Oculus Rift

FlukeRogi · 10 Jul 2017 at 10:47

deuse said:
How long are the leads on this? My pc is about 10 foot away from me.

4m according to the Oculus store (that's the headset cable).

djkav · 10 Jul 2017 at 10:55

Vargas said:
I'll wait until it's 299 lol

Manybe Zenimax court case has something to do with Oculus trying to dump rift stocks

Terminal_Boy · 10 Jul 2017 at 11:16

None on the rainforest at that price any more...

deuse · 10 Jul 2017 at 11:25

Terminal_Boy said:
None on the rainforest at that price any more...

Oculus main site still has them.

deuse · 10 Jul 2017 at 11:26

FlukeRogi said:
4m according to the Oculus store (that's the headset cable).

Thanks dude. I think I will wait for V2.

melmac · 10 Jul 2017 at 11:37

FlukeRogi said:
In all honesty, if you own either headset and are happy with it, I can't see the point in buying the other.

He could buy the Rift and see if he likes it. If he likes it he could sell the Vive and have some money left over.

melmac · 10 Jul 2017 at 11:40

The price is really amazing though. I am tempted to buy another Rift. I wonder are the newer headsets better quality?

FlukeRogi · 10 Jul 2017 at 12:45

melmac said:
The price is really amazing though. I am tempted to buy another Rift. I wonder are the newer headsets better quality?

Well, I had mine replaced a couple of months back, and the look/feel is identical. I hope the internals are a bit more solid though so that my audio doesn't bite the dust again.

RockSteddy · 10 Jul 2017 at 12:49

Yup I'm on my 3rd (one through Amazon and two from Oculus via RMA) and can't say I've noticed any improvement in the build quality which always seemed excellent to me.

Born2BSlow · 10 Jul 2017 at 12:50

Holy crap what a deal, I'd be all over that if I hadn't already bought one...it works out cheaper than what I paid second hand just a few months ago...

welshdragon · 10 Jul 2017 at 14:17

Born2BSlow said:
Holy crap what a deal, I'd be all over that if I hadn't already bought one...it works out cheaper than what I paid second hand just a few months ago...

Same here lol

XZiBIT · 10 Jul 2017 at 14:23

Only got one 8 days ago, returning and purchasing it again. Its a serious saving..

Kiyoshi · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:00

I'll be interested to see what if any impact this announcement has on the current Vive price.

kration · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:17

Kiyoshi said:
I'll be interested to see what if any impact this announcement has on the current Vive price.

Indeed. £400 is probably the sweet spot for people who were put off by the price of the headsets. If the Vive drops in price then hopefully there'll be an upsurge in people buying either headset - which can only be a good thing for VR.

Born2BSlow · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:47

welshdragon said:
Same here lol

I was lucky mine was only 6 weeks old (he even gave me the original receipt which i used as proof of purchase when a sensor had to be RMA'd. He sold it me for £350 after paying £599 because his son nicked the xbone controller...I already had a gamepad so not a biggy for me, now I've bought the touch controllers this deal is better...I thought that was a deal at the time and I'm so glad I got it...

ossieclap · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:48

This has peaked my interest. I just wish I bought Elite Dangerous during the Steam Summer Sale now.

Does anyone know if this deal also includes the Xbox wireless controller? It's listed on the rainforest but not Overclockers product description.

Born2BSlow · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:49

kration said:
Indeed. £400 is probably the sweet spot for people who were put off by the price of the headsets. If the Vive drops in price then hopefully there'll be an upsurge in people buying either headset - which can only be a good thing for VR.

Only if they've already got a PC capable of running it though, £850 for VR ready PC I reckon, unless you cheap out on some components. A second hand 980Ti is still £330 on fleabay.

Rannoch · 10 Jul 2017 at 16:19

djkav said:
Manybe Zenimax court case has something to do with Oculus trying to dump rift stocks

It's possible.

Surfer · 10 Jul 2017 at 16:33

ossieclap said:
This has peaked my interest. I just wish I bought Elite Dangerous during the Steam Summer Sale now.

Does anyone know if this deal also includes the Xbox wireless controller? It's listed on the rainforest but not Overclockers product description.

you get the xbox1 wireless controller with the Oculus headset as standard.

Surfer · 10 Jul 2017 at 16:34

hrmm should i buy this first because of the huge saving and then buy the graphics card (no graphics card atm) a couple of months down the line? Cant buy both this month