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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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DouglasteR
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This is really serious.
I would pay $10 for a tracked bottle with a long and thin neck to drink.
Something like this:
I keep everything plugged in (but I do have the lighthouse bluetooth standby option enabled).
I don't think a little warmth hurts.
SmiteOfHand
Member
Was this Kawaii-kon?
hah, is it feasible that tracking stickers could be released, similar to NFC stickers?
Could put a QR-code looking sticker on something and have it do some image processing to always show that object on top of your VR scene via the camera?
You're limited by having a mono camera for now, but it could sort of work.
Zepp Twofist
Member
hah, is it feasible that tracking stickers could be made, similar to NFC stickers?
Don't see it being trivial to do since it's the controllers that track themselves. You'd need something powered that can track lighthouse beams and communicate it wirelessly, or you'd need a completely separate way to track (i.e a camera)
If you had a very visible QR code then maybe the HMD camera could be sufficient to track it.
But really, I'd rather they sold these to stick on random stuff - or better, a wireless version of them
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
interesting conversation about VIve owners not wearing the headset right leading to blurriness and discomfort.
I wonder if thats why some seem to find it blurry anywhere but dead center and others dont
worth a read anyways
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4e925m/ive_been_wearing_the_headset_wrong_and_i_think_a/
I wonder if thats why some seem to find it blurry anywhere but dead center and others dont
worth a read anyways
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4e925m/ive_been_wearing_the_headset_wrong_and_i_think_a/
Guardian Monkey
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I tried it this morning. It actual works. It is odd that this was left out. Probably a disconnect between the publisher and HTC design team.
If you had a very visible QR code then maybe the HMD camera could be sufficient to track it.
But really, I'd rather they sold these to stick on random stuff - or better, a wireless version of them
Hmm, the straw still presents a challenge. Could go with a combination and show the straw via colour-keying I guess.
Serious business! Getting all Gnomish in this thread
Compsiox
Banned
Thats a sweet spot. It's present in the Vive and the Rift.
Well, I did it. Cancelled my order.
See you in a year or so, VR.
Whyyyy?
Putting the money towards a new car eventually. I really want the Vive but I think it's best to save as much as I can. I had actually ordered a rift a couple of weeks ago, but the Vive impressions won me over. I cancelled that too.
Well, I did it. Cancelled my order.
See you in a year or so, VR.
I prefer the manufacturer to cancel mine for me :/
Still nothing?
Compsiox
Banned
Awww okay. Good luck with getting your car! We'll be here when you get back.
DouglasteR
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This will be a looooong week.
So thirsty for news
So thirsty for news
Owlowiscious
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Everyone was amazed. People that were like "I don't know how to VR" were in a minute running around and ducking under bullets.
Space Pirate Trainer is currently THE BEST DEMO GAME for vive and room scale for an audience and for fun. Yes I still wish I could make everyone do TheBlu first, but waiting I line for almost an hour and watching the whale 10+ times before you go yourself would not work in this situation. I did get some requests for "something else" on Friday which gave me a chance to show them TheBlu instead and they super loved it. Saturday and Sunday I got a handful of people saying "I heard about this whale from my friends and they loved it can I try that instead?" I was super happy to oblige.
Now again, Space Pirate Trainer. I'll try to use SPT. It's great to show, easy to set up and explain. I can start people off lookingat the ship for immediate wow factor as I adjust straps. If the game or headset crashes it has a super short startup loading time. People love it because it's you in the game 1 to 1. I tried to force longbow, the lab only, or xenon? Whatever it's called only on Sunday. I was sick of the same demo for over 25 hours already, and hoped the slower Sunday would give me a chance to diversify. I could immediately feel the life sucked out of the crowd and after maybe 29 minutes I asked everyone and went back to SPT.
Again, everyone loved it. Maybe one complaint of blurriness that I couldn't fix, but I think they refused to keep their glasses on. Also, At the very end, the director person that let me use an area of the game room tried it and his glasses didn't fit immediately, so took them off and didn't let me try to fit them. So dozens of people fit glasses just fine.
Nongamers even loved it they easily got into it and were shooting up robots.
Lots and lots and lots of faces had that gif face in the OP as they removed the headset.
Maybe four occurances of kicked cables.
Loud concert sounds made the lighthouse wobble on an open floor on top of a tripod. One lighthouse was near a doorframe this the door had more support and was stable. I faced room setup that way and SPT ran fine, the wobbly lighthouse behind us effectively was never used and vision was stable.
Many people ran around. Strafing at run speed I mean.
Lots of good ducking.
Three people jumped over bullets once.
One person did a somersault to dodge (then was stuck on his back as robots swarmed and shot him three times to dead.
Lots of people whipping their head around and perfectly fine.
ZERO instances (or no one mentioned it) of motion sickness.
One persons world wobbles as someone bumped a lighthouse.
Two-ish instances of the headset... Nvm:
One instance of the headset stopping for no reason (reboot device, fixed
One instance of the headset giving constant sway for no reason unlike what I mentioned before about the lighthouse swaying. Reboot device, fixed.
Setup was awkward at the start of each day multiple reboots and whatever and tweaks to get it good (I can't explain detail here sorry?) but throughout the day of something went wrong, reseat cables(check if working) reboot device (check if working) then run room setup (check if working), and sometimes repeat room setup again. Or run a game and play test and steam VR figures out your room setup is fine and don't need to run room setup over and over.
Batteries last around eight hours. At battery red low you can plug them in before pulling off headset (you have a few seconds to fool around without guns try to dodge the billets!) then by the time you hand the next person controllers it will have a net gain than loss. An hour of this and batteries are at 1-2 bars of 4.
I'm running out of time to talk maybe more later. Ama related to running now a demo over three days around 30 hours
Owlowiscious
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I'm fine with windlands. You need VR legs. I can survive it now. If anything I want to return it because of poor level design. Until I can explore more I just demo to people it by me swinging around the starter hub for a minute or two then quit out.
Thanks. Maybe I'll get lucky and get to try a demo unit in a store sometime. I'll definitely get into VR down the line.
Wrestlemania
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The lighthouses seen to me interfering with my AV amp remote. Anyone else had that?
GuitarAtomik
Member
Sucks to hear all the negative impressions of Windlands. Though I was way in to the concept it never looked that great to me, but a few of the early positive impressions swayed me in to buying it. Probably won't have my headset for a couple weeks so I'll probably refund for now and check it out again if it improves.
On a positive side, I've been swayed in to getting Final Approach. What I had seen of it looked really boring, but all I had seen was the early plane landing stuff. Seeing there's way more to the game than that and the positive impressions means I'll likely pick it up.
On a positive side, I've been swayed in to getting Final Approach. What I had seen of it looked really boring, but all I had seen was the early plane landing stuff. Seeing there's way more to the game than that and the positive impressions means I'll likely pick it up.
Sleeping Lesson
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Yep. It disrupts my receiver and projector remotes. Hopefully they'll fix the auto shutoff so I can turn that back on.
Auto shutoff is working for me, it does take about a minute for them to go into standby.
It does feel like the firmware/drivers came in super hot, I've gotten several updates so far, which is good because I feel like every time I turn it on, I have to recalibrate/devices won't track until a reboot, etc.
Sleeping Lesson
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It's totally unusable for me. Sometimes the base stations won't turn on, sometimes they'll turn off when I launch SteamVR, sometimes one will turn off while I'm playing (sometimes both), and they usually don't turn off when I shut down my computer. Absolutely worthless feature for me right now.
darkressurection
Banned
still no email with my free games - dammit I really wanted to spend some time with Job Sim and Fantastic Contraption
I just got my Vive today and I am also still waiting on my code. On the Vive Site it says it was supposed to go out 24 hours after shipping but mine shipped Thursday. Contacted their live chat support about it and they said they'll get a code to me in 24-48 hours but seeing how reliable their support has been up til now I guess I'll see how that pans out.
No. From what I can figure out from Reddit, nobody that was cancelled and reinstated has shipped. Looks like no (or at least almost no) card orders from 0-4 minutes have shipped either
Melon Husk
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Don't use bluetooth, yank the power off from one of the lighthouses and the other one will shut down automatically.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Good to know! I've been unplugging both, but one of them is a pain in the ass to get to.
Let us know what you think if you do, I'm curious about it but unconvinced as of yet.
Sucks that people are having trouble with the auto shut off. Everything has been working flawlessly for me, which is surprising since I have a ton of interference related issues with my dualshock 4.
Same here
Same here
Mihos
Gold Member
I guess it helps that I'm Austrian, I always wore it like you're supposed to wear ski goggles
am in Austria next week, unfortunately, my Vive is showing up in the States... I need to plan these things better
hah, is it feasible that tracking stickers could be made, similar to NFC stickers?
If you look at that 'save the dog on the plank over the city' demo that was linked, you can see they have sensors on the toy dog and plank, so I think that could be only a matter of time, probably easier to do on Oculus than Vive though.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Man, that is awesome! Thanks for the write up!
lol that was clearly written by hand by someone with questionable english editing skills
A Grizzly Bear
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That has been 90% of their CSR communication. Some of the responses are borderline incoherent.
Wrestlemania
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Hover Junkers or Space Pirate Trainer?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
hover junkers
Space Pirate Trainer
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Alright Vive peeps, so I didn't get the pack-in games due to going with an ebay bought unit (seller already redeemed) so out of the three pack-ins which one would you say is worth the purchase the most? Leaning towards Tiltbrush due to Fantastic Contraption not seeming super up my alley, and apparently Job Sim has perf issues so kinda don't wanna plop down for that if it turns out to run like poo. Wish they'd do a demo of one job :/
Still, which one have you had the most fun with and if you were to put money down on one which would it be?
Still, which one have you had the most fun with and if you were to put money down on one which would it be?
VlaudTheImpaler
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Haven't tried the Vive yet but for me it would be fantastic contraption without a doubt. Then toothbrush because I am an artist and then job SIM. Though I think job soon will be there better of the 3 to demo.
Edit: lol I am on noble if you can't tell.
OmarTheHippo
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