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Huge potential in Virtual Reality eSports
Huge potential in Virtual Reality eSports
There is huge potential for Virtual Reality in eSports
Virtual reality has fast become an international sensation. The overall investments from game companies going into eSports is huge.
Imagine the possibilities virtual reality has to offer eSport viewers. Imagine placing on the VR headset and being a part of the game without a need to be in the crowd. The viewer able to see and experience action in the game even better than the pro player. The spectator able to see what the pro player sees and more. The spectator can switch between pro players and see what all the players sees, watching what each pro is looking at and what he is doing. This is the same for the game itself; imagine if you placed on your VR headset and you could be able to cycle between different players, in games like Dota 2, Overwatch, League of Legends or Counter Strike, switching between the action so you can watch what you wanted to watch live.
VR headsets are cheap and can even made from cardboard and two inexpensive lenses and a smart phone. VR could, and I believe it will, take eSport viewing to whole new level. And that is just from the audience perspective. Once eSport Pro Players start usign VR technology to immerse themselves deeper into these competitive games it will take the esport pro circuit to whole new standard of gameplay.
eSport competitive first person games like Overwatch and Counterstike will most likely lead the VR immersion trend, because FPS lends it self to the VR experience point of view. eSport games like Hearthstone will not really benefit from the VR experience because it is essentially a 2D card game.
Watch this space. A revolution in gaming has already begun.
Star Citizen Guide to VR for the Rift and Vive
Star Citizen Guide to VR for Rift and Vive
The VorpX profile exists on the cloud for you to import.
It’s listed as Star Citizen2 (GeraldEvans)
Star Citizen 2.3.1 in the Oculus Rift
UPDATE:
- This only works with Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. On versions before that the VorpX Desktop Viewer will not be an option.
- I’ve changed my custom resolution to 1080 × 1100. This has the effect of making the chin piece of the helmet more noticeable. YMMV but otherwise I was having to switch to third-person before going through the airlock to ensure I wasn’t about to suffocate.
- Alternately change your FoV to 85 (default is 65) with the user.cfg and your chin piece will be more noticeable.
- You will need to use zoom (mouse wheel or rebind) to read displays if you change the FoV
- Create a 1080 × 1200 resolution in your computer’s advanced display settings or in the Nvidia Control Panel (or AMD Crimson). This is the native per-eye resolution and forces HUD conformity.
- Right click the desktop
- Open Nvidia control panel
- Select ‘Change Resolution’
- Below the list of available resolutions select Customize
- On the next window Create Custom Resolution
- Select 1080 wide and 1200 tall with a refresh to match your display and 32 bit depth
- Do not put in a refresh rate faster than 90 Hz as this will cause HMD flickering
- Apply and Confirm (Create the res only. Do not set your Monitor to this res)
- The results: http://imgur.com/a/VNJuu
- Set VorpX Control Panel to your HMD and check these boxes:
- Use Built in Audio Device
- Enable Head Tracking
- Enable Head Tracking Roll
- Show Start Message
- Enable Expert Settings
- Run as Administrator
- Do Not Show Start Page
- Select Cloud Profiles
- In the bottom right of the window, register / login to your free account
- Search and select the Cloud Profile "Star Citizen (GeraldEvans)"
- Make sure that in the system tray the VorpX Watcher is paused and the Desktop Viewer is not running
- Run the SC Launcher and Launch Live or PTU (follow the instructions below per build)
- Once in the SC menu, select graphics "Fullscreen = No" and resolution to 1080 × 1200 (This will force the HUD to conform to your HMD)
- Resume the VorpX watcher
- Start the VorpX Desktop viewer
- Put on your HMD
- TAB back to Star Citizen
- Select your destination
- Once loading, press DEL and turn Virtual Cinema Mode OFF if you had it ON for menu navigation
- Walk forward immediately upon spawning. Sometimes not doing this can cause head tracking to fail.
- Jump in a ship
- Double-Tap LEFT ALT to toggle freelook
- Unbind Mouse for both Flight Movement and Flight Targetting in the advanced controls keybinding section of SC
- Do Not toggle Freelook (with Z)
- If you’ve set your base stations to power down when not in use make certain you wake them up prior to running Vorpx
- If your HMD doesn’t show anything, disable secondary / tertiary monitors
- Set your custom resolution to 960 × 1080 to match the native per-eye resolution of the DK2
- Stream Theater: http://www.vrbites.com/howto/play-pc-games-in-your-gearvr/
- Intugame VR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrFk8HVa-I
- Make a custum USER.CFG file and set your FOV to 120 It removes the super-zoomed in feeling
- https://robertsspaceindustries.com/community/citizen-spotlight/2770-Star-Citizen-USERcfg-Guide
The Guide:
At this point you may be in VR mode. To see menus clearly, press DEL and use arrow keys to set Virtual Cinema Mode to ON
2.3.0
2.4
HTC Vive
DK2
GearVR
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