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Oculus Rift - Dev Kit Discussion [Orders Arriving]
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ultranova17
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Palmer recently commented on the reddit thread, saying that they are still on track to have everyone receive theirs by May.
http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/1caxuo/gdc_recap_and_shipping_update/
Hoping that's the case, since I was a post-CES preorder.
http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/1caxuo/gdc_recap_and_shipping_update/
Hoping that's the case, since I was a post-CES preorder.
Playing Skyrim for the first time with an Oculus Rift. Encounter Dragon. Love the reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFTW6CpWBVI&t=9m
From their latest Kickstarter update, they've shipped 1,850 units so far, and will have another 2,000 out for April 26th delivery.
I'm roughly order 4,500 so I won't be getting it for at least another month, most likely.
I'm roughly order 7K so...yeah...maybe not even in May =/
Fantastic news, hope it's true.
This is great. Its a shame he has bad framerate.
ChosenPredator
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always wondered how people would stream record this - looks interesting
Well, according to that reddit comment by Palmer they're still on track to ship existing pre-orders by May.
edit: yeah I mean in May. Here's the comment:
Palmer said:
Considering "by May" is two weeks, and we're getting maybe 2000 per week...even if it's "by the end of May" then that's like 12000, so -maybe-...but hasn't almost every announced schedule detail so far been pushed back? Just expect it to be delayed by another month or so to be safe.
Considering "by May" is two weeks, and we're getting maybe 2000 per week...even if it's "by the end of May" then that's like 12000, so -maybe-...but hasn't almost every announced schedule detail so far been pushed back? Just expect it to be delayed by another month or so to be safe.
GAFfer didn't type it correctly. Palmer says existing preorders should all be sent out in May, not by May. So by the end of May, all existing preorders should be in our hands. Palmer also said they're ramping up production.
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Deleted member 10571
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Yes, it works fine for me too. Maybe the output's generated automatically correct for crosseyed viewing. Almost all of these direct feed videos worked flawless for me.
Considering "by May" is two weeks, and we're getting maybe 2000 per week...even if it's "by the end of May" then that's like 12000, so -maybe-...but hasn't almost every announced schedule detail so far been pushed back? Just expect it to be delayed by another month or so to be safe.
I'll believe it when the thing is actually on my face.
Aren't Surface tablets traditionally unimpressive with resolution?
Anyways, the 7 inch 1080p Nexus 7 is rumored to be launching as early as May.
Assuming Google isn't snapping up every panel made, that's the source to go to (or I suppose they could just salvage Nexus 7s if they didn't mind raising the price a bit).
EDIT: Oh, man. See that the rumors on the next Nexus phone are a 5.2 inch 1080p OLED screen. That would be sex for the consumer version (assuming the burn-in issue has been fixed a little bit).
Any of the games with Track IR support and already modeled cockpits should convert over fairly simply I'd think. I guess the people that have Rift's are more focused on games like Skyrim and ME right now, but I'm sure support for racing and flying sims will come.
The race sim developers on PC support all kinds of exotic stuff. To an extreme degree. I wouldn't be surprised if all the major sims had native support by the time the actual product ships. It's just way early in the game. Even if they did join the kickstarter (which most didn't), they still likely wouldn't have even gotten a dev kit yet.
StevePharma
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Man imagine that in Battlefield chopper and jet cockpit. Wow.
I would replay Skyrim and Proteus with this. The closest we will probably ever get to proper escapism. I loved the guy's seemingly genuine amazed reaction in the Skyrim video above.
plagiarize
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if each eye sees the other eyes image, your brain still sorts it out into some kind of depth, just not as well. it's kind of like those inverted masks of peoples faces you see, that still look 3D.
I think there's much greater value in something like Proteus through VR than there was on a traditional monitor. Even though there's no "game" there, it's still probably an amazing experience when you're completely immersed.
I'd be interested to play something like Love through the Rift as well. I don't know that I'd put a whole lot of time into such a thing on a monitor, but I could see myself becoming engrossed through VR.
Well this was interesting...
Since people were getting notifications from UPS MyChoice when their Rifts were being delivered, I decided "Hell, why not?" and registered myself. This morning, I got an e-mail saying I was taking a delivery of a package tomorrow and I couldn't for the life of me figure out from the e-mail what it was so I looked up the tracking information.
Coming from Specialized Marketing in Santa Ana, it's a 6.40 lbs package shipped last Friday. I Google'd Specialized Marketing and it is indeed the fulfillment service that I've seen others say Oculus is using.
So pleasant surprise I guess! My Rift shipped even though I'm a way higher order number than would have been assumed (#3138)! My order page still does not have a tracking number and isn't set to shipped this was totally random.
Since people were getting notifications from UPS MyChoice when their Rifts were being delivered, I decided "Hell, why not?" and registered myself. This morning, I got an e-mail saying I was taking a delivery of a package tomorrow and I couldn't for the life of me figure out from the e-mail what it was so I looked up the tracking information.
Coming from Specialized Marketing in Santa Ana, it's a 6.40 lbs package shipped last Friday. I Google'd Specialized Marketing and it is indeed the fulfillment service that I've seen others say Oculus is using.
So pleasant surprise I guess! My Rift shipped even though I'm a way higher order number than would have been assumed (#3138)! My order page still does not have a tracking number and isn't set to shipped this was totally random.
Congrats! I'm at 2333 and it still has not shipped yet.
International I'm guessing? Sucks that they aren't really handling those well at this point, but if their new International Fulfillment Center pans out I guess it'll be better in the long run.
Oh...haha.
Nah, MN. Hopefully soon! I have checked that order page an unhealthy amount of times. I haven't really checked in the past few days just because I was getting bored seeing the same "processing" bs that I have had for the past three weeks. I did manage to sell my tf2 code for $100, so there's a plus
I need to do this before everyone else with a code realizes they're worth something and floods the market.
The only problem is that I hate ebay and I wouldn't know where to begin finding someone willing to pay via an Amazon gift card or something. Steam has a built in marketplace, but I guess these won't be available for sale through it?
I've been watching sales of the Rift as well, and somewhere in the $800-$1000 range seems to be the going price. I'm still kicking myself for not pledging on day one (minute one, really) like I was going to. Who knew?
Oh, my order page doesn't have a tracking number or status change, I got notified through UPS MyChoice. Good chance yours might have shipped actually.
I signed up for Mychoice just so I could get the jump on it. I get excited everytime when I see the email, but it always turns out to be something from amazon lol
Absolutely adorable video of someone showing their 90 year old Grandmother the Oculus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAC5SeNH8jw&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAC5SeNH8jw&feature=youtu.be
Cymatic Bruce strikes again
HL2 + OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3q7CA7ZzBA
Portal 2 + razer + OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpjUzwYesKM
Dear Esther + OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAfsejvCDrY
He shows good stuff.
HL2 + OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3q7CA7ZzBA
Portal 2 + razer + OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpjUzwYesKM
Dear Esther + OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAfsejvCDrY
He shows good stuff.
ichtyander
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Space Engine with the Rift would be incredible.
Deus Ex Machina
Member
That is pretty sweet. It almost seems mainstream will admire it more because they will see less flaw .
This is by no means official though. It's from a private presentation they did for Nvidia.
Edit: did I just break the thread? That image now looks gigantic. Looked fine in Google images... Sorry if I did, I'm posting from my fricking iPad.
He says at the start of the video he doesn't have head tracking unless he fixes it later.
Put it inside of a quote tag.
I believe it really only works well for older games, but possibly.
ThaiGrocer
Member
Saw the dear esther demo and noticed that the user had fake eyes on the front. I'm definitely putting large googly eyes on the front of mine.
Hopefully all the pieces fall in place by their predicted inflection point. The right price, sleaker size, increased resolution, a (existing, good) battery life, and miracast. Oh baby. If only..jpg)
This is by no means official though. It's from a private presentation they did for Nvidia.
Edit: did I just break the thread? That image now looks gigantic. Looked fine in Google images... Sorry if I did, I'm posting from my fricking iPad.
I'd be afraid large googly eyes would rattle. I posted this earlier, but it bears repeating, from somewhere:
That slide is from a 'pitch' they did to an innovation workshop thing at GDC. It isn't intended for public consumption and doesn't reflect their actual plans. Don't expect a devkit 2 this fall (although don't discount it either - when they source a better panel and get positional tracking sorted out they'll need to update devkits so devs can test on similar hardware to the consumer kits)
One thing that's interesting about that chart: The projected total revenue when they launch DK2 is around 10 million. And when they launch CK1 it's jumped to 50 million. So they expect to increase their revenue 4X once they launch DK2. Hopefully that optimism is based around the fact they know it's going to be 1080p and have final tracking hardware.
The first three are likely to happen, but there won't be battery life because it won't be wireless.
Hopefully they can make a more expensive, wireless one. LG already makes a 1080p uncompressed wireless transmitter that should be good enough according to people much more knowledgeable than me on the MTBS3D forums so I guess the required tech isn't science fiction.