If it's on Steam I can't imagine they'd go out of their way to block the Rift from working with it
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Oculus Rift (+ Oculus Touch) is $399 for limited time
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If it's on Steam I can't imagine they'd go out of their way to block the Rift from working with it
Pegasus Actual
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On the one hand everything I've heard makes it seem like Vive is better. On the other hand I'm not really in a position do do room-scale, and this price-point is pretty attractive. I had thought I would wait on next-gen headset, but maybe I'll just buy this and upgrade later. I'm thinking the Star Trek bridge game as a purchase, and then getting back into Elite Dangerous. So if I order from Amazon I don't get free Eve Valkyrie, but you do from Best Buy?
Decisions decisions.
Decisions decisions.
Eh, I seriously doubt they are going to do a hardware check and purposely block the Rift. It will probably just be exclusive to Steam.
Conjecture? Yes. Just like everyone saying it won't be playable on the Rift.
I traded in my PSVR for an Oculus due to not being exactly thrilled. I've had zero regrets about that decision. Just seemed much more clearer image quality, plus being semi negative about Sony dropping the ball on the non-HDR pass-through box was the last straw.
Blam
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I mean if EVE is a dealbreaker from Oculus's site then I guess don't do it or use Amazon and get it even faster.
You do get a bunch of games for just using the Oculus so there's that.
Star Trek I've heard is amazing to play.
There's some really good ones, and some pretty bad ones. Most of them are free and on itch.io, and if not it's on someones patreon page. But yeah it's either bad or really good. The VR Theaters are nice to use since you could also use them with multiple people which is something I love since I can get my friends to do a "small theater" in VR and it's really nice since the screen can be as big as you want it to be.
moltonasty
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Quoting myself for the new page. Anyone have any insight into this? If it's true it's a valid reason to avoid a purchase IMO.
Blam
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I don't think was ever a problem since those were unidentifiable metadata for analytics, and crash logs stuff etc. I don't think it sends anything other then the first time.
AlexFlame116
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6 weeks right??? I don't have money right now but 4 weeks of saving should do the trick!
DouglasteR
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OMFG.
For the price, its a YOU SHALL NOT LET THIS PASS deal.
Just grab it . Then make up your mind for the Vive.
And please, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, play Chronos, Edge of Nowhere.
For the price, its a YOU SHALL NOT LET THIS PASS deal.
Just grab it . Then make up your mind for the Vive.
And please, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, play Chronos, Edge of Nowhere.
Why alienate 1/3 of your potential sales in an already niche market over an unrelated beef? Zenimax are after more money, not less. It'll be steam vr, which works on both.
Yeah this is me. Now I'm hyped to just get the touch. Oh well $100 is still solid.
KneehighPark
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Picked up the Best Buy bundle. Not sure if I should keep my PSVR now. I do like the social element of its games, and it does have exclusives...
Any Rift games that anyone would suggest?
Any Rift games that anyone would suggest?
ChronotriggerJM
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How well does this work with a gtx 970? Soooo going to try to make this happen.
cyberheater
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Where was it confirmed to be on for 6 weeks?
This is the goddamn truth. Robo Recall is great. Tried it out at a Best Buy demo and loved it.
Yo if anyone wanna buy this Oculus Rift and trade me for my 1 week old HTC Vive. Hit me up lol
Got the Shakes
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cyberheater
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family_guy
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Well it's currently only listed for the Vive on the product page.
I'm still not sold on the games. I was interested in stuff like Lucky's Tale, Chronos, and the various horror titles awhile back, but impressions and reviews basically concluded "decent if you have a VR headset, but not remotely worth buying a headset for". (Not into wave shooters, but payed attention to those too) Also watching Giantbomb's VR streams is heart-wrenching.
But with next gen headsets likely not appearing for a few more years and at $400...
But with next gen headsets likely not appearing for a few more years and at $400...
Stabby McSter
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thank goodness this is going for six weeks :<
Blam
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Regardless still works even if it's not on the store page.
As far as I know there's only been one thing to actively block non-Vive headsets on Steam and that was Google Earth and thete was a workaround released pretty quickly to fix that. The main problems with Fallout will be the button placement translating to the touch controllers, the Vive wand model that appears in game won't just change to a touch model and in the E3 demo there wasn't any snap turning which will make it difficult to play if you have a front facing setup.
Got the Shakes
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That'a good to know. Is that true of every game on Steam that lists Vive as the supported but doesn't list Rift?
If a three camera setup was used with a Rift, then the only hurdle would be learning the button config on the Touch controllers since the on screen display would show the Vive wands?
Has it been mentioned that Oculus' next thing might very well be announced in October? That's their annual Oculus Connect event, anyway, and they hint at an announcement even in their sales post for this deal.
That said, even if they are announcing something in October, this is a great place to get into VR. Like buying last year's great phone for 50% off knowing that this year's phone may be very cool but so much more expensive.
But of course that's all speculation. That's always been the problem with VR I guess. Who really knows what's going to happen with all this shit.
That said, even if they are announcing something in October, this is a great place to get into VR. Like buying last year's great phone for 50% off knowing that this year's phone may be very cool but so much more expensive.
But of course that's all speculation. That's always been the problem with VR I guess. Who really knows what's going to happen with all this shit.
AllIsOneIsNone
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I would add *for the price to that quote. Not only are there significantly more worthwhile games than there were 6 months ago, but now that the price is at PSVR level, I'd say this is a huge jump in the bang-for-buck territory. If you have a decent gaming PC, it's a no brainer to me.
You just have to think about it more like a system launch, the library needs time to grow. Maybe more time than a standard system because of the tech's newness, but I am surprised at where they are right now.
adamantypants
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I mentioned it a few pages back, but if you have an old laptop you're not using, Best Buy will guarantee at least a $75 trade-in until the 15th I think.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1401958
family_guy
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I think there's a difference between "The game will boot up in VR" and "The game is officially supported." Like someone mentioned, the controls could be an issue.
For me (and perhaps only me), it wasn't just the price of the headset or the games, but that the games themselves didn't seem all that fun compared to what's available in non-VR. And I love platformers, third-person action, and horror. (Sandbox/puzzle/adventure titles aren't my thing, which means excluding much of the highly regarded stuff in the catalog) I know that being in VR itself often improves the experience, but the core gameplay just looked lackluster.
I really want a VR headset (and am still thinking about this deal), but the platform is so hard to justify in its current state. Especially if you're not into roomscale.
Aztechnology
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Ughhhhhh. That's the right price. But I'm still remiss to spend the money on Hardware I feel doesn't meet my minimum threshold. I need the 4k panel and eye tracking/Foveated rendering. I'm feeling I'll wait one more gen. Wait and see how Fallout 4 VR is received and what kind of titles we'll be seeing in the next year at least.
xCaptainCanadax
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Does the oculus work okay for most things with 2 sensors or do you really need a 3rd?
ChronotriggerJM
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Is there an easy way to hook up a PS4 to this to play non VR games in a Cinema mode?
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Sounds like Oculus Rift 2 coming in on November.
I haven't had any major issues using only 2 sensors
Not without running it through a PC.
ChronotriggerJM
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How would I do it through the PC?
AllIsOneIsNone
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I get ya. There are some really "full" feeling high quality games, but they are significantly fewer and further between. But I compare my headset to the arcades of the 90's in the sense that it offers you a different experience and involves more senses than your home system would.
Im willing to bet that they announce a new headset at the next oculus conference (which I think is October?) and release in Q1 next year.
You'd need some sort of video capture hardware, unfortunately, and then you'd use a VR application like Virtual Desktop. It'd be a lot to jump through, imo.
AllIsOneIsNone
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Oculus probably is in a bit of a scramble to get a leg up on the competition. But if gen 2 doesn't offer key features like 4K per eye, quality wireless, foveated rendering, significant headset ergonomic improvements (I'm not talking PSVR levels, I'm talking way beyond), then I'm not sure if it will be worth it to release so soon. It seems to me foveated rendering is the most important thing in VR tech right now and the one that would essentially halt entry requirements on PC...while still getting 4K resolution(or whatever high resolution it was at that point). It would also make depth way more real because of dynamic focus, as well as all the fun a programmer could have if he knew exactly where you were looking.
Why's that?
Wrestlemania
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I had both when they launched and kept the Rift. Its largely due to comfort - because VR was something I just dipped in and out of when something new came out or for longer sessions of Elite, the ease of slipping the headset on and off and the built in headphones made it an easy choice to make. And this was before Touch, so with that included its even better.
same situation for me, The Rift feels more like a consumer product than the Vive. From set-up to the dedicated home and store, everything just works and the head-set feels comfortable. Setting up the Vive felt like something most "normal" consumers would be scared of, but I'm sure it's gotten better over time. The Rift is like macOS while the Vive is Linux. Now that the Rift also has the better controllers, the Vive has become less appealing imo.
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