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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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libertytoast
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Did you ever get an email from HTC?
Wag
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I have plenty of space, that's not the issue. The problem is that my PC is in the living room (on the side by the 12'). I have the 12'x16'6" config.
It's sort of reverse of what's shown in the floor plan here and I don't see how I'm going to be able to mount 2 cameras diagonally.
artsi
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Guardian Monkey
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I have plenty of space, that's not the issue. The problem is that my PC is in the living room (on the side by the 12'). I have the 12'x16'6" config.
It's sort of reverse of what's shown in the floor plan here and I don't see how I'm going to be able to mount 2 cameras diagonally.
Why does it have to be diagonal? As long as they are across from each other you should be fine.
Edit: fine if you bring your borders in some for your play space i mean.
Yes, on Monday.
I had a pending charge on my cc last week, which disappeared for a while, and then showed up on my statement after I got the shipping notification.
piratepwnsninja
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I have plenty of space, that's not the issue. The problem is that my PC is in the living room (on the side by the 12'). I have the 12'x16'6" config.
It's sort of reverse of what's shown in the floor plan here and I don't see how I'm going to be able to mount 2 cameras diagonally.
Could you use light stands or some of the floor to ceiling mounts? I mean, yeah it means pulling that stuff out when you want to use it, but it's not that involved of a process from everything I've seen.
Astral/H3X
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I think a lot of us were secretly hoping you never got an email in the hopes they had shipped but forgot to tell us.
Me to brother! I just got mine and I am also on the east coast. 😆
Wag
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I'm going by the mounting configuration in the manual. That's why I'm going to wait until they actually get out there and we have some real user reports. I'm sure users with odd-room configurations will describe their mounting issues.
Zalusithix
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He'd barely even have to do that - if at all. That's a 20.4' distance between the lighthouses at a maximum diagonal vs the 19.6' distance that Stress Level Zero is using.
libertytoast
Neo Member
Yup. Except for getting a shipping notification from HTC, my experience was the same as them. According to FedEx, I haven't lived at my address long enough to sign up for the Delivery Manager, so my only hope of finding out when my Vive comes in is an email from HTC.
Yeah, I had this. There's a 'forgot password' link that will let you set a new order password.
Guardian Monkey
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Red dot are base stations. Red lines are how far sensors site lines are. blue box is play area.
or more room if you do it the other way actually
Thank you
VR gaming will survive by multiplayer.
Watching GB play those shooting gallery tech demo's yesterday looked like something very cool that would get boring after 30 minutes... and may have no longevity after the first session or first few sessions...
Well take that and transform it into a multiplayer experience. Where you are in teams, shooting at each other, and taking each other out. Throw in some unlockables after earning xp, etc., since that is undeniably the norm and major hook of a lot of FPS multiplayer games these days.
You now have a game that someone can come back to and play over and over even though it is relatively the same small slice experience.
EVE Valkyrie and RIGS could be huge out of the gate thanks to this... so long as there is a userbase to play with.
Watching GB play those shooting gallery tech demo's yesterday looked like something very cool that would get boring after 30 minutes... and may have no longevity after the first session or first few sessions...
Well take that and transform it into a multiplayer experience. Where you are in teams, shooting at each other, and taking each other out. Throw in some unlockables after earning xp, etc., since that is undeniably the norm and major hook of a lot of FPS multiplayer games these days.
You now have a game that someone can come back to and play over and over even though it is relatively the same small slice experience.
EVE Valkyrie and RIGS could be huge out of the gate thanks to this... so long as there is a userbase to play with.
whoa, had no idea you could run it completely wirelessly!! Thank you for the info. Now I'm extra excited. Are the battery packs sold separately?
Sleeping Lesson
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Guys is TheBlu actually worth $10? I was going to play it as my first Vive experience, but it seems like the kind of thing I'll only ever play once.
libertytoast
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None of the Steam reviews have more than an hour in the game, and they all seem to say they're great demos to introduce people to VR.
I think if you plan on having a lot of friends / family trying it out, you can use that as a go to first experience. But if it's mostly going to be you using the headset, I'd wait for a steam sale.
Wag
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That floor plan doesn't really show the way my room is set up. There is approximately 15ft from my TV (at the door side) to the couch at the far wall. My PC is set up at the wall next to my TV.
The space leading into the living room is approx 10'.
If I could put the camera over my TV, and then at the far wall (over my couch) approx 16' away, that would probably be the best way to do it. Then of course there's the wire routing issue. It seems like it will be a PITA to set up.
Lemonte
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I think you can use any 12V usb battery pack.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Or you know, single player games that aren't gimmicky! First person RPGs in open worlds that you can explore is the holy grail imo. We just need to resolve the traversal problem in VR. The teleporting method is not the right approach.
Sleeping Lesson
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Hmmmm I do want to demo the Vive for people, and TheBlu seems like a great way to do that.
Unrelated, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was just updated with Vive support! Gamepad only, though.
Guardian Monkey
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What about exercise even. That is going to be huge down the road. Esp as the devices get smaller.
Like Fantastic Contraption. Or Audioshield.
cyberheater
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LOL. I'm genuinely excited for you guys. Really looking forward to hearing your impressions.
Zalusithix
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You'd need big heavy batteries to power them for any length of time. Those batteries would look worse than the small cable coming down the wall. This is not a practical setup outside of making a portable demo station
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It's just power. They're not cameras. There's no data to route back to the computer. The Rift will be a far bigger PITA to set up for anything remotely comparable.
Either your Vive arrived, or you're going to be a dad! Either way, congratulations!
FYI the MS store by me (NYC) wasn't taking preorders either. They're taking "reservations" meaning that as soon as it arrives in the store they'll call you in order of who signed up first. They said they can't do preorders becase they don't know exactly when their shipments will arrive. The even send you a confirmation email
From my perspective, it'll survive just fine by providing a series of interesting single player experiences. Not too worried about getting hundreds of hours out of individual games (although that might happen as the games continue to develop). It would be interesting to see where the demographics lie on single player vs multiplayer focused players for VR.
There's definitely a lot of potential to have more fun with your friends. Holding up your shield to protect your wizard friend from a hail of arrows, stuff like that... things will get pretty crazy as multiplayer representation techniques develop. Foo's already on it with the inverse kinematics technique.
How did you get in touch with him? I'm getting double screwed with both the CC delay and having my order cancelled and reinstated (wave 1 -> wave 2)
I think the whole premise of "VR needs X to survive" is a bit off base.
VR is an entirely new medium. It will have X, it will have Y, but it will also have A and B. Most crucially, I hope it will have letters we haven't even invented yet.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
I'm sure those are fun games, but I'm referring to something a little more ambitious. VR by definition lends itself to world exploration, such a shame that we can't actually move and explore due to limited space in the real world. Not sure how to solve that problem but I hope someone does. Until that's resolved, we'll never be able to achieve VR's full potential imo.
Teleportation seems to be a great solution in the meantime. I've heard nothing but positive things about people's experience with it.
To me, boiling down the potential of VR specifically to that feels equivalent to reducing the entire potential of traditional on-screen gaming down to only the Skyrim type of experience.
Sure, it would be nice to have that type of experience in VR eventually, but it's just a small specialty in a very large and diverse medium.
potatohead
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This
CarbonFire
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I think the teleportation works for some things, like games with actual teleportation (Budget Cuts), and Adventure/ Exploration games.
Watching the GB Vive stream, Hover junkers "one hand moves, the other hand interacts" paradigm might also have some merit. But even that was sort of a cockpit experience, so we may never get away from having something to ground our vision on in VR. The question is, will developers be able to make compelling, long form "traditional" gameplay experiences taking these limitations into account? It'll be a while before we have the answer.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
I'm referring to mobility in general, not necessarily just in an item world rpg. I don't think this aspect can be reduced to a small specialty. Mobility is a principal pillar in our reality and we need to be able to reproduce that in VR, it'll affect a very large portion of the medium in games and other applications.
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