Hey Innovator (yes correct spelling haw haw). I recently played the entire Deus Ex Mankind divided in VR using the game's built in 3D and Bigscreen Virtual Desktop - probably 20 hours plus. With the cinema screen close enough and the right size it's a very comparable alternative to full VR. Perhaps you could do the same with the Call of Duty games as these are usually 3D supported.
The thing is, unlike playing these games on a 3D TV, the fact in VR you're completely isolated from the outside and have the 3D effect as well with head-tracking makes 2D games way more immersive. Andddd, as you can imagine, the budget for Deus Ex Mankind Divided is a lot bigger than most VR games and simply looked great. It had to be played in 2K at ultra settings though otherwise it looked a bit pants, so you need a beefy GPU to handle it.
Give it a go man. You might need VorpX or Tridef. Actually I've spent 20 hours recently replaying Fallout 4 in VorpX cinema mode (not their fake VR mode) in the same way and was totally immersed in the game world there.
Good times.
The thing is, unlike playing these games on a 3D TV, the fact in VR you're completely isolated from the outside and have the 3D effect as well with head-tracking makes 2D games way more immersive. Andddd, as you can imagine, the budget for Deus Ex Mankind Divided is a lot bigger than most VR games and simply looked great. It had to be played in 2K at ultra settings though otherwise it looked a bit pants, so you need a beefy GPU to handle it.
Give it a go man. You might need VorpX or Tridef. Actually I've spent 20 hours recently replaying Fallout 4 in VorpX cinema mode (not their fake VR mode) in the same way and was totally immersed in the game world there.
Good times.
Take your pick. I've found Tridef and VorpX cinema modes to be impressive depending on the game. Tridef has a lot of supported titles but you might need to fiddle with the custom focus setting to get some truly immersive depth. I've tried this on a number of games and it's incredible sometimes how deep the 3D effect can be - recently tried it with Dead Rising on PC.
Tridef has a free 14 day trial mode as well if you don't want to pay but I believe in the long run it's well worth it, as I said their games list is quite large. A caveat I will mention is older less demanding games are better. I tried The Witcher 3 for example and this was a bit a of pain to get a smooth framerate, even when dialing back the options. Like I said, it needs to be minimun 1440p for it to look decent enough, anything less and it's too low quality. Then you have to remember the GPU renders it twice for 3D so that's a lot of overhead. Mass Effect 3 has been a great experience as well even though I've had to use Xpadder for the Xbox One controller to work.
So, using Virtual Desktop of Bigscreen Beta you can get some good games going. Sometimes the injector crashes either of those so make sure the game options are windowed borderless or windowed. Fullscreen seems problematic more often than not. You can load the game up in 3D first and then launch the VD or BS app or the other way round - see what works. VorpX cinema also is good if the game is supported. Just switch to cinema mode and use the void environment so there's nothing else to render and no distractions - oh and you really need to disable the Xbox Controller over-ride as it's a pain otherwise (depending on how you play).
It's a shame VD or Bigscreen can't reproduce a 4K signal effectively as this is really the optimal viewing experience at the moment. When you try this in 3D it simply causes too much lag.
Tridef has a free 14 day trial mode as well if you don't want to pay but I believe in the long run it's well worth it, as I said their games list is quite large. A caveat I will mention is older less demanding games are better. I tried The Witcher 3 for example and this was a bit a of pain to get a smooth framerate, even when dialing back the options. Like I said, it needs to be minimun 1440p for it to look decent enough, anything less and it's too low quality. Then you have to remember the GPU renders it twice for 3D so that's a lot of overhead. Mass Effect 3 has been a great experience as well even though I've had to use Xpadder for the Xbox One controller to work.
So, using Virtual Desktop of Bigscreen Beta you can get some good games going. Sometimes the injector crashes either of those so make sure the game options are windowed borderless or windowed. Fullscreen seems problematic more often than not. You can load the game up in 3D first and then launch the VD or BS app or the other way round - see what works. VorpX cinema also is good if the game is supported. Just switch to cinema mode and use the void environment so there's nothing else to render and no distractions - oh and you really need to disable the Xbox Controller over-ride as it's a pain otherwise (depending on how you play).
It's a shame VD or Bigscreen can't reproduce a 4K signal effectively as this is really the optimal viewing experience at the moment. When you try this in 3D it simply causes too much lag.
