Irrational Games' blockbuster BioShock Infinite and EA DICE's Mirror's Edge weren't built with the Oculus Rift in mind, but both are part of a huge list of games supported by a new piece of software available today: VorpX. The still-in-beta, $40 application promises to convert a variety of games from monitor-exclusive experiences to Oculus Rift-ready VR games, including the aforementioned two and a lengthy list of others.
As none of the supported games are meant to work with the Rift, a variety of workarounds are implemented by VorpX. Clicking in and holding down your mouse wheel, for instance, allows you to "edge peek," which allows users to look freely at the edges of their field-of-view instead of it moving with the headset's movement. Additionally, since rendering two distinct views of high-def, modern games is taxing, VorpX uses a workaround called "Z-buffer," which is apparently "the highest performing" of the two available options, but not as pretty. You can also choose "Geometry 3D," which does render two distinct feeds and, well, we're jealous of whatever system you've got that's running that smoothly. Not every game supports both modes, but a fair number do (there's a list right here comparing both). Head below for a handful of video demonstrations of VorpX in action, as well as the full list of supported games.
Alan Wake Aliens – Colonial Marines Alice Madness Returns Anna ArmaA 2 Arx Fatalis (DX9 Mod) Assassins Creed Assassins Creed II Batman Arkham City Battlefield 3 Bioshock Bioshock Infinite Borderlands 2 Call of Juarez – Bound in Blood COD – Black Ops COD – Black Ops 2 COD – Modern Warfare 3 Chivalry (UDK.exe) Civilization V Clive Barkers Jericho Crysis Crysis 2 Crysis 3 Dead Space Dear Esther Deus Ex Human Revolution Dirt 2 Dirt 3 Dishonored Dragon Age Origins Dragon Age II Drakensang 2 F1 Race Stars F1 2011 F1 2012 Flatout Flatout 2 Fallout 3 Fallout New Vegas Far Cry Far Cry 3 Far Cry – Blood Dragon Fuel Flight Simulator X Gothic 3 – Götterdämmerung GTA IV Half-Life 2 Just Cause 2 L.A. Noir Lock On Flaming Cliffs 2 Mafia II Mass Effect Mass Effect 2 Mass Effect 3 Max Payne 3 Miasmata Mirrors Edge Mount & Blade Warband Metro 2033 Morrowind (DX9 Mod) Myst 5 NFS: Most Wanted NFS: Shift 2 Oblivion Op. Flashpoint – Dragon Rising Op. Flashpoint – Red River Portal Portal 2 Psychonauts Race Driver GRID rFactor Slender Slender – the Arrival Skyrim Splinter Cell 3 Stalker – COP Star Trek [2013] Tomb Raider [2013] Tomb Raider Anniversary Tomb Raider Legend Tomb Raider Underworld Trackmania 2 – Canyon Vampire – Redemption Venetica Virtua Tennis 4 Walking Dead, The Wings of Prey (acess.exe) Witcher, The Witcher 2, The World of Warcraft
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