Yeah, for the price I was hoping for more. I mean I had a few cool things, like 2 spring loaded flaps to center the switch in the unit. Oh and its new legs are technically compatible with the original Virtual Boy.

But man are the screens and software a mess. The switch is too close for the UI to be fully visible without moving your head, especially with the Red lenses. Plus the screen door effect is so bad here that it reminds me of the first gen Oculus Rift.

It actually made me want to go back to the original VB, but with its decaying 30+ year old displays. Technically the VB wins this one by default.

Wait it also requires an 80/year NSO + Expansion Pass and Knuckles Championship Edition subscription. Which has to be payed yearly.

Honestly it might be cheaper in the long run to buy the original system. Even with the price of Jack Bros.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    9·
    4 days ago

    I wonder if there is a VB emulator that can take advantage of an actual VR headset to do the 3D effects so I could turn my Quest 3 into a Virtual Boy…🤔

    Cuz yeah… I had one back when they were new and I certainly do not remember it having a screendoor effect. It was pretty crisp. Just… red. And also uncomfortable unless you laid on your back so the unit sat on your face instead of trying to hunch over into it standing on a table.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      I tried it on a Quest 2 and a 3DS.

      Since the VB only stationary 3D and not 6DoF motion-tracked VR, I don’t think it translates well to the Quest. It did work really well on the 3DS though. At least it worked good enough to spend half an hour figuring out that none of the 16 or so VB games were good enough for anything more than a quick curious glance at them.

      At least not for someone who has no nostalgia for the system. I guess if you had one as a child it might be more interesting.

    • Hazzard@lemmy.zipEnglish
      8·
      4 days ago

      Poking around briefly, it sounds like there’s several options, which is a pretty rad use case, actually.

      There’s also DolphinXR, for playing Wii games on a virtual screen using VR controllers for substantially better pointer and motion controls than original hardware could muster.

      I think it’s so neat in general when VR can be used to more accurately capture/enhance the experience of weird original hardware.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      No no no. The move was that you put it on a desk. And sit in a low chair. Then just lean forward, and run into invisable walls in that airplane game.

      Right? I CANNOT be the only person here who got lost in that world because walls were just frames without solid color. I thought I was flying into open space. Nope. Invisable wall actually.