KroyVR

KroyVR

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My VR activity is curtailed. Having been in my Somnium VR1 daily since I took delivery December 2024, it's now winging its way back to Prague for inspection after developing a fault. I'm hoping it's something covered by warranty. It's a remarkable headset, with visuals I can't match with any other.

Coincidence. I end up back in my Index as I wait for support for the headset that replaced it. Valve announce the line dead. Dead. But not forgotten. There's still life in my 2019 index.

Ladies and gentlemen, Valve KNUCKLES have left the building. There's been plenty rumour, but rumour is no foundation for spending £222 to extend life of over ten years of VR and three headset generations. Official Steam news, however, is. RIP knuckles. steampowered.com/hardware/valveindex

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From Martin Griffith: We’ve added Steam Frame support - available now in the latest #NoMansSky (Steam) experimental build! Eye-tracked foveated rendering is supported and should also work on other compatible headsets, including Meta Quest Pro and Pimax Crystal.

steamcommunity.comExperimental Branch 08/10 :: No Man's Sky General DiscussionHello Everyone, First of all, thanks so much to everyone who has already spent time playing No Man's Sky and letting us know about any issues you've experienced. To play in Experimental, right-click o...

Spotted this on Gumtree. If you are in the north of England or south Scotland, could be worth a road trip. But as always with second hand, buyer beware. Valve Index VR Kit – Complete, Good Condition - Collection only. Price:£325 www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/v...

gumtree.comValve Index VR Kit – Complete, Good Condition - Collection only, £325.00 for SaleValve Index VR kit, complete with headset, controllers, and base stations (including an extra third station) All part... - £325.00 - in Hull, East Yorkshire.

My VR PC is fubared (USB on motherboard is likely culprit). While I sit considering RMAs, replacements and so on... what PC/Switch2 games can I play flat/handheld that just make no sense to play in VR? I got Dwarf Fortress and Factorio on PC and Mario Kart World lined up already.

Several hours of pissing about later, and I confirm what I knew, as of noon today, my PC has USB ports that work with any other peripheral but HMDs (either an Index or a VR1). Both headsets work fine on other PC, but the ports are not fully working in Win10 or Ubuntu. Any suggestions while i sleep?

Woke up, did all the usual checks, updates, plus some bsod investigations and bug reproduction on my headset vendor's software, and probably, fingers crossed, working VR PC once again. The thought of replacing parts in this economy definitely drives motivation and builds persistence.

VR Sale on Steam. Just before Steam Frame users get logged in. I already have hundreds of VR games in my library, but let's dive in on fire picks for PCVR. This will become a thread. Follow me here on BSKY, it's (almost) always PCVR gaming posts. #pcvr

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This thread started with racing on wheels. Here's the second VR on wheels. I played to the top PVE ranks in around 45 hours. I found EA's WRC more accessible than its predecessor. Customised my settings to suit my racing, and had a really good time as the difficulty ramped. Will be back for more.

store.steampowered.comSave 50% on EA SPORTS™ WRC on SteamExperience the thrill of the 2024 rally season with new locations, moments, stages, high-performance vehicles, new liveries, and licensed crews. Brace yourself to embark on your continued rally journe...

Now playable (mostly) in VR (as long as you stay in your seat).

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com

Elite was released 42 years ago. This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi. Art by Philip Castle🔽

VR Sale on Steam. Just before Steam Frame users get logged in. I already have hundreds of VR games in my library, but let's dive in on fire picks for PCVR. This will become a thread. Follow me here on BSKY, it's (almost) always PCVR gaming posts. #pcvr

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A change of pace: Arcsine is a great looking puzzle platformer with controls just on the right side of complex. Scratching your head at how to complete the circuit will be followed by a sense of achievement clearing a level. Movement is fluid, visuals are consistent and well directed. Under two quid

store.steampowered.comSave 90% on ArcSine on SteamA first-person VR puzzle platformer that will push your dexterity to its limits. Learn numerous mechanics that help or hinder you as you navigate more than 340 dynamic environments to their end. An ep...

Ending tonight on an all time fave of mine. Controls not intuitive but stick with it to be rewarded with a sci-fi epic dealing space trade, combat, missions and real live space adventures. I have huge respect for what was achieved with Rebirth back in 2017. I'm always happy to return to X Rebirth VR

store.steampowered.comSave 90% on X Rebirth VR Edition on SteamX Rebirth VR Edition is tailored to be an immersive VR experience, based on X Rebirth: Home of Light. TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD, THINK in the X Universe - the biggest sandbox this side of the galaxy.

VR Sale on Steam. Just before Steam Frame users get logged in. I already have hundreds of VR games in my library, but let's dive in on fire picks for PCVR. This will become a thread. Follow me here on BSKY, it's (almost) always PCVR gaming posts. #pcvr

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New day, new picks... here's one that was recommended on my discord. I haven't played it, but Falcon Age gets LOVED (in bold) and repurchased a second time after playing first on Viveport Infinity, AND sits at Mostly Positive with 179 reviews on Steam. Trailer looks good. Just under a fiver.

store.steampowered.comSave 70% on Falcon Age on SteamBond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure. Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure where you’ll play as Ara in her fight to reclaim her cultural legacy in the lost art of fal...

Sticking to VR gaming offering story telling and world building, and being successful with it. I played through Ghost Town to a solid cliff hanger. A sequel would be most welcome. Really nice seeing a game set in the UK, and in the 80s! Supernatural without scares.

store.steampowered.comSave 40% on Ghost Town on SteamGhost Town is a single player VR puzzle-adventure from the makers of The Room. London, 1983. Edith Penrose is a ghost hunter, busy exorcising her way through the city's restless spirits. But after her...

VR Sale on Steam. Just before Steam Frame users get logged in. I already have hundreds of VR games in my library, but let's dive in on fire picks for PCVR. This will become a thread. Follow me here on BSKY, it's (almost) always PCVR gaming posts. #pcvr

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ConVRgence oozes post apocalypse chic. Not everyone's jam, but you know risking life and limb for the sake of the best haul you've ever had will keep you coming back. Interesting take on a solo extraction shooter with dark survival vibes. It's on my list here, and high in my backlog. 40% off!

store.steampowered.comSave 40% on CONVRGENCE on SteamCONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with ...

Tonight stops at £1.79. If this not in your library, the perfect time to add it is now. It's antidote to I Am Your Beast's violence, the darkness of conVRgence, and the spinning of VMX. A great story with none too difficult puzzles, clever use of space in VR and well animated. Good story, well told.

store.steampowered.comSave 80% on A Fisherman's Tale on SteamBend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

VR Sale on Steam. Just before Steam Frame users get logged in. I already have hundreds of VR games in my library, but let's dive in on fire picks for PCVR. This will become a thread. Follow me here on BSKY, it's (almost) always PCVR gaming posts. #pcvr

Starting off with VMX. I got 13 hours in early early-access, and am due a return to see the recent updates. This is movement those with iron legs in VR crave. If you love throwing yourself around, enjoy skill based e-sports VR, don't miss this at a shade over a tenner. Multiplayer included.

store.steampowered.comSave 20% on VMX on SteamSend it your way in VMX. Ride BMX, MTB, or scooters, throw down gesture-based tricks, session parks with friends, take on challenges, and customize your ride and style in an immersive multiplayer VR p...

An easy shout for VR because it's a super satisfying arcade blast, a well contained story, and scratches an itch of learning fastest routes through enemy positions. Jump off a cliff, kick, gun grab, shoot, followed up with knife toss. Easy. But just that bit smoother than last time. Addictive+fun.

store.steampowered.comSave 10% on I AM YOUR BEAST VR on SteamI Am Your Beast VR brings Strange Scaffold’s shortform covert revenge thriller FPS into virtual reality, placing you inside Alphonse Harding’s one-man war against the military-industrial complex.

Games testing for me is a flex of constructively critical muscles and detail orientated brain patterns developed through decades of games playing with VR most recently. Reading reviews of VR games knowing that my contribution made a difference. A small difference, but one nonetheless.

Much chat on my stream tonight about this launch. Mostly the anecdotal evidence points to a majority already set with their existing VR provision, but there's interest nonetheless. Good luck to all to all those genuine VR users past, present and future trying to secure a Frame for their own use.

Valve@valvesoftware.com

Steam Frame is here! Our wireless VR headset + controllers, available now in the following models: Steam Frame 256GB Steam Frame 1TB Sign up now and learn more on @steampowered.com : store.steampowered.com/hardware/ste...

The Steam Frame UK price is kinda cheaper than the Index kit. I paid £689 for Index + Controllers in 2019, but I already had a pair of 2016 base stations. Even still, the full INdex package price in September 2026 compares to the base Frame price in GBP well enough.

Can someone, anyone point me to a statement from Valve about Index controllers being discontinued. Headsets, we know about. HTC took over base stations some years ago. But index controllers. An official, unambiguous, clear statement about knuckles.

All this, in glorious VR.

Sean Murray@nomansbsky.bsky.social

Cosmos Deep Dive 📋Own A Space Station 🤝Alliances 🛰️Orbital Bases 📡Space Hulks 🚀Anniversary Expedition 🗺️Star Map 💎Deep-Space Looting 🪨Asteroid Belts 🦠Infested Outposts ☀️The Sun 🧙‍♀️Dev Commentary 🧲Tractor Beam ❄️Ice Fields 🪐Outposts ⛰️Improved Terrain 🔫Shipbreaking

I had fun with this during a recent demo, probably a next fest thing. The puzzles, the use of light, dark and silhouette to build the 3D space in VR was satisfying. Looks simple, but stretches the brain. Check it out and wishlist on Steam.

Axiomatik@axiomatik.bsky.social

8 days left XD store.steampowered.com/app/3969490/... #indiegamedev #pcvr #vrgaming #indiegaming #unreal

it's another day of this, unfortunately. Does it happen to coincide with the cycles of the moon?

KroyVR@kroyvr.bsky.social

Another day, another suite of opinions as to why VR has "failed". I'm off to my headset for the third time today and ignoring the armchair critics who can only equate success with dominating the entertainment industry. #pcvr

Killing fun in a sandbox. All @frontierdev.bsky.social had to do was let in-game market events play out for a few more days in Elite Dangerous, and ignore the vocal gatekeepers expressing frustration some were making a carrier in a day. Instead it's a rug pull, comms failure and an apology. 🤦‍♂️

www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange... "player feedback" - which single player gave feedback that making billions wasn't fun/rewarding/worth the grind? I got in first, but I share no delight in seeing the drawbridge raised. This is a poor decision with so few days left on the CG anyways.

reddit.comFrom the EliteDangerous community on Reddit: After player feedback we have take the decision to adjust some of the multipliers for the current Community Goal, New multipliers are as follows - Palladiu...Explore this post and more from the EliteDangerous community

Elite Dangerous creates great nerd stats for the current trading opportunities around the CG Market conditions in Ega. I'm making a sustainable 1 bn/h credits. Log says I made 20 transfers station-carrier, and sold with a 2-jump loop with the Calculated RISC carrier at the jump-in point... 🧵 #pcvr

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I was live streaming for most of the trips, with a bit of off-stream before and after. Time was spent chatting and heading off-track with chat for a bit. I took around 7 hours total to make 6.3bn. 5.5 hours were in space flight. Average hop of flight time of 4mins. 🧵

This time also includes an internal system jump to reposition closer to the extraction station (Grzimek) and the jump to to the Ega neighbour (Dyvata). It's one way to make close to a billion an hour right now in Elite Dangerous at a mostly sustainable pace with breaks over a few sessions.

Elite Dangerous creates great nerd stats for the current trading opportunities around the CG Market conditions in Ega. I'm making a sustainable 1 bn/h credits. Log says I made 20 transfers station-carrier, and sold with a 2-jump loop with the Calculated RISC carrier at the jump-in point... 🧵 #pcvr

I spent 1.2 billion to fill the carrier with Palladium. My bubble Panther Clipper holds 1236 units. These sold for 313,777,140cr at Ega CG prices. That's a total of 7,468,801,920 minus 1,193,261,592 for profit of 6,275,540,328. 🧵

My Carrier, Calculated RISC, piloted by CMDR Ellie Acorn, is now in operation. I'm left with 2bn to play with. The new CG will pay back the cost and provide upkeep for years over the next couple weeks. #elitedangerous #pcvr #vr