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Seriously considering dropping 200 notes on a Oculus rift 2 dev kit.
Any here got any experience with it?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 1 May 2014, 16:08,
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I've got one of the first gen ones
It's "okay". I've played with the second gen one it's "A bit better". You'll get a bit of motion sickness if you're using modded games like Skyrim etc and there are a few decent things out there, but it's definitely not the finished article yet.
Having played Valkyrie with the full HD version recently at a show, they are really close to getting it perfect ... but I can say they're at last a year away from getting that version to market.
You'll also need a rocking graphics card with good 3d support (obviously), 3/4 GB of RAM and that's going to set you back at least £250+ as a minimum too.
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 1 May 2014, 16:44,
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Maxed out my ram to 16gb when it was cheap
Got a GTX580 starting to age but overclocked stable to 920ghz still plays most things well.
When you say "full HD version" is that Dev kit 2 or something else?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 1 May 2014, 16:49,
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I assume he means the dev 2 at 1080
I almost clicked 'buy' the other day too, just from Elite: Dangerous reviews. This one in particular, even though it's the lower def dev kit, really brought home to me why I need one in my life, like, yesterday. www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/20/elite-dangerous-oculus-rift/
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gingerfreak Why? Why not., Thu 1 May 2014, 22:44,
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i have plenty
Ordered second gen as soon as available and using first gen with this now: emrlabs.com/index.php?pageid=3 it's pretty epic.
I was a member of MTBS3D some years before the rift and was a keen HMD forum member: I have a blog here documenting things up until the rift and slightly beyond, an interesting read if you can be arsed:
www.wastedspace.co.uk/cms/2010/10/06/hmd-project-part-1/
(Navigate with arrows on left / right side of screen to stay on topic)
The Rift is fun, but not yet polished. grab the 2nd gen and a razor hydra or better yet a STEM - sixense.com/hardware/wireless and life is fun :)
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zacherynuk @echo off, Thu 1 May 2014, 17:30,
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I cannot believe people actually treat/use this stuff seriously
Gimme old times rocks and sticks any time.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Thu 1 May 2014, 18:12,
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Cheers, i'll have a read of that.
Just placed my order, roll on august.
Looks like it may be a while longer for the retail units as the lawyers are out over Carmac and what he may have been sharing from his old job.
www.businessinsider.com/zenimax-oculus-rift-claims-2014-5
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 1 May 2014, 20:00,
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