This weeks 3 VR stories that caught my eye include a possible silent hill VR game, You can now turn your house into a dungeon crawler and of course Smell your own poo in VR. Lets get into it.

Vermont Tech Start up OVR Technology has created a cartridge that can snap onto your headset just above your nose that is filled with vials of different scents OVR has meticulously  manufactured in their lab. Testers have been able to use the product to pick up a rose in VR and legitimately smell it and then pull the rose away and the scent goes away and doesn’t linger. Which sounds pretty impressive. It’s like a personal version Smell-O-Vision from the 50’s which yes was a real thing hollywood tried to implement in theaters but due to having to make a whole theater smell like something it encountered lots of overlapping smells and problems. Just imagine smelling the penguin in batman… You wouldn’t think it but smell is actually pretty vital to experiences and creating memories just imagine your grandmothers cooking or how thanksgiving dinner has a smell triggered memory. None the less OVR has experimented with more smells than just flowers they have yes worked on urine, garbage, dirt, feces (yum) gunpowder and blood. Luckily these types of scents are more used for training for soldiers or firefighters bc blade and sorcery would definitely be a different type of experience if I had smell the gallons of blood that spills in that game. On the brighter sense of smell this tech can help with meditation apps to add calming scents or add to atmospheric games like Nature Treks VR where you could actually smell the forest or the beach and that’s Escapism at its finest. Currently OVR is only contracted with businesses like clinics for addiction recovery, and they have not divulged the price but I think this is an interesting step into the future of immersion for VR.

You can now turn your whole house into a dungeon, well unless you already have… Using a new app on Sidequest called Dungeon Maker you can create all kinds of midevil traps and obstacles right in your living room. This app makes use of the recent passthrough updates for devs so you can travel through your own home trying not to die. You begin by creating a starting point with your touch controller and then choose a challenging path by adding traps like a giant swinging ax or a pit filled with spikes and add waypoints as a goal for making it through the course. Right now though the traps actually don’t affect you in anyway so you still need to cut off your video game brain a little bit but it is still an interesting experience. The developers field of vision plan to add in more features like spatial anchors, a scoring system, buttons and doors and object collision. If you want to dungeon up your basement you can download the game from Sidequest from the link in the description below

Lastly Konami has updated the trademark for Silent Hill referencing a virtual reality headset, possibly suggesting that if there is a new game in development it could also come to VR which would be absolutely insane. Just imagine playing the infamous PT demo from Kojima on your quest. Oh wait you can, well sorta you can download the hallway as a custom home on sidequest the link of course is in the description. A full fledged silent hill game in VR would be a nightmare and yet a joy all at the same time. So here’s to hoping konami can make something worthwhile in the future. Again this is just a trademark update and internet speculation so I wouldn’t get your VR hopes up just yet.

Thanks for watching and I’ll catch you next week with 3 more VR stories I found interesting. Let me know in the comments what game you’d like to smell. Mine would be Walkabout mini golf Sweetopia level. See ya!!

Getting a new quest? Get $30 free store credit on me by using my referral code: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/SlurpeePinata

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/03/14/virtual-reality-smell-ovr-technology

https://sidequestvr.com/app/7524/dungeon-maker

https://sidequestvr.com/app/6100/pt-hallway-silent-hills
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2616537008386430/

Nock is quickly becoming an incredibly popular multiplayer game on the quest 2 and they recently just posted their roadmap for updates and features so lets see what the future holds for Nock.

Here are the features the developers normal are working on currently. Feature 1 is a dark arena. I personally would really enjoy this and so would my eyeballs. I do like the white floor and bright blue atmosphere in the arena we have at launch, its a nice escape buy my old man dad eyeballs get a little strained after a while but nonetheless this dark arena looks like a california  sunset into the deep blue sea and would be welcomed change of scenery for us players.

More characters are coming, they are looking to release about 6 unique characters as you can see here in this shot it looks like we have an assassin on the right, a shrouded cricket that almost looks like the character from journey. But noticing what is in their hands leads to 

New Bow Designs, here’s a close up image of some of the bow models they are looking to release 6-10 new ones and next to characters I think these will be the most sought after cosmetics. But I personally want that clippy paper clip bow. 

Custom block skins are up next which I think would be an interesting unlockable that I would never pay for but it will look cool to shoot a block of cheese to defend against a goal.

This next one is a big one quick chat. In my opinion quick chat is very important in games like this especially for people who don’t like to have their mic on during gameplay maybe because their uh kid is sleeping in the next room. I’m interested to see how they would implement it and what button they will use, but I’m excited for that feature.

Up next is having the ability to curve your arrows which will surely be above my skill set but will make the game much more interesting. As you see here in the provided gif it says you will be able to curve your arrows with your wrist. This should help making contact with those long off axis ball and directing the ball more easily

They are also working on an integrated friends list and party support for your questies along with of course a PC-VR version which I’m sure will send this game into the stratosphere once it hits steam.

Now for the future future of nock. In future updates normal is planning on adding a free play and training mode to help practice shots much like rocket league. They are planning on adding in match spectating which would be awesome for streamers and the potential of turning this franchise into a VR master league gaming title. Something I wish was there for launch, in game replays with the ability to save them for later which would be nice for youtubers and tiktokers and finally more game modes. Honestly gorilla tag in that arena would be pretty dope.

There you have it the future of Nock, are you playing nock obsessively? Let me know in the comments below.

Getting a new quest? Get $30 free store credit on me by using my referral code: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/SlurpeePinata

A quick beginners guide and tutorial for Knock, now out on the Meta Quest 2. Tips and tricks to make you better in Knock, the rocket league of VR.

So here ladies and questlmen is nock. A competitive first person bow and arrow ball shooter soccer game from the creators of Half and Half. The movement in the game is incredibly fluid fun and the game loop is real addicting so lets jump in.

Movement:
When you start you can choose to put the bow in either your right or left hand so for this guide we will have our character be a right handed archer. Starting with movement using your left bow hand engane the grip button on the controller and you can glide your way around the arena. Fairly similar to gorilla tag. 

Now with your right hand use the grip button to pretty much pull the arena around you and best of all jump. To jump all you need to do is while holding the grip button you can sling your arm down to jump into the air just like mario you can double jump into oblivion.

Shooting:

Let’s talk shooting. As you can see just to the inside of your bow hand there are three circles that represent how many arrows you have in your wiggly quiver. Holding the trigger button on the hand opposite of the bow you can pull back your string and let that arrow fly. Once you run out of arrows you will need to traverse the map hitting the green dots laying around to refill your ammo. You will notice some are on the ground and some are in the air. Also, a few have three arrows, so put those in your memory when you are in a desperate situation.You get three arrows to start with and unfortunately you can’t stockpile more than three at a time.

You can change your arrow to a defensive block by hitting the a or if you are a lefty the x button on your string hand while your arrow is in the air to create a block to use in case your opponent is getting too close to your goal. These are a fun way to make your opponent made and why this game is easy to learn but hard to master.

Quick Tips:

Speaking of mastering Let’s hit a few quick tips that will help you in nock

This one is fairly obvious but figured I should point it out anyway, make sure to notice the green arrow cone that shows up letting you know where the ball is when it is out of your sight as well as the circle surrounding it. The circle lets you know how close the ball is to you.

If you are looking for max velocity on the ball try and hit it in directly in the center, you’ll notice as you play more that off center hits usually don’t push the ball forward very much.

If the ball is moving at a fast enough speed it will turn red and if you hit the ball while it is red into an opponent it will kill them like in rocket league for about 5 seconds.

Fun fact you can run into the ball and move it or block it with your body, just of course make sure its not red of course. Honestly I kinda hope they turn that into a gametype in the future, kinda like slappers only on goldeneye but with a ball. We shall see.

A good tip for movement is to remember you can keep your arrow pulled back and ready to fire even while you move throughout the arena.

Lastly when you shoot your arrows and they hit the ball you’ll see a +1 that means that arrow goes back into your arsenal so do your best to always hit the ball so you don’t run out of those precious arrows.

Getting a new quest? Get $30 free store credit on me by using my referral code: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/SlurpeePinata

Here is a Quest 2 tutorial on how to enable developer mode on your headset in under 60 seconds.

Oculus Developer Site: https://developer.oculus.com/

Developer Creator Site: https://developer.oculus.com/manage/organizations/create

Developer Drivers For PC: https://developer.oculus.com/downloads/package/oculus-adb-drivers

Getting a new quest? Get $30 free store credit on me by using my referral code: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/SlurpeePinata

Woodie VR is your stop for Oculus quest news, games, updates and more.

Apparently you can adjust the Oculus Quest 2 Guardian floor level without reaching down to the floor. Just use the thumbstick! Who knew?

Getting a new quest? Get $30 free store credit on me by using my referral code: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/SlurpeePinata

We’ve all been there, we got sucked into the hype of a new quest game or saw one on a daily deal and then played the game for a little bit but realized it just wasn’t our cup of tea. Thankfully you can get a refund and here’s how to do it!

Up front the catch here for returning an Oculus / Meta game is that you have to have bought the game in the last 14 days and played said game for less than two hours. If your game meets those requirements let’s head over to your phone and get your money back!

Alright pull up the oculus app on your phone and head to the menu burger at the bottom right, then click on the green settings icon, and then purchase history. From here choose the game you wish to refund, then tap request refund at the bottom. On the next menu tap refund reason to choose one from the scroll menu hit confirm and if you care to, you can add a comment to send along with your request. Then enter your pin and finally submit your request by hitting the red request refund text at the bottom. Make sure to note that you won’t be able to play the game after this and the approval process takes about 3 days. 

You’ll first receive an email confirming the refund request and then 3 days later another email approving your request and the money will go back on the original payment method you used to buy the game like paypal or your almighty store referral credit.

This process has worked for me every-time and almost like clock work the refund was approved on the 3rd day. So happy refunding my fellow frugal questers and be sure to check out some these videos that may tickle your fancy. Oh and if you can tickle that like button that helps me a lot. I’ll see you in the next one woodie out!

Getting a new quest? Get $30 free store credit on me by using my referral code: https://www.oculus.com/referrals/link/SlurpeePinata