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A dedicated HTC Vive thread.

But my basic question is, what is the best tactic for pre-ordering one on Monday?

I've decided I'm going to get one, I just want to know how people are planning on ordering. Camping the site? More chilled out and just logging in when you can?...
 
How are people going to place the base units?

I don't want to attach them to the walls of the room and was just going to get a couple of 'photography light stands'. However, these usually have a tripod base which means that they will stand away from the walls a bit.

Are there any stands that will fit neatly into the corners of a room?
 
SkScotchegg said:
Btw, what does HMD mean? I was trying to guess...high def modular display? lol

Also I dont know which to go for either, I've always been dead set on buying Oculus Rift and they seem to have really good games and exclusive games but HTC Vive looks awesome too. Have you guys seen this youtube review? It's really good for HTV vive, shows off loads of demo's of loads of games.


If youtube link above doesnt work try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWproPHhHd0

Can anyone tell me? All the demo's and games in this video, do they come with the HTC Vive by default?

Also can anyone tell me what free games and apps come with the Vive and are they any good?

Thanks in adance.
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I've already pre-ordered the Vive, but that vid has just sold it to me again.

The software demonstrations look OK - if a bit lame.

But the hand held controllers look amazing.

I bought the Vive to play Elite Dangerous (i.e. the seated experience) , but just seeing that vid makes me want to clear out my gaming room...
 
I've bought the Vive for the sitting down 'cockpit experience'. The hand-held sensors are an added bonus, but the videos seem to be missing the point.

A lot of tech demonstrations focus on simple games rather than what the games I play seem to really require.

But, I'm still looking forward to getting a Vive...
 
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Merlin5 said:
What was your experience of resolution? The guy in the video review above says that the lens resolution is low and not the high quality he was expecting.
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That's a question that interests me too. A video posted above says that initially you will be unimpressed with the resolution, but you will get used to it over time.
 
Phantom Shadow said:
Went to PCWorld in reading to try the vive - all booked up. From what I had read it sounded like it was a turn up and queue for a 10 minute demo but they were taking bookings for set times in 30 minute slots.

Oh well, going to head back on monday as they reckon it'll be empty and should have no problem getting atleast half an hour on the vive. Shame OCUK aren't closer to me. It's an hours drive to reading as it is.
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I live in the North East, so the closest place to me is Leeds :eek:
 
Zumber said:
I've got a newer graphics card, a R290X.
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The R290X should be OK start VR on - I've got a R290 and I'm intending to use that when I get the VR set and see what I need to upgrade to based on experience.

The i7 bundle you linked to looks good, but may be a bit of overkill? I'm hoping that my pretty basic i5 is more than good enough for VR. I'd get a cheaper bundle and then put the cash you've saved towards getting a better graphics card in a few months when the next gen cards have been released.
 
AlamoX said:
Vive VR experience is far better than oculus imo, the room scale and controllers just trumps whatever oculus might have like mats quality and weight.
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The only thing that made me consider the Oculus Rift was that some people say it has better visual quality. Though I can't comment not having tried either. Still glad I went for the Vive though - it seems a better package and experience.
 
Ghosteh said:
Appears orders are going live now. Just received an email saying they're being processed. Guess this is more relevant to people who paid by CC as the payment may be taken soon.
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Got the e-mail, but couldn't log in using e-mail addy and partial card info :confused:

Anybody logged in succesfully?
 
I'm caught in customer support hell too. My card expiry date changed between when I placed my order and when they should have taken payment. I wanted to check if this was a problem.

Nothing taken off my credit card.
No e-mails saying their attempt to take payment has been unsuccessful/successful.
I've e-mailed the customer support contact and get two emails back - one saying their contact details have changed, and a second which says my request has been answered but then just repeats my original question.
I try the number give on their new contact details. they then say that need to speak to the 'Vive team' directly.
I do that and no reply...

Basically in limbo and impossible to find out if my order has been successful or not.

Sounds like both the Rift and Vive are having trouble sorting out the delivery process...
 
Ghosteh said:
Has anyone here who is wave 1, and has successfully paid (seems like it may be a small number!) received any dispatch notification yet?
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I have not heard anything, which is why I was a bit worried and checked out if the payment had gone through - which according to my credit card company it has.

So it seems that no news is good news.

But basically, I haven't received any notifications apart from the original confirmation when I placed the order.
 
Chojin said:
Strange I can't log in to the order status using e-mail address and credit card digits, but using my order number seems to work. Anyone else getting that?
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That's happened to me too. I was a bit suspicious but just put it down to a moderately chaotic launch schedule. As I was still able to log in with the order number I decided not to worry about it.

But I'd be interested to know if people can log in with address and credit card digits...
 
MadMossy said:
...still have a couple days at least before a pending transaction either changes to complete or gets rejected
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The 'pending' leading to completed/rejected is what is annoying me too. I've offered to pay them the money, they should at least let me know if they want it.

Then I can sort out when the product is delivered.
 
MadMossy said:
It's not really HTC that are the problem, its Digital River who are notorious for messing things up. HTC could/should have chosen a more reputable company for such a large event.
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Valve>HTC>Digital River>DHL

That's my interpretation of the chain of power/responsibility.

I'm not as wound up as some people about this, but it's the lack of information and general cack-handedness that annoys me.

I'm away for 2 weeks this coming weekend.

If it's sent out tomorrow will that be via express delivery or slower delivery over a few days?

If it arrives by Friday then I'll be very happy. But that looks increasingly improbable - not that anyone's told me.

If it arrives whilst I'm away then I've got no confidence that I'll be told it's been delivered?; or whether I'll be back in time to pick the package up?; will it be returned to sender if I can't pick it up in a defined period?; whether I'll be able to arrange with the delivery company to pick the Vive up when I can?; when will I get a delivery reference to arrange all of this...

I can handle a delay in delivery. It's the uncertainty and lack of information that is annoying.

Lol - typing all that has made me more wound up. I've got an image of me thrashing a Morris 1100 with a branch :mad:
 
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