PS VR - Can someone who has tried Elite Dangerous on it give their opinion?
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Someone help this guy before he gets eaten alive by the Elite-starved population of this Forum 
Someone help this guy before he gets eaten alive by the Elite-starved population of this Forum
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PSVR is pretty awsome but its not for the casual.. or even mid core gamer. Game selection is alitlle thin at the mo but E3 has revealed a bunch of awsome upcoming games... Flippin SKYRIM VR anyone?. also if the person you are buying it for is suseptible to motion sickness, you may want to actually get them to demo one somewhere...
also there is no Elite Dangerous on PSVR announced yet.. if at all, fingers and toes crossed for some news..
Unless you mean playing ED on pc with PSVR in which case i can't help you as my netbook can just about handle Oolite lol
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PS4 Pro may be a powerful console , but it even can't handle 60 fps in Destiny 2, so ED VR is not an option at all.
You have to remember PSVR is the display, and PS4 (Pro) is the computer. PSVR is actually pretty good IMO, as compared to the Vive/Rift you get better colours (full RPG vs Pentile), and 120Hz vs 90Hz. But that is the display part, and the reason most Vive/Rift games look better is the computer part. Stick the PSVR headset on a PC and it looks significantly better than most PS4 VR games.
Using PSVR on Elite is great. The orange HUD is fine (compared to Vive/Rift owners oft complaining about illegibility). If you can hit 60 / 120 (without / with repro) its smooth enough.
[video=youtube;KQ73kFn2fVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ73kFn2fVY[/video]
As for purchasing you need the massive caveats that VR is niche; first generation hardware (of this latest attempt); has limited games; is comparatively expensive. If any of those concern you then wait for the next round of headsets which should be better. If having the best quality matters, then you're still better buying a multi-thousand pound PC + Vive.
PSVR + PS4 is barely adequate, with the PS4 Pro it bumps up a decent amount (as shown by the differences between say Battlezone on OG vs Pro), but it still needs more grunt to drive the headset.
As said already FDev have only said they'd like VR and are "looking into PSVR" and nothing more. I would not buy one expecting support.
Lastly I will say playing Elite in VR ruins, and I mean ruins, the immersion vs playing it on a flat screen. VR is by far the best way to play the game.
Using PSVR on Elite is great. The orange HUD is fine (compared to Vive/Rift owners oft complaining about illegibility). If you can hit 60 / 120 (without / with repro) its smooth enough.
[video=youtube;KQ73kFn2fVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ73kFn2fVY[/video]
As for purchasing you need the massive caveats that VR is niche; first generation hardware (of this latest attempt); has limited games; is comparatively expensive. If any of those concern you then wait for the next round of headsets which should be better. If having the best quality matters, then you're still better buying a multi-thousand pound PC + Vive.
PSVR + PS4 is barely adequate, with the PS4 Pro it bumps up a decent amount (as shown by the differences between say Battlezone on OG vs Pro), but it still needs more grunt to drive the headset.
As said already FDev have only said they'd like VR and are "looking into PSVR" and nothing more. I would not buy one expecting support.
Lastly I will say playing Elite in VR ruins, and I mean ruins, the immersion vs playing it on a flat screen. VR is by far the best way to play the game.
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It's a 3rd party driver that hooks into Steam VR. I tried it briefly, I got the 3D aspect working great but didnt get the VR working successfully
I know others have though.
There may be other ways though I guess..
For first-gen hardware, the PSVR is great. The number of titles may be thinner on PS than on Vive/Oculus, but that's mostly because there's a lot of small demo games and indie devs working on VR on PC, whereas people on PS actually need to sell their games and make money.
I've tried Oculus DK2, Oculus CV and PSVR. The display on the Oculus CV is noticeably better, but the headset itself is significantly less comfortable and more bulky than PSVR. The PSVR is actually incredibly comfortable and surprisingly light. It's also the easiest of all the headsets to set up (though I wouldn't call it easy overall, setup on all of them is a nightmare). Head tracking on the PSVR isn't nearly as good as Oculus or Vive as it just using visual/camera-based tracking (not IR, like Oculus/Vive), so you will often "drift" a little in the scene. The motion controls (Move) are immersive, but also inaccurate for the same reason.
Overall, I went with the PSVR because it was the cheapest option of all the first-gen VR products and there's quite a respectable library of games for it now (with a bunch more in development). I will likely go with Vive/Oculus once it gets to the inside-out tracking model, but for now the PSVR was the best option for me.
As others have mentioned, there has been no confirmed information about Elite PSVR but the FAQ states that:
The optimist in me wants to believe that this means they're actively developing the VR aspect of it. The pessimist in me thinks that this means they'll see how well it sells before they pour more development into it. Though the sales figures of PSVR makes me think they'd be stupid NOT to develop for it.
I've also been enjoying the hell out of EVE: Valkyrie for some delicious SciFi dog fighting and the multiplayer in Star Trek Bridge Crew really helps you live out some amazing Starfleet Commander fantasies.
I've tried Oculus DK2, Oculus CV and PSVR. The display on the Oculus CV is noticeably better, but the headset itself is significantly less comfortable and more bulky than PSVR. The PSVR is actually incredibly comfortable and surprisingly light. It's also the easiest of all the headsets to set up (though I wouldn't call it easy overall, setup on all of them is a nightmare). Head tracking on the PSVR isn't nearly as good as Oculus or Vive as it just using visual/camera-based tracking (not IR, like Oculus/Vive), so you will often "drift" a little in the scene. The motion controls (Move) are immersive, but also inaccurate for the same reason.
Overall, I went with the PSVR because it was the cheapest option of all the first-gen VR products and there's quite a respectable library of games for it now (with a bunch more in development). I will likely go with Vive/Oculus once it gets to the inside-out tracking model, but for now the PSVR was the best option for me.
As others have mentioned, there has been no confirmed information about Elite PSVR but the FAQ states that:
The optimist in me wants to believe that this means they're actively developing the VR aspect of it. The pessimist in me thinks that this means they'll see how well it sells before they pour more development into it. Though the sales figures of PSVR makes me think they'd be stupid NOT to develop for it.
I've also been enjoying the hell out of EVE: Valkyrie for some delicious SciFi dog fighting and the multiplayer in Star Trek Bridge Crew really helps you live out some amazing Starfleet Commander fantasies.