Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation
What Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality developers are talking about
Nvidia revealed several exciting announcements during CES, one of which is its venture with Acer, Asus, and HP to produce 65-inch displays. The company also revealed an update to GeForce Now and the GeForce Experience client.
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Nvidia are the providers of some of the most popular graphics cards designed for virtual reality (VR) applications, along with the drivers that power them. Nvidia are keen to give users the best experience, and regularly release new Game Ready Driver updates for new and upcoming titles, as they have done for Fallout 4 VR.
Fallout 4 was originally released in 2015, a sequel to both Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas as an action RPG set after a devastating nuclear war that leaves much of the planet in ruins, with the remnants of humanity fighting for survival against monsters and mutants. Fallout 4 follows the story of the protagonist, who can be male or female depending on player choice, who was cryogenically frozen before the war, and is now searching for their son and the person who murdered their spouse.
Bethesda announced that they would be bringing Fallout 4 into VR at E3 2016, an announcement that was met with great excitement. The title is due to launch for the HTC Vive on 11th December, 2017. The title has been reimagined for VR, though still contains the complete core game with its hundreds of quests and large cast of characters, along with combat, crafting and building systems which have been modified to work with Vive motion controllers.
Ahead of the release Nvidia have released a new Game-Ready driver which has been specially optimised for Fallout 4 VR, allowing for the best performance for players by delivering smooth, stutter-free graphics, essential in minimising simulation sickness.
Users can download GeForce Game Ready 388.59 WHQL drivers by using the GeForce Experience desktop application, which also allows players to stream and record gameplay and participate in exclusive giveaways.
Further information on the GeForce drivers can be found on the Nvidia website. More information on Fallout 4 VR can be found on the Steam Store page.
VRFocus will bring you further news on Fallout 4 VR as it becomes available.
DOOM VFR is due for release very soon, to the excitement of virtual reality (VR) users the world over who have been hotly anticipating the chance to rip demons apart in glorious VR. For PC VR users, Nvidia have released new drivers to make the experience as good as possible.
DOOM VFR is Bethesda and id Software’s follow up to 2016’s DOOM, this time bringing the experience into VR. The player takes the role of a scientist caught up in the demonic invasion of the UAC Martian research facility. After a bloody encounter with a demon, the player is transferred into the mind of a machine, armed to the teeth to take revenge on the demons infesting the complex.
The developer and publisher have released a list of recommended system specifications for HTC Vive users who wish to engage in combat against the forces of hell:
DOOM VFR Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350, or better
RAM: 8 GB RAM
HDD: 17 GB HD space
Video: GeForce GTX 1070, or equivalent
DOOM VFR Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
RAM: 16 GB RAM
HDD: 17 GB HD space
Video: GeForce GTX 1080, or equivalent
For users who have a GeForce GTX 1070 or GeForce GTX 1080 to get the best experience from DOOM VFR, Nvidia is recommending users should download the latest Game-ready drivers, which have been optimised to provide a smooth, stutter-free VR experience. Engineers at Nvidia have been working until the last possible moment to fine-tune the new drivers to offer the best possible gameplay. To further reassure users, each game-ready driver is WHQL-certified by Microsoft.
The Nvidia GeForce Game Ready 388.43 WHQL drivers are available through the GeForce Experience desktop application, which also allows users to record or stream gameplay.
VRFocus will bring you further news on DOOM VFR as it becomes available.
Doom, Minecraft, and more can now be recorded with Nvidia Shadowplay, thanks to an update to the GeForce Experience, which adds support for the Vulkan and OpenGL APIs, as well as stability and performance improvements.
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At CES 2017 it was announced that users with NVIDIA’s Geforce Experience software will be able to stream gameplay of whatever they’re playing, including VR content, to Facebook Live. An update now available for the software enables the feature, including the ability to share 360 degree screenshots.
GeForce Experience—software unique to Nvidia’s GPUs which keeps drivers updated and supports video capture—has previously supported livestreaming via Twitch and YouTube, but the growth of Facebook’s ‘Live’ livestreaming functionality has made it a desirable place to share gameplay with friends. Thanks to a new GeForce Experience update, users can now connect their Facebook account and stream live gameplay, including gameplay from VR content, directly to the massive social media platform.
For now there’s no direct way to interact with the streaming audience while in VR because you can’t see live comments or reactions, but we’re hoping to see Nvidia expand their focus on the VR livestreaming over time.
The update also allows users to share 360 degree screenshots taken with Nvidia’s ‘Ansel’ software to Facebook, which can be viewed as a pannable photosphere right in the timeline or in VR for those with Samsung’s Gear VR headset.
Support for Facebook Live and game streaming in general seems to be growing strongly over time. According to Nvidia, there are “600 million video game viewers”, so it’s with good reason that they want to support as many popular platforms as possible, as they already do with Twitch and Youtube. Previously for VR gameplay, Oculus announced that they’d bring Facebook Live streaming for Gear VR, but no word for their desktop platform. Now even if they don’t do it, Facebook Live users could use Geforce Experience, assuming they have an Nvidia graphics card.
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The latest version of Nvidia's GeForce Experience desktop client now requires an Nvidia, Google, or Facebook account. It has also been overhauled, offering a streamlined experience that consumes less memory and is three times faster.
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NVIDIA is never short of announcements and updates when it comes to its graphics cards and virtual reality (VR) experiences. Now, it has been announced that there is an updates to its GeForce Experience, which gives gamers that extra bit of ease when keeping their PC optimised for gaming – including VR.
As detailed in the video for the update, what GeForce Experience does is keep drivers up to date, automatically optimises game settings, and it allows users to capture and share their gaming moments. Now, with GeForce Experience 3.0 users can see a whole new load of changes. One of the updates is its redesign to make the experience faster – three times more with half the memory in fact – as well as an updated user interface and overlay.
As well as this, there are also game-ready drivers which only require one click to install, automatic analysis of your specs to make sure it is optimised for the game you are playing, and you are also able to share screenshots, videos, and live streams on social media.
To take advantage of all that has been listed about the GeForce Experience 3.0, users can register with an account and download it directly to their desktops.
For more on the latest developments from NVIDIA, as well as all the news, updates, and features in the world of VR, make sure to check back with VRFocus.