Oculus Rift

Devlish · 29 Jul 2014 at 15:13

Reddit oculus is very good for that, as well as keeping you abreast of stuff like minecrift and Ed setups.

Regarding saving the kit for developers, about 75% of the kits are going to enthusiasts rather than developers and you'll be waiting until at least Christmas 2015 for the consumer version. Personally I couldn't but you do have to factor in cost as well.

Edward78 · 29 Jul 2014 at 18:50

I think it is odd Facebook bought it, this would have been so good for Nintendo, all the motion controls they have would have made a great match. As long as they expanded to the non kid market in games.

m4rk84 · 29 Jul 2014 at 19:28

Nintendo already have their own VR headset. It's called VirtualBoy...

jaycob · 29 Jul 2014 at 19:31

Didn't they just start shipping them like last week? I'm waiting for them to pop up on ebay for dirt cheap. :3

rubberduck · 29 Jul 2014 at 19:37

As the current batch of consoles can't even do 1080p I see this as being limited to PC for quite some time.

jaycob · 29 Jul 2014 at 19:48

rubberduck said:
As the current batch of consoles can't even do 1080p I see this as being limited to PC for quite some time.

surely that's dependent on the games & developers rather than the hardware limitations. Big example being BF4 but then again if that game wasn't being pushed out for 5 platforms all for the same release I'd have a feeling they could have been able to pull it off doing 1080.

spoffle · 29 Jul 2014 at 19:52

rubberduck said:
As the current batch of consoles can't even do 1080p I see this as being limited to PC for quite some time.

They can do 1080P... :confused:

twoodster · 29 Jul 2014 at 20:13

spoffle said:
They can do 1080P...

Very few are 1080p at 60fps though. The DK2 for example needs games to be running at a minimum of 75fps. Any less than that and the experience goes to pot.

I'm sure consoles will be able to produce a decent VR experience but they won't be the A list games.

spoffle · 29 Jul 2014 at 20:26

But that wasn't the comment, it was said that consoles "can't do 1080P" which is completely incorrect.

Calin Banc · 29 Jul 2014 at 20:34

Probably they can do 4k as well, bot not at a reasonable IQ and FPS which is pointless.

caff · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:11

It's here!

Too tired to play with it tonight

Which demos should I start with? I've heard there's smearing on early SDK games

Col_M · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:17

Devlish said:
Reddit oculus is very good for that, as well as keeping you abreast of stuff like minecrift and Ed setups.

Regarding saving the kit for developers, about 75% of the kits are going to enthusiasts rather than developers and you'll be waiting until at least Christmas 2015 for the consumer version. Personally I couldn't but you do have to factor in cost as well.

Fair enough...

oops

Guest2 · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:33

Surely any current gen console or PC could play games at 75fps in 1080p... just not great looking ones.

Hell, my 4 year old i5 760, 8gb ran and 2 x gtx 670 combo can play Crysis 3 at 1080p in highest settings at ~80fps or ~60fps 1440p. Yeh, the 670s are not old tech but they are hardly new tech either.

Id be over the moon with Half Life 2 done well in Oculus - this works at 500-1000fps in 1440p!

If I order today, does anyone know estimated dispatch dates? - ignore, i see its sept

Guest2 · 29 Jul 2014 at 22:56

screw it...

This email confirms that we've received your pre-order on July 29, 2014 at 02:56 PM PDT.

Order Number: ********
Items:
Development Kit 2 ($350.00) x 1 = $350.00

Are headphones required? I usually just play through my speakers and amp setup which is great quality for music but not too sure about games.

(Nad C370 Amp, B&W 603 speakers & Xonar Essence soundcard)

RoyMi6 · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:23

Just back for my mates where we got DCS working with a P51 Mustang, F15 and the Black Shark.

It's the frickin' muts nuts. End of

caff · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:23

Oh my god this is a step above DK1... the resolution looks fine to me, and I'm normally really fussy about poor screens etc. 1080p is almost there!

The room demo is awesome!

I can't wait to play HL2 with this. It was good on DK1 but it'll be mindblowing on this model.

olivier renault · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:25

Guest2 said:
Are headphones required? I usually just play through my speakers and amp setup which is great quality for music but not too sure about games.

(Nad C370 Amp, B&W 603 speakers & Xonar Essence soundcard)

Not required, but recommended. Binaural audio will probably be the next thing that will help VR immersion. And I wouldn't spend a crazy amount on headphones, it's not gonna help 'that' much.

RoyMi6 · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:26

Guest2 said:
screw it...

This email confirms that we've received your pre-order on July 29, 2014 at 02:56 PM PDT.

Order Number: ********
Items:
Development Kit 2 ($350.00) x 1 = $350.00

Are headphones required? I usually just play through my speakers and amp setup which is great quality for music but not too sure about games.

(Nad C370 Amp, B&W 603 speakers & Xonar Essence soundcard)

Headphone are not required and in all honesty unless you've got wireless ones can be a bit cumbersome. Especially on your own. Also doesn't help that it's bloody hot at the moment

olivier renault · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:26

caff said:
Oh my god this is a step above DK1... the resolution looks fine to me, and I'm normally really fussy about poor screens etc. 1080p is almost there!

The room demo is awesome!

I can't wait to play HL2 with this. It was good on DK1 but it'll be mindblowing on this model.

CV1 will be higher still. I kinda regret not forking out on DK2, but hey, I love my DK1

Minecraft is excellent in the Rift (check out Minecrift).

caff · 29 Jul 2014 at 23:38

The positional tracking is amazing! I've spent the last 10 minutes staring at a 3D pot plant from all different angles in a seated position!