I tend to agree but in this case they are bringing out a new version of the lighthouse and controllers. It makes little difference this time around as it would make sense to sell the whole package(Rift or Vive) when upgrading.
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I tend to agree but in this case they are bringing out a new version of the lighthouse and controllers. It makes little difference this time around as it would make sense to sell the whole package(Rift or Vive) when upgrading.
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That would require oculus to support steamvr. Seeing as facebook created the oculus store to deliberately keep revenue out of steam's hands I can't see them adopting steamVR's base stations as an option.
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Fair enough, was just wondering, thanks everyone that was constructive 
Will leave this for now, for me VR is a gimmick but it's this kind of tech progress that needs to happen to push the boundaries
Will leave this for now, for me VR is a gimmick but it's this kind of tech progress that needs to happen to push the boundaries
Yes in the big picture, it's unfortunate that all headsets aren't supported on all platforms. Not being able to play Oculus games with the Vive without a hack must be frustrating. For a Rift owner, it makes you question if you are getting locked into Home because in the future, could you buy a different headset and lose access to all your games?
Fortunately for me the latter doesn't concern me too much, as i don't tend to go back to old games. Backwards compatibility is something i never used with my consoles.
However, on a brighter note. Maybe competition here has moved things forwards quicker. When Steam made everyone download their client back in the half life days, there was uproar. But in their competition to lock people into their shop, they had the famous Steam sales. Others moving forward followed suit with their specials and exclusive games. Today we have Oculus with their shop enticing people in with self funded games, and price slashing. I'm going to guess that the aggressive price cuts from Oculus has a positive effect on the prices of future headsets + their funded games have made up a majority of my best VR experiences.
Fortunately for me the latter doesn't concern me too much, as i don't tend to go back to old games. Backwards compatibility is something i never used with my consoles.
However, on a brighter note. Maybe competition here has moved things forwards quicker. When Steam made everyone download their client back in the half life days, there was uproar. But in their competition to lock people into their shop, they had the famous Steam sales. Others moving forward followed suit with their specials and exclusive games. Today we have Oculus with their shop enticing people in with self funded games, and price slashing. I'm going to guess that the aggressive price cuts from Oculus has a positive effect on the prices of future headsets + their funded games have made up a majority of my best VR experiences.
Not sure it has been posted yet but:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AtCeTuO4k&feature=youtu.be
The big thing for me was the Project Cars feedback which as a simracer is what i'm really interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AtCeTuO4k&feature=youtu.be
The big thing for me was the Project Cars feedback which as a simracer is what i'm really interested.
Have we seen anything of an actual race rather than just the stationary cockpit view?
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Yeah, search on youtube, there are vids of pcars, dcs and a couple of other things running on a 1070/1080
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Colour me relieved, that's a very positive hands on review, thanks for posting it @Sh4rkie ...I'm sticking with the pledge now...I'm still not convinced the company is set up to provide first class support in the event of issues, but in terms of the hardware I'm happy. Hopefully they'll iron out the wrinkles they experienced with the 4K.
I just need to figure out how I explain this to my wife lol....I could be facing a costly Christmas present wish list for 'er indoors
I just need to figure out how I explain this to my wife lol....I could be facing a costly Christmas present wish list for 'er indoors
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Cut off tomorrow, so who is in? Shall we start a support group just in case....lol
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I'm still in, ordered the X so not worried about the scaler causing potential less-than-90hz issues
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I was the one who said no way! They would do £3m
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I'm convinced they'll deliver it, but not on time, and I don't think it will be as good as advertised.
TBH I can't wait to (hopefully) be proved wrong. Not in though, can't afford the risk on it
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Pimax just shock up the market!
There innovation, will force vive and rift to release new headsets mid next year... Watch out for deepoon creating a similar headset and ACER turning starvr to the consumer market
There innovation, will force vive and rift to release new headsets mid next year... Watch out for deepoon creating a similar headset and ACER turning starvr to the consumer market
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It's not 8k res would have to be 4x4k not 2x4k
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Yes we know, already discussed many, many times...it’s a huge improvement visually over rift/Vive which is why those of us who pledged did so. Oddly enough there has been a fair amount of discussion and research done prior to shelling out a big wedge of cash on a kickstarter pledge. Admittedly there are still risks, but that’s not unusual.
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I'm really glad it got fully (and then some!) funded. More injection of cash into VR and shows it still has a following.
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In case this hasn't been posted yet, SweViver put up a 30 minute video about his demo with the Pimax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Fd8atublU
LOL what? Yeah I hope the headset is as good as the specs says it is, but, how could it shake up the market, it hasn't even been released yet.
And, no, their innovation won't force Vive and Rift to do anything. They have already said their next gen headsets won't be released until 2019 at the earliest.
Calm down a little.
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Think outside the box... 4.2m Kickstarter.
Haters gotta hate
By August next year, vive or rift will announce a new HMD
Haters gotta hate
By August next year, vive or rift will announce a new HMD