This is a Commodore 64 virtual reality emulator for Oculus Quest headsets...

https://github.com/petermg/QuestC64VR

Its also available on SideQuest.

And he has a YouTube video. OPEN PC reviews is his youtube name, title is 'Virtual Reality Commodore 64! [Real Commodore 64 - Virtually] for the Oculus Quest'.

Hope someone has the hardware to check this out... the developer says its working well, but this is still a beta version. Heck - watching the youtube video is pretty neat; but if I had a Quest I'd attempt spending an hour inside. :P

Cheers.



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I had an idea, make John Dailey's Dungeon Master Door Game an Oculus headset game.


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Didn't I see this mentioned on an episode of Adrian's Digital Basement? Or Maybe Jan Beta?

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Didn't I see this mentioned on an episode of Adrian's Digital Basement?
Or Maybe Jan Beta?

Probably - I saw the developers video... I think I posted info about it in my OP. It looked OK - I like that it was just a developer that put it out, not any big firm or... and it looks fairly simple, but still neat that you can sit in front of a C64 and load ROMs by picking up the discs.

It's neat... I suppose maybe one day I need to jump into the VR thing and see if its all that.

Is the cheaper FB Oculus model nice to use? Hmmmmm...



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Is the cheaper FB Oculus model nice to use? Hmmmmm...

The only real downfall with the $299 (in the US, _really_ annoying to pick up in Germany) Oculus Quest II is that it requires a Facebook account and is, well, owned by Facebook.

But the experience is pretty solid. Setup is fairly easy, and a lot of the VR is pretty immersive. It's pretty common to want to lean on objects.

My brother got them for my mother and me, so that we could play minigolf as a family. So we've been having a weekly family call that generally involves
some amount of playing Walkabout Minigolf.

I'm interested in the C64 emulator, but haven't yet used Sidequest, and
haven't played much with the C64, so don't know if there's any games I'd consider fun, since I don't really have nostalgia for any of it.

I do hope to eventually play around with programming some VR stuff, but I haven't explored the concept at all.

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The only real downfall with the $299 (in the US, _really_ annoying to
pick up in Germany) Oculus Quest II is that it requires a Facebook
account and is, well, owned by Facebook.

Thanks for all the info here. The price is really great, I mean... I'm a computer nerd and this is something that I could just go grab.... today. :P I hear you about the FB part - thats really a THING for me. Suck.

My brother got them for my mother and me, so that we could play minigolf as a family. So we've been having a weekly family call that generally involves some amount of playing Walkabout Minigolf.

Just wanted to say, f yea bro! What a good gent. Pls tell big bro that Paulie420 would like to be an honorary Adeptian... I'll send you my address and show up every week for Walkabout.

I'm interested in the C64 emulator, but haven't yet used Sidequest, and haven't played much with the C64, so don't know if there's any games I'd consider fun, since I don't really have nostalgia for any of it.

Is Sidequest like... unsupported or like the 'fdroid' store for Android... you know, is it without using Facebook?! All questions you might not know - I only heard that name because of the C64 Emulator post/video.

I do hope to eventually play around with programming some VR stuff, but I haven't explored the concept at all.

I don't know that I'll get THERE... but I've been wanting to experience VR more and more lately. I never have; and... man we're getting close to the Matrix.

Appreciate your reply - it only makes me want to grab a set more... but I wonder if I should look beyond the FB option - which I think means more $$$.



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:P I hear you about the FB part - thats really a THING for me. Suck.

Yeah. Had it been my money, and looking for a VR setup, that probably
would've been a bridge too far for me.

So I understand that one, even if I'd be happy if I could compete on high scores with more friends (not that I'm _good_ at any of the video games).

Just wanted to say, f yea bro! What a good gent. Pls tell big bro that Paulie420 would like to be an honorary Adeptian... I'll send you my address and show up every week for Walkabout.

Yeah, I assume his generosity only extends so far. :)

It's still interesting to me, since he's in the "wealthy" category, where spending $1000-ish isn't a hardship.

I'm glad I get to benefit from it when his interests align, though.

Is Sidequest like... unsupported or like the 'fdroid' store for
Android... you know, is it without using Facebook?!

So I decided to see, and these are instructions for setup: https://sidequestvr.com/setup-howto

...the tl;dr for the pertinent parts is that it's a way to put your Oculus
into developer mode. Since developers need to have non-store access to the Quest, it works as a way to side load thngs.

So I wouldn't say that avoids Facebook -- just the store.

Appreciate your reply - it only makes me want to grab a set more... but I wonder if I should look beyond the FB option - which I think means more $$$.

I think that's the thing about Oculus -- Facebook is putting a _lot_ of resources into developing the devices, so it makes sense that they're the market leader on the topic.

It's just irritating that they feel the need to hook in as much Facebook as possible.

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It's just irritating that they feel the need to hook in as much Facebook as possible.

You know, I don't see AS MUCH of an issue with say... having an oculus_paulie@facebook.com account... just to use for said VR unit.

I want to get in... :P Good thing I'm wrapped up in this little PICO-8 world this weekend... I think I'll make it - at least thru one more week - without. :P

Cheers, Adept...



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I want to get in... :P Good thing I'm wrapped up in this little PICO-8 world this weekend...

What're you doing with PICO-8?

I know I purchased something related to it back in 2017 when at a demo party, and occasionally I see some demo in it. It seems like an interesting
platform, though I've barely played with it.

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What're you doing with PICO-8?

I know I purchased something related to it back in 2017 when at a demo party, and occasionally I see some demo in it. It seems like an interesting platform, though I've barely played with it.

So... its just really neat. Both PICO-8 and Voxatron, but I like the PICO-8 platform better.

Its 8-bitty, small games, open source to the max... like; you can goto lexoloffle.com and just play games right there, but if you have the PICO-8 app, thats available for all the big platforms, you have right in there a code editor, a music tracker and a pixel editor - its awesome. And, any game that you play, you can just type ESC and see its code ... b00m. Right there.

So... I coded up a small breakout-style game... got the paddle moving, the ball bouncing off the wall boundaries and even a few simple tracks for sound effects... edited some hearts in the pixel editor for 'lives left' and... its a ton of fun.

The games/whatever can be saved all in a .PNG file - so sending to friends is super easy... and can be saved in a couple other formats, too - but .PNGs seem the most easy...

I was thinking of designing some BBS afverts in the LUA language, or a simple game to advertise 2o... :P

Its rad. If you need any of the binaries for whatever system, just hit me up and I'll send on over.



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