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kneeblock

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For example, Snoop Dogg is building a virtual mansion on a plot of land in Sandbox, and someone recently paid $450,000 to be his neighbor.
I tend to believe these property relations won't catch on except among a few speculators. The nightmare scenario of course is people make money speculating on virtual real estate and use that money to buy up a bunch of virtual worlds that already exist, charging rents or subscriptions and forcing people to pay in some kind of crypto or other virtual currency. It would literally be the capitalization of virtual worlds. But the good thing is there's enough knowledge out there and Unity is still free, so users can always have a commons.

Edit: Unless one of these giants is able to buy Unity.

 
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I tend to believe these property relations won't catch on except among a few speculators. The nightmare scenario of course is people make money speculating on virtual real estate and use that money to buy up a bunch of virtual worlds that already exist, charging rents or subscriptions and forcing people to pay in some kind of crypto or other virtual currency. It would literally be the capitalization of virtual worlds. But the good thing is there's enough knowledge out there and Unity is still free, so users can always have a commons.
Also. It’s limitless. Why buy that site unless you are going to invest something that people will pay to see/use?
 

Dick Niaz

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Looking back over this thread I see there are others among us. Dick Niaz @Dick Niaz ConorMcGregor NutHugger @This Pothead you in for the VR hot tub hangout?
Thanks kneeblock @kneeblock . I’d be up for giving it a go, but I rarely use my VR set so other than a few games, I don’t really know what I’m doing. If you can give me some baby steps to follow, I’d love to try and join. (I haven’t kept up on this thread so apologies if the details are already listed somewhere above).
 

La Paix

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Thanks kneeblock @kneeblock . I’d be up for giving it a go, but I rarely use my VR set so other than a few games, I don’t really know what I’m doing. If you can give me some baby steps to follow, I’d love to try and join. (I haven’t kept up on this thread so apologies if the details are already listed somewhere above).
I’ll buy it off you. Name your price.
 

Dick Niaz

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I’ll buy it off you. Name your price.
I would except I have a feeling VR is going to become much more prevalent and expensive in the coming years, so I'm hesitant to part with it. That said, if you can make my gold name permanent, we can begin negotiations.
 

La Paix

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I would except I have a feeling VR is going to become much more prevalent and expensive in the coming years, so I'm hesitant to part with it. That said, if you can make my gold name permanent, we can begin negotiations.
 

kneeblock

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The game Resist on the Quest is incredible. Just came out a couple months ago so I'm not sure of the buzz, but it's maybe the best game I've played. You have these cords that shoot out of your hands basically like Spider-Man's web shooters but you also get a jetpack and have a gun in each hand. It leads to this insane midair combat against aerial drones and robots on the ground firing missles at you. There's also a bullet time effect. It's pretty insane and almost over the top intense.
 

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All right headset arrived. kneeblock @kneeblock I'm ruined.

I see a lot of recommendations for things on steam and PC and whatnot. Help me out here. Right out of the box. What am I using on the headset before I start hooking up to other stuff and other stores.
 

kneeblock

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All right headset arrived. kneeblock @kneeblock I'm ruined.

I see a lot of recommendations for things on steam and PC and whatnot. Help me out here. Right out of the box. What am I using on the headset before I start hooking up to other stuff and other stores.
See my list above and the other recos!

I'd say the things that made me most understand how awesome it was were the Pornhub website and the games Deisim, Thrill of the Fight and lately Resist.
 

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All right headset arrived. kneeblock @kneeblock I'm ruined.

I see a lot of recommendations for things on steam and PC and whatnot. Help me out here. Right out of the box. What am I using on the headset before I start hooking up to other stuff and other stores.
Don't forget there is other cool stuff to do on it besides games. Try things like You Tube VR, theres a lot of websites that offer VR experiences, and if you can connect it to your PC, Google Earth is must.
 

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It leads to this insane midair combat against aerial drones and robots on the ground firing missles at you. There's also a bullet time effect. It's pretty insane and almost over the top intense.
Go slow with movement. I know a few people who are afraid of VR cause they got sick their first time. A game like this can fuck you up if you're prone to motion sickness.


View: https://youtu.be/PQDjS5ha5yU?t=637
 

La Paix

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I’m in! Fucking finally. Main issue I had was creating a second user account. After trying everything from factory resetting headset to reinstalling apps and toggling BR off and on what ended working was plugging the headset into the PC. Read a comment on another forum saying this worked but I don’t understand what changes to make it so. Either way. If anyone is going to set up multiple user for one headset and struggles pairing headset to app try plugging it into computer. Once I solved that I was stuck on the bubble screen forever. After more online searching trial and error my issue was FB permissions. I literally never use FB so this process was extra annoying. Long story short if you are stuck on bubble screen go into FB settings and find websites and apps and turn on third party. I mean seriously why can’t you just spend the $500, go home and strap it on and get going? Anyways… I feel much better now lol.

Anyone know where I can buy a gi or Kung fu outfit for my avatar?
 

kneeblock

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I’m in! Fucking finally. Main issue I had was creating a second user account. After trying everything from factory resetting headset to reinstalling apps and toggling BR off and on what ended working was plugging the headset into the PC. Read a comment on another forum saying this worked but I don’t understand what changes to make it so. Either way. If anyone is going to set up multiple user for one headset and struggles pairing headset to app try plugging it into computer. Once I solved that I was stuck on the bubble screen forever. After more online searching trial and error my issue was FB permissions. I literally never use FB so this process was extra annoying. Long story short if you are stuck on bubble screen go into FB settings and find websites and apps and turn on third party. I mean seriously why can’t you just spend the $500, go home and strap it on and get going? Anyways… I feel much better now lol.

Anyone know where I can buy a gi or Kung fu outfit for my avatar?
Try VRChat for avatars.
 

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I think it's bollocks


Is it really like shooting people,


Do we even want to encourage that