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Anyone here pre-ordering a Rift?
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I think he means this VR toy > https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/
I bought Development Kit 1 when it released, but couldn't used because of nausea and motion sickness. Tried lots of demo, I could watched very few of them. When I bought DK1, lots of people was complaining about nausea and motion sickness.
The first release was $299, I think this is $599.
The first release was $299, I think this is $599.
Lol thats insane
Wow, it's interesting to see people talk about this outside of the Oculus subreddit, where everyone there has been following the development of this device for the last three years.
Basically put, it's a VR headset that gives you a wide field of view (around 100 degrees), full 3D vision using two screens, one for each eye, 1280x1200 resolution per eye running at 90 frames per second with no motion blue at all and deep colour saturation thanks to being OLED displays. It also has a built in high end 3D audio card to give full positional 3D sound, there are also sensors on the headset and a camera on your computer desk that track the headset down to 1mm accuracy with no lag detectable.
the software puts you in a virtual room allowing you to select software ranging from full 360 degree 3D films, VR movie trailers where you feel like your actually in the movie and games that put you in the game.
People are going crazy right now saying that the asking price of $599 is crazy high, but it's actually crazy low for what it does.
Obviously you need a high end PC to run this thing, good VR doesn't come cheap.
Basically put, it's a VR headset that gives you a wide field of view (around 100 degrees), full 3D vision using two screens, one for each eye, 1280x1200 resolution per eye running at 90 frames per second with no motion blue at all and deep colour saturation thanks to being OLED displays. It also has a built in high end 3D audio card to give full positional 3D sound, there are also sensors on the headset and a camera on your computer desk that track the headset down to 1mm accuracy with no lag detectable.
the software puts you in a virtual room allowing you to select software ranging from full 360 degree 3D films, VR movie trailers where you feel like your actually in the movie and games that put you in the game.
People are going crazy right now saying that the asking price of $599 is crazy high, but it's actually crazy low for what it does.
Obviously you need a high end PC to run this thing, good VR doesn't come cheap.
Sony will soon release something similar for the PS4.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4s-playstation-vr-headset-to-cost-400-600-report/1100-6433594/
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4s-playstation-vr-headset-to-cost-400-600-report/1100-6433594/
here you have a cheaper version: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/wearables/google-cardboard-1287573/review 
sorex....it's light years ahead of any helmet that's come out before. I tried the first developer version 2 years ago and was very impressed, and now the consumer version they are releasing is miles ahead of that, I can't imagine how good it is, I've pre-ordered one and just hope I have the cash to pay for it when my order comes up, they've had a huge amount of pre-orders (in the region of 50,000), so delivery dates are starting to go back to June already.
I've got a Google cardboard headset I use with my 2 android phones, it's much better than what I tried in 1993 on a £20,000 VR setup then but n where near as good as the Rift.
I don't think VR will disappear this time, they've finally cracked it. And $600 is not expensive for what you get.
I've got a Google cardboard headset I use with my 2 android phones, it's much better than what I tried in 1993 on a £20,000 VR setup then but n where near as good as the Rift.
I don't think VR will disappear this time, they've finally cracked it. And $600 is not expensive for what you get.
you can't compare a 93 model with this pure computer spec wise. a computer had to calculate and redraw everything back then.
now your gfxcard is doing that job which leaves much more room for the comp<>device related things.
$600 is still pricy tho for that and the 1 or 2 games that will be available unless it really becomes popular and all gaming companies jump on it.
I wonder when the first one from a dissapointed user will be on ebay
now your gfxcard is doing that job which leaves much more room for the comp<>device related things.
$600 is still pricy tho for that and the 1 or 2 games that will be available unless it really becomes popular and all gaming companies jump on it.
I wonder when the first one from a dissapointed user will be on ebay
