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VR Funhouse from Nvidia to be open sourced this summer

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VR Funhouse is currently a Windows only advanced VR game, but the interesting thing is that Nvidia claim they will open source it.

From their announcement:
QuoteTo encourage developers to experiment with our SDK, we’re going to be open sourcing VR Funhouse later this summer. We fully expect that developers, enthusiasts and artists from both the VR industry and game industry will build their own mini-games.


It's a pretty advanced title built with Unreal Engine 4 and using NVIDIA GameWorks including NVIDIA PhysX Destruction, NVIDIA FleX, NVIDIA Flow and NVIDIA HairWorks.

Pretty nice to see this, hopefully it will be under a decent license. I also hope this means it allow allow a Linux version and when that happens it would be nice to see the Linux version on Steam too.

Still, we need the HTC Vive to actually support Linux like it was promised right up until release day. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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9 comments

Beamboom Jul 14, 2016
Yeah, whatever happened to Vive and Linux...? Not a word... Not a thing. :(
bubexel Jul 14, 2016
This one is just a tech demo.

I just downloaded it today and tried. It's nice to show whats possible with VR.


Last edited by bubexel on 14 July 2016 at 11:13 pm UTC
slaapliedje Jul 15, 2016
Quoting: Guest
Quoting: GuestAll these VR games look pretty much like demos and showcases of what VR can do... are there any real VR games out yet?
Elite Dangerous…

Elite: Dangerous is fantastic on the Vive, as is Project Cars. There aren't many that are fully native, but Minecraft has a Vive mod that is fantastic (if you're into that) and Legends of Dungeon is really awesome in VR.

We're getting there though, Raw Data was released today, and while Brookhaven Experiment is just a wave based game, it is pretty fun.
bubexel Jul 15, 2016
Minecraft for vive use teletransportation and vive controllers integration

Edit: ops! and roomscale


Last edited by bubexel on 15 July 2016 at 11:28 am UTC
Cybolic Jul 15, 2016
Small correction: The HTC Vive was also promising Linux support after release day. I haven't checked the order page in a while, so I don't know what the promise is currently.
slaapliedje Jul 15, 2016
Quoting: bubexelMinecraft for vive use teletransportation and vive controllers integration

Edit: ops! and roomscale

It actually supports normal movement as well, but it's quite a bit more vomit worthy. Good test if it'll make you yack or not is Windlands. It gave me more of a 'holy crap, I'm flying... and falling' feeling than 'if you're going to spew, spew into this' feeling.
Liam Dawe Jul 15, 2016
Quoting: CybolicSmall correction: The HTC Vive was also promising Linux support after release day. I haven't checked the order page in a while, so I don't know what the promise is currently.
A correction on what? What I said was true. It was listing Linux up until release day.
slaapliedje Jul 15, 2016
The shitty thing here is that once SteamVR is working on Linux, we'll still have to claw our way for support in the software releases. Niche of a Niche... though I think if they can show that UE4 and Unity based software can run better/faster/less power with Vulkan and natively under Linux, we may have a decent chance of being to out lap Windows gamers. From what I've seen, probably 80% of all the games written for the Vive use UE4 or Unity, so that helps.
Cybolic Jul 15, 2016
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: CybolicSmall correction: The HTC Vive was also promising Linux support after release day. I haven't checked the order page in a while, so I don't know what the promise is currently.
A correction on what? What I said was true. It was listing Linux up until release day.
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