HTC Vive is $799, ships early April 2016
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Cheers for the link, it might not be ideal, but this will help my temporary setup for now
libertytoast
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Do we think there's any chance that "express" shipping will translate into overnight / next day air shipping?
Theonik
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I think sensor placement is key in Valve's system and their arrangement must be known in advance. Thus, something that goes on something of varying rigidity and size like a shoe might not work that well. Making custom shoes for tracking should be feasible however. provided the sensors have a clear view of the lighthouse stations which may be harder than one would expect since they are quite high up in relation to the player's feet.
People aren't annoyed because they don't want to talk about it. NDA teasing is obnoxious as is. If they don't want to say anything they should just not say anything not tease, especially when they are not actually under an NDA and are almost just doing it to be obnoxious.
The setup guide recommended a pair of 3rd Hand support poles, with pipe clamp 1/4-20 camera mounts on them for this kind of thing:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000067S12/?tag=neogaf0e-20
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
libertytoast
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I think most games run by default at settings that work with the SteamVR min requirements. So Hover Junkers, for example, runs at Medium, and you can modify the settings on your own once you're in game.
Astral/H3X
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I wish mine were in Indy lol. Still waiting on shipment haha. But then, I did get slapped with the card issues so EH.
Compsiox
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Can confirm. This setup works amazingly well with my Pre setup.
Felix Lighter
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I have a question about Elite Dangerous and the Vive. AST was added to the game at the time when they added Oculus SDK 1.3 support. Do we know if that was implemented for both Steam VR and Oculus? A user in the Elite OT is getting an exceptional experience with the DK2 now even on planetary landings, even at max settings and he only has a GTX 680 (even considering the refresh rate and resolution differences, that is a huge surprise to me). It seems like that makes a hell of a difference for that game and that would be amazing because the recommended specs are soooo much higher.
bigwinnerx
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Anyone else have a pending charge that disappeared?
I got hit for the $878 last week but it's no longer showing as a pending or charged payment.
I got hit for the $878 last week but it's no longer showing as a pending or charged payment.
No, asynchronous reprojection is only still available in the Oculus SDK. Valve recently enabled interleaved reprojection in SteamVR, but their implementation is a bit questionable and at the moment sounds like it is better disabled unless they sort things out with it in the next couple days.
Yeah, same here. Haven't received any email yet.
Astral/H3X
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I am very much interested in knowing all there is about Elite and Vive. Loved the duct taped DK2 support, and have been eagerly awaiting the consumer class experience.
bigwinnerx
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K. Thanks. I'll just assume this is by design.
Dreams-Visions
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Destructoid Reviews:
Virtual Desktop VR - "Without a doubt, this non-gaming software has been the killer app for me during the launch of the VR revolution."
Tilt Brush - "Tilt Brush has a huge number of tools available, which are really easy to wrap your head around. It's free, and you get to draw 3D art with your hand. That's pretty amazing, but you will look like a bit of an idiot to onlookers."
Virtual Desktop VR - "Without a doubt, this non-gaming software has been the killer app for me during the launch of the VR revolution."
Tilt Brush - "Tilt Brush has a huge number of tools available, which are really easy to wrap your head around. It's free, and you get to draw 3D art with your hand. That's pretty amazing, but you will look like a bit of an idiot to onlookers."
Every HMD user should be planning to buy Virtual Desktop on PC. Shit's mad good, it's $15 and made by one guy who is doing god's work. Pay the man.
Will check later if it's the same for me
Hellsing321
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Question for people who have used the Pre. Is there a USB port on the headset for USB based headphones? I see reviews mention a 3.5 jack but nothing about USB.
Never. It is the prime example of how not to move your character in VR. You will hurl.
bigwinnerx
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FWIW I also called my card company and they confirmed the charge and said it was approved. So if it lapsed it'd be because HTC didn't put in the capture and only did an auth.
shiftplusone
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ugh when preorders for the vive went up I had my hand on the button but decided "I don't need both this and an oculus"
due to oculus' shenanigans last week I cancelled it and ordered a vive and now I have to wait :|
lesson learned.
due to oculus' shenanigans last week I cancelled it and ordered a vive and now I have to wait :|
lesson learned.
Dreams-Visions
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Valve use 'interleaved' (basically dropping to 45fps and re-projecting). In practice, if you are "consistently" missing frames then the 2 systems would appear to have similar outcomes.
lol yeah I don't expect Valve to ever update that. They don't want to personally add to the "What not to do" camp.
The Pre does indeed have a USB port on the headset itself. Not sure if it works for audio though.
runningjoke
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? http://www.htc.com/managed-assets/shared/desktop/vive/Vive_PRE_User_Guide.pdf page 9 shows there is a USB port. I don't see why it wouldn't work for headphones
I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Theres 2 usb ports on the pre, one of which is for 3rd party accessories(hopefully leap motion works on it).
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I'm sure it had a usb port alongside the headphone jack. Let me find a picture.
Zalusithix
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High up shouldn't matter. The controllers track right down to the ground when the area is properly set up. That said, they'd need sensors on the top and bottom of both the front and back to be occlusion proof in all the various poses a human can make. That's a fair amount of cable routing through a shoe, and wouldn't come cheap. An ankle ring would be far easier to implement if you didn't mind giving up tracking of the foot's angle.
Compsiox
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No reason leap motion shouldn't work as long as sensors aren't blocked.
It's more of a question of bandwidth. On the DK2 apparently it wasn't recommended to hook up directly to the headset due to bandwidth limitations. That was more of an experimental thing for Oculus, so I'm expecting it to work here, but I haven't seen anyone try it out.
Compsiox
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I forget did the dk2 have USB 3.0?
Dreams-Visions
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viveks86
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Dreams-Visions
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right?! who fuckin knew. this opens up so many possibilities for 3rd party equipment. Does the Rift have a USB port on the headset as well?
Nope.
Mine stayed pending all weekend. Just called in this morning to confirm that the charge is set to clear.
If you have any question whatsoever call your bank to authorize the pending charge.
I ordered a leap motion for 22.37US$ from aliexpress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlCGw-0R8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuU5k-lAs3c
bigwinnerx
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Well the pending charge was there last Wednesday. It has since disappeared and didn't move to charged either. Just gone.
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