SkyrimVR Coming to Rift and Vive Via SteamVR in April
Ever wonder what an arrow to the knee looks like in VR?
Good news for any of our Dragonborn readers who happen to be PC gamers. It's just about time for all of you to Fus-Ro-Dah in full immersion because it looks like SkyrimVR will be making its PC debut April 3 on the SteamVR market. Bethesda made the announcement earlier today via their Twitter account:
#SkyrimVR arrives on PC via SteamVR April 3. Whether you're journeying into Skyrim for the first time or on a return trip, we hope you enjoy this up close & personal tour of one of our favorite destinations. pic.twitter.com/xmxRp0vmds
— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) March 14, 2018
Skyrim has been an extremely popular title ever since it first made its debut on the last generation of consoles. Fans were immediately drawn to the massive medieval fantasy open world of Skyrim and its intricate storytelling. Since then, it has gone on to be remastered for current-gen consoles before getting its VR debut on the PS4. I haven't played SkyrimVR on PS4 myself, but everyone I know that has basically gotten sucked right back into the world.
Now, PC fans with an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive will get a chance to see what SkyrimVR is like for themselves when it launches
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replyBlake Morse posted a new article, SkyrimVR Coming to Rift and Vive Via SteamVR in April
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I’d wait for reviews because Fallout 4 VR had performance issues even on 1080s at launch.
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... and Windows Mixed Reality, the cheapest option of the three.
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They are Microsoft’s VR headsets build by different PC vendors:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/vrandmixedrealityheadsets
Higher resolution than Vive or Oculus. Don’t require external cameras to be placed in the room and the motion controllers are better than the Vive wands but worse than the Oculus Touch controllers.
The one with the highest res (same as Vive Pro) is the Samsung Odyssey.
Many VR games on Steam support Windows MR (look out for the Windows MR icon where the VR headsets are listed) and there are tools to get Oculus Store games working on the headsets.-
I’d recommend getting the Samsung Odyssey or the Acer headset.
It’s better to have a GeForce 1080 for the Odyssey and a 1070 minimum for the others.-
Note when I said they were the cheapest I meant when they were on sale quite frequently in the last few months for $200-$350. So keep looking around.
For $399 I’d pick up the Oculus Rift.-
Amazon.com has them for $250 - $420.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s?k=windows+mixed+reality
For $250 the Acer headset is a pretty good deal.
The HP one is terrible, haven’t tried the others yet.-
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That’s because Microsoft and the vendors are terrible when it comes to marketing them.
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Haven’t tried the Odyssey yet but if it’s as solid as the Vive Pro it’s going to be a total steal for the price in the US.
Unfortunately, you cannot buy the Odyssey in Europe yet and importing it makes it quite expensive.
The Acer is best bang for the buck IMO.
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I think they are all fine other than the Rift where you have to be more careful when taking off/putting on the headset.
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Worth mentioning is while the MR headsets support inside-out tracking that doesn't require any external sensors/cameras, the controller tracking relies on them being visible from the HMD. From what I've read the tracking works really well, but you WILL lose tracking if doing things such as putting your hands behind your body/head.
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Even the Climby dev says they work way better than he expected.
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Fffuuuuuuccckkkiiinnngggg yyeeeeesssssssssss
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I think the Rift support here might be misleading. Fallout 4 had to be hacked up to work in Rift, and it was unpleasant to play. It controlled like a mess. This is Zenimax here, so I assume Skyrim will be the same.
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difference here is specifically the support section:
fallout: http://i.chattypics.com/files/falloutPNG_fmpl2vqlm7.png
skyrim: http://i.chattypics.com/files/skyrimPNG_i1nlwiwkx7.png
oculus is explicitly supported now
http://store.steampowered.com/app/611660/Fallout_4_VR/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/611670/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_VR/-
Man I really hope that’s true. Thanks. I’ll wait for Rift impressions but I’m excited.
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