OCULUS RIFT VR HEADSET SAVE £200 LIMITED PERIOD ONLY

Shocky-FM · 11 Jul 2017 at 11:50

Born2BSlow said:
I think Oculus have aligned with Steam, 2 hours play and/or 14 days when I was looking at the Oculus sale items...they did reserve the right to refuse though...and I haven't tried to refund anything yet.

Glad they've seen sense, but that doesn't help the early users who have already been burnt by their previous policy.

melmac · 11 Jul 2017 at 12:57

Surfer said:
Sheer numbers. Vive and PSVR have been outselling Oculus hand over fist. Heck so is the google daydream

add the zenimax case situation and you got yourselves a firesale. (maybes haha)

https://haptic.al/latest-virtual-reality-headset-sales-so-far-9553e42f60b5

https://www.viarbox.com/single-post/Virtual-Reality-HMD-Sales-Numbers-in-Q1

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-fights-sales-ban-for-virtual-reality-headset

I think these figures are a bit outdated and they are only estimations. Remember The Rift only got touch controllers in December, before that everybody recommended the Vive because of roomscale. Then the Rift price reduction only happened in March. These things will take a little while to gain momentum. But, even look at these forums, there are a lot of new Rift owners since March. And now this Sale. Will be interesting to see what happens and you maybe right, but I don't see it happening.

Cavallino said:
Hmm interesting, Ive not been following this and it is a good point that maybe the Oculus could end up being the Betamax of VR?

I don't think it will. In fact it's not that situation it all, it doesn't have to be one or the other. The market is big enough for several players. What's more important than anything is that more and more people get into VR.

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2017 at 12:59

Born2BSlow said:
Do it, the Rift is awesome for racing games

That doesn't change the fact it's awesome and at this price cheaper than a good number of gaming monitors...you'll get hours of fun out of one of these bad boys...mark my words! lol

No I can't my eyes are not compatible. Already tried!

NikTheSHNIK · 11 Jul 2017 at 13:14

magicoi said:
Assume this offer is going to be live HERE for 6 weeks as per all the press releases?

YEs but stock will dry up at distribution sooner rather than later. Better to make sure and buy early than wait and be unlucky. The promotion will end when there is no stock left or after 6 weeks. Whichever comes first.

Surfer · 11 Jul 2017 at 13:29

melmac said:
I think these figures are a bit outdated and they are only estimations. Remember The Rift only got touch controllers in December, before that everybody recommended the Vive because of roomscale. Then the Rift price reduction only happened in March. These things will take a little while to gain momentum. But, even look at these forums, there are a lot of new Rift owners since March. And now this Sale. Will be interesting to see what happens and you maybe right, but I don't see it happening.

Q1 2017

Gear VR: 782,000

Playstation VR: 375,000

Google DayDream: 170,000

HTC Vive: 95,000

Oculus Rift: 64,000

If you have more recent figures then share with the rest of the class

melmac · 11 Jul 2017 at 13:44

Surfer said:
If you have more recent figures then share with the rest of the class

But you see the problem, you don't have figures to share either, nobody does. HTC and Oculus haven't released any sales figures, your links are only estimations. And even then, the estimations have to be of out of date as the price drop only happened in March, Star Trek bridge crew only released at the end of May.

Born2BSlow · 11 Jul 2017 at 13:47

varkanoid said:
No I can't my eyes are not compatible. Already tried!

Shucks, commiserations...that's a bummer

SupraWez · 11 Jul 2017 at 14:12

DrBombcrater said:
Anyone who wears glasses using one of these? How's the fit?

I use mine with glasses and sometimes contacts, depends on the frames, my glasses fit inside without any issue but some large frame designs may struggle.

carrot1401 · 11 Jul 2017 at 14:16

SupraWez said:
I use mine with glasses and sometimes contacts, depends on the frames, my glasses fit inside without any issue but some large frame designs may struggle.

Surely you can set the rift up to scale to your site if you know your prescription?!?!

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2017 at 14:17

Mine wouldnt fit and they are not big framed especially. the problem was not the front frame but the sides and the bit over the ears. I could use them without the glasses but this increased the headache and my eyes would water, not focus and the image was slightly blurred. I am long sighted in one eye and short sighted in the other. Adjusting them made no difference.

Anyway if James Cameron's claims are true his new Avatar films in 3D without glasses could lead to VR without a headset ! Yeah in about 50 years.

SupraWez · 11 Jul 2017 at 14:23

carrot1401 said:
Surely you can set the rift up to scale to your site if you know your prescription?!?!

You can buy 3rd party prescription lenses that can be fixed inside, there is no way to adjust the rift itself, there is an eye width adjustment on the bottom of the headset but that is it.

Born2BSlow · 11 Jul 2017 at 14:48

varkanoid said:
Mine wouldnt fit and they are not big framed especially. the problem was not the front frame but the sides and the bit over the ears. I could use them without the glasses but this increased the headache and my eyes would water, not focus and the image was slightly blurred. I am long sighted in one eye and short sighted in the other. Adjusting them made no difference.

Anyway if James Cameron's claims are true his new Avatar films in 3D without glasses could lead to VR without a headset ! Yeah in about 50 years.

My glasses are huge and I can get them on...put the glasses in place then fit the whole thing over your head, sorted. I do prefer contacts though because it does press on the nosepiece a little, I've got a new facial interface set en route which will hopefully sort this out.

melmac · 11 Jul 2017 at 15:15

varkanoid said:
Mine wouldnt fit and they are not big framed especially. the problem was not the front frame but the sides and the bit over the ears. I could use them without the glasses but this increased the headache and my eyes would water, not focus and the image was slightly blurred. I am long sighted in one eye and short sighted in the other. Adjusting them made no difference.

Anyway if James Cameron's claims are true his new Avatar films in 3D without glasses could lead to VR without a headset ! Yeah in about 50 years.

https://vr-lens-lab.com/product/vr-frames-virtual-reality-glasses/

You can get prescription glasses that fit inside the Rift or Vive. No excuses anymore.

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2017 at 18:13

Think I`ll pass again.

Cavallino · 11 Jul 2017 at 18:38

Folks I assume the rift has a microphone?

Mr Badger · 11 Jul 2017 at 19:12

Cavallino said:
Folks I assume the rift has a microphone?

Why assume when you can read the spec?

Built-in mic: Yes

SupraWez · 11 Jul 2017 at 19:46

Cavallino said:
Folks I assume the rift has a microphone?

Indeed it does and I had no idea till I recorded some game footage and realised it picked up my language

Cavallino · 11 Jul 2017 at 20:00

Sweet, thanks folks

Now I just need to figure out how to get that speech recognition package working with Elite!

Surfer · 11 Jul 2017 at 22:11

Voice attack? It's very very easy. And very good...I didn't play Elite without it.

Panos · 11 Jul 2017 at 22:44

TheSwede said:
Serious question, but would a Fury X handle it ?

Depending the game (VRAM usage), yes. With 17.4.1 FuryX got ASW also.

Haven't tried it, and given the offer for the Rift will run for 5 weeks, I am waiting any counter price drop from HTC. (hopefully).

** OCULUS RIFT VR HEADSET SAVE £200 LIMITED PERIOD ONLY **

OCULUS RIFT VR HEADSET SAVE £200 LIMITED PERIOD ONLY