The bundle comes with a few games, to be exact the Touch controllers do. The games become available when you register the Touch controllers.
People rave about Lone Echo and if you are into driving games, Dirt 3 / Project Cars 2. What type of games do you like? I'd checkout all the games in each bundle via YouTube as some may not be to your liking.
On Steam, I have purchased Arizona Sunshine, Dead Effect 2 VR, Elite Dangerous, Raw Data, Subnautica, The Talos Principle VR, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR and VTOL to name a few.
There are also some fantastic free mods for older non VR games. Doom 3 BFG, Alien Isolation (it's a must try), Half-Life, Quake II, etc.
OT, but you should download Oculus Tray Tool and optionally have that set your audio device and launch Oculus Home for you - https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/5okoju/oculus_tray_tool/ (My settings below, Super Sampling at 2 for the 1080Ti, default is 1) -
In Oculus home settings, Turn on Unknown Sources to allow launching SteamVR from Oculus -
Also for SteamVR, the Oculus Tray Tool will set the preferred audio device so we don't need to in Steam. Oculus uses their own version of Asynchronous Reprojection so we can turn that off as well -
Be sure to check out Steam's VR introduction also, The Lab. The archery mini game found within is very addictive.
Just some other thoughts/ramblings -
- First Contact - Fantasic introduction.
- Dream Deck - Another good introduction.
- Robo Recall - Very good, perhaps the best VR shooter.
- Lucky's Tale - 3D platforming in the 3rd person view.
- Echo Arena - VR sports.
- Dead And Buried - Target shooter.
- Toybox - Not looked at yet.
- Quill - 3D dawing / paint app.
- Medium - 3D sculpting app.
People rave about Lone Echo and if you are into driving games, Dirt 3 / Project Cars 2. What type of games do you like? I'd checkout all the games in each bundle via YouTube as some may not be to your liking.
On Steam, I have purchased Arizona Sunshine, Dead Effect 2 VR, Elite Dangerous, Raw Data, Subnautica, The Talos Principle VR, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR and VTOL to name a few.
There are also some fantastic free mods for older non VR games. Doom 3 BFG, Alien Isolation (it's a must try), Half-Life, Quake II, etc.
OT, but you should download Oculus Tray Tool and optionally have that set your audio device and launch Oculus Home for you - https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/5okoju/oculus_tray_tool/ (My settings below, Super Sampling at 2 for the 1080Ti, default is 1) -
In Oculus home settings, Turn on Unknown Sources to allow launching SteamVR from Oculus -
Also for SteamVR, the Oculus Tray Tool will set the preferred audio device so we don't need to in Steam. Oculus uses their own version of Asynchronous Reprojection so we can turn that off as well -
Be sure to check out Steam's VR introduction also, The Lab. The archery mini game found within is very addictive.
Just some other thoughts/ramblings -
- DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HEADSET WHERE SUNLIGHT CAN HIT IT. The lenses are magnifiying glasses, they will burn the displays. This damage is not covered by warranty
- The headset requires a USB 3.0 and a HDMI port.
- The sensors require a USB port each. I use USB 3.0 ports, but others are fine with 2.0 ports or a mix.
- The Touch controllers use a AA battery each. They last ~4weeks plus, you may want to grab a set of rechargable batteries.
- Look for ACTIVE USB extensions if you want to extend the sensor distance. Ugreen do a nice 2/3m HDMI and USB extension for the headset / sensors. The 5m USB 3.0 Super Speed active extensions on the bay also work.
- The original Summer of Rift bundle came with an Xbox controller. The current bundle doesn't so you may want to order one at the same time. THIS IS NOT REQUIRED THOUGH.
- Take care entering your name when creating an Oculus account as you can't change it later without going through support. You can if you use a Facebook account.
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) which fit inside. Becareful not to scratch the Rift's lenses though. It's a bit of trial and error. You can also get perscription lenses made if need be with an adapter for fitting inside the Rift.