Oculus Touch first impressions and comparison with HTC Vive - Best roomscale VR games on Steam
84VR gameplay from several HTC Vive and Oculus Rift games with Touch motion controls. My first impressions as a HTC Vive user.
Check out the Oculus Rift with Touch bundle for cheap on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Rift-Touch-Virtual-Reality-System/dp/B073X8N1YW/?tag=bumble0b-20
I have played lots of VR on the HTC Vive VR HMD, the PSVR and the Oculus Rift CV1. Before the Oculus Touch, I mostly played VR games on the HTC Vive due to roomscale and motion tracking. Some of the best roomscale virtual reality games are now supported on the Oculus Rift thanks to Oculus Touch, bringing the Rift and the HTC Vive to near parity with tracking and roomscale.
In this video I play four VR HTC Vive and Oculus Rift with Touch games. The gameplay is from Windlands, Space Pirate Trainer, Cosmic Trip, and Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope. Each game is on Steam and can be played with SteamVR on the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch. See below for links to these SteamVR games on Steam:
Check out Windlands on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/428370/
Windlands gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Djfwf-Pmc
Check out Space Pirate Trainer on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/418650/
Space Pirate Trainer Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx9oNhtUiX0
Check out Cosmic Trip on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/427240/
Cosmic Trip gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGwBtI-4J2A
Check out Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/465240/
Serious Sam VR Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWBgn_Uifek
Official description of the Oculus Touch from the Oculus Rift homepage:
"Step into Rift
Rift is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Whether you’re stepping into your favorite game, watching an immersive VR movie, jumping to a destination on the other side of the world, or just spending time with friends in VR, you’ll feel like you’re really there.
The magic of presence
Rift’s advanced display technology combined with its precise, low-latency constellation tracking system enables the sensation of presence – the feeling as though you’re actually there. The magic of presence changes everything. You’ve never experienced immersion like this.
Natural gestures and movement
Before you even pick up a pair of Touch controllers, you know how to use them. Intuitive actions in VR feel as natural as using your real hands.
Advanced and refined design
From the moment you pick up Rift, you’ll feel and see the attention to detail that went into its design and construction. Customizable, comfortable, adaptable, and beautiful, Rift is technology and design as remarkable as the experiences it enables.
Oculus Earphones
Experience even more immersive audio with Oculus Rift Earphones. These in-ear headphones are specially designed for your Rift headset to reduce sound distractions while you’re in virtual experiences. Requires Rift, sold separately.
Oculus Sensor
With a clear line of sight, Oculus Sensor tracks constellations of IR LEDs to translate your movements in VR. Its stand is ideal for most setups and its standard 1/4 20 mount works with most tripods. Requires Rift, sold separately. When used as a third sensor, requires an additional USB 2.0 or higher port. Learn more.
Please note: 360° and Room Scale tracking are experimental features—not all experiences may work as expected."
Check out the official Oculus Rift website for more information about the Oculus Rift VR headset and the Oculus Touch VR motion controller:
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/
I have been using the Oculus Rift CV1 VR HMD about as long as the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, but it wasn't up to the same standard as the Vive without roomscale and motion tracking. Now that the Oculus Rift with Touch has roomscale tracking with even 2 cameras and even better with 3 cameras it can simulate a small space with similar accuracy to the HTC Vive roomscale tracking solution. The Oculus Rift CV1 offers a couple other advantages over the HTC Vive like asynchronous spacewarp ASW which is helpful for seated graphical simulation games like Elite: Dangerous.
If you want to see more virtual reality gameplay content, check out my channel. I put out VR gameplay videos for the Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch, the PSVR, and the HTC Vive VR HMDs. Please subscribe if you like my VR gameplay videos!
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Computer Specs:
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Video Card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 XTREME Gaming (VR frontplate)
Memory: 32 gigs
Processor: 4.0 GHz Intel Core i7-5820K
Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK EATX LGA2011-3
VR Hard Drive: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" SSD
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