We're super-excited to announce we've just launched the Oculus VR DK2 Beta for Sublevel Zero! We hope you have fun getting lost (both literally and metaphorically) in our 3D, 6DoF world!
To try the beta:
- Go to Sublevel Zero in your Steam library.
- Right click and select Properties.
- Under the Betas tab, select dk2beta in the drop down.
This requires an Oculus Rift DK2 with runtime 0.8 and the latest graphics drivers on Windows. Oculus Runtime 0.8 here:
https://developer.oculus.com/downloads/pc/0.8.0.0-beta/Oculus_Runtime_for_Windows/
A few important notes -
- Firstly, and most importantly - THIS IS A BETA! There's lots of work to be done, not just on Sublevel Zero, but on VR hardware and drivers. In terms of our work, there's a lot of performance optimisation to be done, as well as including more VR friendly features and tweaks. Frame rates will probably drop below VSync now and then, and there will be some stutters.
- We strongly recommend turning off Autolevelling. Roll is always the most disorienting movement you can make in VR even if you're in control of it, and having the game do it automatically can be... bad.
- We strongly recommend turning off Volumetric Lighting. Even on high spec GPUs, this effect will probably drop your framerate below VSync.
- Loading screens are static, NOT yet VR-friendly!
- The HUD in particular will be improved for VR.
Try to take it slow to begin with, ease yourself into flying around on all axes, and have fun!
-Luke
P.S. I personally recommend flying around the lava caves :)