Allnamestakenlol
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Think we'll be able to downsample at some point? Love the games, hate the jaggies.
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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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Haint
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A lot of the games are already are down sampled, all the VR headsets recommend something like 130% or 140% render targets, which is like ~3Kx1600p on Rift/Vive.
Allnamestakenlol
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Oh really? Did not know that. Was playing the Gallery and the aliasing was really distracting.
Locked 90fps, 980ti not working that hard, my instinct is to start upping the visuals.
Haint
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Yea IQ varies dramatically across games, Gallery (and others) may very well not be super sampling much (if any) to stay under the 970 recommendation. Some Unity games you can hold Alt + click and it will launch a config gui. Never used it though, so I can't say if it actually applies any changes you make.
Make sure the base stations are plugged in. I was demoing the Vive to some friends yesterday and the headset stopped working, turned out my buddy had hit the power plug on one of the lighthouses and it had come out just enough to shut everything down while dodging in VR.
Allnamestakenlol
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Huh, I'll try that out. Thanks!
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Why are these selling on Ebay for like twice retail?
HTC site says they are in stock.. is that not true?
:edit: nevermind, I see it says June 2016 for delivery.
HTC site says they are in stock.. is that not true?
:edit: nevermind, I see it says June 2016 for delivery.
IMACOMPUTA
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I've been having some VR in my reality episodes too...
I was doing the dishes and I have a faucet head that pulls out of the base and acts as a sprayer. I pulled it out and put it back but didn't fully put it back in, so it was kind of drooping. In my brain, the faucet was in the right place and the rest of the kitchen was tilted... and then I got really dizzy.
This shit is bad for us. lol
Phantom VR is totally a thing and I am suspecting it is effected by having physical interaction in the games. I got mine from Rift+Leap motion since my hands&fingers were in the game. I think the Vive will probably cause a few more instances of this due to the VR immersion effect already being a lot better than DK2 due to screens and refresh rate but walking around and moving your entire body is really going to cause a lot of these Phantom VR feelings. Buckle up guys lol
Zepp Twofist
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Another week, another round of thinking every e-mail notification on my phone might be the one.
I think they expect your PC to be at the middle of a boundary, not the corner, that way cable has its full length in either direction to move.
DOT DASH DOT
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The Gallery has loads of graphics options in game, resolution scale and AA types, I crank res scale to max and use FXAA3, looks so much better! Like you I was thinking it looked rough until I found the options. Press the top button on the controller.
Iced_Eagle
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Yeah, it's super misleading to say "in stock". They should just say "backordered" to make it super clear to people instead of sticking it in the middle of the other bullet points on the order page.
Guardian Monkey
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Yeah I was using the middle. 3m from side to side and 2m up (taking into account being at the end of the 3m and turning around your going to need more slack). I'm still in the boat that I would rather have wireless than better display quality imo: Until someone figures out a better rigging ability the wire will be an issue.
I would be ok with the current resolution with wireless. I'd still like better optics though.
Foveated rendering + compositing hardware on headset + Timewarp handled on the headset I think would combine to allow a low enough bandwidth for wireless and offset some of the latency impact, *and* allow for higher resolution panels.
artsi
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IMO the most important thing would be to have better optics with as large sweet spot as possible. Things like foveated rendering are pretty useless if everything to the sides is blurry anyway because of crappy lenses.
I'd be more immersed if I was able to look at stuff moving my eyes, not my head to keep the sharp spot right in the middle.
I'd be more immersed if I was able to look at stuff moving my eyes, not my head to keep the sharp spot right in the middle.
Wrestlemania
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Increasing the FOV is the big improvement I'd like to see, which obviously is part of the optics. I'd take the same current pixel density with an increased FOV over higher density and the same FOV.
Also making the headset, strap and cable as unobtrusive as possible, which HTC are lagging behind a bit on at the moment.
Also making the headset, strap and cable as unobtrusive as possible, which HTC are lagging behind a bit on at the moment.
MAX PAYMENT
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I plan on eventually picking up a vive, but I have a question maybe an owner can answer.
Do the controllers not have inputs that allow normal joystick-style movement?
Most of the games I've seen have you in a stationary position or move by point and click.
I honestly think that looks awful. Would a normal FPS game not work on the vive due to controller limitations?
Do the controllers not have inputs that allow normal joystick-style movement?
Most of the games I've seen have you in a stationary position or move by point and click.
I honestly think that looks awful. Would a normal FPS game not work on the vive due to controller limitations?
AwesomeMeat
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Just like a Steam controller, the touch pads could easily be used for this purpose. I love the Steam controller (I hate using josticks for FPS games since im a m+kb guy), once you get used to it - it is quite accurate.
Unfortunately, a lot of games aren't currently providing this type of movement because it makes some people feel sick/unstable. Personally, it doesn't bother me so I like to have it as an option.
A few games like Windlands and AltSpace allow you to walk with the touchpads. I think Ethan Carter VR doesn't even use the Vive wands if I remember correctly.
Dusktildawn48
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Theres a vive listed on eBay for like $400 after shipping. I'm guessing I shouldn't trust that? Shipper has no feedback
Seems legit
Dusktildawn48
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cant tell if thats sarcasm
HoneyBunch360
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I stumbled on this link in the steamvr discussion forum. I wasn't really sure how the headset should sit on your head/face to better the experience for both comfort and visuals.
http://www.rainfold.com/blog/how-to-fit-htc-vive.html
It definitely helped me although I could be off a bit on the IPD.
http://www.rainfold.com/blog/how-to-fit-htc-vive.html
It definitely helped me although I could be off a bit on the IPD.
Dusktildawn48
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whats the latest order date thats been shipped out that we know of?
Don't give $400 to someone with no feedback who is offering an item for half the MSRP and a third of the going rate.
Oh god, are you looking at the one from 昭通市, 云南省 posted by the guy who'se been an eBay member for just a month?! Run!
OmarTheHippo
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There have been a few out-of-order ones, ranging from a few hours to a couple of days
The majority of sequential shipments are right around the first hour mark. Expect today/tomorrow should finish up most first day preorders
Sorry to ask such a basic question, but what are the current top software suggestions? A friend is getting his Vive tomorrow and I'm getting mine in May. He's getting Audioshield for sure, and probably Vanishing Realms, but I was looking to grab a couple supplementary things for myself to try out. I'm thinking:
Holopoint
Space Pirate Trainer
The Gallery (if he doesn't grab it)
Any other must-haves? Obviously we're planning on grabbing all the free stuff. We've all tried VR (he has a Rift CV1 as well), is TheBlu still a big huge deal in that case?
Holopoint
Space Pirate Trainer
The Gallery (if he doesn't grab it)
Any other must-haves? Obviously we're planning on grabbing all the free stuff. We've all tried VR (he has a Rift CV1 as well), is TheBlu still a big huge deal in that case?
Guardian Monkey
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You can get a demo of TheBlu with wevr app. I think you have named the consistent top favorites besides Blarp.
DOT DASH DOT
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Headset just been picked up for repair/replacement, let's see how HTC can fuck this up and probably take 2 months to get it back to me.....
Astral/H3X
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So I'm sitting here in my astronomy class, and all I can think of is how awesome it would be to observe the formation and death of a star, from the Cosmo dust up to a planetary nebula ripping apart.
Do uh, do we have that yet? No? Why not?
Do uh, do we have that yet? No? Why not?
We have Universe Sandbox which is kind of cool. I don't know if you can have this kind of evolution for a star, but you can build up solar systems with planets going into orbits around stars and then gravity engaging two solar systems into a spiraling dance to death which ends up in creating a nebula.
GuitarAtomik
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Decided to get a LeapMotion which shipped out today. I don't expect to be able to do anything too substantial with it but all of the cool tech demos and implementation here and there got me to take the dive on it. I could see it being an essential part of the tech in the future especially for mobile and the more mainstream crowd.
Hopefully my Vive ships today too.
Hopefully my Vive ships today too.
Does space engine have VR support?
GuitarAtomik
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HoloBall is on the store now. Basically room scale Pong in a Tron world. $5.99
Tripods are poor solutions because they take up to much space and are prone to wobbling, most people are using dry wall supports
CarbonFire
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How rigid does the mounting for the Lighthouses have to be? All this talk of wobbling I'm starting to rethink my setup. One of my lighthouses will definitely be mounted to the wall, the other I'm planning on mounting to an extension arm to reach beyond the top of my vertical blinds.
OmarTheHippo
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I have tripods, will report back tomorrow how well they work. Some say they work perfect, a few say they wobble. But there have been reports of jitter/wobble issues with at least 1 of every setup solutions out there, so I'm willing to give it a try (will have to setup in at least 5 different places in the next few months so tripods were worth a shot)
Guardian Monkey
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I just played this like for an hour its fun as heck. For $6 its fun game!
dry wall supports? Are those permanent mounting installations? I cant drill anything into my walls
CarbonFire
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No, they're the adjustable floor-to-ceiling poles you can use for a rigid, non-permanent location for a mounting clamp. They usually have pads on the top and bottom to prevent marring your floor and ceiling. Other than looking ugly, they appear to be one of the best ways of setting up the lighthouses without drilling holes.
Hellshadow
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I just watched Dredd in Theater mode. Was pretty cool. 
What are some good ones to get?
AwesomeMeat
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I really can't say enough good things about Lucky's Tale. I'd love for it to be harder... maybe an 1 hit kill mode or something.
CarbonFire
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Others have posted in this thread with their setups, but I'm failing to find them atm.
Basically something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CRDD6Y/?tag=neogaf0e-20
With the Lighthouses screwed into these, which clamp onto the poles:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E5M39AW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
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