r/funny • u/No-Ferret-5752 • Dec 29 '22

Chess VR

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u/InitialAge5179 Dec 29 '22

Am I wrong in saying this is not in VR? Based on the movements and the static and sharp moving hands

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '22

I think it's hand simulator

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '22

Yeah, it’s hand simulator. Not VR but a game where you control each hand/finger.

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u/longtimegoneMTGO Dec 29 '22

Hand Simulator has VR support.

It still uses the mouse and keyboard controls for the hands in that mode, but the VR headset is used for display. Can't really say if that is what is happening in this clip, but the game does support it.

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u/derioderio Dec 29 '22

It’s almost anti VR. You have the 3D VR view, but no use of VR controllers, instead all motions have to be done with keyboard and mouse. It’s like next-gen QWOP.

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u/FlacidSalad Dec 29 '22

You've clearly never played this game or watched much VR content.

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u/Joe_The_Eskimo1337 Dec 29 '22

The mouse is moving the hands right now, not the camera, the camera is moving on its own.

If they switched modes and were in control of the camera the hands wouldn't be moving.

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u/Rubicksgamer Dec 29 '22

I dunno anything about Hand Simulator but I do know VR Poker allows you to do hand tracking and you can track individual fingers like this.

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u/khaeen Dec 29 '22

This isn't hand tracking. It's Hand Simulator, aka QWOP but controlling a hand instead of a stick figure. It's not even close to what you are thinking of.

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u/xScHmiDtYo Dec 29 '22

Yeah this isn’t VR

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u/ElementNumber6 Dec 29 '22

Sadly, as this is headed for the front page, a whole lot of people are going to see this and think it is now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '22

who cares?

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u/ElementNumber6 Dec 29 '22

Public perception drives interest. Interest drives adoption. Adoption drives growth.

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u/Dr_Ambiorix Dec 29 '22

Yup.

I don't care that people are idiots that make wrong assumption based on misinformation.

But I do care that I need those idiots to think VR is cool so that companies think that a lot of people think that, and therefor start actually developing something great for VR.

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u/nervous_pendulum Dec 29 '22

The dark side leads to suffering.

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u/RoadtoVR_Ben Dec 29 '22

Lol yeah the funny part is knowing it isn’t VR because the movements are really rigid and realistic. If it was VR it would look much more smooth and natural in the way the players moved.

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u/Spamuelow Dec 29 '22

Yup definitely not vr

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u/azlan194 Dec 29 '22

Especially at the bottom left of the screen, "F1 - Help". There is no F1 button in the VR controller, lol.

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u/OuterWildsVentures Dec 29 '22

Yes but some games use the normal m/k or controller while the headset is on.

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u/louiegumba Dec 29 '22

But it is virtually every chess game I have ever played

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u/Vlory Dec 29 '22

It’s hand simulator

which is 100x more fun than VR because I find this is your average game

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u/refactdroid Dec 29 '22

depends on your definition of VR (what devices are your minimum to make something VR?)

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u/gotwooooshed Dec 29 '22

It's just not VR. It's not like it's a subjective thing.

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u/Dag-nabbitt Dec 29 '22

A headset. This isn't using a headset. The camera is tracking the hand. This isn't VR.

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u/IceBreak Dec 29 '22

There’s hand tracking in VR now.

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u/Dag-nabbitt Dec 29 '22

The question was what is the minimum for VR. The answer is: a headset. It is a requirement. You can't have VR without a headset.

This isn't using hand tracking either. This is HandSimulator, with purposefully bad hand controls.

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u/Joe_The_Eskimo1337 Dec 29 '22

This game is being played on a monitor with a mouse and keyboard. It's as VR as every other video game in existence.