VR diving with realistic graphics shows the immersive power of virtual reality - MIXED Reality News

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A solo developer creates graphically elaborate underwater experiences for a VR crippled – the archetypal videos are spectacular.

The dives successful realistically murky h2o travel from a yet unnamed VR game: The solo developer “Khena B” is moving connected a diving travel to an alien satellite utilizing the Unreal Engine. In keeping with the theme, the creator reserves a definite magnitude of creator freedom, truthful don’t expect an nonstop diving simulator.

But the archetypal video snippets would bash good successful a simulation. The virtual hands make believable waves connected the aboveground and aft diving, the floating particles springiness the feeling of gliding done algae-clouded water.

VR diving is simply amended than show diving

In the precocious summertime of 2022, the developers experimented with a virtual world h2o shader, a particle waterfall, and assorted effects specified arsenic authentic oversea spray. After encountering show issues, they switched from Unreal Engine 5 to mentation 4.

The developer is keeping the enactment unfastened to power backmost to Unreal Engine 5 astatine a aboriginal date. To debar problems, the question strategy presently does not usage tessellation, which could marque elemental objects physically much complex. Meanwhile, Unreal Engine 5 besides supports the caller “Nanite” diagnostic successful virtual reality, which tin automatically standard high-resolution assets successful the engine.

The game, which is presently lone planned for PC VR, revolves astir exploring the underwater world. Players glide guardant with earthy limb movements, akin to the existent swimming movements successful the VR shooter Hubris. A smartwatch connected the virtual wrist keeps way of clip underwater.

The developer is keeping quiescent astir further details, a publically playable demo is not planned astatine the moment. Maybe immoderate ideas developed with ChatGPT volition find their mode into the game. Khena B published immoderate screenshots of a brainstorming league with OpenAI’s chatbot.

Praise from underwater VR pioneers

Another workplace has taken announcement of Khena B’s demo: “Wevr” co-founder Anthony Batt has already expressed involvement successful utilizing the “brilliant” exertion successful his revived underwater acquisition “theBlu.” The VR classic, released successful 2016, is presently receiving caller DLC episodes.

The VR underwater escapade Subnautica, connected the different hand, doesn’t look to service arsenic a relation model: On Twitter, Khena B repeatedly points retired that helium has not played the endurance title.

If you’re present successful the temper for immoderate VR h2o fun, you mightiness privation to cheque retired the arsenic graphically awesome Kayak VR Mirage. Already disposable for SteamVR, it volition beryllium adjacent much beauteous when the Playstation VR 2 launches.

The stealth crippled Phantom: Covert Ops besides puts you successful a kayak. The VR acquisition Biolum takes you heavy into the ocean.

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