Oculus Rift

Karateyid · 7 Jan 2016 at 14:14

CraigN said:
did you guys who ordered get an email? I have had nothing but i did screenshot my order number confirmation.

Try this link.... it will send you a confirmation email with a link to your order

https://shop.oculus.com/en-us/history-login/

Key in your order number and email address might work or u may get a something went wrong

CraigN · 7 Jan 2016 at 14:15

yup jsut found that on the oculus forums.

I got the resent email with the link.

phew!

Gregster · 7 Jan 2016 at 14:30

JediFragger said:
Screw the CV1 price, I just bought Greg's DK2 from him! I think it'll be alright to give it a try

What a mug - No way would I have bought that

mid_gen · 7 Jan 2016 at 14:36

darwin1859 said:
How good is the head tracking on the rift and others?

Perfect on all of them, provided it's set up right..it kinda has to be or the whole effect is lost and you throw up

Karateyid · 7 Jan 2016 at 14:43

CraigN said:
yup jsut found that on the oculus forums.

I got the resent email with the link.

phew!

Yeah I posted it

roysters · 7 Jan 2016 at 14:58

It's annoying how I have an order, then i registered an account after. But now i have a account but i cant check my order status as its separate.

I've contacted support and asked if they can merge it...

picnic · 7 Jan 2016 at 15:12

I had left my order window open and did try again later but I'm sure my date was May, from the original March, when I finished the checkout

Checking my order status it doesn't say when it might ship so I expect May then. Still give Assetto Corsa/iRacing etc. a chance to catch up. FlyInside for P3D with the DK2 will keep me satisfied until then (I hope)

sieze2 · 7 Jan 2016 at 15:24

I bought mine 1hr 15 mins after the pre-orders went live (5:15pm). I get mine in May! personally I think they are creating the illusion of limited supply to drive sales. I bet we all get them on launch in march. I bet they claim they increased production or something to that effect.

Nismo · 7 Jan 2016 at 15:32

I expect a bit of a shift in shipping times, I'm still hopeful of mine going from April to March, but I don't think they are falsely creating the illusion of constraint.

The thing they have going for them is a long period between preorders starting and the first shipments. Plenty of time to make additional units and catch up with demand.

maxilive · 7 Jan 2016 at 15:37

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/3zrv4y/preliminary_results_of_preorder_survey_order/

Seems like your order number might let you know when its due to ship. My order number was in the 26 batch so a good chance its in March. Now to see what price the HTC Vive comes in at, hopefully it comes with the new headunit camera etc as well.

Nismo · 7 Jan 2016 at 15:42

maxilive said:
Now to see what price the HTC Vive comes in at, hopefully it comes with the front facing camera etc as well.

Why wouldn't it? :confused:

maxilive · 7 Jan 2016 at 15:55

Nismo said:
Why wouldn't it?

Ah sorry I meant the new headunit camera. Not sure if that was going to make it into the first retail product or not! That new tech looks pretty good and could open a lot more possibilities for devs

Probably adds an additional £30 to the price though

Nismo · 7 Jan 2016 at 16:02

Yeah, the front camera along with room-scale lighthouse and touch controls out of the box are the Vives USPs.

Guest2 · 7 Jan 2016 at 16:19

chroniclard said:
So, not really followed VR yet but will there actually be any games to play on it yet? Do the games need to be written for VR or will it work with anything?

Yes, there are loads. Just google Oculus Rift games.

roadtovr.com was one of the sites I think. I had about 25 free games / demos for my DK2 and quite a few mods for games that worked very well - Quake spasm for Quake was a very good one (no nausea)

mid_gen · 7 Jan 2016 at 16:22

Nismo said:
Yeah, the front camera along with room-scale lighthouse and touch controls out of the box are the Vives USPs.

HTC Vive
HTC Vive Pre (with the camera).

There are two products that HTC have talked about....whether the Vive Pre *is* the consumer iteration of the Vive, or a separate product isn't clear to me.

VincentHanna · 7 Jan 2016 at 16:27

They are just names, ultimately there will only be one model.

HTC Vive Pre just means "pre-production"

Of course the final consumer version will have the front camera, as that is what they have announced at CES.

Cosimo · 7 Jan 2016 at 16:33

Having decided to wait and see what the opposition brings out my 'cheap' temporary alternative has arrived:

CaptainComedy · 7 Jan 2016 at 17:43

I've been told gearvr is a waste of time, that and it only works with samsung phones

Princey · 7 Jan 2016 at 17:51

codec said:
I've been told gearvr is a waste of time, that and it only works with samsung phones

You've heard incorrectly. Nearly everyone says it's the next best thing and very good. Yes it does only work with Samsung phones, the clue is in the name.

twoodster · 7 Jan 2016 at 18:04

Princey said:
You've heard incorrectly. Nearly everyone says it's the next best thing and very good. Yes it does only work with Samsung phones, the clue is in the name.

Yeah. Google Cardboard is a waste of time. GearVR is very, very good. I do miss positional tracking though.