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Check out EmuVR if you haven't yet, its free and VR is not required! (www.emuvr.net)
submitted 11 months ago by Swifter to c/retrogaming
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Emu VR is a game that gives you a virtual room that you can customize like crazy. You can play all your emulated games, watch movies, listen to music, etc. It even has multiplayer! Just recently they added support for user generated content (UGC), and the community has been adding tons of stuff. Even if you don't plan to play, their discord has tons of retro game content as the community is often hunting for old games and 80's/90's paraphernalia.

I've been slowly customizing my room, enjoying playing older games in a way that gives you that same feeling as back in the day. I noticed this community posts similar stuff and I think you guys would like the vibe. It's free and not too difficult to setup!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Anyone who's interested in VR but doesn't want the high outlay or to commit to particular hardware just yet, and has any half-decent Android or iOS phone, should check out VRidge from RiftCat. It turns your phone into a Steam-compatible VR headset; just get one of those head-mounted phone holders and away you go.

VR controls can be an issue; the software lets you fake them with a standard game controller, but I haven't found any easy way to have full VR controls (real first-party VR controllers all seem to be tied to the headset, and third-party software that uses things like Wii remotes and Sony PS Move controllers seems complicated and fiddly). But for this EmuVR I don't think that VR controls are likely to be a sticking point.

EDIT: The VRidge site says that it supports iOS as well.