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Oculus Rift DK2 Thread
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Fallout-NL
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Fried Food
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do emails get sent out once the order is actually shipped?
flyinpiranha
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You get an email once there is a tracking number, I believe once there is a tracking number your order status changes to Shipped. (US order - that's how it went for me).
And yesterday my number wasn't "fully processed" so it didn't have any info. It now says that the 'origin scan is in Ontario, CA and I can expect delivery next Tuesday (Portland, OR).
AScotAbroad
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My DK2 is out for shipping, delivery estimate of Monday. I'm in Montreal, Canada.
Really didn't expect my order to get processed today!
Ordered at Mar 19, 2014 10:32 AM PDT, Sweden.
This makes me laugh a lot more than it should.
DouglasteR
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#teamprocessingbutiliveinbrazilandreallydontexpectittilldecember
Shadow2222
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So now that my order is Processing, I'm curious what games/apps have already been updated/created for DK2.
I have Tuscany, Technolust, Vanguard Valkyrie, Radial G, and Euro Truck Simulator 2 (which I'm sure will be updated shortly). I'm hoping to get a good rollercoaster one, a racing one, and maaaaybe Elite Dangerous (I don't know if I can justify the price tag for early access).
I have $50 in Steam credit, so if anyone has any good suggestions of VR games on Steam, I'd be very appreciative!
I have Tuscany, Technolust, Vanguard Valkyrie, Radial G, and Euro Truck Simulator 2 (which I'm sure will be updated shortly). I'm hoping to get a good rollercoaster one, a racing one, and maaaaybe Elite Dangerous (I don't know if I can justify the price tag for early access).
I have $50 in Steam credit, so if anyone has any good suggestions of VR games on Steam, I'd be very appreciative!
That's common with FedEx and UPS. You typically won't see tracking information until a few hours after the label is created.
That was 22 hours ago. :<
If it's like that in a couple days more then maybe e-mail them, but yeah, it's a pretty common thing with tracking numbers so I wouldn't worry about it.
Future PhaZe
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no worries, they won't sell
That's like all trackers in the world work?
The first one has 4 offers and 171 people watching. I honestly think it will.
EDIT: Guy just dropped the price to $2800 to match the other guy :-\
Normally, I'm apathetic to scalpers. I think if someone is going to go through the trouble of camping out and fighting people to get, say, a PS3, when others weren't, then they aren't wrong to charge more as a sort of "shoppers" fee. I honestly feel that way.
but this is way worse because it's not consumer technology. Doing this takes this kit out of a developers hand, at a time when developers need to be working on this the most. I really dislike this.
but this is way worse because it's not consumer technology. Doing this takes this kit out of a developers hand, at a time when developers need to be working on this the most. I really dislike this.
flyinpiranha
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I also took one out of a developer's hands I guess. But at least I'm going to evangelize and give feedback. Might try and create something with Blender and UE4 when I have spare time in the winter.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Need those impressions. The pixel gap looks ok but up close, I'm sure it will be a minor but noticeable issue.
chris121580
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Oh man, mine is confirmed to be here on Wednesday! Can't wait!
I'm more inclined to be ok with that, as you clearly didn't take it out of developers hands to try and resell it to developers at a marked up price.
Shadow2222
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That's my ideology as well. I have no development experience, and will not create anything, but the developers need a userbase to try their products, and I will gladly be an early adopter for this technology. I want the consumer version to have the best experiences possible to try on day 1 so that the technology can succeed and continue advancing.
Is there any chance they will continue processing orders today at the rate they were yesterday (or faster)? The latest processed order was less than two hours before mine and the anticipation is eating me alive. Plus, based on the collected data, 2-4 PM was a relatively low volume time for orders and could be burned though faster than previous hours.
Hale-XF11
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Mines been processing since early yesterday, really hoped it would have gone to shipping by now
Ordered it on the 19th at 9:13 AM
Yeah, my 9:15 order is still stuck in processing as well. Really hope they ship ours today yet. Gonna be a long weekend regardless.
LiquidMetal14
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What are the camera specs? I've googled and still can't find them.
jacksepticeye
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Well at least I'm up to processing now, that's a start
When did you order?
Hale-XF11
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Charles Alan Ratliff
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Mine shipped from Ontario and will arrive in North Carolina Wednesday. I have it set so I can go to the UPS Center to pick it up, meaning I'll get it nine hours earlier than if I have them deliver it to my house. I will see how many DK1 demos I can play without throwing up beforehand I guess.
EdibleExplosives
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Mine's still sitting at processing since this morning. Hopefully Ill get it by next week.
flyinpiranha
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Exactly, one big happy family!
I will Tuesday! It's actually surprising that there isn't more information out there regarding glasses users outside of "works fine" and "scratched lenses". I've seen people get the measurements of the foam that DK2 comes in and still not a really good write-up about glasses and the DK2 (that I have seen).
OK guys was able to pick mine up from UPS at 8am and hook it up for just a few minutes before coming in to work. Quick first impressions:
Setup was a little rocky, but I was also rushing like an idiot. I still can't get it to work properly outside of Oculus Runtime's Direct HMD mode, and the only things that ran correctly through the Direct HMD mode were the calibration demo scene and Tuscany 0.4.0 (Technolust's DK2 Beta Demo doesn't run for me). I still have plenty of tinkering to do, but when the demo is compatible Oculus Runtime is a fabulous tool to have.
Anyways, onto the actual experience:
First thing I ran was Tuscany. It's back to the old non-Unity version with the nice particle effects and stuff, but immediately the crispness, clarity, and vibrance of the world stuck out to me relative to DK1. Everything is a lot clearer, and DAMN that low persistence makes head tracking buttery smooth. Really does make a huge difference in making the scene feel grounded in place. Havent gotten to test any text out though yet! Screen door is still noticeable if you are looking for it, but it's not nearly as pronounced as in DK1 and with the lack of image smearing it's a massive improvement overall.
Positional tracking is FANTASTIC - when it works. I know they are targeting the seated experience but I wanted to stand at least for my first demo, for fully accurate scale, like I did with DK1, because bottom line is it's just more impressive in a demo where you are a standing character. It works, but it's very easy to go outside the camera's bounds.
Especially if you lose track of which direction the camera is in real life, you'll quickly find yourself spinning too far out of tracking range, or accidentally just facing off-center enough that you lose tracking by glancing to one side. Can't really see anyone being able to play for more than a few minutes without frequently losing positional tracking while standing, which will be incredibly annoying (especially when a text prompt pops up EVERY TIME in Tuscany). So it looks like we'll have to get used to the seat for now, sadly.
All that said, leaning in the windows, bending over and examining the potted plants from multiple angles freely, all that stuff is fucking awesome. All in all, I'm definitely impressed. Just slightly annoyed by the single, relatively narrow tracking camera, but we all knew that was a limitation going into it. I'm also being highly critical here and already used DK1 extensively, so please don't take this as a hype killer or something. It's still fabulous and as other-wordly as technology can get. Can't wait to see more software updated!
Setup was a little rocky, but I was also rushing like an idiot. I still can't get it to work properly outside of Oculus Runtime's Direct HMD mode, and the only things that ran correctly through the Direct HMD mode were the calibration demo scene and Tuscany 0.4.0 (Technolust's DK2 Beta Demo doesn't run for me). I still have plenty of tinkering to do, but when the demo is compatible Oculus Runtime is a fabulous tool to have.
Anyways, onto the actual experience:
First thing I ran was Tuscany. It's back to the old non-Unity version with the nice particle effects and stuff, but immediately the crispness, clarity, and vibrance of the world stuck out to me relative to DK1. Everything is a lot clearer, and DAMN that low persistence makes head tracking buttery smooth. Really does make a huge difference in making the scene feel grounded in place. Havent gotten to test any text out though yet! Screen door is still noticeable if you are looking for it, but it's not nearly as pronounced as in DK1 and with the lack of image smearing it's a massive improvement overall.
Positional tracking is FANTASTIC - when it works. I know they are targeting the seated experience but I wanted to stand at least for my first demo, for fully accurate scale, like I did with DK1, because bottom line is it's just more impressive in a demo where you are a standing character. It works, but it's very easy to go outside the camera's bounds.
Especially if you lose track of which direction the camera is in real life, you'll quickly find yourself spinning too far out of tracking range, or accidentally just facing off-center enough that you lose tracking by glancing to one side. Can't really see anyone being able to play for more than a few minutes without frequently losing positional tracking while standing, which will be incredibly annoying (especially when a text prompt pops up EVERY TIME in Tuscany). So it looks like we'll have to get used to the seat for now, sadly.
All that said, leaning in the windows, bending over and examining the potted plants from multiple angles freely, all that stuff is fucking awesome. All in all, I'm definitely impressed. Just slightly annoyed by the single, relatively narrow tracking camera, but we all knew that was a limitation going into it. I'm also being highly critical here and already used DK1 extensively, so please don't take this as a hype killer or something. It's still fabulous and as other-wordly as technology can get. Can't wait to see more software updated!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Great read. The display stuff will hopefully be improved by release. Did you install tat package that was linked yesterday before plugging the unit in?
Hale-XF11
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Good stuff and congrats on getting your DK2 so quickly!
Regarding the loss of tracking, how far were you sitting or standing from the tracking camera? At least 5 feet?
Was closer to like 3-4 feet most of the time. I may want to give more space.
One other thing I forgot to mention:
The true black smearing does seem to be a legitimate issue, while very minor. When I was looking up at the dimly lit wooden ceiling beams inside the Villa, as I moved my head around it looked like the shadows were moving around in a really strange manner. After a couple seconds I put two and two together and realized it's the deep black smearing a little bit. Or at least I think so. But it only seems to happen with very dark shadows. It just stands out when everything else is so crisp and clean.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
5 feet is respectable but it would be nice if shorter.