Meta Quest / VR Platform Media and Icons - Help

[jrusso4587]

With the release of Batman: Arkham Shadow, one could argue that VR gaming has taken another huge step forward. I personally jumped back in after many years away simply because I could not connect with it as a hardcore gaming device as much as I hoped I would. I know I am alone in that opinion, but I was still surprised to see that (as far as I can tell) there is no media set up for the Meta Quest or any other VR device. No logos, no platform videos, no database or anything that would help me set it up and make it look great like everything else I have. I hope there is a chance that, if for no other reason than the sake of completeness, that those kinds of media can be created for people like me. I can understand it not being in the official database just yet because that would be a huge undertaking, but simply having the basic media set up (i.e. platform icons and platform videos) and an official VR category and platform in Launchbox as a shell would be a big help. 

I realize that part of the reason for the lack of LB support is that the Meta Quest 3 is mainly a standalone device and that the games are not "launched" through LB (though I do know you can use LB when connected to the PC). However, LB is so versatile, that I use it as my way to display the games for ALL my systems, even ones I cannot launch with it, like PS5, X-Box Series X and a few others. It would just be nice to be able to set that up too in Launchbox.

Is that a reasonable request and what would be the best way to request to have the basic media created?

Please let me know.

 

Edited October 23 by jrusso4587

[Pademonium bac]

5 hours ago, jrusso4587 said:

With the release of Batman: Arkham Shadow, one could argue that VR gaming has taken another huge step forward. I personally jumped back in after many years away simply because I could not connect with it as a hardcore gaming device as much as I hoped I would. I know I am alone in that opinion, but I was still surprised to see that (as far as I can tell) there is no media set up for the Meta Quest or any other VR device. No logos, no platform videos, no database or anything that would help me set it up and make it look great like everything else I have. I hope there is a chance that, if for no other reason than the sake of completeness, that those kinds of media can be created for people like me. I can understand it not being in the official database just yet because that would be a huge undertaking, but simply having the basic media set up (i.e. platform icons and platform videos) and an official VR category and platform in Launchbox as a shell would be a big help. 

I realize that part of the reason for the lack of LB support is that the Meta Quest 3 is mainly a standalone device and that the games are not "launched" through LB (though I do know you can use LB when connected to the PC). However, LB is so versatile, that I use it as my way to display the games for ALL my systems, even ones I cannot launch with it, like PS5, X-Box Series X and a few others. It would just be nice to be able to set that up too in Launchbox.

Is that a reasonable request and what would be the best way to request to have the basic media created?

Please let me know.

 

it's just a young technology, it's not yet standardized and therefore still niche, so few people are interested in it in the community, which is rather Forty /retro 

So it's a niche object, yes. But what an object!

Now the hardware has to improve, because for the moment, whether in terms of price, ergonomics or image quality, it's still not good enough to attract the curiosity of neophytes!

But I think this will be the only possible future for the Video game, because compared to consoles and even PCs, it can still evolve.

I use it every day! To play, to develop! 
Apps are plentiful and games far more numerous than you might imagine, since 2 years ago praydog, a talented modder behind the Resident Evil iN VR ports, developed UEVR.

UEVR and it's a game changer.

A utility that makes (almost) any PC game VR-compatible - more than 10,000 games developed under the Unreal Engine on PC, and so many potential guinea pigs to put Praydog's tool to good use.

Playing dead island 2 in vr, for example, is possible and even super playable.

But you're right, there's a lot of work to be done!

For my part, I've already put aside a lot of media:

launch theme / interface / Icons wheel

I've already got a big VR part in my custom big box, and even more today since I'm developing on emu vr as part of a small team developing a mod.

I have to  learn about unity in self taught mode so I'm doing it. use frequently !

 

Edited October 24 by Pademonium bac