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No idea who she is. I have searched a little and does not appear in any record of the VR. As we commented before with other VRs, possibly she is not even a porn actress.
A pity, because she is very attractive.... I'd like to watch some VR with her too....
 
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This one I think @chewbaka and @enduraVR will like.... 49 minutes of skirts and panties...

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S1, Moodyz, Idea Pocket, Kawaii, still no sign of life... :(
 
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Yeah, it's a real piss off. They've already have the girls in uniform... Why not shoot a whole movie at least 70 or 80 minutes? The law of minimum effort... :(
 
A detail that shows why Yazawa Receive is the master of immersion, and the best VR director in the world. There are many VRs with bathtub scenes, what's different here? A one-person bathtub barely 1 meter long, where two people get in. The aunt almost doesn't fit, but ends up fitting inside.... :p When she gets in the water, she puts her tits in your face... :D Thanks Yazawa...


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lol, now that will be interesting. Those bathtubs are very commonly found in family homes in Japan. I've had many experiences over the years, sharing one with a significant other in this manner. It may look impossible, but with a little creativity, it's actually quite nice.
 
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The sex scene lasts only around 6 minutes out of a 81 minute release :confused:

I don't understand what they are doing.

DOC is a crap studio. The big problem with VR is that 80% of the studios have no idea what VR is, and their releases are garbage. They are movies to watch on a 3D TV, they are not VR.
 
Some people are asking me privately what settings I use to convert 4K to 8K VRs with AI, so I have made this tutorial. It's easy, and you can try the demo.
Keep in mind that the use of AI in VR has nothing to do with what you have seen in 2D video. In flat you see it more defined, and if it is not well done, more artificial. In VR what the AI does is to increase definition and eliminate noise and image blur due to the very low bitrate of Fanza. The result is that your brain stops watching video and you see real girls, so for me it's a brutal leap, especially with older VRs.

In this file I have uploaded a comparison, two videos of 30 seconds of an original 4K VR, and the upgraded 8K version with AI. It's not the best looking one because the original quality is pretty bad, but it's useful for comparison. Comparing in flat is useless, you have to watch it with the headset on.The VR is URVRSP-178 from 2022. I have set the bitrate to 60 Mbps so that everyone can watch it, but I do not recommend less than 80 Mbps, because the image becomes dirty. I use 180 Mbps with my videos:

VR enhanced by IA.ZIP

I use Topaz AI Video, which is the best for this task. It costs 300 euros / dollars and you get one year of updates. If you don't renew, you keep the version you have and you can use it forever. It is expensive, but for me it has been money very well spent. Right now it's discounted, it's down to 250 euros /dollars.
Best of all, there is a demo that has no limitation of functions and size, although it adds a watermark in the middle of the screen. But you can try it to see what results you get with the tutorial I comment here.

All this IA runs in local, so it's private. It should be noted that even with a good PC, it is a slow process. We are talking about converting to 8K, a single frame has 8192x4096 = 33.5 million pixels, and the video uses 60 frames per second. The AI has to process 2 billion pixels per second, it's insane.

With my rig, a Ryzen 7 5700X3D and RTX 4070 Ti Super card, which is slowed down by the processor, I get 2.6 fps. This means that a 30 minute video takes about 12 hours to process. It sounds crazy, but for me the result is worth it. Goodbye blurry video, hello girls... ;) With a more powerful processor or card, you get more speed. Also works on PC and Mac laptops.
It is recommended to use a RTX 3000 card upwards, or its equivalent AMD Radeon. Of course you can also use it at lower resolution and 2D video, and the speed improves a lot. But in VR what we want is maximum realism, that's why you have to opt for 8K video.

Using Topaz IA Video is simple. First we go to the Files menu, Preferences option, Processing, and we make sure that the AI processor is our graphics card (not the CPU) and Max Memory % is 100:

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We return to the main screen, and at the top right tap on Codec Settings. We choose H.265 and Constant. The bitrate depends on each one. The higher the bitrate, the lower the image noise. I set 180 Mbps, which is the maximum, but 30 minutes of video fill 40 GB... You can lower it to 60 or 80 Mbps. Lower, you start to notice dirt in the image:

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Now we click on Adjustments, and in Output Resolution we set 2X, because we are going from 4K to 8K, or Custom Resolution, and set 8182 x 4086, which is the maximum resolution supported by the H.265 codec, and the one used by Fanza and A Festa:

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The last step is to choose the AI model, and configure it. Topaz has 8 AI models, each for different tasks. Note that the tips found on the internet are for 2D video, 3D video in VR is completely different, they are useless.
After hours of testing comparing all the models, the one that gives me the best result is Proteus in Manual mode and, the key of all, with Sharpen at 80-100. That's a lot for 2D video, but in VR where everything is magnified, it generates a lot of definition without looking artificial.

We continue in Adjustments, and go down to the AI models. We choose Proteus. It is important to set Recover detail to 0. If you set a value it takes twice as long and does not add anything.

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The last step is to customize the AI model. Check the Enable Parameters box, and activate the Manual mode.
Place the blue pointer (marked with a 1 in the picture below) on your favorite part of the video, or the part where it looks the worst, and tap the Estimate button twice (for some reason, one doesn't work). The AI will calculate the best configuration for the place where we have placed the blue mark. After this, The key here is to move the Sharpen bar between 80-100. I never go below 90.
The last step is to click on Quick Export so that the AI starts working, and come back in 10 or 12 hours... :p The best thing to do is to let it work at night.
In Export Queue you can see the progress. Remember to leave free space on the disk where you have the original file:

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Also you can enhance only 5, 15 or 30 second to test, using this button:

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The result is saved in the Preview Queue.

As you can see, it is not difficult, and everyone can try it with the demo. If someone tries it, please comment on the results...

UPDATE: FRAME INTERPOLATION

For the example I have started from a 4K VR at 60 fps. But it is possible to start from a 2K or 4K VR at 30 fps and convert it to 60 fps,, as @Kawaii.kawaii reminded me.

In this case, in the Adjustments section, go down to the bottom to activate the Frame Interpolation option. Here we choose the framerate we want. It must be multiples of two or three. For example, if the original is at 30 fps, use 60 or 90 fps, but if it is at 29.97 fps, something usual, use 59.938 fps, otherwise there will be jumps in the image.
To add frames, it uses an additional AI, Chronos. The Fast version is faster but looks worse, I use the standard version.
With the Slow Motion option you can create slow motion video:

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Finally, there are options to convert standard video to HDR, and specific AI to stabilize the image or remove Motion Blur. The first two are not necessary in VR, where the cameras are fixed and the video is very stable. Motion Blur may be of interest in older videos that look blurry when there is motion. Although Proteus itself already removes Motion Blur.

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Thanks @Kawaii.kawaii , I have added to the tutorial how to use Frame interpolation, as you have reminded me... ;) Tell us about your experience...
 
Some people are asking me privately what settings I use to convert 4K to 8K VRs with AI, so I have made this tutorial. It's easy, and you can try the demo.
Keep in mind that the use of AI in VR has nothing to do with what you have seen in 2D video. In flat you see it more defined, and if it is not well done, more artificial. In VR what the AI does is to increase definition and eliminate noise and image blur due to the very low bitrate of Fanza. The result is that your brain stops watching video and you see real girls, so for me it's a brutal leap, especially with older VRs.

In this file I have uploaded a comparison, two videos of 30 seconds of an original 4K VR, and the upgraded 8K version with AI. It's not the best looking one because the original quality is pretty bad, but it's useful for comparison. Comparing in flat is useless, you have to watch it with the headset on.The VR is URVRSP-178 from 2022. I have set the bitrate to 60 Mbps so that everyone can watch it, but I do not recommend less than 80 Mbps, because the image becomes dirty. I use 180 Mbps with my videos:

VR enhanced by IA.ZIP

I use Topaz AI Video, which is the best for this task. Be careful, it costs 300 euros / dollars and you get one year of updates. If you don't renew, you keep the version you have and you can use it forever. It is expensive, but for me it has been money very well spent. Right now it's discounted, it's down to 250 euros /dollars.
Best of all, there is a demo that has no limitation of functions and size, although it adds a watermark in the middle of the screen. But you can try it to see what results you get with the tutorial I comment here.

It should be noted that even with a good PC, it is a slow process. We are talking about converting to 8K, a single frame has 8192x4096 = 33.5 million pixels, and the video uses 60 frames per second. The AI has to process 2 billion pixels per second, it's insane.

With my rig, a Ryzen 7 5700X3D and RTX 4070 Ti Super card, which is slowed down by the processor, I get 2.6 fps. This means that a 30 minute video takes about 12 hours to process. It sounds crazy, but for me the result is worth it. Goodbye blurry video, hello girls... ;) With a more powerful processor or card, you get more speed. Also works on PC and Mac laptops.
It is recommended to use a RTX 3000 card upwards, or its equivalent AMD Radeon. Of course you can also use it at lower resolution and 2D video, and the speed improves a lot. But in VR what we want is maximum realism, that's why you have to opt for 8K video.

Using Topaz IA Video is simple. First we go to the Files menu, Preferences option, Processing, and we make sure that the AI processor is our graphics card (not the CPU) and Max Memory % is 100:

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We return to the main screen, and at the top right tap on Codec Settings. We choose H.265 and Constant. The bitrate depends on each one. The higher the bitrate, the lower the image noise. I set 180 Mbps, which is the maximum, but 30 minutes of video fill 40 GB... You can lower it to 60 or 80 Mbps. Lower, you start to notice dirt in the image:

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Now we click on Adjustments, and in Output Resolution we set 2X, because we are going from 4K to 8K, or Custom Resolution, and set 8182 x 4086, which is the maximum resolution supported by the H.265 codec, and the one used by Fanza and A Festa:

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The last step is to choose the AI model, and configure it. Topaz has 8 AI models, each for different tasks. Note that the tips found on the internet are for 2D video, 3D video in VR is completely different, they are useless.
After hours of testing comparing all the models, the one that gives me the best result is Proteus in Manual mode and, the key of all, with Sharpen at 80-100. That's a lot for 2D video, but in VR where everything is magnified, it generates a lot of definition without looking artificial.

We continue in Adjustments, and go down to the AI models. We choose Proteus. It is important to set Recover detail to 0. If you set a value it takes twice as long and does not add anything.

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The last step is to customize the AI model. Check the Enable Parameters box, and activate the Manual mode.
Place the blue pointer (marked with a 1 in the picture below) on your favorite part of the video, or the part where it looks the worst, and tap the Estimate button twice (for some reason, one doesn't work). The AI will calculate the best configuration for the place where we have placed the blue mark. The key here is to move the Sharpen bar between 80-100. I never go below 90.
The last step is to click on Quick Export so that the AI starts working, and come back in 10 or 12 hours... :p The best thing to do is to let it work at night.
In Export Queue you can see the progress. Remember to leave free space on the disk where you have the original file:

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As you can see, it is not difficult, and everyone can try it with the demo. If someone tries it, please comment on the results...

UPDATE: FRAME INTERPOLATION

For the example I have started from a 4K VR at 60 fps. But it is possible to start from a 2K or 4K VR at 30 fps and convert it to 60 fps,, as @Kawaii.kawaii reminded me.

In this case, in the Adjustments section, go down to the bottom to activate the Frame Interpolation option. Here we choose the framerate we want. It must be multiples of two or three. For example, if the original is at 30 fps, use 60 or 90 fps, but if it is at 29.97 fps, something usual, use 59.938 fps, otherwise there will be jumps in the image.
To add frames, it uses an additional AI, Chronos. The Fast version is faster but looks worse, I use the standard version.
With the Slow Motion option you can create slow motion video:

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Finally, there are options to convert standard video to HDR, and specific AI to stabilize the image or remove Motion Blur. The first two are not necessary in VR, where the cameras are fixed and the video is very stable. Motion Blur may be of interest in older videos that look blurry when there is motion. Although Proteus itself already removes Motion Blur.

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New guy here. I watched you demo Damn it truly amazing I can see the difference of the hair and eye of the actress. Thanks for your valuable sharing I’ve been keep an eye for topaz ai for a while but It is the first time I can see the actual result in VR. I think the subscription fee as you say worth it considering there is tons of good 4k video with great potential in the past. Sadly I only got potatoe MacBook on my hand and the price purchase basic setup too high for me. I might wait a bit longer until I can afford it or hoping the tech keep advancing lower the cost.
 
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Hello @masterjolly and welcome to the thread... :) I also think the result is incredible, everyone who tries it notices the difference.... For me, as important as the increase in definition, is that it eliminates noise and blurring of the image.
The problem, as you say, is that you need a powerful computer... Topaz has a service in the cloud, paying credits they convert the video, but logically that is no longer private, and I suppose they don't accept pornography...
 
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This is the difference with the Mayumi Yamanaka 3dvr. The original video is blurry, lot of grain, pixels, 30 fps and a very bad and compressed 3840 x 1920.
Barely watchable.
I tried some settings and the result is amazing. 8k, 60 fps and of even if it's not crispy sharp, it's so much better than the original video, I can finaly watch them!
I think I can do better maybe...
Actually is so much better (even with the demo version watermark!!) than the original !!
 
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I'm glad you found it helpful, @Kawaii.kawaii .. :)
In those photos we can see the difference quite a bit, but in VR, with the headset on, it's even greater.

Since you are doing 2K to 8K conversions, that is, a 4X upscale, it's worth trying the model Rhea, instead of Proteus. Rhea specializes in 4X upscale.
You can also do it in two steps: first from 2K 30 fps to 8K 30 fps, and then to 8K at 60 fps. Or 2K 30fps to 2K 60 fps, and later 8K.
In general, doing the processes separately gives a little more quality than all at once, but it takes longer.
Another option is to apply two models one after the other. For example with Proteus, and then with Iris, which specializes in eyes and faces. There are a lot of combinations to try, if you have time.
Regardless of which model you use, set the Sharpen as high as possible. It is the biggest improvement I have found. Although some models don't let you customize the values. For example Artemis is automatic.
 
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I'm glad you found it helpful, @Kawaii.kawaii .. :)
In those photos we can see the difference quite a bit, but in VR, with the headset on, it's even greater.

Since you are doing 2K to 8K conversions, that is, a 4X upscale, it's worth trying the model Rhea, instead of Proteus. Rhea specializes in 4X upscale.
You can also do it in two steps: first from 2K 30 fps to 8K 30 fps, and then to 8K at 60 fps. Or 2K 30fps to 2K 60 fps, and later 8K.
In general, doing the processes separately gives a little more quality than all at once, but it takes longer.
Another option is to apply two models one after the other. For example with Proteus, and then with Iris, which specializes in eyes and faces. There are a lot of combinations to try, if you have time.
Regardless of which model you use, set the Sharpen as high as possible. It is the biggest improvement I have found. Although some models don't let you customize the values. For example Artemis is automatic.
Thanks a lot for this bunch of new explainations ^_^
 
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At last the wonderful Matsui Hinako is back to shoot a vanilla VR without weird costumes, f***rced sex, and other nonsense. She's lost weight, grown her hair long, and looks even cuter.
Unfortunately, after looking at all the photos, it looks like she only takes her clothes off for the last 10 minutes, and all the sex is from the front, so money I'm saving. Damn Unfinished... :mad:

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Another one who has lost her way is Kawaii, who doesn't even remember what kawaii means anymore.
After a few weeks of harems, trios, quartets, f***rced sex, weird costumes and other nonsense, for Kawaii a kawaii girl is the one who has everything fake: from plastic boobs to hair, and the style of an American pornstar... I didn't give up western porn to find it again in Japan... Damn Kawaii :mad:

I don't even remember when Kawaii filmed a VR with a real kawaii girl.... :(

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At last, good news!!! :) After months of absence, Faleno is back, and without that actress with the plastic surgery scars under her tits who shot 2 or 3 VRs in a row...

Amatsuka Moe debuts in VR!!!! With a 145-minute film, something rare nowadays. I think she was a long awaited actress in VR... @icantnomore , @enduraVR , @chewbaka you have mentioned it before.... All sexual positions, a lot of scenes with and without clothes (schoolgirl, girlfriend, even one where she plays a little dog, barking and everything while she brings you the ball). And directed by ZAMPA, who when he wants to is mega immersive.

I'm going to buy it because seeing the huge mediocrity and the law of minimum effort of KMP, Unfinished, Kawaii and the rest, at least Faleno seems to bet on VR after its previous failures, with a 145 minutes movie, good director, and many scenes for everyone. You have to support who really bet on immersive VR. And Faleno sells in A Festa without DRM and with high bitrate, so all the more reason.

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Here! Puppy! Puppy!! In the trailer she barks in a very sexy way, I admit it.... :P

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Still no signs of life from S1 and Moodyz... :(
 
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Amatsuka Moe debuts in VR!!!! With a 145-minute film, something rare nowadays. I think she was a long awaited actress in VR... @icantnomore , @enduraVR , @chewbaka you have mentioned it before.... All sexual positions, a lot of scenes with and without clothes (schoolgirl, girlfriend, even one where she plays a little dog, barking and everything while she brings you the ball). And directed by ZAMPA, who when he wants to is mega immersive.

I'm going to buy it because seeing the huge mediocrity and the law of minimum effort of KMP, Unfinished, Kawaii and the rest, at least Faleno seems to bet on VR after its previous failures, with a 145 minutes movie, good director, and many scenes for everyone. You have to support who really bet on immersive VR. And Faleno sells in A Festa without DRM and with high bitrate, so all the more reason.

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Here! Here! Kitty!! In the trailer she barks in a very sexy way, I admit it.... :P

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Still no signs of life from S1 and Moodyz... :(
Aw hell yeah, I have been waiting for this.

But I don't think Faleno has a good track record with VR. the previous FSVSS with Arata Arina were kinda mediocre. Even so, this is something to look forward to.

There is some sign of life from Idea Pocket. Nagahama Mitsuri has her 5th VR already. Does not look like she's doing anything new or different to previous titles though but its still good so see them releasing content. They even seem to have persuaded Kami Anna to come out of retirement and make a VR title too.

I'm just waiting for them to persuade their newcomers to dip their toes into VR. Notably Hanamori Kaho. Look at this girl, she'll be amazing in VR.
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Hey, I've been lurking this thread for prob a year now. I just wanted to say I highly recommend trying out stashapp + stash-vr. I have both of these docker containers running on my NAS and access the webpage within Heresphere. I'm sure you already know but you can filter by tags, actress name, studio, etc within heresphere with stash.

But the best feature IMO with stash in general is stashdb. stashdb is basically a community ran database with scene fingerprints (OHASH + PHASH). TLDR when you scan new videos in stash, if there's an entry for the scene in stashdb it'll match the actress, tags, thumbnail, description, basically all the info to the video. It makes it very easy to organize your collection so you can filter it. The more fingerprints a scene has, the more accurate the match is. It's nice in that community aspect.

Much better than manually scraping every scene. You can request edit permissions to create scenes if they don't exist.

I've probably added and edited about 900 VR scenes at this point to stashdb. Usually VR scenes are multi-part, but I merge them using ffmpeg and create the new entry with just one OHASH +PHASH for the full video. Once it's accepted, and if I have the chance, ill scan the individual parts and add them to the database for that scene. So for example a 3 part scene would have one hash for the full video + 1 hash for A, B, and C.

I tried XBVR for a bit when I was trying both, but stash is just too good. And there's much more stuff you can do with stash with plugins

Let me know if you guys need some help setting it up, I'd be happy to help.
 
Another one who has lost her way is Kawaii, who doesn't even remember what kawaii means anymore.
After a few weeks of harems, trios, quartets, f***rced sex, weird costumes and other nonsense, for Kawaii a kawaii girl is the one who has everything fake: from plastic boobs to hair, and the style of an American pornstar... I didn't give up western porn to find it again in Japan... Damn Kawaii :mad:

I don't even remember when Kawaii filmed a VR with a real kawaii girl.... :(
I thought their recent releases were pretty good. Kawaii was always doing threesomes and harems so that's no surprise, I get that not everyone likes it. But i don't know about fake looking girls, does Alice Otsu even have fake boobs? I always thought she's just curvy...
(Edit) Ok i looked it up, she had some work done on her boobs, it fooled me. There's no scars and movement looks pretty natural, if all implants looked like this i wouldn't mind. I think she's all natural except for that.

KAVR-418, KAVR-413, KAVR-412 and KAVR-402 are some good scenes with cute girls i can recommend.
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