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World-bending ‘Mario 64’ VR Mod Makes the 30 Year-old Classic Feel Magical Once Again
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MyOpinion lemmy.today MyOpinion@lemmy.today
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Super Mario 64 (1996) was a seminal platformer that, for many, was also the first true 3D game they ever played. Now, with the help of AI vibecoding and a decompiled version of the game, you might be able reexperience the magic in mixed reality.

XR creative technologist and developer Lucas Martinic released a video of Super Mario 64 working on a Pico headset, essentially making for a floating 3D ‘magic window’ of sorts. It’s a cool effect we’ve seen in a number of other VR vibecoded projects recently.

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RaoulDook lemmy.world RaoulDook@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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Not clear if it's an actual VR port of the game or a MR mod

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gothmog lemmy.today gothmog@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-10-14
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That's pretty fucking cool and instantly gave me a few ideas for games in a similar vein to this.

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tacosanonymous lemmy.blahaj.zone tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-07-31
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The article’s video is broken but you can see it on the creator’s website:
https://lucasmartinic.com/

It looks like a cool idea but I’m heavily biased against ai.

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Björn swg-empire.de bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
Joined: 2023-07-08
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Played Mario Kart VR the other day. I honestly like third person VR games where you are in the world kind of like a ghost. Hellblade 1 has such a mode as well. I don't need all the first person motion control stuff all the time. Just put me into the game.

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