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2016 : A Pivotal Year For AMD, Nvidia, PC Gaming And VR
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I see people are flogging their pre-orders on Ebay. A bit naughty with the price but each to their own.
I am sure they will have ED working by the time I get mine (or they bloody well better had or else) and Only played Alien for a few mins but stopped it purely because I was a big girl scared.
I also accept there will be some teething issues with the CV1 but my experiences with the DK2 have me sold. I hope for a lot of people's sake the Vive will be cheaper but I am not holding out much hope.
I also accept there will be some teething issues with the CV1 but my experiences with the DK2 have me sold. I hope for a lot of people's sake the Vive will be cheaper but I am not holding out much hope.
If the Vive looks the better prospect, I have no issues getting one of those either but I would rather have one that does all so to speak and don't fancy one for one game and another for another game.
I am also massively limited in space and only a small box room for my man cave
I am also massively limited in space and only a small box room for my man cave
No, there was a rumour that Nvidia were working on a headset from wccftech or some other site but that never appeared and as for people affording iphones, seriously? A bit silly that.
The screen door effect was the first thing I noticed but I was able to see past it in time (if that makes sense) plus the only game I really am playing is ED and that with some tweaks looks amazing on the DK2, so can only imagine it will be even better on the CV1. I do hope that cross vendor is supported though, as I really don't want to have to buy both to play the games I want.
I have put my DK2 up for sale in the MM as per my Mrs request 
As for how it works, this is a really poor example but you get to see how the headtracking works at least.
Now imagine everything in proper 3D and you are almost there. An incredible experience in truth and 1 that needs to be tried first hand.
As for how it works, this is a really poor example but you get to see how the headtracking works at least.
Now imagine everything in proper 3D and you are almost there. An incredible experience in truth and 1 that needs to be tried first hand.
Well my DK2 is sold for a fair price and has made my purchase far more palatable to the Mrs I am missing it already Roll on March.
I am missing it already Roll on March.
It looks total garbage to how it looks through the HMD. It really is a game changer and I can't tell people enough times. Try it, try it, try it.
I didn't have any issues to speak of with the DK2 and SteamVR. I did find the 0.6 SDK worked better than the 0.8 SDK though but that might have been just a me thing as others seemed to be ok.
They sold the dev kits at a loss. No way would they do that with the retail release and they have stated they are selling at cost. I really do expect the Vive to be £600 minimum but purely guessing here and they might be able to source cheaper parts.
Haha.
I have absolutely no idea and don't really care as the price was acceptable to me, so I ordered. The Nvidia bit made me chuckle
Please form an orderly queue outside Gregs house tomorrow morning at 9am.......Bring a packed lunch.
Gregs wife will NOT be serving tea or coffee unless he charges on the door.
Maybe this is why they say that there is "Always a long queue outside Greggs"
I do lots of baking and cooking
The DK2 is sold now sadly and playing ED on a monitor is poo lol. Jedifragger has it now but not long to wait till March 28th, albeit it will feel like an eternity
We have different circles Cat. The few gamers I have spoken to that I personally know don't feel that £500 is too much at all and 2 of the 3 that had a go have pre-ordered as well. They have also had a go on my DK2 that Jedi now has and the third guy is on the fence because of the price and being fair to him, it is a lot of money with his family responsibilities.
Yer, when it ships is when they take the money.
It clearly sold far better than Oculus were expecting So glad I had my order done by 16:04 (and the website was down for 2 mins) 
So glad I had my order done by 16:04 (and the website was down for 2 mins)
It isn't expensive to me and I was predicting £400 but happy to pay up to £600. After using the DK2, I was sold straight off. People pay well over £300 for steering wheels and pedals, it just needs to be put in perspective for your own viability.
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Just to add - I had been saving up for this, so the cost wasn't such a blow.
Genuinely, I am slaughtered right now but no matter what, VR is truly amazing and anyone who writes it off needs to at least give it a try. Totally a different gaming experience that needs to be seen first hand. Sure the CV1 is expensive but for the wow factor alone, it is well cheap!