I'm still waiting to find out when the first DK2 units are even shipping.I would love to find out it's July.
At E3 they said they were expecting to ship 20000-30000 DK2s in July. The rest of the preorders should be shipped by August.
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At E3 they said they were expecting to ship 20000-30000 DK2s in July. The rest of the preorders should be shipped by August.
Fair point, and I really hope they manage to have that sort of throughput now with all the money and Facebook support. I'm just very cautious/cynical after the 5+ months (my memory is fuzzy, number may be inaccurate) it took to get the DK1 preorders out.
I'm probably closer to the start of orders on DK2 than I was on DK1 however.Fair point, and I really hope they manage to have that sort of throughput now with all the money and Facebook support. I'm just very cautious/cynical after the 5+ months (my memory is fuzzy, number may be inaccurate) it took to get the DK1 preorders out.
I'm not expecting any major issues this time around. The situation with the DK2 compared to shipping the DK1 are so different that I don't think it's a concern anymore.
googleplex
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I just ordered all my PC components, hopefully it will be powerful enough to run my eventual DK2 purchase.
Nice. What parts you order?
googleplex
Member
Its what I can afford at the moment. Hopefully it good enough for VR
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($105.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1103.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-17 22:57 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($105.24 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1103.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-17 22:57 EDT-0400
Even my mobile videocard is kickin pretty good butt. I can only imagine better specs
WITH THAT IN MIND,
Anyone know the proper Oc Monitor setup in windows? I'm running into an issue where if I hook to laptop HDMI, the desktop goes to the rift. If I do extend desktop, the rift cuts off..
DK1.
You should get the "k" version of that i5 so you can at least overclock it in the future.
You might not run something like Star Citizen at 75fps but you should be fine for most of the stuff out there.
DouglasteR
Member
Remember that we need a stable 75 fps to achiev maximum quality in the DK2.
Be careful. Until this week you required a Z series motherboard to over-clock. Now Asus are upsetting Intel's apple cart.
metareferential
Member
Even my mobile videocard is kickin pretty good butt. I can only imagine better specs
WITH THAT IN MIND,
Anyone know the proper Oc Monitor setup in windows? I'm running into an issue where if I hook to laptop HDMI, the desktop goes to the rift. If I do extend desktop, the rift cuts off..
DK1.
Duplicate screen should work.
personally, I'd ditch the optical drive (everything is download these days), and grab a windows key from reddit. That'll give you an extra $100 roughly to see if you can improve the GPU.
Or just plan on upgrading to probably a 780 at least when CV1 comes out - if it is 1440p and 90Hz. 770 should be OK for DK2 on current games, maybe tweaking some settings.
Ordered a DK2 after being interested since the Kickstarter but not snapping.
Really excited for it, anything you'd recommend me picking up? I'm considering Assetto Corsa if it gets voted on Steam.
EDIT: @Googleplex
If you're a university/college student, talk to your IT department about Windows, you may get either a free, or extremely discounted copy.
Really excited for it, anything you'd recommend me picking up? I'm considering Assetto Corsa if it gets voted on Steam.
EDIT: @Googleplex
If you're a university/college student, talk to your IT department about Windows, you may get either a free, or extremely discounted copy.
I haven't tried it yet but Euro Truck Simulator 2 has Oculus Rift support and is on sale right now for $3.74 for the next two hours.
I'm about to order a DK2 for Assetto Corsa as well.
Was just playing the game and realizing how much these games just cant capture a proper sense of speed or depth. I wanna *feel* that a corner is 100m away, not just pick that up from a marker board. I wanna *feel* that I'm going 120mph.
Ugh. I really shouldn't, but I want to so god damn bad!
Was just playing the game and realizing how much these games just cant capture a proper sense of speed or depth. I wanna *feel* that a corner is 100m away, not just pick that up from a marker board. I wanna *feel* that I'm going 120mph.
Ugh. I really shouldn't, but I want to so god damn bad!
also tempted, but I'm already going to be August so I'm trying to wait for impressions - especially from those that had the DK1. That was so low res that I'm worried even the DK2 will be a bit too low resolution to use as a main option for gaming (rather than just futzing with)
Not shipped out yet, but they're going to give us an update soon :
Possible early July ship date!
neoexidous
Member
I'm not sure that's what it says. It says an e-mail update is coming, not specifically shipping in early July, but then again its just a matter of a few days/week difference. DK1 took like a week + to reach me.
Fried Food
Banned
So close to leaving this accursed "reality"
DK1s were shipped from Europe so no import duties - just the basic exchange rate at the time of purchase
Talking about DK2, right?
Items:
Development Kit 2 ($350.00) x 1 = $350.00
Shipping: $35.00 USD
Tax: $77.00 USD
Order Total: $462.00 USD
Yea.
Ok, so a bit over £300?
I'll consider it over the weekend. I'm leaning towards doing it definitely.
Perfect, thanks.
jacksepticeye
Member
So the people who ordered the DK2 when it went up and got a shipping time of "July" that still applies? it's just the newer orders that are August?
I didn't know if everyone got pushed to August. I really hope mine still comes next month, I grow tired of my DK1
I didn't know if everyone got pushed to August. I really hope mine still comes next month, I grow tired of my DK1
So the people who ordered the DK2 when it went up and got a shipping time of "July" that still applies? it's just the newer orders that are August?
I didn't know if everyone got pushed to August. I really hope mine still comes next month, I grow tired of my DK1
Only orders after a certain point (I think it was some time in April or May when it changed) are pushed back to August. Early orders are (or hopefully are) on track for July. Since it is a developer kit they are doing a modest production run and can only make so many per day.
There are about 40,000 pre-orders and Nate says they are shooting to ship 20-30,000 of those in July.
jacksepticeye
Member
Nice thanks
I ordered mine like 2 hours after the pr-orders went up so I should get mine in the first batch hopefullyOne can dream right?
My concern right now is the Oculus will arrive and none of the DK1 games will have been updated yet.
neoexidous
Member
Yeah, I'm not a developer just an enthusiast - but I have to wonder what is involved with converting a demo from DK1 ready to DK2 ready?
I might be wrong but I don't think it will involve much work, the API should make it pretty easy ( positional tracking should just be a new input source for the dev ).
So the people who ordered the DK2 when it went up and got a shipping time of "July" that still applies? it's just the newer orders that are August?
I didn't know if everyone got pushed to August. I really hope mine still comes next month, I grow tired of my DK1
People who pre-ordered at the very start should be getting an email within the next 10 days regarding their order delivery.
Even cheaper with this good exchange rate.
neoexidous
Member
Thanks - that makes sense. So its about using the new SDK that counts for the real DK2 experiences.
I've owned ETS2 since before it was on Steam, really enjoy that game.
I wasn't gonna, but discovered that I had the money to spare and i've been literally watching Oculus videos since the DK1's shipped, so may aswell go for it.
plagiarize
Banned
I hope that all the full games that support the DK update relatively quickly to DK2 support. Come on Valve, I've been saving playing through EP1 and EP2 for DK2
metareferential
Member
I hope that all the full games that support the DK update relatively quickly to DK2 support. Come on Valve, I've been saving playing through EP1 and EP2 for DK2
And L4D2. Where's the official update?
If L4D2 gets DK2 native support, my life is ruined. xD
googleplex
Member
I need to pay off the PC I just built before I can lay down $350 bones for a DK2. Hopefully the second wave doesn't take too ship.
jacksepticeye
Member
So basically it should still work the same as DK1 in those games? But now with higher resolution
Sure it would be great to have them all use the full head tracking but some use is better than none. I really wanna go back and try out some games again
plagiarize
Banned
I picked up Possibly Archery today. It's a great VR game, espescially if you have a Razer Hydra (use the alternate hydra controls that give you more control). Motion controls + bow and arrow + VR is a really great fit. I can see archery being a great demonstration of the benefits of VR (since it's so much easier to judge where you're aiming AND to get a sense of where your targets are and how far off you were with your shot).
It's like $3 on Steam right now, for a few fun archery minigames. Recommended!
It's like $3 on Steam right now, for a few fun archery minigames. Recommended!
Saw this on Reddit and created a thread. Thought I should post it here too since the demo has DK1 support:
Radial-G: Racing Revolved by Tammeka Games
Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tammekagames/radial-g-a-high-octane-sci-fi-racer-for-the-vr-gen
Demo links are on their Kickstarter page.
Radial-G: Racing Revolved by Tammeka Games
Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tammekagames/radial-g-a-high-octane-sci-fi-racer-for-the-vr-gen
Demo links are on their Kickstarter page.