Yes, Air Car is gorgeous in VR…very moody with those rain drops. I’d love it if they made some sort of game out of it…
Interesting photogrammetry-based ‘explore real places’ VR thing, if you’ve not played with one of these before. Free and worth the 15GB or so download if you have a Rift/Vive.
The best location is probably Cologne Cathedral, although Alcatraz was quite atmospheric (I couldn’t work out if I was meant to get out of the cell or not, but that might be the idea 
). You can see how they could make future games out of this tech, but there is something a bit creepy about how it renders.
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Now this looks like a nice addition for VR
Doh never noticed the article date before posting 
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It was still interesting. I think with the success of Onward/Pavlov etc then it might make a come back.
Youtube VR. This took a surprisingly long time to appear, given the 3D content they have:
EDIT: It just crashes for me, oh well…
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I never really understood why it is so difficult to view 360° videos with the Rift.
I tried to find a way to watch the Blue Angels video but gave up after 60 mins of research.
Can’t udnerstand why there is no feature in Oculus Home or SteamVR-Room.
Whirligig works fine for me and Youtube.
Best $4 I Spent on VR, plays every 180x180 or 360x360 Video Easily.
I will check tonight if Loading the 360° Blue Angels Video via STM works correctly.
And plays YT Videos as well using .stm file w/ Youtube Video hash in it.
ie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFS6DmZuOHwpaste xFS6DmZuOHw into notepad, and save as Youtube.stm, and open that in Whiligig.
There’s also a Free Version but it’s not updated anymore, many new features on the $4 Steam version are worth it, works on Rift As well.
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just checked over remote desktop,
when usign STM file, the Video will load the entire 360° in a flat screen,
Just need to change mode from theatre to Dome and change FoV to 360°, I cant do that over remote connection, as the Rift unit has control over the mouse.
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Whirlgig is very good. I also like Virtual Desktop for the cinema mode, and it works in a similar way.
A few people recommend Big Screen, in that it’s free and does youtube and other formats well:
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Virtual Desktop and Bigscreen require a specific DirectX version that isnt included on Windows 7
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I’m not convinced the HOTAS and Wheel Market will ever go away. I like having that lump of metal on my desk and hands. I like feeling like a button-ologist when I am programing a new aircraft. I do Assetto Corsa with a steering wheel. The buttons are burned into my brain so there is no fumbling for them. BTW, Asetto Corsa VR is unreal. I sometimes go 2 weeks without flying because of it. The Harrier sucked me back into DCS again…
No, no, noooo!!!
I’m trying to resist, but I have found myself looking at several steeringwheels lately. Logitech?Thrustmaster? Fanatec?
Have you tried PCars2, @Maico?
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I think where there are a physical control in the real thing, like an aircraft having a HOTAS set or a racing car using wheel and pedals, then it’ll always be better to use them with VR. What we might eventually move to is something like a wrist strap/fob that then tracks hand and finger movements (which is a direct the Valve ‘knuckles’ are going in). Haptic feedback is nice, but physical devices aren’t going anywhere for primary control things I don’t think.
No VR controller will ever beat my warthog for precision.
All resistance is futile Project Cars is on my SSD. AC is a much more realistic experience IMO. However, people want different things from a racing sim. Your mileage may vary (pun intended). Now you notice I did not say PJ2? Because I don’t have it. ATM, AC takes care of all my racing needs. I even have my local track (Losail). Even the bumps are included. I thinks PJ is a softer “sim”.
That’s what I hear.
But the VR implementation in PC2 is supposed to be very good…
It is and I don’t have a problem with that. I would buy it if I promised myself to play it…
I did get a chance to check this, and setting to Barrel / 360° made it work nicely,
but it was a bit blurry/low res