I have the chance to purchase the PS VR headset dirt cheap of someone and just wondered if it is worth getting. Even if it's just to play Resident Evil lol. Seriously though is it any good visually and does it want to make you puke more with it's 60Hz refresh, or is it 75Hz, I can't remember?
Edit: Just checked out some reviews and it's not for me..
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I played a racing game with it, it was simply unplayable, I could barely see anything.
- Great small apps. Great ports of bigger games.
- Great VR-specific features. Not enough showcased!!!
- Too many actors in the industry, the market is totally broken.
My hopes for VR next gen:
- Better ratio between visual quality and power needs. No more godrays and less SDE.
- Full Body Tracking.
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System Specs: RTX 2080 ti , i9 9900K CPU, 16 GB DDR 4 RAM, Win 10 64 Bit OS.
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The PSVR is far better than it has any right to be, given the price it's built down to. I'd recommend it to any aspiring VR player, and have directly sold six by demoing it to friends.
The tracking (360 degree) is remarkably solid - it's from a VGA-quality camera and lights on the headset but it does really well, you need to be between 1m - 3m of the camera for full reliability. It doesn't require a training session.
The visuals are slightly mixed but overall good. Yes it's lower res than Rift, but the pixels are individually masked so no subpixel visual artefacts exist, each pixel is one colour not three and touch so there's no screen door. The lenses are normal not fresnel so no god rays. 120Hz probably helps make it good, even though that's by trickery from a 60Hz signal (if I remember correctly).
The headset strapping is best of class for keeping it set solid on your head, and for getting it in the right place for visuals too. (Note: I've not tried the new strapping for the Vive)
The Move controllers are a bit shit, Wii-quality waggle, but I've used them like once. The gun thing is very good though. The PS4 controller is tracked too, and is what I use 99% of the time.
All said, I'd rate it 5/5 if I hadn't used higher-res headsets. 4/5 it is.
An additional plus: You can use it with a PS4 without even needing a TV, just press the on button on the PSVR lead and you get a virtual screen immediately. I've set it up this way at events in the past - camera blu-tacked to the top of the PS4, no TV.
In general it;s a decent experience, if a bit clunky and feels a bit archaic when compared to Rift or even Vive.
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Do you mean the wand controllers are only working while facing one direction, like front facing? It's just other people in this thread are saying it's got 360 degree?
Edit: @inovator - I just ordered it but without the wands for now. It cost £179.99 with AstroBot and Resident Evil 7 included. I don't think I can go wrong for that price and will finally get to play Resident Evil 7 in VR. Even if I just complete the two included games and then sell it, I think I will have got my moneys worth. But I see Borderlands is also an exclusive, so I might end up keeping it after all.
Some people in the thread have said it has lights on the back for 360 degree? Have I misunderstood what they mean when they say it has got 360? @JaimieVandenbergh says it has the lights on the back back of the head band and it's 360, So which is it, I'm confused?
I think if I'm still in to some 2D gaming by the end of 2019, then that might be the time to update my 1080p television to 4k..
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1050000/PS5-release-date-UPDATE-PS4-news-Sony-PlayStation-5
https://www.vgr.com/everything-we-know-so-far-about-the-ps5/