Editing Virtual reality

Virtual reality is still in it early days. All applications (such as emulators) that want to support a VR headset have to deal with different APIs, controls and sensors unique to each platform. This will hopefully get better now that [[Wikipedia:OpenXR|OpenXR]] has been released. OpenXR is an open and royalty-free standard from Khronos (the organization behind open standards such as OpenGL and Vulkan) that will act as a middle man between VR/AR hardware of all sorts with the purpose to solve VR/AR fragmentation. This will hopefully make it possible to implent VR code once with the OpenXR API and have it compatible with all current and future VR headsets. If OpenXR succeeds, VR support in more regular emulators is much more likely.

! scole="col"|Headset(s)

! scole="col"|3D<ref group=N>Emulators with 3D support can output the video in 3D, this can be used to view the game in 3D with a VR headset.</ref>

|[[3dSen#Download|{{3dSenVRVer}} ($)]]

|[https://dolphinvr.wordpress.com/downloads/ 5.0-250]

|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|[https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/26990/ppsspp-vr-playstation-portable-emulator PPSSPP VR]

|[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KDg9SB9Fn4nulS6abBofMy7rUyDGth5- 1.1.1]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||?

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|? ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}  

!colspan="10"|Mobile / ARM

|? ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|? ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mallmagician.GvrgbCB

|N/A

|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}

|[http://buildbot.orphis.net/ppsspp/ {{PPSSPPVer}}]

|? ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||?

|? ||? ||? ||{{✗}} ||?

|? ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||?

|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}

|? ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}

|Oculus Quest, Oculus Go

|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{TBD}}

|? ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{TBD}}

|[https://chesstar.itch.io/nes-space 2020.0601 ($)]

|Oculus Quest

|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

;[[Dolphin VR]]: A VR fork by [https://github.com/CarlKenner/ CarlKenner] (AKA [https://www.reddit.com/user/2EyeGuy/ 2EyeGuy]). 3D Games can be played in Virtual Reality with accurate life-size scale, full FOV, a 3D HUD, independent aiming, and the ability to look around. 2D Games can be played on a life-size virtual screen at the correct angle, sometimes even in 3D. Supports Wii, GameCube and Nintendo 64 Virtual Console games. There are also romhacks that can be used to make games more VR friendly, an example being this [https://www.dsogaming.com/news/you-can-now-play-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-in-vr-first-person-mode-on-the-pc/ Ocarina of Time romhack]. For more info check out [https://www.reddit.com/r/Dolphin_VR/comments/a5md0j/dolphin_vr_quick_setup_guide_and_tips/ Dolphin VR Quick Setup Guide], [https://www.reddit.com/r/Dolphin_VR/ Dolphin_VR subreddit] and this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cSDIbgJcAtW7QoEaDjsd811g__WXNQqAkykUU6wEmnk/edit?usp=sharing compatibility spreadsheet].

;Dolphin: Regular Dolphin has had support for Stereoscopic 3D video output for a long time.<ref name="dolphin3d">https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2015/05/13/a-second-perspective/</ref> There are support for Side-by-Side, anaglyph, top-and-bottom, 3D Vision output and passive stereoscopic displays. For use with a VR headset, use side-by-side output. For PC, use something like [https://bigscreenvr.com/ Bigscreen] and enable SBS3D mode to show SBS content in your VR headset, for Android it should work right away. As of October 2019 an OpenXR implementation for full VR support is being worked on, see this [https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/8380 pull request] for more info.

;[[RPCS3]]:Added support for PlayStation 3D on March 7, 2020<ref name="rpcs3">https://twitter.com/rpcs3/status/1236296783594229762</ref>. Initially only for Anaglyph output but stereoscopic will be added later. Use something like [https://bigscreenvr.com/ Bigscreen] and enable SBS3D mode to show SBS content in your VR headset. There is [[wikipedia:List_of_PlayStation_3_games_with_3D_support|a list on Wikipedia]] with games that have 3D support.

A VR game room simulation provides a simulated game room; within that room there are arcade machines or one or more classic consoles connected to ordinary 2d screens that the user can interact with as they would a real-life TV.

|[[Multi-system emulators|Multi-system]]

|[http://www.emuvr.net/beta Beta]

|90's game room

|HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, WindowsMR

|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|[[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis]]

|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

||Oculus Quest, Oculus Go

|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

;EmuVR:Let's you play around in a virtual 90's gamers bedroom. Pick up games, connect cables and play them on your CRT TV. Uses [[RetroArch]] to run the games.

;SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics:Segas official emulator for Genesis games. Has a virtual 90's gamers bedroom. Look at game covers and play them on your CRT. Has mod support, it's possible to play your own ROMs and to play the official ROMs in other emulators.