PSVR 2

Fair enough. So played RE:Village - amazing visuals and atmosphere. VR does horror too well. Kayak is so pretty and relaxing it's like going on holiday for reals. Horizon - scale is amazing and, again, nice visuals. Have my eye on Demeo - if anyone gets it let me know and maybe we can have a session. PSN: Mr_Wonderstuff.

I’m now set up and played Kayak for about 20 mins. Definitely a big improvement visually over PSVR1 but it’s obviously still not clean like watching a TV. I wasn’t expecting that but I can imagine anyone being slightly underwhelmed if it is what they expect. And it’s so much easier to plug in and play without the break-out box and decent controllers. My charge station should be arriving tomorrow and then it will always be ready to go, so as long as the games come I’ll happily use this for a long time.

Still, Kayak is beautiful and incredibly immersive. After getting out of the pool, I went to have a paddle around Antarctica and set about following an orca around swimming beneath me. I’ve stuck everything on charge while I do some cardio but I’m looking forward to checking out some other stuff later. My GF is going to love it this weekend.

Just tried a bit of Horizon but it was almost instant puke time when I started climbing. It’s mad how it tricks your brain. Unbelievable visuals but it’s going to take some getting used to for me.

I think that is literally what happens. At first your subconscious is being tricked but eventually it stops.

No there’s no freebies or anything this time.

I love my PSVR and have spent dozens of hours enjoying Moss, Astro, Rez, Tetris, Beat Sabre Superhot etc

If I was going to have VR legs, I'd have them by now I'd hope - but my body just can't cope with any sustained movement. That Rush of Blood game for example destroys me. Tried DriveClub VR and as soon as I hit accelerate I had to take a big old nope.

I ruined my father in law four years ago by taking my setup to theirs on boxing day. He had been on the red wine and insisted on trying that game where you fly round as an eagle. Five mins in he nearly collapsed, took the PSVR off and he was so green it was incredible. Think he had to literally crawl to his bedroom the absolute state of the guy.

Would love to see some research on what % of people this happens too, even in my case where it happens despite trying to train yourself in. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 50% or more just anecdotally amongst IRL gamer mates.

The sickness thing is a right fucker because other than that, I'd be all in on VR. My first hour with Astro's Playroom was maybe the highlight of my 35 years gaming. Just wanted to invite everyone from the street round to experience it for themselves.

Anyway, are you and your father in law now on speaking terms after you tried to do him in?

I'm so tempted to get a PS5 for psvr2. I loved the first psvr despite its limitations and fussiness and even though it's spent way too long packed away I still enthuse to people about how amazing VR can be.
This looks like it can finally give usflat screen like visuals in a VR headset.

Not quite, but not too far off, either.

Had a quick blast this morning and already motion sickness hugely reduced. Brains are weird.

Oh and the first couple of weeks when I was really hammering it I did kind of feel like I was losing grip on reality a bit at times. Like sitting at my computer screen and feeling like nothing was real. So you might have that to look forward to.

I'm pretty jealous now though, those first few months are amazing. Really feeling the urge to buy one now but I've just bought a car a few days ago so I'm in depths of buyers remorse for that at the minute.

Only played GT7 last night whilst waiting for Horizon to download. So will check that out after work. Desperate to get home. Think I might get one of Tetris, Thumper or Rez as well.

Played Rez Area X in VR2 last night. Wow. Hard to explain without sounding like a ponce. But it felt like I was IN a video game. Shame it was over so quickly.

Pistol Whip and Kayak VR are good workouts. I kinda like the idea of playing and burning a few calories as an added bonus.

And what about the VR headset?