BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Is it really that much better? I haven't tried psvr but the impressions seemed good.
I really might just pony up for Oculus with my tax return I guess.
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Is it really that much better? I haven't tried psvr but the impressions seemed good.
I really might just pony up for Oculus with my tax return I guess.
The Rift-ready PCs they're already advertising on the Oculus site start at $949, and the Rift itself is $599, so he was pretty close.
It's hard to say whether overall consumer demand is insane, or there are just thousands of nerds willing to pay any price immediately. I mean I remember demand feeling "insane" for Samba maracas and the like.
And I say this as someone who owns the new Samsung VR and has preordered Rift.Where are people seeing the ship date? It's not stated on my order confirmation.
Thanks
wasn't expecting it to be £530 tbh even though i told myself any price! will definitely be waiting to see what price the vive is priced at, may even cancel and keep my dk2 + stem and wait for gen 2this was from 2 weeks ago
Should be in the OP. Sums it up niceley.
TheCanisDirus
Member
Was gonna ask this as well...
Whelp... guess i'm just going to wait to see what happens with PSVR now.
Visualante2
Member
Just curious about the compatibility checker. Can anyone uncheck the box that sends your data to Oculus? It won't uncheck for me.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Yeah a ways back they said you'd be able to get this through BB, Amazon, Gamestop, the works. I'm guessing those plans changed when the price point did.
NeOak
Member
Time to overclock
What is this shit?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
If I preorder, does the payment go through now or when it ships?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
lol
plagiarize
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I think they missed that it was now using high end parts. The circa $300-$400 quotes are back when they were using a single off the shelf display, rather than the two custom displays the final version is shipping with. I thought it would be $500, and was obviously off by $100.
The anger in this thread just shows the demand for this thing though. If you're angry it's $600 it's because you can't afford it, and you *want it*.
It was the same with the PS3... and that was far from a flop... and that didn't doom Sony as many predicted.
And people complaining about having to pay shipping costs on a $600 product... erm... what the heck is wrong with you all? You have to pay shipping costs to get stuff shipped no matter how much it costs. Wackos.
All of those were either already tested or provided a completely obvious practical benefit. VR is very much a novelty at the moment, a great novelty though.
Vive will probably cost more.
Goldrusher
Member
What are you guys talking about?
Pathfinder
Member
What is this shit?
i7-2600K is not a very powerful processor. It's many generations behind what Oculus requires.
justsomeguy
Member
Time to get a 2nd job.
friskykillface
Banned
Let me try it though :/
Then I'll believe
Then I'll believe
When it ships
blackdevil
Member
BrettWeir
Member
When it ships.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
wow, they want you to have a really nice processor
What is this shit?
I'd like to know too. My i7-3770 is apparently not good enough and even though I have 2 USB 3.0 ports it says I don't.
Did the DK2 require USB 3.0 ports? B/c that thing worked perfectly fine on my rig.
EventHorizon
Member
And all of them are guaranteed to work with PSVR. No compatibility checks required. You'll also know that all PSVR games will be specifically designed to run on that hardware. You are not going to run into cases like on the PC where specific games could require a higher than minimum spec. If PSVR is priced as expected in the $349-$449 range then it really will be the best bet for most people to try out VR. In a year or so when VR PC prices come down and software library expands, you could get it then if you are still interested.
Dreamwriter
Member
HTC ain't gonna be lower - they already said that the Vive would be a premium price for the premium VR experience.
NeOak
Member
Dreathlock
Member
I will wait until nvidia releases new the new pascal cards. Then i will go all-in with the oculus.
Right now my 780 wont be enough.
What is more important than the costs is the software support. Right now i am looking at some games from oculus and some indies. But what abgout AAA titles? Will they get full VR support in the future? If oculus cant reach the masses it wont.
Most PC ports are already in a very bad shape because they sell bad compared to console versions. So why make VR versions of AAA PC-games for an even smaller audience?
I dont know. I have insanely high doubts.
Right now my 780 wont be enough.
What is more important than the costs is the software support. Right now i am looking at some games from oculus and some indies. But what abgout AAA titles? Will they get full VR support in the future? If oculus cant reach the masses it wont.
Most PC ports are already in a very bad shape because they sell bad compared to console versions. So why make VR versions of AAA PC-games for an even smaller audience?
I dont know. I have insanely high doubts.
It's hard to say whether overall consumer demand is insane, or there are just thousands of nerds willing to pay any price immediately. I mean I remember demand feeling "insane" for Samba maracas and the like.
I just mean the number of early adopters is higher than I think most people expected. The people willing to pay almost any price for VR.
Those will be the people showing this off, convincing friends and family to get one, so that in 2-3 years time, it'll start to ramp up, to eventually (possibly) be something that sells as often as game consoles or even maybe HDTVs (if VR applications expand and are well received beyond just gaming).
The use of "normal people" in this tweet really rubs me the wrong way.
Might as well have said plebs, lol.
I'm sure he would have said it more eloquently without the character limit on twitter, but yeah. Haha.
I do have 2 USb 3.0 ports and the first time i hear that the 2600K loses to an i5 4690 in a significant metric. :/
Whilst the price is quite a bit higher than I wanted and expected them to go for, I don't think it's that unreasonable for what it is. I paid £680 for a high end gaming monitor, this is:
- A head mounted display
- With lots of (presumably) good sensors
- With a camera
- With headphones
- With an Xbox One controller
- With two games
- With a remote
- With a (what appears to be) a fairly hefty case
For £180 less than my monitor (without shipping). Not saying they're directly comparable, but either way I'm paying a premium for a high end visual experience.
- A head mounted display
- With lots of (presumably) good sensors
- With a camera
- With headphones
- With an Xbox One controller
- With two games
- With a remote
- With a (what appears to be) a fairly hefty case
For £180 less than my monitor (without shipping). Not saying they're directly comparable, but either way I'm paying a premium for a high end visual experience.
This.
Honestly, I'm surprised at the price. I didn't think Oculus would go more than $499.99.
First generation if I am not mistaken.
The thing I am wondering most about is, their recommended specs are for the full experience as they put it. Yet I have seen countless demos and smaller projects that were extremely simplistic in nature. I can't understand why you would need half of the specs shown to play some of these smaller titles.
So I am guessing these specs are so you can play titles like EVE Valkerie at high settings with a good framerate?
StereoVsn
Gold Member
So, $675 for Rift plus tax/shipping and then throw in couple touch controllers later in the year for another ~$150-$200. Yeah, I think I am bout for this gen.
I can see Vive coming in at around $750 including two controllers since it seems their display tech is a bit cheaper, no Xbone controller and no bundled games. I like their camera idea as well plus location detection.
PSVR I can see at $399 plus camera plus move controllers.
So yeah, gen 2 looks more attractive with potentially foveated rendering/eye detection, updated front cam, and updated display tech. Might go for PSVR depending on software.
I can see Vive coming in at around $750 including two controllers since it seems their display tech is a bit cheaper, no Xbone controller and no bundled games. I like their camera idea as well plus location detection.
PSVR I can see at $399 plus camera plus move controllers.
So yeah, gen 2 looks more attractive with potentially foveated rendering/eye detection, updated front cam, and updated display tech. Might go for PSVR depending on software.
Yeah this needs demo stations that aren't at highly expensive or exclusive conventions. I know Cardboard exists but the OR, Vive and PSVR are in a completely different ball park really.
I'm going to keep my preorder until Vive and PSVR information comes out (it'll be coming soon, right?) and then cancel/keep it.
I don't know if Sony will even bother with any PSVR bundles with move controllers. Maybe just relaunch them as PSVR accessories separately. ds4 is enough on its own and keeps the perceived entry price down. (I have a couple of move controllers in the cupboard so looking forward to dreams etc using those..)
User Name Here
Member
Is this the first time that the final cost of a product is more expensive than the dev kit? Isn't it usually the other way around lol?