Virtual reality
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Virtual Reality (VR) is a way to experience virtual environments in 3D. Often with a head-mounted display and some form of input tracking. Some new emulators and forks of established emulators have support for VR headsets. There are a lot of different ways the emulators use the features of VR headsets. A lot of them allow you to play the game on a big screen inside your headset. Some of them have a virtual game room where you can play on a CRT TV or arcade cabinet. Some of them allow you to play games in 3D, either by emulating the orginal expericense of a native 3D system like Virtual Boy or by giving a new way to play a traditional 2D system like NES or GameCube in 3D.
Emulators with VR support
| Name | Emulates | Operating System(s) | Latest version | Type | Headset(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | |||||
| 3DNes VR | Nintendo NES | Windows, macOS, Linux | 2.1 | 360 | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, WindowsMR |
| Dolphin VR | Nintendo GameCube, Wii & N64 VC | Windows | 5.0-250 | 360, SBS, cinema screen | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift |
| VBjin-OVR | Nintendo Virtual Boy | Windows | 3.0 | Oculus Rift | |
| VirtueBoy Advance | Nintendo GBA | Windows, Linux | ?.? (Windows) ?.? (Linux) |
SBS | Oculus Rift |
| PPSSPP VR | Sony PSP | Windows | 1.1.1 | 360 inside game | Oculus Rift |
| RetroArch | Multi-system | Multi-platform | 1.18.0 | SBS* | ? |
| Mobile | |||||
| ePSXe | Sony PlayStation | Android | 2.0.8 | Google Cardboard | |
| FPse | Sony PlayStation | Android | 0.11.195 | Occulus, GearVR, Google Cardboard, Homido, etc. | |
| GVRgb | Game Boy | Android | 1.02 | Game room simulation | Occulus, GearVR, Google Cardboard, Homido, etc. |
| PPSSPP | Sony PSP | Android | 1.17.1 | Cinema screen | Google Cardboard |
| RetroArch | Multi-system | Multi-platform | 1.18.0 | SBS* | ? |
| VR MAME | Arcade | Android | 1.0.1 | Cinema screen | Google Cardboard |
| VR VICE | Commodore 64 | Android | 1.0.3 | Cinema screen | Google Cardboard |
- Using glsl shaders
VR game room simulations
| Name | Emulates | Operating System(s) | Latest version | Type | Headset(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EmuVR | Multi-system | ? | N/A | 90's game room | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift |
| New Retro Arcade: Neon | Multi-system | Windows | Steam | 80's arcade | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift |
| SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics | Sega Genesis | Windows, Mac, Linux | Steam | 90's game room | HTC Vive, Oculus Rift |
