Today was a VR day. When I woke up I put together the shower caddy
poles that I got to hold the sensors. They are just leaning in the
corners because the last pole made it too tall for the ceiling. But
that works for me because it is even less permanent now. The
frustration set in when I got it all set up and then found out the
sensors needed a firmware update. That required taking them back
down and plugging them into my computer, which sounds simple but it
was a pain in the butt. And then I kept getting an error message. I
tried uninstalling and reinstalling things, none of which seemed to
help. I think the solution that actually worked was flipping the
HDMI cable around going from the little control box into my computer.
Apparently the direction of the cable mattered. After all of that,
it was smooth sailing. Or at least as smooth as it can be with a
laptop that doesn't meet all of the requirements to run VR.
I was glad to find out that I am not prone to VR sickness. I could
see it a bit when my computer got overwhelmed and the screen got
super jittery. And I wasn't playing anything with a lot of crazy
movement because I didn't think my computer could take it. So I
guess it is still a possibility in the future. Hopefully not.
I was a little disappointed with the visuals because when you see a
recording of someone playing it, you get a regular, 1080p image.
When using the actual headset, the view is much less clear. It is
difficult to read small text, which can make menus a little annoying.
So the resolution is a little disappointing because it does not live
up to my expectations. But there is a sweet spot in the FOV where
things look pretty good.
But, I still really like it. It's incredible. Being completely
immersed in a virtual environment, being able to lean in closer to
look at something, spinning around to see everything and getting
surprised by something you didn't know was right behind you. I also
really like that the inner foam pad has cutouts for my glasses so
they aren't smooshed into my ears or face. The main selling point
for the Vive over the Rift was everyone saying the Vive was much more
friendly to people who wear glasses.
I spending the morning setting up and playing VR stuff and I
eventually made it to my Mom's around two o'clock to do laundry. I
thought I would read while waiting on my laundry but I ended up
researching VR stuff because that is my new obsession. I also took a
brief nap and started the sign-up process for a dating app. My
friend really likes it so I looked into it. It apparently puts the
ball in the woman's court, so when two people match, the woman has
twenty-four hours to initiate contact if they are actually
interested. This is good for the women because they don't have to
worry about being inundated by messages, and it is good for men, like
me, who don't initiate. That was the selling point for me. Also,
there is a BFF mode, so you can just find people to be friends with,
not necessarily start a relationship with, which sounds a lot less
intimidating. The downside is that I don't have many pictures of
myself and the ones I do have are low resolution. It's like I'm
living in the early 2000s. Maybe I should wait and see if some of
the wedding pictures come in because those will be the most recent.
We'll see.
For dinner I grabbed Jimmy John's because that sounded good. And it
would take less time than roasting vegetables and making rice. I
also realized I forgot to get more black beans, which I was kind of
looking forward to. I doubt I leave the house tomorrow to buy beans
but I do plan on roasting some vegetables. And maybe making
something bread-related. I started looking through the biscuit book
and all of the biscuits so far are made with wheat flour. What's up
with that? I'm going to need to get more flour. Maybe when I buy
beans.
I spent the rest of the night playing VR stuff. The VR Lab is really
fun. I also need to workout more because shooting my fake bow and
arrow was tiring. Mainly the holding my arm out straight thing. My
shoulder is finally starting to feel better after hurting it back in
March, so maybe I should start exercising again. There are a lot of
other free games I want to try and I want to keep playing but that is
what tomorrow is for.
I have now been dragging this out forever so I am going to call it
good and record my audio journal so I can go to bed.
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