Oculus Rift

[mid_gen]

The HTC Vive should be out earlier and by all accounts is way ahead of the rift in every way, including no motion sickness from what they have been saying which really is a significant point.

Motion sickness is down to the design of the game/experience, as well as any fluctuation in framerate. Simply, if your head appears to move in VR space without your head moving, the vom starts coming.

If you've got a point of reference like a cockpit round you, and the world is just moving outside that....it's fine, your brain is happy with what it's seeing.

Framerate dips and stutter are a nightmare. Honestly I think one of the biggest differentiators is going to be the launcher software that can get your GPU and OS set up right to deliver a smooth experience.

 

[mid_gen]

New SDK version today. Queue Ahead feature potentially shaving another 2.8ms off latency. Will be giving it a try on the weekend hopefully, any MS saved is precious!

 

[Jonahun]

New SDK version today. Queue Ahead feature potentially shaving another 2.8ms off latency. Will be giving it a try on the weekend hopefully, any MS saved is precious!

Good good, we need a very good product on release!

 

[olivier renault]

more cool VR stuff.

 

[Surfer]

I really want the Vive to succeed, but there's been no mention on what titles it will support. Whichever product I buy needs to support Elite: D, Assetto (and other racing sims) and Eve: Valkerie

Rumoured launch titles with Vive.

http://www.vrcircle.com/post/htc-vive-launch-titles-revealed


Official Alien Isolation support would be great as hopefully they will be working on removing the horizon drifting = less nausea.

 

[ci_newman]

Anyone taken the plunge with Win10 yet?

 

[Digital X]

Yep No rift fun for me yet.

 

[ci_newman]

I'm pretty tempted to roll back... need me some assetto GT86 rifty goodness

 

[Boycey0211]

I'm pretty tempted to roll back... need me some assetto GT86 rifty goodness

is AC and a wheel worth buying for the rift you reckon? Res not too much of an issue?

 

[ci_newman]

When you can get it to work, it's awesome. Yes the res is a little low, but the immersion is great. The wheel will be great for the CV1 too

 

[Boycey0211]

Hmmmm tempted then, might just do it

 

[Surfer]

Anyone taken the plunge with Win10 yet?

No way. Oculus have said not to update to Win10 as they are still working on supporting it!

Unless of course....one second..

https://forums.oculus.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25316

nope they r still working on it.

 

[GBRusty]

Yup, upgraded and my rift is deaded. Doesn't even switch on at the moment.
Haven't had to time to try anything clever.

 

[mid_gen]

Glad I checked before I clicked the upgrade button yesterday. Hope they can get an updated runtime out soon....

 

[Digital X]

I upgraded, found out the Rift wasn't supported yet. I'll just wait till it is. No biggie for me personally.

 

[ci_newman]

I took the plunge today, and it works I followed the recommendations here - https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/3f8g9d/oculus_dk2_windows_10_fix_it_works/ctmb8no

It only works in extended mode, but great nonetheless!

 

[Boycey0211]

I took the plunge today, and it works I followed the recommendations here - https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/3f8g9d/oculus_dk2_windows_10_fix_it_works/ctmb8no

It only works in extended mode, but great nonetheless!

Mate have you got a good link for getting DK2 working with Assetto Corsa?

Ideally I'd like it so that like war thunder it only starts in rift mode if the rift is switched on, dont want to go editing loads of config files if I have to reset them all after

 

[ci_newman]

Most of the bits I had to configure were documented in here - http://www.vrcircle.com/post/how-to-enable-oculus-rift-in-assetto-corsa-updated. This article doesn't cover modifying the post-processing settings though, as they weren't available when it was written. There are a few other tips in here too - https://forums.oculus.com/viewtopic.php?t=19833#p243542

Key bits though -

1. Run the headset in Extended mode
2. If your primary monitor can only support 60hz (like mine), the headset needs to be the primary monitor (landscape flipped, 1920x1080 for me)
3. Resolution in Assetto should be set to 1920x1080@75hz
4. If the in-car view looks washed out / overly white, disable auto-exposure on whichever post-processing filter you are using or disable PP altogether

 

[mid_gen]

https://developer.oculus.com/blog/upcoming-oculus-pc-sdk-0-7-compatibility-changes/

Big changes in the new SDK, finally a decent solution to setting up the HMD.

 

[OldComputerGuy7]

Been looking at some more HTC Vive stuff, getting pretty excited about it now for later in the year.

Looks like there is going to be a John wick FPS with the Vive also
http://www.androidcentral.com/john-wick-vr-first-person-shooter-game-coming-htc-vive

For those of us that wanted VR back in the 90's it seems like the next few years are going to be interesting time for VR and looks like we will finally get what was promised all those years ago.