Oculus Rift
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I went to pre-order, the UK price quoted was £529 including shipping. This came with the headset with included headphones, tracing camera, Xbox 1 controller and 2 games. There are more games being released in due course it seems. The min GPU is a GTX970 as far as I am aware,I cn't find anything on SLI yet.
NVIDIA drivers support VR SLI.
https://developer.nvidia.com/virtual-reality-development
http://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallel...g-opengl-virtual-reality-multi-gpu-rendering/
The latest NVIDA driver sitting in my Geforce Experience brings VR SLI support.
As for software there are definitely the two games bundled with the Rift and Elite Dangerous has long had Occulus support embedded. There are others. People were playing Skyrim with a VR mod when the first Occulus development versions were available to buy at least a year ago.
Occulus claim there will be over 100 game titles available by the end of the year.
https://developer.nvidia.com/virtual-reality-development
http://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallel...g-opengl-virtual-reality-multi-gpu-rendering/
The latest NVIDA driver sitting in my Geforce Experience brings VR SLI support.
As for software there are definitely the two games bundled with the Rift and Elite Dangerous has long had Occulus support embedded. There are others. People were playing Skyrim with a VR mod when the first Occulus development versions were available to buy at least a year ago.
Occulus claim there will be over 100 game titles available by the end of the year.
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It's not going to sell out in the sense they will keep on making it until the next version comes out.
The first ones will apparently ship at the end of March, but that batch is sold out.
My first attempt at preordering had the delivery estimate as April, and by the time my preorder actually went through that had become May.
Money will not be taken until it ships to you.
The first ones will apparently ship at the end of March, but that batch is sold out.
My first attempt at preordering had the delivery estimate as April, and by the time my preorder actually went through that had become May.
Money will not be taken until it ships to you.
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Everon
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Just watched this, so I thought I would post it here in case anyone was interested.
[video=youtube;Otz5rAUOaqk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otz5rAUOaqk[/video]
I am sure there are many other videos out there of CES 2016 showing Oculus vs Vive. If anyone finds any decent ones from respected sites please post them.
[video=youtube;Otz5rAUOaqk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otz5rAUOaqk[/video]
I am sure there are many other videos out there of CES 2016 showing Oculus vs Vive. If anyone finds any decent ones from respected sites please post them.
I live in a flat that with the furniture in it is 2 strides across and going forward I have to fit through a 1 meter gap.
No point in a walking around system for me.
And if Vive can't solve the cable issue it isn't going anywhere.
There's a limit to moving around VR. If you had to carry out the movements you make in 2 hours of Skyrim you would keel over with exhaustion.
In any case I'm desperate to experience VR, and it looks like we can do that a lot sooner with Occulus.
No point in a walking around system for me.
And if Vive can't solve the cable issue it isn't going anywhere.
There's a limit to moving around VR. If you had to carry out the movements you make in 2 hours of Skyrim you would keel over with exhaustion.
In any case I'm desperate to experience VR, and it looks like we can do that a lot sooner with Occulus.
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StuntmanMike
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Still no justification in the price.The DK2 is almost identical to the consumer version and only cost £300.You're paying £250 more for an xbox controller and hype.
So what does the release version cost to manufacture? And what evidence to you have that Palmer Luckey is an outright liar?
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The development kits were subsidized to encourage development so they have some games to sell when the consumer version is released. If they had no games on the platform then no one would buy it whether it costs 50p or £5,000.
There were also a number of improvements to the headset including a new higher res/higher hz screen.
Hi StuntmanMike - I understand your qualms about Oculus' pricing of the consumer release of the Rift. You have to realize that this is new technology and as such you are expected to pay a premium for it unfortunately. The statement "DK2 is almost identical to the consumer version" is not valid - the consumer HMD from Oculus uses proprietary components as opposed to the DK2, which used existing technology. Expect the future releases of other VR HMDs to be priced in a similar fashion.
Despite my earlier rants, I caved. I came into a bit of money so went ahead and pre ordered the Vive. Apologies to Oculus for moaning about your prices, I guess this is the premium for early adopters.
Interestingly, the delivery price for the Vive changed twice during the processing of my card details.
Interestingly, the delivery price for the Vive changed twice during the processing of my card details.
Both headsets are pretty much the same in terms of resolution.
Rift - Currently only seated experiences. No tracked controllers until later in the year at an extra expense. No pass through camera or any kind of system yet to know when you might hit a wall. Has built in on-ear headphones.
Vive - Full roomscale. Chaperon system to avoid walls, pass through camera. Better, more accurate 360 deg tracking. Everything in one box. I prefer to use mu own headphones anyway.
I absolutely love the vive as do my kids and anyone I have shown it to. If any of you guys are in the Essex area I am happy to demo for you. I just had a guy over from the reddit forums and he was blown away and confirmed his purchase.
Rift - Currently only seated experiences. No tracked controllers until later in the year at an extra expense. No pass through camera or any kind of system yet to know when you might hit a wall. Has built in on-ear headphones.
Vive - Full roomscale. Chaperon system to avoid walls, pass through camera. Better, more accurate 360 deg tracking. Everything in one box. I prefer to use mu own headphones anyway.
I absolutely love the vive as do my kids and anyone I have shown it to. If any of you guys are in the Essex area I am happy to demo for you. I just had a guy over from the reddit forums and he was blown away and confirmed his purchase.
keynes
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Is it out already??! I though it was pre orders at the moment.
Which area of Essex?
keynes
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is it plug and play? can I watch movies with it?
I had to buy a minidp to dp cable as my HDMI is used for the TV. The socket is there on the Vive but not the cable. You need to mount the 2 Base stations, I have one screwed to the wall and one on a mini tripod on top of a cabinet. You need power near each Base station and for the link box. I use my USB multi charger for the handsets instead of the supplied ones. You can watch movies in the steam theatre but I purchased virtual desktop which allows me to resize, curve and move my screen around to play standard games and movies.