Virtual reality
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Virtual reality (VR) is a field of technology surrounding direct interactivity with virtual 3D environments. This is often achieved 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 original experience 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) | Active | Recommended |
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PC | |||||||
3DNes VR | Nintendo NES | Windows, macOS, Linux | 2.1 | Rotatable 3D-view | 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 | 1.19.1 | SBS* | ? | ✓ | ? |
Mobile | |||||||
ePSXe | Sony PlayStation | Android | 2.0.8 | Google Cardboard | ? | ? | |
FPse | Sony PlayStation | Android | 0.11.198 | Oculus, GearVR, Google Cardboard, Homido, etc. | ✓ | ? | |
GVRgb | Game Boy | Android | 1.02 | Game room simulation | Oculus, GearVR, Google Cardboard, Homido, etc. | ? | ? |
PPSSPP | Sony PSP | Android | 1.17.1 | Cinema screen | Google Cardboard | ✓ | ? |
RetroArch | Multi-system | Multi-platform | 1.19.1 | 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) | Active | Recommended |
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EmuVR | Multi-system | ? | Beta | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |