Oculus Rift

Squidwert · 20-03-2014 3:54pm

Rossin wrote: »

are you all developers that want to make software for this device or are you developers who just want to play with it? Or do you just want to play with it? Like can you do anything with it if you're not a developer?

im confused

Iracing works great as well as plenty of other games/programs too

Squidwert · 20-03-2014 3:56pm

Rossin wrote: »

are you all developers that want to make software for this device or are you developers who just want to play with it? Or do you just want to play with it? Like can you do anything with it if you're not a developer?

im confused

Iracing works great as well as plenty of other games/programs too

Doge · 20-03-2014 4:05pm

Quadruple post! New record!

@Rossin
Sorry I misread your post, I thought you were thinking you had to be a developer to buy the Rift.

There is a lot of playable demos created especially for the Rift, and some existing games have been modified to be played with it.

A good way of seeing what demos are on offer, is to use the "Search This Thread" function.

Click advanced search, and enter Duggy747 as the users posts you want to search.

He has posted a lot of demo videos, it will save you having to scroll through almost 700 posts.

ScumLord · 20-03-2014 4:11pm

Rossin wrote: »

Or do you just want to play with it?

This. It's fully functioning device as far as I'm aware, it's just not all that user friendly at this stage. While the DK is intended to let the people who will make software for this system it wouldn't surprise me if 50% of the people who bought it just bought it as a toy.

lmimmfn · 20-03-2014 4:13pm

Rossin wrote: »

are you all developers that want to make software for this device or are you developers who just want to play with it? Or do you just want to play with it? Like can you do anything with it if you're not a developer?

im confused

both, but lots of full games already work with and which have native support( or just need a small mod ) and are very good including:
Half Life 2 & Episode 1( dont know about episode 2 yet )
Euro Truck Simulator
Assetto Corsa
IRacing
Project Cars
War Thunder
Strike Suit Zero
AntiChamber
Doom3 BFG with the mod( which involves downloading an exe and running it

)
Quake 2( with the mod )
Quake 3
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Hawken

Some of the games have slight issues and have regular updates to improve the rift support.
Theres a list of games here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_Oculus_Rift_support

safetyboy · 20-03-2014 4:59pm

http://www.riftenabled.com/ also here

Pushtrak · 20-03-2014 5:02pm

waveform wrote: »

No need to be confused.

You do not have to be a "developer" to play with the device.

No, you don't, but Luckey has stated he wants people who order DK2 to be developers. It was my first time doing so, wanting to see what was going on in discussions there, so I checked out the official forums and saw this.

To get to the specific point its around 3:35.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMvF05ZT70

ondafly · 20-03-2014 5:05pm

waveform wrote: »

Really liking the Italo tracks and eye candy on your channel!

Y u no have moar views though?

Are you using any tags?

cheers - pure laziness on my behalf, there is tags, but they must not be working

ScumLord · 20-03-2014 5:17pm

Pushtrak wrote: »

No, you don't, but Luckey has stated he wants people who order DK2 to be developers. It was my first time doing so, wanting to see what was going on in discussions there, so I checked out the official forums and saw this.

To get to the specific point its around 3:35.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMvF05ZT70

He's not helping at all.

He makes it sound like the consumer version is just around the corner, if they could say they're aiming for a release later this year I'd hold off. If it's later in 2015 it almost seems worth blowing the money on the DK2.

Pushtrak · 20-03-2014 5:18pm

ScumLord wrote: »

He's not helping at all. He makes it sound like the consumer version is just around the corner, if they could say they're aiming for a release later this year I'd hold off. If it's later in 2015 it almost seems worth blowing the money on the DK2.

Honestly, in a general sense, you'd rather as many developers were getting them as possible. More developers = more games. Though, any given person here not ordering doesn't translate to a developer getting one. It translates to *someone* else getting one. I realise I'm not helping, sorry.

Skerries · 20-03-2014 5:21pm

so confused now!!!

ScumLord · 20-03-2014 5:24pm

Pushtrak wrote: »

Honestly, in a general sense, you'd rather as many developers were getting them as possible. More developers = more games. Though, any given person here not ordering doesn't translate to a developer getting one. It translates to *someone* else getting one. I realise I'm not helping, sorry.

I'm sure most big developers were simply given the kit, then others got prioritised and any other developer that really wanted one I'm sure could get their name to the top of the cue.

Being told not to buy it just makes me want it more.

Pushtrak · 20-03-2014 5:32pm

ScumLord wrote: »

Being told not to buy it just makes me want it more.

Heh, yeah I can imagine. Honestly, I'd have gotten DK 1 other than uncertainties in how well it'd work for me with regard to motion sickness and being blind in one eye. Seriously, I close one eye, I can read all the stuff on the screen, close the other, I can't make out there are words. In terms of not buying the DK2, there's the above, and being broke doesn't help.

Lu Tze · 20-03-2014 7:35pm

Sold my itx case, so ordered the OR Dev Kit!

Prefix GO on the order for anybody interested

lmimmfn · 20-03-2014 9:59pm

Pushtrak wrote: »

Heh, yeah I can imagine. Honestly, I'd have gotten DK 1 other than uncertainties in how well it'd work for me with regard to motion sickness and being blind in one eye. Seriously, I close one eye, I can read all the stuff on the screen, close the other, I can't make out there are words. In terms of not buying the DK2, there's the above, and being broke doesn't help.

im stereo blind, so i dont see the 3d( unless i really strain my eyes but that will give me a headache ), its still brilliant though.
Motion blur/sickness, you get used to it( shouldnt really be an issue with DK2 ), actually apparently it has less of an affect if you cant see stereo. When i got my rift last May i spent 5 hours playing Half Life 2 after maybe a hour of getting it and trying a few 5-10 minute demos.

Kirby · 21-03-2014 4:16am

I'm the same. I have alternating exotropia. My version is pretty rare....basically I usually only see through one eye at a time. I can control which eye, or I can choose to see through both like a "normal" person. I can still see in 3d, but I have to concentrate to do so.

Appears a lot of us have eye issues...and don't care.

Doge · 21-03-2014 8:49am

lmimmfn wrote: »

im stereo blind, so i dont see the 3d( unless i really strain my eyes but that will give me a headache ), its still brilliant though.
Motion blur/sickness, you get used to it( shouldnt really be an issue with DK2 ), actually apparently it has less of an affect if you cant see stereo. When i got my rift last May i spent 5 hours playing Half Life 2 after maybe a hour of getting it and trying a few 5-10 minute demos.

How did you discover you were stereoblind?
I'm guessing maybe at the cinema?

I'm surprised you still like the Rift considering you can't see the 3D effect. Does it still feel like you're in the game regardless?

jumbobreakfast · 21-03-2014 10:48am

I ordered one because last year's ordeal was the closest thing to waiting for christmas when I was a kid. I got a BK-41xxxx order number. Speaking of order numbers, the game of trying to work out when you were going to get your rift based on your location and order number was fun and I hope someone cracks the algorithm they used to generate the numbers this time round.

remember this?

Edit: Found the new one

Doge · 21-03-2014 12:57pm

waveform wrote: »

How did you discover you were stereoblind?
I'm guessing maybe at the cinema?

I'm surprised you still like the Rift considering you can't see the 3D effect. Does it still feel like you're in the game regardless?

Feel like an idiot now!

Not knowing anything about stereoblindness I assumed it was the inability to see 3D films and games in 3D.

I didn't know that it extended to everything you see in real life also.

My bad.

lmimmfn · 21-03-2014 1:23pm

waveform wrote: »

Feel like an idiot now!

Not knowing anything about stereoblindness I assumed it was the inability to see 3D films and games in 3D.

I didn't know that it extended to everything you see in real life also.

My bad.

lol, no worries, but yeah, everything for me is 2D anyway so the rift is as real as it is for those that can see 3D

Lu Tze · 21-03-2014 1:30pm

lmimmfn wrote: »

lol, no worries, but yeah, everything for me is 2D anyway so the rift is as real as it is for those that can see 3D

Do you not have any proper depth perception then? Are you allowed to drive?

lmimmfn · 21-03-2014 3:16pm

Lu Tze wrote: »

Do you not have any proper depth perception then? Are you allowed to drive?

of course i do, your brain compensates, its just not as accurate as with stereoscopic vision

moc moc a moc · 22-03-2014 2:21pm

waveform wrote: »

I'm surprised you still like the Rift considering you can't see the 3D effect

The immersion due to the headset and head tracking is far more important than the 3D effect IMO.

ScumLord · 22-03-2014 5:53pm

Cool oculus rift simulator, you can change the resolutions and turn on and off persistence. 1080 looks ok in it. Persistence makes the biggest difference.

http://vr.mkeblx.net/oculus-sim/