Apparently there is 2 games bundled with the CV1 - Eve Valyrie and Lucky's tale.
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Apparently there is 2 games bundled with the CV1 - Eve Valyrie and Lucky's tale.
as far as i know it's only 1 bundle and it's lucky's tale, the game isn't even suited for VR, i wonder why they picked it.
Total hogwash. Oculus have spent millions funding and developing games since the Facebook acquisition. Nothing has changed there. Oculus have a lot of hopes for VR outside gaming too, but they'd been talking about that since very early on, before the buyout, and frankly, it's quite obvious to anyone who understands what VR is that it wont be *just* a gaming thing. HTC and Sony have both talked quite a bit about the non-gaming merits of VR as well.
This has been total fearmongering assumption-making based on nothing except 'but Facebook!' reasoning.
Both games. Lucky's Tale and Eve Valkyrie come bundled.
And Lucky's Tale works great in VR. I played it and was downright shocked how cool it was playing a 3d platformer like I was there. 3rd person VR experiences are going to surprise a lot of people that think the tech is only suitable for 1st person stuff.
When you try things like Virtual Desktop, you can totally see why the Rift isn't just for gaming. 360 degree films are amazing and there is a few on youtube worth watching. I have totally been blown away by what I have seen and this is massively in it's womb still, let alone infancy.
Any chance for a link for 360 films?
What VR really needs is some way to try before buy. A lot more people would be willing to splash out on VR if they could try it first to see what its like.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=360+film
Loads of good one's there and even works with cardboard and phone goggles I believe.
The first thing I thought when I saw a 3D video was that this is a way for my disabled grandad to experience a foreign country without travelling. By going to a destination with a 360 camera on my head, he can be part of it remotely with me as his guide.
I forsee an abundance of random robots with these cameras on their heads taking over art galleries, museums, etc. I doubt it will get so bad as 1 robot per viewer, but we will absolutely see the rise of robot guided virtual tours with the added benefit of the removal of large swarms of people.
Soldato
Drones + 360 degree camera + VR
I got a mix of the two:
Pre-orders Jan 6th.
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/oculus-rift-pre-orders-to-open-on-jan-6/
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I hope pricing is announced as well. None of this pre-order deposit £xx with an nda on pricing until the week before release.
I hope that we only pay a small mark up on teh CV1 compare to the yanks. If you want to get a DK2, ship it and import it, there is a significant price increase but since the CV1 is a consumer release I imagine they will accommodate customers all round the world or else shoot themselves in the foot from the get go.
I hope that we only pay a small mark up on teh CV1 compare to the yanks. If you want to get a DK2, ship it and import it, there is a significant price increase but since the CV1 is a consumer release I imagine they will accommodate customers all round the world or else shoot themselves in the foot from the get go.
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They already have Google Streetview viewable in VR. Pick up some cheap old Cardboard viewer it's fun to play around with.
It's not *great*, but for a rudimentary start, it's pretty impressive.
Things will be a lot better once we start getting 360 content with proper stereoscopic 3D at a decent resolution. 360 lightfield cameras are only just now becoming a thing, so expect the quality in 360 video and stills to jump up dramatically within the next few years.
Of course they'll announce price. Never heard of anything where you pre-ordered something without knowing how much it'd cost.
They're saving that for CES, though. This announcement is just because Palmer promised they'd let people know ahead of time when pre-orders would start. A lot of people were freaking out about missing out because they didn't check the news or something.
It sounds amazing Gregster, I can't wait to try it myself, if I can afford it of course. I also heard that Valve have made a technological breakthrough with the HTC Vive which they will announce this week. I'm very interested to see what it is.
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Quite a few tech releases as well as game releases go on prepairing order with a price TBA and a small deposit. I believe ocuk have even done it for some flagship gpu in the past and I have worked for companies who have done the same with games
Would you really reach over to put on your VR headset, for a bit of Streetview tho?
It's stuff like this that I just don't see people making the effort for. Streetview is perfectly fine with a mouse.
Sure it's a tech demo and I'm not going to judge based on that. But apart from 1% of people, who is going to /want/ a VR headset on their noggin all the time?
It just doesn't make sense to me. Not until VR is built into your glasses and worn by default. For the rest of us, the usefulness isn't going to be that enormous that putting on a VR headset is worth it.
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How much is this going to cost?
People that want incredible, next-gen experiences.
You haven't ever tried it have you? Not trying to be insulting, but your 'doubt' about this stuff is what people who haven't tried it usually say.
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The rumour is they are selling at cost, so don't expect it too much but don't expect cheap either. I would guess at £400 ish but maybe that is being a little hopeful.
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Presumably where 'cost' includes future reinvestment, exec bonuses, and a private jet
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