Oculus Rift

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Is anyone after a DK2, would part with mine for €400 if anyone's interested, need funds for the Vive.

You need funds for the Vive and I'm a nice guy, so I'll help you out and give you€200 for that DK2.

Promising sounding overview of the Vive here:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-hands-on-with-steam-vr-htc-vive-pre

Any indication of specs yet? specifically compatibility with gaming laptops, crazy amount of USB ports etc?

Early prototype in Trinity rather than a CV1, I imagine? So however impressed you were, wait until you try the real thing!

Bambi wrote: »

You'd need a 360 camera present at the game for each headset I imagine

In the same way that you need a broadcast camera for each TV watching at a match now?

One 360 camera, everyone uses the same feed...?

pcuser wrote: »

Can you imagine what it would be like to feel like your are in a stadium when watching a football match, basketball match etc. The rift might really excel here.

If you have google cardboard or a vr headset this is worth a watch.



I doubt you could watch a full football match from this perspective tho.

Meh, Im as enthusiastic about VR as anyone and that would just piss me off tbh, Id rather study the old fashioned way than trying to learn anything like that.

Oculus Rift "Ready" pc's going on sale now

http://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Rift-Certified-G11CD-WS51-Desktop-Bundle/dp/B01BHFI4XG

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp/oculus-rift-vr-offer/pcmcat748301736879.c?id=pcmcat748301736879

http://oculus.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=88dbd06829e35d5cbf84bbc2e&id=90a382b518&e=948abf00d4

Intel core i5 6400 2.7 GHz, good news for those with older CPUs

The prices don't seem to bad at all considering you get the headset included. Starting at €1400 is the price I saw in an oculus email, the headset is probably taking up a maybe $500 or more of that price.

So I tried out the DK2 for the first time in Cork today!

It's in that 4D cinema place a few doors up from TK Maxx, and it was €4 for about a five minute demo.

This was the demo he threw on for me:




I was standing up and found it very hard to keep my balance haha, My legs were shaking instinctively, its mad how it tricks your brain.

But TBH the visual experience wasn't the greatest in there.

It seemed very blurry and the lenses fogged up quickly so i asked him to clean them which he did. But even afterwards it still seemed blurry.
I found that if i adjusted the headset vertically it improved the clarity for a few seconds but probably went loose again.

I may be wrong but i suspect the PC isnt running the DK2 at full resolution, he said he payed €700 for rift and the PC.

Also i could see a large gap at the bridge of my nose that distracted from the experience, but helped me to actually stay vertical!

So in all, despite the lack of balance i felt the low resolution was a distraction from the immersion, and it didnt blow me away visually.

But it that might be down to the setup in there.

Was still cool to try it out and experience the same feeling you would get on an amusement ride like that in real life!

Doge wrote: »

It seemed very blurry and the lenses fogged up quickly so i asked him to clean them which he did. But even afterwards it still seemed blurry.
I found that if i adjusted the headset vertically it improved the clarity for a few seconds but probably went loose again.

Really sounds like a poorly configured setup, I wouldn't read too much into it.

That's a hell of a demo to expect people to do standing up!

Heads up for anyone with a Leap Motion - new software (version 3) released earlier in the week, hand tracking is now far more reliable (i.e. actually usable now)

HTC Vive to ship on 1st April, price to be announced Monday

http://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/htc-vive-to-ship-on-1st-april-price-to-be-announced-monday/