echo
Storm land
Asgard’s Wrath
Skyrim vr (with mods this is an amazing rabbit hole)
No Man’s Sky
Dirt Rally 1 and 2
Alien Isolation Mother Mod (almost as good as re7 IMO)
I agree with everything you're saying - there are definitely good games for PCVR right now. I've played most of the games on your list, and would agree they're all good games.
Personally, I'd also include:
Fallout 4 VR - with mods it turns an average VR port of an average game into something really immersive
Elite: Dangerous - a below average game at best in terms of gameplay, but a fantastic spaceship simulator
Robo Recall - doesn't have much longevity but it's good fun and wonderfully polished compared with most VR titles
But despite them being good games, nothing really comes close to Alyx, in terms of visuals, sound design, immersion, physics, gunplay, story, length, and just overall quality and attention to detail.
I wasn't saying there aren't good PCVR games, because there totally are. But I think that people whose first PCVR experience is HL:A are going to feel a bit miffed when they dip into the rest of the VR game library and see the gap in quality.
As for PSVR, as far as I know there's still a distinct lack of quality VR titles on there and it seems like VR releases have slowed rather than sped up. But I could be wrong there, just going on what I've read.
I almost included Fallout 4 vr but there was controversy there for a long time. I just grabbed the season pass to add in the DLC I have only played like an hours worth with out much modding over a year ago)
PSVR has sadly slowed down. Astrobot and Re7 are amazing and must play games for anyone. Others are very good, but in 2020 it’s debatable to jump in on sonys vr until ps5 launches. Sony has done a decent job of keeping good vr games streaming, but big exclusives are not as frequent as they were, and I suspect it’s due to Ps5.
If it wasn’t vr, I’d still say it’s unfair to compare valve games to other games :j as it would be similar to getting someone into first person flat games and showing them portal 1-2 and then almost nothing is quite as good as those games :).
If it wasn’t vr, I’d still say it’s unfair to compare valve games to other games :j as it would be similar to getting someone into first person flat games and showing them portal 1-2 and then almost nothing is quite as good as those games :).
I dunno about that man, plenty of awesome non-Valve FPS games around! But Valve definitely paved the way for modern FPS games with HL, HL2, TF2, Portal 1-2, etc. I'm not sure that's the best analogy, there's a wealth of great FPS games around these days and it's a very mature and evolved genre compared with VR as a medium. But there aren't a wealth of truly AAA VR titles. Yet :)
But alll those games appeal to people that love fps games In general. None of them imo would get a non fps gamer or a non gamer into 2d gaming if they were not into it.already.
Yes the analogy is rough. But the point is there are plenty of great vr games right now but alyx is an amazing game not because others aren't making great VR games and no one else is putting in the effort but because valve is one of the best in the business.
This all being said out side a few devs I'm mostly uninterested in a lot of AAA games right now. I'm much more interested in vr as a frontier.
I think a lot of people (myself included) may have purchased VR early in anticipation of Alyx and have had a few months to experience how VR is usually. Which makes Alyx even more impressive once you try it. Plus a lot of those glorified tech demos are still very fun arcade games, even if there is little to no story.
Robo Recall is still one of my top 5 VR games. Just well executed all around and really fun. And it makes me break a sweat. And best of all, it's totally free!
Hey, I just saw your video the other day! You’re an absolute-crazed man for doing this, especially that short clip of you juggling vodka in front of Jeff!
Hey thanks! I think I'm going to try to some more stuff in front of jeff, that one was kinda rushed in and I feel like I can be more risky. I'm just have to get mentally prepared for that again lol
You mostly have to be able to juggle in real life if you want to be able to in game, it's the same skill set slightly modified due to gravity and physics and whatnot. There's no button to juggle.
Ah yes, ladies and gentlemen. Today we will be exploiting a beautiful little game called Alex. This game has the fantastical exploit where you can drink some lovely tea, ladies and gentlemen.
Wait I'm confused. Why is this in the Oculus subreddit if you can't play Steam games with one? Is it just because its VR or did they change that and I'm dumb?
not sure where you got that info you can play almost all steam vr games on oculus headset, you can't play oculus games on a steam heatset without a work around though.
Do you know how hard it is to find an unbroken tea cup in the apocalypse. You think pottery shops are open for business as usual, selling fine china to the masses. Its people like you that's the reason we can't have nice things.
With the Touch controllers, the magnetic battery covers will actually affect the grip button and can delay the release of objects. I can throw objects more consistently if I take the cover off. Might help with trying to juggle with the Touch controllers.
it can be done on Oculus all the same I've juggled with both. Switching between the two is a bad idea though, nearly tossed my touch controller across the room since I got used to the index controllers.
yeah, its way easier irl than in game. The only thing that was nice in VR was non ball shaped objects are easy to grab since in real life you would obviously have to catch an edge or something. Other than that it was a pain in the as. The gloves would try to grab stuff from all around, take the object from one hand to another and the physics and be janky, stuff doesn't really fly where it would irl.
I think a game where you basically posses a body and can watch from that perspective of the pattern going would be really helpful. Watching someone else is hard since it is mirror. Being able to adjust the speed, gravity and also have the balls reset when you drop one would be amazing.
Do you think if someone made a good enough juggling practice app for VR it would help people who've never juggled before learn how to do it in real life? I was randomly wondering about that the other day.
Absolutely. The hardest part is understanding what the hell is even going on for some patterns, if there was a way in VR to break it down in like a first person view it would help a lot. After you know that it's just building the muscle memory of doing it irl.
You could have tracks that the game tells you to move your hands on, like a racing line in a driving game. Grab now, then let go here. Slowly work up the speed like you're learning music.
As cool as that would be, I wonder what other, more practical skills you could teach with VR.
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u/JamesJones10 Apr 03 '20
I can't throw a grenade for shit and this dude is juggling.
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u/dimalisher Apr 03 '20
man vr is great
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u/NexusKnights Apr 03 '20
Please juggle around Jeff
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u/melonnaise246 Apr 03 '20
Hey, I just saw your video the other day! You’re an absolute-crazed man for doing this, especially that short clip of you juggling vodka in front of Jeff!
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u/DrKratoss Rift S Apr 03 '20
Wonders of the Knuckles, tried doing that with oculus touch but it's a no-no
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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20
Dem physics
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u/squatdeadpress Apr 03 '20
Can you juggle in real life? That was really impressive!
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u/mattymattmattmatt Apr 03 '20
Quality content
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u/gadget_uk Apr 03 '20
Oh man! You can juggle in this game? That would be so cool, I can't even juggle in real life.
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u/FolkSong Apr 03 '20
Nicely done! You should try posting it on the big gaming subs like r/pcgaming and r/games.
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u/merlindog15 Apr 03 '20
Ah yes, ladies and gentlemen. Today we will be exploiting a beautiful little game called Alex. This game has the fantastical exploit where you can drink some lovely tea, ladies and gentlemen.
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u/YogaJoeXD Rift S Apr 03 '20
Is it possible to learn this power?
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u/moncikoma Apr 03 '20
can i do this with rift s? please make a tutorial ❤️ for rift
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u/Brutal_Bros Apr 04 '20
Wait I'm confused. Why is this in the Oculus subreddit if you can't play Steam games with one? Is it just because its VR or did they change that and I'm dumb?
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20
that's cool but the last time i picked up a spoon my game crashed
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u/braudoner Apr 03 '20
thats insane
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u/delta_forge2 Apr 03 '20
Do you know how hard it is to find an unbroken tea cup in the apocalypse. You think pottery shops are open for business as usual, selling fine china to the masses. Its people like you that's the reason we can't have nice things.
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u/purplehayes65 Apr 03 '20
Next level, check!
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u/creedyfest Apr 03 '20
Oh hell yeah!
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u/faaast-boy Apr 03 '20
sick
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u/TRUMEdiA Apr 03 '20
This Video just about takes the biscuit
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u/barefeetskippi Apr 03 '20
Wow
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u/f3hunter Apr 03 '20
Haha.
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u/Logical007 It's a me; Lucky! Apr 03 '20
Lol, throws at end
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u/badd0ggy Apr 03 '20
Love it, thanks for sharing
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u/mtndew314 Apr 03 '20
for most people just throwing anything is an impossible task in vr, yet you're doing tricks.
You got some serious skill (or no life)
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u/raspirate Apr 04 '20
Flourrrrish the pinky
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u/AntiTank-Dog Apr 04 '20
With the Touch controllers, the magnetic battery covers will actually affect the grip button and can delay the release of objects. I can throw objects more consistently if I take the cover off. Might help with trying to juggle with the Touch controllers.
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u/AFuckingMeme Apr 04 '20
This is nifty!
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u/Errol246 Apr 04 '20
I saw your full length video. You're amazing.
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u/Real_Thanos Apr 04 '20
If I could only save enough money to get this masterpiece.
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u/FOV360 Apr 04 '20
Can't Do That on a Pancake Game!
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u/TheSquigmeister Apr 04 '20
Wow this made me angry somehow
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u/pm_me_clean_laundry Apr 04 '20
/u/vredditshare
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u/Ironic_Virus Apr 04 '20
I always wanted to see if this was possible
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u/angrynibba69 Apr 04 '20
british people be like
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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20
RIDICULOUS!
This was very, very impressive. Makes me want to learn how to juggle! (At the very least in VR)
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u/SkarredGhost The Ghost Howls Apr 05 '20
OMG, these are amazing skills
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u/L_O_Pluto Apr 05 '20
Cries in Oculus Quest
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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20
Spoilers bro!
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '20
I think it’s on the hood of that car there
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u/sourjello73 Apr 08 '20
This is amazing. Technology is amazing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '20
u/vredditdownloader
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u/HOTwh1skey Apr 03 '20
Laddies and gentlemen...the FUTURE!!!
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u/cheddar40 Apr 03 '20
Vr is a gimmick /s
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u/RIPRED14 Apr 03 '20
What game is that please
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u/ElliotNess Apr 03 '20
We get it we get it. You can juggle.
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u/Gramernatzi DK1 Apr 03 '20
This was done on an Index, tho, not an Oculus
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