Oculus Rift

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GrumpyTwig

3,354 posts

156 months

Thursday 7th January 2016
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EricE said:
When do they release the groinal attachment?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqf-yZQOdPo

Steven_RW

1,727 posts

201 months

Thursday 7th January 2016
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I reckon they continue to sell them as fast as they can make them.

Simple as that.

It's mega exciting. End of smile

I'm not in a position to buy a full gaming rig and OR today but I'll sure aspire to one and find a way to own one.

RW


JustinF

6,795 posts

202 months

Friday 8th January 2016
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snuffy said:
SlipStream77 said:
snuffy said:
99% of people's PCs won't run it.
My PC is over a year old and I just need a £2 USB expansion hub for it to run fine.
That's the figure Nvidia came up with. I did not dream it up myself.
Great bit of marketing that figure, gets all the people with high(ish) end rigs in a lather and chomping at the bit for the nice slice of cutting edge pie.
Take away all the non gaming rigs in the world and you take away 90%, think of all the machines in businesses still running xp, 2000 etc, there are millions and millions.
Of gaming rigs maybe 10% are ready, another 10% probably only need a GPU or CPU upgrade.


Edited by JustinF on Monday 11th January 20:12

judas

5,963 posts

258 months

Monday 11th January 2016
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HTC Vive pre-orders begin end of Feb, release in April.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/11/htc-vi...

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Monday 11th January 2016
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I am going to bet $549..

jammy_basturd

29,775 posts

211 months

Monday 11th January 2016
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It depends on which one wants to appear to be the 'premium' product...

Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Monday 11th January 2016
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$599 but includes the vr controllers.

andrewrob

2,912 posts

189 months

Tuesday 12th January 2016
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Looking at completed listings of DK2s on ebay there seem to be a few going unsold at low prices, might start keeping an eye out to see if I can grab a bargain

8bit

4,846 posts

154 months

Tuesday 12th January 2016
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So I received my DK2 yesterday, got it set up last night and had a very quick play with it. First impressions are the screen-door effect - it's very noticeable. Anything I can do to reduce it? I have the A lenses fitted just now, I wear glasses but they're not a terribly strong prescription, is it worth trying the B lenses? Any settings I can play with in the runtime control panel that might help?

Also, I got it working in Elite Dangerous using 0.8 runtime and Steam VR. The display seems to judder a bit when I move my head, it's like the camera is stuttering a bit rather than the frame rate dropping, anything I can do about that?

JustinF

6,795 posts

202 months

8bit

4,846 posts

154 months

Tuesday 12th January 2016
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JustinF said:
Thanks very much. Can you vouch for that guide?

JustinF

6,795 posts

202 months

Tuesday 12th January 2016
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I used it and the reddit one setting mine up and it solved all the niggles I had doing it blind

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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Any updates - not much that I have seen?

Guvernator

13,103 posts

164 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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red_slr said:
Any updates - not much that I have seen?
A friend ordered one pretty much as soon as they went up for sale and he has a delivery date of April so you may be waiting a while to read real reports from users.

born2bslow

1,674 posts

133 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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I'm excited, but keeping my money until there are some user reviews in. I thought about a DK2 in the meantime, but getting one on ebay under £300 might prove tricky. It might sound odd, but I don't enjoy wearing hats, and headphones make my ears hot and uncomfortable so I do wonder whether I'll get on with it at all...

I hope I do, it's supposed to bring a whole new level of immersion for racing/driving games, and that's pretty much all I play nowadays.

Mr Whippy

28,944 posts

240 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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At this rate this will be second coming and going of VR technology.

Rather than getting stuff out they've just kept changing the scope of the offering... it's not right just yet... we need to fix this... that... and we never actually get it!

Whoever is bank rolling these projects is living in a dream world if they think the first round of devices will give the returns they need to make money.

No doubt at this very moment the teams are now building in obsolecense so you'll have to buy a second device that costs them little to nothing to update to in 18 months time, but will cost you buying another device and engorge their profit requirements hehe


I think I'll be avoiding the first few generations at this rate.

Guvernator

13,103 posts

164 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Yep I feel the same. Don;t get me wrong I'm really glad they are releasing it as it's creating a lot of buzz around the VR space which has been quiet for far too long. However I'll let the early adopters take the pain both financially and in terms of bugs\features on this one.

I'll be getting the one they release in a few years time that's half the price and twice as good.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Guvernator said:
I'll be getting the one they release in a few years time that's half the price and twice as good.
I have a feeling prices will always be in the £500 range for a long time TBH.

Guvernator

13,103 posts

164 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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red_slr said:
I have a feeling prices will always be in the £500 range for a long time TBH.
I disagree, I bought my first flat screen TV for £1500 and that was after they'd been selling for £3-4k the year previous. You can now buy a 4k TV for £500.

If there is one thing you can guarantee it's that technology get's cheaper and better. This is the first shot of the new VR wave. Increasing competition and cheaper manufacturing processes to make all the gubbins that go into a VR set will mean prices come down.

Also as the toxic has pointed out, at £500 they are an irrelevance bought only by the dedicated few, to make a real market impact they need to be £250 or less. Judging by the huge players that are getting involved in this space (google, apple, facebook) I can't imagine they are betting on a niche market.

snuffy

9,660 posts

283 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Last week I build myself a new PC with enough power to support an OR. Without monitors, keyboard/mouse and speakers, it came in at just under £1400. But can you imagine little Jonny asking his parents for an OR ? How much is it little Jonny ? £600. £600 ? You'll have to wait a bit for that. Okay, oh, and by the way, my PC won't run it, I'll be needing a new PC - £1500 should cover it. Yeah, that's going to work.