I think it would be cool to collaborate on a list of free VR apps (games, experiences, and other VR software) that we have tested to work well on frame and would recommend to others. Even older ones that have been around for a long time could still be fun for those of us who are newbies to VR. I’m going to try all the free apps I can and feel like while I’m starting out and getting the hang of it, before I start shelling out for paid ones. It would be useful to state whether it worked in standalone or streaming mode too. I’m mostly interested in standalone for now since my old gaming box has a fairly old and underpowered GPU.

Here are a couple to start with:

Standalone - Arcturus Vision Gaussian XR - cool technical demo.

Standalone - BoomXR - nice basic(?) rhythm exercise/boxing game. It worked perfectly for me and I enjoyed the game and the workout. I think that this will hold me over for a while until I get Beat Saber, Synth Riders, Thrill of The Fight 2, Dragon Fist, etc.

    • Cricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Ah, sorry to hear! If it helps, it sounds like the list is moving along nicely. There were some threads in the last couple of days indicating that a bunch of people in the waitlist started receiving reservation queue emails!

      • FoxAlive@lemmy.zip
        3·
        2 days ago

        I’m not even creative but when I had a vr set up I spent maybe 3 days making a semi miniature island with a waterfall on a floating rock I was overly proud of.

        Just felt more intuitive in a way that blender or photoshop never really clicked with me.

        I might be confusing another app but I know one of them you can export as 3d models and it made me want to make something less functional for once, but I never got around to it. If I ever get a frame I would want to look into that more. At bare minimum I can see myself uploading the structural file to the app and then sculpting something nice onto it then taking that final file to the slicer.

  • eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    6 days ago

    I don’t know if it runs on the Frame, but Google Earth VR is a very fun free VR “game”.
    It’s pretty cool just walking around anywhere in the world in decent quality.

  • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
    4·
    5 days ago

    Mine is not arrived yet so I cannot say if any of these works on the Frame standalone nor if it runs on Proton. But here are the free games/experience I enjoyed when I started VR. Order is kinda from fav to least but not really.

    FREE

    • The Lab
    • Adventure Climb
    • ART Plunge
    • OpenBrush
    • theBlu
    • aircar

    As a bonus here is a list of games that are very cheap on sale and that I enjoyed. Remember these were NOT tested on a standalone headset nor a GNU/Linux OS!

    CHEAP and worthy – Usually less than $5 when on sale

    • SUPERHOT VR
    • A Fisher Man’s Tale
    • Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
    • Traffic Jams
    • Panoptic
    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      5 days ago

      I’ve tested keep talking and nobody explodes. Great game from years ago! Works great on frame, standalone. Highly recommend.

    • Cricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      Excellent, thank you! I had some of those in my library and wishlist, but hadn’t heard of some of them. I appreciate it. I hope that you get your Frame soon!

      • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 days ago

        Should arrive soon ;)

        “A Fisher Man’s Tale” is an amazing (very short) VR puzzle game. I bought the sequel for when the Frame arrive, can’t wait to play it!

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    I know of a few painting tools for fun in VR, but what I’d really like is animation.

    I spent a lot of time animating keyframes in Garry’s Mod, though it’s sometimes a struggle to translate positions and rotations into mouse movements, as well as think about a wealth of tools that can only take up so much space on the monitor.

    If there’s a way to create character animations using VR hands, that might really interest me.

  • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    I know there’s IKEA Pancake Kitchen, which is unavailable in Germany for some reason.

    There were some Spider-Man games as promotions for the movies, but they have been delisted. The one I have wouldn’t launch standalone anyways.

    If we ever get a working WebXR browser there are a ton of browser games like https://spiderman.webvr.link/ and https://moonrider.xyz/.

    I have successfully started Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay. There is also Trials on Tatooine which I haven’t tested yet.

    SideQuest also has a shit ton of free games. Most are for the Quest, but they may also work with Lepton. I have only tested Minecraft VR so far and that worked halfway (the game started but actual Minecraft did not start).

    • Cricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Haha, thanks for telling me about IKEA Pancake Kitchen! I probably would have never heard of that if you hadn’t mentioned it. I see that they have IKEA VR Experience, which is also set in an IKEA kitchen. :D

      Good ideas and links, thanks! Is it possible to use SideQuest with Frame and without a Meta account? I understand that a browser with WebXR is coming.

      • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        SideQuest is basically just an independent store/curator for Quest and by now also other headsets. You don’t need any account to download the free games. It has a companion app to help you add the games to your Quest but that’s not needed for Frame.

  • vividspecter@aussie.zone
    4·
    6 days ago

    I’d be interested to see what free Android/Quest APKs work, as that’s the big unknown here. Windows and Linux apps should work the same as they do on SteamVR on a Linux PC, excepting the Frame specific ports and performance differences.

  • Cricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    Another one:

    Standalone - A Shopping Trip to Eklan Tor - amazing little game, very cool experience for someone new to VR. Simple low-poly graphics, but a very intricate little interactive environment for someone to explore in VR, like a very elaborate doll house or doll village. I’ve always been fascinated with miniatures, so it’s right up my alley. The controllers displayed in the game are a bit messed up and I noticed some aliasing or something (it may just be my settings, I need to check the articles/videos for the ideal settings) but it’s still very much worth it.

    The three that I’ve listed so far (Arcturus Vision, BoomXR, and Eklan Tor) seem like very good free options to demonstrate VR to someone. None of them have any locomotion, so it should keep any chance of VR sickness to a minimum if not eliminate it completely.

    • Cricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Thanks, that looks cool, so I’ve added it to my wishlist. It would not surprise me at all if it ran in standalone. BoomXR and A Shopping Trip to Eklan Tor that I’ve suggested have the same exact CPU and GPU requirements as blarp and ran great, although their RAM requirement is only half (4 GB) of blarp’s (8 GB). But the Frame has 16 GB so I don’t think it would be an issue.