doublevr Going passthrough was one of the best strategic decisions as everyone is watching these with quest 3 release. Getting Mr. Nash to try it out 🔥
Well... I mean, sure, everyone is trying it out right now because of the new headset release. I, myself, someone who has never tried PT before, have been experimenting with it for the past 4 days. My initial impression on Day 1 was really disappointing, and not at all what the hype made me believe... And sure, people are going to try it out because they are curious, they want to add some variety/spark in their porn habits, and because it's the "new thing." But if SLR becomes a completely PT-centric studio, then it's a damn waste of VR directors like Alex Nash.
doublevr Otherswise he has been resistant so far.
Hopefully quest 3 passthrough madness will get him more into it.
This speaks volumes right here, and quite frankly surprised you would share this.
Regarding PT in general... Since Tuesday, I've experimented more with the help of some of the members here ( @Hurto11 and @Vrsumo2017 ). What's interesting is... though I still don't really enjoy it, I found SOME satisfaction from watching VREdging scenes with custom PT (50 Hue, 100 Sat/Bright, 500+ Range). And actually, generally speaking, I found the more traditional VR scenes that are PT-able due to the lighting/background conditions of the room, were far more enjoyable than the green-screen produced scenes by SimSense. The green screen room is really limiting, as ironic as that sounds. Nothing feels natural about it, in the slightest. Whereas other normally produced VR scenes hit the mark a little better when using custom PT settings. Also, I think having a floating dick (that's obviously not mine) in the PT-scenes is way more immersion-breaking than just seeing the male torso with his dick in place of mine. Also, that won't require perfect alignment every single time.
Anyways, overall, my point is: Fine, I understand, PT is here to stay. I can't argue that, and there are many people that love it (for example when I had level-headed conversations with @Hurto11 and @Vrsumo2017 I understand this is an amazing experience for them). But if you are trying to force PT-green-screen scenes on all your directors, especially Alex Nash, at the same time hearing the news that there will be potentially no more Nash scenes on VRSpy, while simultaneously here at SLR we've only had 1 Nash scene in the last 25 releases... I mean, that's just got to be the most depressing shit I've heard all year.
(PS: Just a random idea: but instead of forcing Nash to shoot a PT scene, maybe he can just shoot his bread-and-butter type of scene, but just have the location / lighting be in a place where creating a PT version in post-production or within the DeoVR app will be possible. That way we don't get the sterile feeling and vibe that all these green-screen scenes so far have, and all fanbases can still enjoy Nash's scenes the way he wants them to be consumed. There is a reason why people fell in love with VRSpy right off the bat, and it's 100% because of Nash's signature style.)
