HTC VIVE: TRY IT FOR YOURSELF AT OCUK & PRE-ORDER WITH OcUK!!

Gibbo · 16 Mar 2016 at 16:01

Hi there

Over the last few weeks we have in secret being building an exclusive VR demo room where you can play the latest HTC Vive virtual reality demos and games. In short a try before you purchase experience. I believe there will only be six retail demo outlets in the UK and OcUK is one of those HTC Vive retail experience centres.

We are opening our VR room up to customers from tomorrow, but to begin with it is a strict appointment only basis with each demo lasting 20 minutes. Of course on quieter days you may get longer so a chance to try more demo's or even try some games. We have trained HTC and OcUK staff on hand to answer any questions you may have.

So no guessing as to what I've spent most of my day doing, yep killing zombies, playing in paint brush, shooting spaceships and smashing someones office up, great fun indeed.

BOOK YOUR HTC VIVE APPOINTMENT NOW!

You can Pre-Order your HTC Vive in-store ONLY after trying it!

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Aedus · 16 Mar 2016 at 16:11

Great idea! Wish you guys were closer to London, but it still may be worth the visit before forking over a great deal of money.

Marine-RX179 · 16 Mar 2016 at 16:18

Aedus said:
Great idea! Wish you guys were closer to London, but it still may be worth the visit before forking over a great deal of money.

Overclockers seriously need an extra store in south part of the country

Aedus · 16 Mar 2016 at 16:20

Marine-RX179 said:
Overclockers seriously need an extra store in south part of the country

Agreed! Even a small-ish store would be great! Then I wouldn't need to occasionally go to the purple shirts at all.

*Cough cough*

Gibbo · 16 Mar 2016 at 16:47

JediFragger · 16 Mar 2016 at 16:57

Gibbo said:

I always wanted to be a Jedi :cool:

seabiscuit · 16 Mar 2016 at 17:22

I thought with your user name you wanted to be a sith?

fiveub · 16 Mar 2016 at 18:45

I absolutely loved playing with the Vive!

Sorry guys I've shut down the VR Experience room tomorrow, as I will be playing all day tomorrow.

Just kidding, I think this gives our customers and new customers a chance to experience VR! It is definitely worth a go, if you haven't tried it already!

JediFragger · 16 Mar 2016 at 22:34

seabiscuit said:
I thought with your user name you wanted to be a sith?

I do my job from the inside

seabiscuit · 17 Mar 2016 at 07:17

I thought your shop seemed a bit on the dark side.

Captain_Bosh · 17 Mar 2016 at 07:48

Awesome I've been waiting to try this out, just booked for Saturday

Will you be selling it for for same price as HTC with normal shipping prices ?

Gibbo · 17 Mar 2016 at 09:21

Captain_Bosh said:
Awesome I've been waiting to try this out, just booked for Saturday

Will you be selling it for for same price as HTC with normal shipping prices ?

We are £699.95 plus regular delivery of around £8-£12.

Retail shop orders only, you cannot order online, so you have to come to our retail shop I am afraid.

HazardO · 17 Mar 2016 at 09:28

Gibbo said:
We are £699.95 plus regular delivery of around £8-£12.

Retail shop orders only, you cannot order online, so you have to come to our retail shop I am afraid.

Noob VR question..

Does the VIVE need your phone as a screen/processor or has it got it's own screen and CPU?

Haggisman · 17 Mar 2016 at 09:32

HazardO said:
Noob VR question..

Does the VIVE need your phone as a screen/processor or has it got it's own screen and CPU?

Pretty sure it's a "peripheral"

It has it's own screen, but it's basically just a "fancy monitor"* - it might have some basic demo content built in, but you aren't going to be doing much with it on it's own.

*Understatement of the year

Gibbo · 17 Mar 2016 at 09:47

HazardO said:
Noob VR question..

Does the VIVE need your phone as a screen/processor or has it got it's own screen and CPU?

Its a peripheral with its own screen, the processor is your gaming PC.

UberGinge · 17 Mar 2016 at 10:23

Sucks to be living here, can't order the Vive from HTC as they won't deliver here and I can't get to the shop to order from you guys

Loz · 17 Mar 2016 at 11:06

Hey Gibbo Any idea of when you will get these in stock?

Gibbo · 17 Mar 2016 at 11:10

Loz said:
Hey Gibbo Any idea of when you will get these in stock?

Only for people who pre-order in our shop and we expect a May/June delivery.

ScottiB · 17 Mar 2016 at 11:13

I just had a go on the demo...the guy who gets motion sick playing Dying Light and lasted a grand total of 30 seconds on the original Oculus DK1 demo before feeling like I needed to vomit...and I love it! :eek:

I'm so surprised!

Gibbo · 17 Mar 2016 at 11:16

ScottiB said:
I just had a go on the demo...the guy who gets motion sick playing Dying Light and lasted a grand total of 30 seconds on the original Oculus DK1 demo before feeling like I needed to vomit...and I love it! I'm so surprised!

I was playing this yesterday for about an hour killing zombies and shooting space ships. Never once did I get dizzy or feel sick at all, really impressed by the HTC setup, for me HTC is the best VR experience I have had yet.

** HTC VIVE: TRY IT FOR YOURSELF AT OCUK & PRE-ORDER WITH OcUK!! **

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HTC VIVE: TRY IT FOR YOURSELF AT OCUK & PRE-ORDER WITH OcUK!!