Duck Hunt VR Alpha 05 on the Oculus Quest 2

A quick (one evening) port of my old Duck Hunt VR game to the Oculus (a.k.a. Meta) Quest 2. Mainly to check what kind of performance I can expect from this device.

The build is still a little rough especially on the light and shading side. Also the mapping of the Zapper (gun) to the Quest 2 controllers needs some polishing, as the trigger is off-center on the physical controllers.

Valve Index Controllers

I finally pulled the trigger… I have been considering if I should upgrade my HTC Vive set to a new and shiny Valve Index set. My play (and development) time is very limited with two young kids in the house.

In the end I decided that running a Valve Index HMD on my current GPU (Geforce GTX 1080) would be limiting it severely. And upgrading my GPU is not a fun thing to do at this moment (way more expensive than the full Valve Index set).

So I decided to only buy the Valve Index controllers, and keep on using the original HTC Vive HMD for now.

Valve Index controllers

Now I can finally play Half-Life: Alyx ๐Ÿ˜ I was holding out until I had the right gear to experience it “The Way its Meant to be Played”.

I have to say, I needed a little adjusting time (after all the VR hours with the old HTC Vive controllers). But in Half-Life: Alyx these Valve Index controllers really rock! The game is also awesome. It is really cool to be back in the Half-Life universe after all these years ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Introducing a new generation to Virtual Reality

Today I introduced my 2-year-old son to Virtual Reality, exploring the ocean life in “theBlu“.

First time in VR for my 2 year old…

The HTC Vive is now called the “visjes bril” (a.k.a. fish glasses). The big blue whale seems to be a little intimidating for 2-year-old virtual boys ๐Ÿ˜‰ But they really love the jellyfish ๐Ÿ˜

Duck Hunt VR (for the HTC Vive)

My first little Unity 3D Virtual Reality project, inspired by my old friend the Nintendo Entertainment System. Please keep in mind the I have never used Unity 3D before, so this is my first sandbox application…

Download link to DuckHuntVR Alpha 04: http://tinyurl.com/hb3u42x

This Alpha 04 release incorporated a lot of used feedback from the Vive subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/

In particular the feedback gathered during this live coding session: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4pbx4x/duck_hunt_vr_for_the_htc_vive_alpha_03_this_is_a/

DuckHuntVR game scene
DuckHuntVR game scene

Duck Red
Duck Red

Duck Green
Duck Green

Duck Blue
Duck Blue

Triple duck dog
Triple duck dog

Zapper EU version.
Zapper EU version.

Zapper US version.
Zapper US version.