The Oculus has 180 degree tracking out of the box, and for $70 more for another camera has 360 degree tracking. The Oculus controllers are a little better than the current vive controllers(imo).
They're mostly at the same level.
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Oculus pricedrop - 399$
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The Oculus has 180 degree tracking out of the box, and for $70 more for another camera has 360 degree tracking. The Oculus controllers are a little better than the current vive controllers(imo).
They're mostly at the same level.
Zalusithix
Member
You can get 360 degree coverage with the Rift out of the box using an opposing camera setup. It's not as occlusion resistant as a 3 camera setup, and isn't nearly as capable at roomscale, but should suffice for standing 360.
Depends a lot on the needed space, I have a 2.5m x 2.5m play area and I do completly fine with 2 sensors by putting them in oposite corners, the only downside is that it's a pain setting them up and you need USB active extensions, but it works.
$400 is a great price, I only hope that by the time CV2 releases this will still be the standard.
crazysapertonight
Member
Best VR headset in terms quality/price proportion
Wowfunhappy
Member
For the foreseeable future, watching sports or other recorded/live content in VR isn't going to make you feel like you're really there, because there's no positional tracking.
Ahhh yes, I too love "Japan stuff" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Unknown?
Member
The camera is packed into the $399 bundle now or coming this holiday but does lack Move.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Even then the resolution for videos even on Oculus or Vive isnt quite there yet. Everything thats further than 5m away will look like early low-res rmvb videos.
SilentRage47
Member
Buy it, 399 is worth it just for VR porn stuff.
There's some really good headway being made on this front, and I think we'll see live action video with real positional tracking soon enough. But that's not going to work for live broadcasts, or really streaming in general for a very long time.
If you set the two sensors up diagonally it can do 360 out of the box. Third sensor will make that more reliable, but I find it's reliable even without.
Vive is better at tracking large volumes (like over 12 feet), and it's a little more consistent (Rift sometimes has little aberrations when moving between sensors), but Rift also has some advantages (especially ergonomically). They're really close in overall quality.
Sentenza
Member
If there weren't early adopters you wouldn't get a price drop; you'd get a failed business and a dead market.
And I say this as someone with no interest in an Oculus.
That is the drop.
I wonder if there'll be any discounts around Black Friday/Cyber Monday though.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I'm kind of tempted but at this point I feel like we must be on the brink of gen2 devices that will probably be far better than the current ones in every way, and probably not that much more expensive.
anothertech
Member
Got mine at launch price, still worth every penny.
If your interested, but still haven't picked it up now is the time. Go see what Lone Echo and Robo Recall are all about. They are incredible.
If your interested, but still haven't picked it up now is the time. Go see what Lone Echo and Robo Recall are all about. They are incredible.
Oculus showed off stuff that's coming in 2018 and 2019. If you're willing to wait till 2020+...
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Perhaps. Surprised it might be that long, but I still get the impression the current VR headsets are early and not quite there yet. Admittedly haven't tried anything except a phone thing last Christmas though.
ChronotriggerJM
Member
Awesome! Was so bummed I couldn't get it during the sale window. Great price.
Aztechnology
Member
For a few minutes. And Amazon never sent me the GC so they just refunded me $100
GuitarAtomik
Member
The Windows one? That has a wire. It doesn't need exterior sensors though.
Ohh right. Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry. I am curious how well it's implemented.
What?
The tech is both completely there, and decades off.
We have everything with need for revolutionary & fun experiences, but perfecting everything is going to take a lot more than 1 or 2 more generations. I doubt Ill ever be disappointed having owned a gen 1 PCVR device.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
For a few minutes. And Amazon never sent me the GC so they just refunded me $100
Damn dude, I paid $500 more for my Rift than you did, crazy. I ain't even mad though, I knew what I was getting into. I had to have that mother fucker right there and then.
LincolnSixEcho
Member
So it's finally reached the consumer price range they advertised all those years ago. And yet, I'm inclined to wait for second gen VR headsets. We need more FOV, higher resolutions, less screen door, and ideally eye tracking/foveated rendering.
Because of you, I pledged.
Thanks.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I jumped on that 5K earlybird because it was almost gone. Might cancel because I haven't looked into this much though, and I might not even be able to get that since I don't have the accessories (but adding like $300 for them is kind of crazy).
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This is an AMAZINGLY great thing. As a PSVR guy I love this!
Sweet. They should have just had the permanent drop to $399 in the first place. Im sure everyone who missed out would have waited anyway.
Now I really want a Vive but if theyre not budging from their price point of being $200 more than the rift than at some point the Rift price is going to be too good to pass on.
Now I really want a Vive but if theyre not budging from their price point of being $200 more than the rift than at some point the Rift price is going to be too good to pass on.
OldGangWarily
Member
Is this worth it for someone that already owns a Vive? I know you can play a lot of these Oculus exclusive games with Revive but the process of buying it on the Oculus Store and running a middle layer is bleh.
Also how's the setup? If its less of a pain than setting up those light houses for the Vive, I might consider it...especially since I really want to play Lone Echo and Robo Recall.
Also how's the setup? If its less of a pain than setting up those light houses for the Vive, I might consider it...especially since I really want to play Lone Echo and Robo Recall.
Is it worth buying a Ford if you already have a Porsche?
The motion controllers are a improved, but the headset will be a noticeable downgrade from what you already have; and the tracking needs an additional camera to match the Vive setup; personally I find the god rays unbearable so it's the least used out of the three major headsets.
Zalusithix
Member
Marketing. By making the price "limited" at first, you'll get more of a surge in sales than an immediate permanent price drop would give. That said, I figured the sale was limited more due to the manufacturing costs making that price point untenable in the long run than pure marketing, so I guess they fooled me there. Either they had more of a profit margin on the hardware than I was expecting, or they've just decided to make everything in their software sales from here on out. (Which would make the walled garden approach that much stranger, but alas.)