What's been your most memorable VR moment playing ED?

[[VR] Frank_G]

I don't know anything about the Thargoid's. Is there a quest or mission line which takes you to their base? Would love to see it!

Currently there is no quest i know of. You need at least one alien artifact to enter a base (but the exterior alone is worth an hour of fun, so you could just fly to a base and enjoy ultimate creepyness). For the full show you need both an unknown artifact and an unknown probe.
Check the first page of the Canonn thread under Dangerous Discussuions for all needed info on how to get everything and where and how to locate a base. It is worth all the work. Believe me.

 

[Brandon31]

Indeed the SRV experience in VR is spectacular isn't it. It feels like you're really there. It's almost as if you could touch the wheels.



We have a mic?!

My fantastic moments - well there are many but a few are stuck in my mind.

In a station where I had to duck in my head because another ship just flew over me as I was exiting the station.

Next is flying fast in a canyon and glimpsing to the sides to check out the large rock you almost slammed into.

Then like Brandon 31 said, all the smokes and sparks around your cockpit, it really brings the game to life. In fact this is my favourite demo when I have friends over.. I teach them to fly and I ask them to hyperspace jump to a nearby star. And I gleefully watch them panic as the ship overheats near the destination star as they haven't realized they would have had to maneuvre out of the way of the star when you drop out of hyperspace.

Then my favourite serene scenario I posted before in another thread - I was in a Cobra seating on the left pilot seat. Then as I was leaving a station I looked to my right and the sun was just coming up from behind the dark planet. I turned to the passenger seat to say "look! What a sunrise" but realized that the seat was empty, my wife was not there with me in the ship, and I was just inside a headset sitting in the computer room of my flat.

Its those unexpected moments like just naturally turning to comment to a co-pilot that really drives home just how engrossing and immersive VR is, it is just good enough to convince the brain of an alternate reality. Its always interesting for me to note with surprise how very small and cramped my office feels after being sat in the cockpit of my Clipper for an hour or two. Its as though my mind is trying to decide which version of reality is real and which is an illusion, amazing stuff.

 

[Temmy]

Its those unexpected moments like just naturally turning to comment to a co-pilot that really drives home just how engrossing and immersive VR is, it is just good enough to convince the brain of an alternate reality. Its always interesting for me to note with surprise how very small and cramped my office feels after being sat in the cockpit of my Clipper for an hour or two. Its as though my mind is trying to decide which version of reality is real and which is an illusion, amazing stuff.

I adore the spatial disguise, which I'm only reminded of when I bump the front of my desk. What is quite a small little study suddenly all melts away.

 

[Reido]

Other than the very first few moments after getting the headset on and gawking around the cockpit of my AspX, the very best "WOW" experience was when I took the ship's landing pad up to the surface of an orbital station. I just sat in the cockpit for a few minutes just watching the other ships coming and going as well as finally getting a real sense of the scale of the objects in the game.

It got even better a few minutes later when I used the external camera to a "walk" around my ship and realized just how HUGE it was. I then clumsily got out of my office chair to a clear area of floor behind it, moved the camera near one of the railings, adjusted the height to where it seemed about right for standing and then spent a long time just standing on the landing pad looking and turning around watching all the activity. The sense of actually being on the landing pad inside a gigantic space port was an awesome experience.

 

[loribee]

For me, dropping out of super cruise near the station in Cubeo and almost colliding with the Imperial dry-dock! I was not expecting to see that there so had to make evasive maneuvers!! that thing is spectacular in VR!

The other one was trying to get up close to a Imperial Capital ship in Merope before realizing the clipping/hitbox in the game is total crap for capital ships! I collided with the thing even though I was nowhere near it!

 

[Temmy]

For me, dropping out of super cruise near the station in Cubeo and almost colliding with the Imperial dry-dock! I was not expecting to see that there so had to make evasive maneuvers!! that thing is spectacular in VR!

The other one was trying to get up close to a Imperial Capital ship in Merope before realizing the clipping/hitbox in the game is total crap for capital ships! I collided with the thing even though I was nowhere near it!

I've never seen a Capital Ship! Where do they hang out?

 

[Schmack]

I've never seen a Capital Ship! Where do they hang out?

There's one in Wu Guinagi in one of the CZs.

Best for me was the first time I came through the mail slot in an iEagle and looked down... like stepping off a cliff. Realizing the space you have around you to maneuver and just how much more control you have in a fight or in flight is incredibly appealing.

Other than the very first few moments after getting the headset on and gawking around the cockpit of my AspX, the very best "WOW" experience was when I took the ship's landing pad up to the surface of an orbital station. I just sat in the cockpit for a few minutes just watching the other ships coming and going as well as finally getting a real sense of the scale of the objects in the game.

It got even better a few minutes later when I used the external camera to a "walk" around my ship and realized just how HUGE it was. I then clumsily got out of my office chair to a clear area of floor behind it, moved the camera near one of the railings, adjusted the height to where it seemed about right for standing and then spent a long time just standing on the landing pad looking and turning around watching all the activity. The sense of actually being on the landing pad inside a gigantic space port was an awesome experience.

Good relaxation: Go to CG and enter the CG station, go into open, sit on pad with your head tilted back as you sip a drink and watch the mayhem.

 

[Enride]

Im gonna be boring and say, the first time I loaded into the game and found myself actually sitting within the spaceship! Undocking and leaving the station had me speechless.


But other then that, res sites offer fantastic views and a sense of presence.

 

[Temmy]

There's one in Wu Guinagi in one of the CZs.

Best for me was the first time I came through the mail slot in an iEagle and looked down... like stepping off a cliff. Realizing the space you have around you to maneuver and just how much more control you have in a fight or in flight is incredibly appealing.


Good relaxation: Go to CG and enter the CG station, go into open, sit on pad with your head tilted back as you sip a drink and watch the mayhem.

What do you mean by CG?

 

[Brandon31]

What do you mean by CG?

Community Goal most likely.

 

[Temmy]

Community Goal most likely.

Ah thanks. I'm still learning all the acronyms!

 

[Jakester13]

When I first started Elite in the Rift, I hadn't played for a month or so, and forgot that I had parked my AspX on a kilometres-high precipice overlooking a barnacle site in the Pleiades. I was absolutely gobsmacked by the scale of everything, and had a great time flying around and driving the SRV. I was happy to note a lack of motion sickness.

Leaving the planet made my stomach go "Whoosh" like on a rollercoaster, and doing fly-bys of binary planets, ringed planets and rez zones were all huge "Wow!" moments. Amazing feelings indeed.

I then crashed into a couple of stars' perimiters, and realised I was a ten foot tall giant and needed to sort out my correct positioning

Breathtaking.

 

[Schmack]

Community Goal most likely.

Ah thanks. I'm still learning all the acronyms!

Yes the community goal. There will often be plenty commanders going in and out of the station, and you'll see some antics, crazy flying and some crashes. It's amusing.

 

[Schmack]

When I first started Elite in the Rift, I hadn't played for a month or so, and forgot that I had parked my AspX on a kilometres-high precipice overlooking a barnacle site in the Pleiades. I was absolutely gobsmacked by the scale of everything, and had a great time flying around and driving the SRV. I was happy to note a lack of motion sickness.

Leaving the planet made my stomach go "Whoosh" like on a rollercoaster, and doing fly-bys of binary planets, ringed planets and rez zones were all huge "Wow!" moments. Amazing feelings indeed.

I then crashed into a couple of stars' perimiters, and realised I was a ten foot tall giant and needed to sort out my correct positioning

Breathtaking.

Just look at the terms being used to describe VR in ED. These aren't typical video game reactions. Hopefully FD realizes the huge impact VR has on the game and continues to develop in that direction.