Dusktildawn48
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Oculus Rift available for preorder for $599.99, shipping in March
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All that means is you need to use a different DAC, not the one in the Rift. If you have better cans for PC already you presumably do not need this DAC anyway.
InaudibleWhispa
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diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Whhhhaaa? I didn't that. Awesome.
Preparing to cave.
EDIT: Card declined, so I think they charge right away.
Not based on Palmer's original comments.
They have been having issues with their CC system. Use paypal and it will go through.
Not sure what the trick is to get the CC to go through though I have heard people doing it successfully that way.
Thanks. I'm pretty sure that's the case, but I just needed the reassurance of someone else saying it.
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Deleted member 47027
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They're still accepting preorders? For those preordering now, when is the estimated delivery date?
InaudibleWhispa
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I just kept trying and trying. It wasn't getting declined, I was just getting a "Something went wrong" message. Eventually after 10 minutes or so it went through.
June I believe.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I bet a lot of pre-orderers, like myself, had good intentions. But then we saw how much these were going for on the bay...
Now there is a huge internal conflict between using it in March or getting a free $1,000+ out of the deal if this shortage keeps up.
Not a joke, I see people post how you can actually feel like part of the world you are in with vr and I didn't get that one bit with cardboard. So I was just wondering if it was something I'm missing or the technology.
Thanks, I did that and it worked.
Looks like it's expected to ship in June at this point, which is fine IMO. March would have been too soon for me to pay that much.
I said I tried to resist. I'm at June right now. Out of sight out of mind until it comes. But I feel better
Felix Lighter
Member
Nope.
cheezcake
Member
I believe Oculus do not recommend using a hub due to the added delay in the signal path, they instead say to use a pcie - usb 3.0 expansion card. They also recommended this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Express-Connector-Controller-Internal/dp/B00FPIMJEW
I originally got 'Something went wrong' a few times, followed by 'declined' then after waiting a few minutes, it worked. I'm guessing that it actually hit the bank each time it failed, and eventually triggered some kind of fraud prevention alarm at the bank which reset after a period of inactivity.
Im glad my order went through, but not impressed that the bank probably ignored what it thought was fraudulent activity!
Yea, if the price stays high by March it would be a tough choice, but a lot of times I don't like dealing with the hassle of selling. I am always paranoid I will get screwed over.
In my experience, none of the injectors are worthwhile. If the game doesn't have built-in support for VR it ends up pretty bad experience.
thank you
Sleeping Lesson
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Tested, once again, has the best VR coverage. This time, it's their hands-on Vive video from CES. Really great view of the camera pass through near the beginning.
I watched that earlier, it is great stuff. Although it does remind me how disappointed I am that Will won't be talking about this stuff on the podcast.
Skulduggery
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But at the same time, get stoked about the VR company he started!
Sleeping Lesson
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Trojita
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Is their surround audio technologies not proprietary? I wonder if they are just relying on the stock headphones built in sound stage or are using surround technologies.
wanderingprostheyltite
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Yeh cardboard is practically those 1800s era stereoscopic viewers compared to the dedicated headsets. You'll def have a much different experience with a Gear, Oculus, Vive, or PSVR.
I pre-ordered Minute-1.
I've learned its easy to make purchasing decisions when you don't bother to think about what you're doing.
("Powerball is going to be $600mil on Saturday? Sure, I'll buy a ticket or two....or 20. Odds of winning are 1-in-292,000,000...but zero if I don't play!")
GuitarAtomik
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I'm just now realizing that my girlfriend is going to need some buttering up if I'm going to put those Lighthouse boxes around the room with power chords coming out of them lol.
bigwinnerx
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I was in a meeting at work and tried to get in at 11:00:01, but, with the shop delay, I didn't get in until the "27" group (apparently still March shipping though)
nogoodnamesleft
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I finally plunged into VorpX a couple of months ago and found it worth it on my end. Now before you plunk the money down you my want to make sure you temper your expectations a bit. The games I thought I was going to enjoy in VorpX were the ones I ended up not liking or couldn't find the right settings for (Fallout 3, Skyrim, Amnesia, etc). In fact I just couldn't get the first person game mode to look or feel right on my end. Again, it could just be because I haven't found the right settings for me yet, or that I was so used to games with built in VR support that I couldn't handle an artificial one. The first person experience just wasn't pleasant at all.
What made it worth it for me was the theater mode. Basically this sits you in a room with a giant screen in front of you (its size can be adjusted). It sounds kind of pointless at first but some of these games have added 3D Geometry support to them and you can still have some light headtracking options. So instead of looking at a game projected on a screen it looks like you're staring into the next room because of the added depth. This works incredibly well for games like Legend of Grimrock and Deadspace. You can also just turn off the room around you and just have the screen for additional atmosphere. Also you might need to turn off a few shading effects to keep the graphics from glitching out, but the trade off of additional depth is worth it. You can still play pretty much any other game in this mode as the screen acts like a giant tv/monitor, but it's really only worth it for the ones that have added 3d support.
So even though I didn't have the experience I was hoping to originally get with it, I still ended up finding a mode within it that had me replaying a good handful of games in a new light. Basically if you're getting it for Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 you're probably going to be disappointed, but there are other ways this injector can be used to make it worth the price.
Here's some games that I've tested and worked well in theater mode with the added 3d Geometry:
Legend of Grimrock I & II
Deadspace
Gone Home
Skyrim
Risen
Dark Souls 2
Trine
Alice Madness Returns
And there's still a bunch more on their list that I have yet to go through.
The newer versions made some improvements. As someone who owns it, I don't think it's worth the asking price yet.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
For those with actual experience with these things.
Is it straining or sickening to play games in a theater mode of sorts. Like playing the game on a normal monitor except that monitor is represented on the oculus instead.
No real interest in forcing VR in non VR games, but I think there could be a benefit to playing normally through it.
Is it straining or sickening to play games in a theater mode of sorts. Like playing the game on a normal monitor except that monitor is represented on the oculus instead.
No real interest in forcing VR in non VR games, but I think there could be a benefit to playing normally through it.
I have yet to play a game in a virtual theater, but I've watched movies/twitch streams. Other than the lower resolution it's not bad. I assume the UI in certain video games could be hard to read due to the lower res they weren't intended to be displayed at.
that's USD
I've played games using theater mode in both Virtual Desktop and VorpX and never experienced any strain as far as I remember. You're basically stationary but can still look around the room (or galaxy in Virtual Desktop), so it's hard to get motion sickness there.The only added effect to that is that it makes you feel like you're staring a large theater screen but without the sharpness of a tv or monitor. Now VorpX has added 3d effects to some games that makes it feel like a very different experience from a monitor (read my post a couple of about yours).
Betta Lines
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I know in PR you have to say the right things, but the HTC guy was robotic to the point of frustration. Nate Mitchell at Oculus avoids answering questions just as much, but in a much warmer fashion, and always gives a little something for Norm to work with. This was just painful.
Great vid though, Tested always say something I'd not really considered - in this case it was Norm talking about the problems of backing into a wall!
Sleeping Lesson
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To be fair, Nate Mitchell is one of the best PR guys I've ever seen, and has a great rapport with Norm in particular.
I do agree that the PR guy Norm spoke to here was over his head though.
I do agree that the PR guy Norm spoke to here was over his head though.
I've used the theater mode in Vorpx as well as the virtual desktop application. Both have pros and cons, but neither have caused any strain or motion sickness for me while playing games. I've watched a view movies using virtual desktop which is pretty rad, but the screen door effect on dk2 makes me not use that feature often.
DouglasteR
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cant wait for our first GAF underground VR party.
Big Takeover
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He really is. He loses none of his own personality while sales pitching. Meanwhile over at the HTC booth..
Movalpolos
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AllIsOneIsNone
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Everybody would be Antonio Banderas.
The VR viewing party for E3 is going to be something.
Possibly, but from the looks of things there most likely won't be many retail units to go around.
mhayze
Member
I suspect you are correct. I will have to jump on the Vive pre-order faster. Hopefully that will keep me entertained until the Rift ships.