SutekiB's Omni Experience Videos
Hi guys! I got my Virtuix Omni motion platform! Now I can upload my own Active VR videos. First up, TRAVR: Training Ops, which was the Omni's stretch goal during its Kickstarter campaign. If the training mode is this much fun, imagine what multiplayer will be like! More videos coming soon 


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THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM
It's quite a long video as I'm thinking of doing a complete play-through, although I did edit out one part (the beheading sequence), mainly to get into the action a bit quicker. Hope you like it!
I brought this up before but what about the idea of a "let's play" type of event where if you could somehow overlay a small live text screen of people in your HMD who sees what you see and therefore can give you feedback in real time. Not sure if that's even possible yet but imagine how different the experience would be to know you have other people along with you for the journey you're in. Not sue if this has ever happened in the history of VR Active gaming.
Hey @Sponge101, thanks for the advice! In answer to your questions: my Skyrim experience was excellent. I didn't suffer from sim-sickness. That said, there are a few scenes where camera control is taken away (I cut one such part out - the beheading sequence). This is uncomfortable, but it's brief enough that I don't start to feel nausea. Falling in-game I have always been okay with, in fact I enjoy it. What would make it unplayable for me without the Omni is turning or moving forwards/backwards with a keyboard or gamepad. Jumping is not quite as comfortable as falling for me, but again unlike with unexpected loss of camera control, it's not too bad, and it's brief enough and infrequent enough not to cause any issues. I am looking forward to jumping using the Omni, that will be much better!
I could have happily played Skyrim for hours, but then it would have been a huge file to edit and upload! I still want to try talking while playing, let me see if I'm comfortable with that.
My PC specs are:
Windows 7 64bit
Intel I7 -6700K 4.00GHz
NVidia GTX 980Ti
16 GB RAM
I do get frame rate drops with Skyrim sometimes. Each game is different of course and you can tweak your setting for performance. Personally I can handle choppy frame rates as long as it's brief.
I don't have a fitbit to compare my steps, but that would be interesting. I'd also like to get some heart-rate data overlay on the video at some point. I will keep trying to improve the videos
@Tomek. Yeah, that would work but, as I've come to realize, something on your wrist is much more practical/comfortable during exercise (which technically this is) than having to take the phone out of the pocket for the athlete.
BTW been meaning to say this: I can't believe you're having frame-rate problems with a 6700k and 980ti!--makes me want to cry looking at my own system
What do you think?
I guess this isn't tri-decoupled but rather two-decoupled, correct? Head and legs rather than head/gun/feet.
The video is good, but I do have to say I think to really leverage it you have to do run and gun. That is, running forward while you're shooting targets off to your side. This would probably really cut down on your accuracy of course.
That's right, aiming is not decoupled. I would need a Vive developer kit to do that.
Sorry, could you explain your question?
@blazespinnaker, that sounds cool! I will have to borrow a Leap so I can try it
@Tomek,@sutekiB. In that context, I think he was talking about the possibility of tri-dec with the Touch and the consumer Rift with using the Omni.
However, Oculus has yet to release Touch DK to developers as far as I know.
@blazespinnaker. Cool! Be sure to share some vids with the rest of us.
@sutekiB. Another great video--this one is the best yet. It's getting better and better but I have to be honest about the voice recording quality--it's a little muffled sounding. I wonder if those wireless voice recorder t.v. reporter/interviewer use could be compatible here? BTW I assume you've tried the Army and obviously the Cabela gun--which one you like better when in-use with the Omni? I have to make this decision pretty soon.
@Sponge101, I'm not sure how expensive those professional mics are. You have to wear a transmitter as well which can be awkward. I'm still hoping to get some heart-rate data in but i need to get a new HR monitor first.
BTW, sorry there weren't any new videos this weekend
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I can assure you from personal experience that this is an amazing set up, and sans the cables, you should be able to keep your costs under $100.00. Adjust the gain as needed and make sure you're not blowing up the volume past the distortion limit and you're golden. As for background noise, you can run some filters to help with any annoying audio artifacts. My setup personally looks like this, and I'll include one of my videos to give you an example of the sound quality I get from this equipment. Best of luck with the recording man.