HTC Vive

Zumber · 27 Mar 2016 at 14:57

Hmm rumours: It's been said that Star Wars the Force Awakens is being released on the 5th of April for DVD/Bluray, now there's a coincidence. It's also been rumoured that Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine is being released to coincide with the release of a aforementioned Bluray. Fingers crossed.

Another snippit of news. A certain adult website (rhymes with corntub) has a new category for VR, with videos filmed in 360 degrees. http://s24.postimg.org/bfakiynjp/image.jpg

spikerules · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:09

Pretty sure The Force Awakens is out on the 18th...

Zumber · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:17

Amazon is showing that the Blu-Ray version of The Force Awakens will be available on April 5th, 2016, That has since been taken down. Like I said, just a rumour.

hyperseven · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:24

spikerules said:
Pretty sure The Force Awakens is out on the 18th...

It's the 5th, maybe not the UK, but it's the 5th, the leaked ISO has been widely available for the past week.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/releasedates.php?year=2016&month=4

spikerules · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:28

In the UK (where we live last I checked) it is out around the 11th on ITunes and 18th for Blu-Ray.

hyperseven · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:40

spikerules said:
In the UK (where we live last I checked) it is out around the 11th on ITunes and 18th for Blu-Ray.

Ilmxlabs and Disney are based in the states, last I checked, so why would they go off a UK release date for their VR demo

spikerules · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:42

hyperseven said:
Ilmxlabs and Disney are based in the states, last I checked, so why would they go off a UK release date for their VR demo

I still don't know what that HD to do with a VR demo?

hyperseven · 27 Mar 2016 at 15:45

spikerules said:
I still don't know what that had to do with a VR demo?

What zumber posted :confused:

Ghosteh · 27 Mar 2016 at 16:00

spikerules said:
I still don't know what that HD to do with a VR demo?

Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine is a VR Experience, and if it's released at the time of the Vive launch, coinciding with BluRay/DVD release of Star Wars Force Awakens, it'll be pretty cool

fatlenny · 27 Mar 2016 at 16:21

Captain_Bosh said:
Looks great and would keep the dust off the lenses...not sure where you would buy one from though. I can only seem to find polystyrene ones online

sitting on the dock of the bay

n3vrmind · 27 Mar 2016 at 23:27

Captain_Bosh said:
Looks great and would keep the dust off the lenses...not sure where you would buy one from though. I can only seem to find polystyrene ones online

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gaming/pc-gaming/headphones-and-headsets/headphone-stands

Skeeter · 27 Mar 2016 at 23:52

So I'm currently in the process of buying a house that has a 15' by 10' conservatory on the back that we have no furniture or plans for...

Nismo · 28 Mar 2016 at 07:32

Skeeter said:
we have no furniture or plans for...

Lies. You have plans.

Tell your GF that "Nismo from the internet" told you to do it

Skeeter · 29 Mar 2016 at 09:30

I've told her she can have a virtual kitchen!

hyperseven · 29 Mar 2016 at 12:34

Just had my demo in Bolton and really enjoyed it.

Loved the big blue demo

The demo guy says the retail one will come with some kind of ceiling pully for the umbilicus, anyone else heard this. Also expects delivery in May.

No ordered yet waiting until reviews after release.

Ghosteh · 29 Mar 2016 at 12:39

hyperseven said:
Just had my demo in Bolton and really enjoyed it.

Loved the big blue demo

The demo guy says the retail one will come with some kind of ceiling pully for the umbilicus, anyone else heard this. Also expects delivery in May.

No ordered yet waiting until reviews after release.

Nothing has been mentioned about a pulley at all, even in the email from HTC containing the entire box contents, so he may be wrong on that one.

TriedandTested · 29 Mar 2016 at 13:07

Lens FOV comparison (with added spoiler tag as didn't realise image was so huge:

Ghosteh · 29 Mar 2016 at 13:25

You might want to put that in Spoiler tags because of its size

But as others have said over on Reddit, just 1 picture of 1 lens doesn't tell the whole story, depending on how much cross over there is between the two lenses. People are saying if they hadn't seen the above picture, they wouldn't have even realised it was that low per eye. People have reported the FOV feels wider than the DK2 and GearVR.

Until we have more reviews of side by side comparisons, I'd take a lot of these reports with a pinch of salt.

Nismo · 29 Mar 2016 at 13:29

Not sure why you think it's low, ~100 Deg FOV was expected.

Better comparison taken from Reddit (so not 100% on the source or accuracy)

Shows the Vive to have (allegedly) the biggest FOV. Rift we already knew had a smaller FOV than DK2.

Rilot · 29 Mar 2016 at 13:31

That's a shame that the CV1 FOV is smaller than the DK2. I found the DK2 to be a little on the small size.