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Play PC VR games inside your mobile VR headset with VRidge technology. For a fraction of the cost!
This app enables RiftCat's VRidge technology on Android phone. Transforming your phone to a powerful VR headset screen. All you need is to put it inside a headmount like Google Cardboard and have fun.
It uses your desktop PC computing power to handle PC VR games and stream it into your phone via WiFi. It simulates the devices like Oculus Rift etc.
VRidge is capable of displaying high quality PC graphics and perfect handling of head rotations.
To play games with VRidge, you need RiftCat desktop client installed on your PC. Go to https://riftcat.com/vridge to know more.
Requires Windows 8.1 (AMD) or Windows 7 (Nvidia) and gaming GPU. See full requirements here:
https://riftcat.com/vridge/requirements
Free version is limited to 10 minutes per session. You can unlock unlimited playtime through one-time payment in desktop app.
This app enables RiftCat's VRidge technology on Android phone. Transforming your phone to a powerful VR headset screen. All you need is to put it inside a headmount like Google Cardboard and have fun.
It uses your desktop PC computing power to handle PC VR games and stream it into your phone via WiFi. It simulates the devices like Oculus Rift etc.
VRidge is capable of displaying high quality PC graphics and perfect handling of head rotations.
To play games with VRidge, you need RiftCat desktop client installed on your PC. Go to https://riftcat.com/vridge to know more.
Requires Windows 8.1 (AMD) or Windows 7 (Nvidia) and gaming GPU. See full requirements here:
https://riftcat.com/vridge/requirements
Free version is limited to 10 minutes per session. You can unlock unlimited playtime through one-time payment in desktop app.
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3.7
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Jory Meltzer
Unusable. Basically feels like amateur hour trying to use this. Used to be good enough if set up just right, but now it quickly accumulates horrific lag no matter what I do. Don't even bother trying this if you're not very technical; if you are, don't sink much time into trying to get it to work. At this point I'm heavily considering getting a Vive. My system is good enough for that.
Ben Spivy
About as reliable as a 100 year old car. This app constantly would disconnect from my phone with vr never completly working. Once tracking worked before immediately crashing. The other time I saw video but the game didnt show on screen when I was given control. Interface is good but ive had nothing besides issues when ive used it.
Jonathan Jordan
This is a really good app, while it does connect VR on its own games, You will need to connect through SteamVR to play other games like Assetto Corsa or Live For Speed or other non-steam with Revive. You will also need to set your screen to extended. 5 stars for the quality of the stream. Everyone, if your VR stream lags horribly, use USB Tethering. Wish devs a great luck.
JULIAN Vreug
geat app and works well, and easy to set up.tested on huawei p9 and htc m9 in 1080p over wifi, no issues in connecting or lag, was quite impressed. now just have to wait on decent headset and controller. ps you do need a high spec machine for vr so before saying it doesnt work. make sure you have a good machine, good wifi eg ac1800 and a decent phone. would be amazing on a htc u series phone with quad hd screen. tested both ste vr and unity. amd ryzen 1700x and rx 560 4g oc. avg around 65 fps on the more detailed gsmes.
RagequitGio
Hey, first of all great app. Really enjoy it, and its super well made. But, there's a problem. Everytime after using the app, my phone notification sound, and phone vibration don't work anymore, I have to restart my phone to let it work again. This is on android 6.0.1
The Sloth King
Worked once. As soon as time ran out it never worked again. Wasn't able to test any games. By the time I got steamVR configured it crashed my S8+ every time. Also couldn't use a controller with it at all. Seems only PS Move controllers are supported.
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Unusable. Basically feels like amateur hour trying to use this. Used to be good enough if set up just right, but now it quickly accumulates horrific lag no matter what I do. Don't even bother trying this if you're not very technical; if you are, don't sink much time into trying to get it to work. At this point I'm heavily considering getting a Vive. My system is good enough for that.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. September 8, 2017
You can send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and we'll check why you are experiencing lag - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 About as reliable as a 100 year old car. This app constantly would disconnect from my phone with vr never completly working. Once tracking worked before immediately crashing. The other time I saw video but the game didnt show on screen when I was given control. Interface is good but ive had nothing besides issues when ive used it.
This is a really good app, while it does connect VR on its own games, You will need to connect through SteamVR to play other games like Assetto Corsa or Live For Speed or other non-steam with Revive. You will also need to set your screen to extended. 5 stars for the quality of the stream. Everyone, if your VR stream lags horribly, use USB Tethering. Wish devs a great luck.
geat app and works well, and easy to set up.tested on huawei p9 and htc m9 in 1080p over wifi, no issues in connecting or lag, was quite impressed. now just have to wait on decent headset and controller. ps you do need a high spec machine for vr so before saying it doesnt work. make sure you have a good machine, good wifi eg ac1800 and a decent phone. would be amazing on a htc u series phone with quad hd screen. tested both ste vr and unity. amd ryzen 1700x and rx 560 4g oc. avg around 65 fps on the more detailed gsmes.
Hey, first of all great app. Really enjoy it, and its super well made. But, there's a problem. Everytime after using the app, my phone notification sound, and phone vibration don't work anymore, I have to restart my phone to let it work again. This is on android 6.0.1
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. August 16, 2017
Hey, once you launch game click the cogwheel in the top-right on your phone, then go to VR settings and enable 'high priority' notification. If that didn't work then click the 'VR permissions' or something similar in the same place and you should be able to turn on phone's notifications there. That should fix the issue. Worked once. As soon as time ran out it never worked again. Wasn't able to test any games. By the time I got steamVR configured it crashed my S8+ every time. Also couldn't use a controller with it at all. Seems only PS Move controllers are supported.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. October 3, 2017
Trial lasts indefinitely but you can only play for 10 minutes per session, then you have to restart game/SteamVR. Regarding the issue, send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they'll check why it stopped working for you - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Works great, playing Arkham Asylum now through steam using Big screen Beta. A few times I've needed to close and restart steam vr, but works extremely well. Can't wait for the audio streaming to get ironed out
This app did not work for me whatsoever. Every time a game runs the app instantly crashes on my phone. I re downloaded it multiple times and restarted but it did not work at all. I even did the beta update but that didn't work either. I was considering buying the unlimited upgrade when I started downloading everything but thank God I didn't.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. August 10, 2017
Hey. You can send log files as described in the article and we'll check out what's wrong - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Pls bring the compression quality to moonlight level or enable it for nvidia people. That is a must for this app as compression quality is really baş compared to real ve headsets and most people are starting thinking VR is a gimmick. This is a paid app and for the money you guys are asking quality of compression and speed of head movement is really bad with a 1080 geforce and lg g4
Tried the trial a couple of months back and it worked flawlessly. Then the anniversary deal came up so I thought I would buy it. Unfortunately now it doesnt seem to work in either Vive or Occulus modes. On the phone app I recieve a pink block of text with "awaiting vr stream" come up over it in white. It then goes out of vr and back to the white connected screen and repeats indefinately. This happens with both the wifi and usb connection types. In steam when I launch vr mode it also gives an on screen error. It is a shame as the demo showed real potential. Hopefully this issue will be resolved as I am realy looking forward to playing vr games.
I tested it tethered and wireless and they were about the same but tethered was slightly less jittery. I know that the lag is from riftcat because I was monitoring both my PC and my phone. I think if you work on this and try to minimize lag as much as possible, you will have an amazing product!
So far this app is working amazing as of July 2017. I heard about this in a Youtube video, so I broke out the flimsy phone VR and used a wired usb connection to the phone. I have only used the 10 minute sessions so far, but it is confirmed working on a Note 4 and Elephone P8 Mini. I have to say it delivered on my end. It streamed smooth 1080p 60fps to both phones no problem via wired connection. The wifi connection has more latency, and always will depending on your wifi connection and speed. Setup was quick and simple: sign up on the website, download the client on your pc and phone, log in, choose method of connection (wired or wifi), get the Steam VR client via steam, setup Steam VR, and open up your VR compatible games, and VOILA cheap gaming pc VR. To clarify: the gaming experience also depends on the caliber of pc that you have. I personally have a low end gaming pc: Intel pentium G3220 3.0 ghz, R7 370 2GB, and 8GB DDR3 Ram. Games that worked great for me were War Thunder and Project cars at mid to high settings to achieve 60 fps at 1080p. Overall the gaming experience was enjoyable and comfortable. I would like to see atleast a 30 minute test trial for thourough testing for the consumers before spending 15 dollars. Otherwise it is a fantastic app. FOR PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY TO SPEND look to invest in a PiMax 4k VR headset with proper hdmi connections and built in 4k display for only 300 bucks.
I absolutely hate this. I spent about two hours trying to get this setup when it should've taken about 2 minutes. I followed every step to get this to work and nothing. It just times out or stays on "awaiting stream". I'm going to make sure to spread the word that this app is horrible and make sure no one else has to deal with it. Get your act together devs!
Not sure it the app is too complicated to use for some and that's why they are giving 1 star reviews, but I've been using this with PsMove Controllers and more recently Nolo for full room scale VR since November 2016 with zero problems. Please note you have to have a really good 5G connection to stream wirelessly or it will disconnected, jitter, etc. If not you can stream through USB but you'll have to look up how to disable your mobile data after connected or your PC will use that internet. Spent less than $200 on TWO roomscale setups with this app instead of $800 for a Vive. Great App, Great devs, lots of settings for optimization. Affordable PC VR for all :)
App constantly crashes on your phone when you start one of THEIR games from the PC app. Then their support center completely ignores you. Busted app don't download
Really good! Using the sideload be alpha to get the gearvr supported version, and currently testing it on my laptop. The normal stable works fine on lowest res, but with the beta that adds support for my note 8's new gearvr is still crashing and unusable for me. So will continue to use the stable one.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. September 28, 2017
You can send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they'll check why it's not working on your Note 8 - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Great on s7 performance was very impressed tho mi pc can't handle much I was still able to get a good experience and a true fell for the technology great price for offer and easy setup ps: usb is better,
Brilliant app. You are going to need to have a decent phone to run it and an ok headset though. Going to try their guide to use PlayStation move controllers soon. You really can't knock it for the fact you have a full VR kit for this price. Just make sure you use USB tethering for the best results.
Could not even get a game to run if there was more options I may think it was me but there was none hated at least trinus or what ever would load the game
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. August 29, 2017
You can send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they can check what went wrong - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Imbossible to use WAAY to laggy nothing works I was trying to get Minecraft to work for half an hour all the showed up was black same with every other app
It's not hard to install but requires some tweaking to work right away with Daydream. Now that I've got it going, it's as advertised, connects well with steam vr.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. August 28, 2017
Please try turning off NFC in your phone so Daydream View doesn't take over. It should work then. Daydream native mode is in works. Got this to stream elite dangerous to my s6 through a 15$ daydream headset, and I am not disappointed for the price. There is a little work involved getting the graphics settings, riftcat and app settings all right however it's not hard to find online guides should you need help doing so. There is an issue somewhere where after you play awhile the game will lag insanely hard, but a reset of the software fixes this, text can be blurry (but I don't think riftcat is to blame here vr itself just needs to be improved) and center drift can be real bad. Pros: Great visuals and depth (running at 1440 through a 980ti) Setup isn't too complicated Price vs oculus or vive Latency is real good though USB tether Cons: Phone app sometimes crashes to desktop (but stays open in app manager or whatever, is this a button issue?) Latency demons sometimes appear. Setup IS required on 3 fronts (riftcat, app, game)
Flaky mashup! Not at all functional with GearVR. Wait til the GearVR version makes out of beta.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. September 29, 2017
If you have issues with GearVR version then send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they'll check what's up - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 The 15 minute trial was barely enough time to get it working. The video quality is absolutely abysmal, the latency will make you ill the moment you put the headset on. I wouldn't use this if it were free. I'm certainly not paying for it
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. October 3, 2017
Trial lasts indefinitely but you can only play for 10 minutes per session, restarting SteamVR resets the timer. Regarding quality you can send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they'll check what could potentially caused the bad quality for you - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Poor apps and it keeps disconnecting. If the problem fix maybe I consider buying it
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. September 15, 2017
You can send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they can check why it's disconnecting - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 RiftCat Sp. z o.o. September 4, 2017
Make sure you have set highest resolution in your phone's settings -> display -> resolution. If the issue persists you can send logs as described in this article to support@riftcat.com - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Why do i have to purchase the full version only through the desktop app, thru paypal? Just let me buy it here!
After struggling with trinus, I thought I would give this a try, I am still getting used to it, but seems a good indication on what vr is like...
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. August 10, 2017
Hey. You can send log files as described in the article and we'll check out what's wrong - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 The app cashes EVERY TIME I even go to start a game... I even payed for the premium!
Get into "room" where a screen says "press y on controller to begin". Press Y, nothing happens. 1/5. Headtracking works in room.
RiftCat Sp. z o.o. October 6, 2017
You can send log files as described in the article to support@riftcat.com and they can check why it's crashing - https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/208781529 Best solution so far! since my nexus 6p cable is about 20cm i cant connect via cable(even with my extender^^) The WIFI works pretty well considering... GOOD JOB! Funny thing is that this software has less problems and quirks than the real vive and oculus.
Did the trial with my Samsung S8 using Nolo VR playing SteamVR. Worked perfectly so I bought Riftcat. literally the next day, no updates or anything the phone app crashes as soon as SteamVR starts up. What a let down after all this money.
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June 26, 2017
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