GroobyVR.com - soft launch

[GroobySteven]

http://groobyVR.com - it's a thing. It works. It's the best TS VR I've seen.
Be Aubrey Kate. Or be with her.

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[Gillian]

What do you mean by "soft launch"? Limited content?

Off to try it now ...


EDIT: Only a handful of videos to kick off. When do you expect to add more?

[GroobySteven]

Soft launch means we've launched it but not fully advertised it yet or pushed it out. That means we can test if it's working or see if there are any issues with a limited amount of people. We'll push it harder at the end of the week.

We've six scenes now on a pay per scene basis. Depending on the revenue and the feedback from these will depend on what else we produce from here.

[Gillian]

I downloaded the Shiri & Natalie scene. Chose the GearVR version, which claims to be a 180x180_3dh but none of the screen size options in Samsung VR, my preferred player, produced a correct picture. It was like watching Navarro and Paloma, in fact unwatchable.

I'll have a fiddle around again tomorrow and read any FAQs on your site to see if I've missed something, but all my other VR clips (in a number of different formats) play fine on the Samsung VR app.

If I have no joy I'll deal with it through your site rather than on here.

[Gillian]

UPDATE:

Got it to finally play in the correct ratio in the native Video player in Oculus Home. It nearly played correctly in the Samsung Gallery app but not quite.

One observation on the content itself. What makes the scenes so immersive is when one or more of the performers make eye contact with the camera, ie. the viewer. Get it right and it's amazing; get it slightly wrong and it ruins the experience. I reckon they should all practice getting the hang of looking straight at the camera , including letting them see their result both when they get it right and wrong. In the clip I downloaded, Shiri nailed and Natalie was (IMHO) just slight off, but I'm sure with practice they'd get the hang of it.

[GroobySteven]

Thanks for the feedback. We're primarily looking for feedback on the scenes (like you have given) - any technical issues we can deal with at that site.
We're looking for what type of scenes people are wanting, ie; the 'Being Aubrey Kate' won't be for everyone, but it is unique.
The Natalie Mars and Shiri threesome was fun, but it's a little limited to what you can do with three performers in one POV, I think the Shiri so horny was more engaging for me. Natalie's Toy Instructional is pretty good also.

[TheNomad19]

Got the Aubrey Kate - The Bitch scene. Overall my impression is very positive. Some more specific feedback:
-Loved the use of binaural audio with her whispers, not enough other studios do that and its a killer feature. She was nice and talkative too
-Would have like to see you work in some sort of oral section with her receiving or more closeups of her
-Several instances with the top of her head being cut off by the framing. It is a pretty common issue across alot of the VR sites, but when looking up, it can be a little immersion breaking.
-Picture quality and 3d effects were well done.

[GroobySteven]

Got the Aubrey Kate - The Bitch scene. Overall my impression is very positive. Some more specific feedback:
-Loved the use of binaural audio with her whispers, not enough other studios do that and its a killer feature. She was nice and talkative too
-Would have like to see you work in some sort of oral section with her receiving or more closeups of her
-Several instances with the top of her head being cut off by the framing. It is a pretty common issue across alot of the VR sites, but when looking up, it can be a little immersion breaking.
-Picture quality and 3d effects were well done.

Thanks, I was pretty excited about the binaural sound also and I'm looking to work that more into future shoots. One issue with it is that the model has to get right up close, so the angles need to be right. The Shiri one I think which was the last we done (Aubrey was the first in this batch) works pretty well.Also because the Aubrey one was the first scene, I felt we didn't have the chair angled as good as it should have been, and will work on that some, to hopefully resolve the head issue. We should be able to work in some closer cock in face play also.
So you chose a scene which is the TS model as if she was fucking you. Was this on purpose or was it the choice of model?
If you were buying other scenes, would you be looking for ones where you were the bottom?

[TheNomad19]

As far as the scene choice, it was a combination of model and scenario. I've watched plenty of regular VR porn and figured the other scenario wouldn't be that different than what I'm used to. I would probably be slightly more inclined to pick bottom scenes because of that, but if it was a model I was interested in, it wouldn't matter.

[MrFanti]

So what's the best recommendation for VR viewing hardware - regardless of price?

[Abartig]

Just a thought on scenes that you film specifically for VR (I checked out the Aubry Kate is The Bitch preview which looks great) is to try and use male actors that are not heavily tatted up if at all possible. I can imagine in VR looking at a body that is clearly not yours might take you out of it for a bit. Any thoughts on those that have tried the VR if that is even an issue? Thanks for all the great Grooby Content Steven.

[TheNomad19]

As far as hardware, I use an HTC Vive. It and the Oculus rift are going to provide a similar experience, generally good enough screens and you'll have the opportunity to do alot more. I haven't tried with the Playstation VR, but it should be somewhat similar

If the sole use case is VR Porn viewing, the best option would be a Samsung Galaxy S7/S8 and Samsung Gear VR. Either of those will have a better screen than any of the other headsets, plus you will be untethered, which to me is a big advantage. You are limited by the power of the phoen here, but for porn viewing it is plenty.

[TheNomad19]

For me, I noticed the tattoos for the first minute or two, but stopped after a bit. Wasn't any difference to me than if the actor was a different race or body type. Eventually you just get so focused on the girl, it doesn't matter

[Abartig]

For me, I noticed the tattoos for the first minute or two, but stopped after a bit. Wasn't any difference to me than if the actor was a different race or body type. Eventually you just get so focused on the girl, it doesn't matter

Thanks, makes sense and it would be pretty hard to have the proverbial every man stand in :)

[Gillian]

I'm with Abartig as far as tattoos go, but then I hate tattoos full stop ... ;)

With the scene being from Aubrey's POV, her tats weren't so visible, but I didn't clock the male performer's full body crap befoe I downloaded it ... :banghead

Yuck ...

[GroobySteven]

Just a thought on scenes that you film specifically for VR (I checked out the Aubry Kate is The Bitch preview which looks great) is to try and use male actors that are not heavily tatted up if at all possible. I can imagine in VR looking at a body that is clearly not yours might take you out of it for a bit. Any thoughts on those that have tried the VR if that is even an issue? Thanks for all the great Grooby Content Steven.

This is always an issue and I didn't realize just how tatted Will was, before the shoot. The other male performer we used doesn't have tatts and it's something I'm aware of. It's not always the easiest thing getting good male talent.

Having watched all the scenes after edit, I quickly didn't come to see any of the male performer other than feeling the TS performer interact.