Yup. I always ship to my parents place because they live in a quiet suburb while I live in a crowded condo where kids have been known to steal packages. That means I have to spend all wednesday at my folks place waiting to sign the package. I work from home while they work outside of their home, so unless I go wait there noone will be around to sign.
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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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Yup. I always ship to my parents place because they live in a quiet suburb while I live in a crowded condo where kids have been known to steal packages. That means I have to spend all wednesday at my folks place waiting to sign the package. I work from home while they work outside of their home, so unless I go wait there noone will be around to sign.
Since it is Steam you can always buy and refund if you feel it is not worth the money they are asking for it as long as you have less than 2hrs of playtime.
I just ordered today and may is my date. I'm gonna just expect it to be May 31st.
It's like a two minute experience but next to Tilt Brush it was my favorite of the demos I tried during the Vive tour last fall. The graphics look fantastic and it's very immersive and awe-inspiring. Check the requirements though, they're higher than the typical game.
First thing I am trying is windlands for sure.
I have also installed minecraft for the first time since I had my dk1. Back then I played it using razer hydras and thought it was amazing, but the low resolution, lack of positional headtracking, and most of all, the clutter and wires caused by the hydras made me shelve it until the tech got right. Now that minecrift has vive support, the time to jump back in is right.
I'm thinking about piling on some of those extreme graphics mods - make minecraft look crazy good - then diving back in with vr.
I have also installed minecraft for the first time since I had my dk1. Back then I played it using razer hydras and thought it was amazing, but the low resolution, lack of positional headtracking, and most of all, the clutter and wires caused by the hydras made me shelve it until the tech got right. Now that minecrift has vive support, the time to jump back in is right.
I'm thinking about piling on some of those extreme graphics mods - make minecraft look crazy good - then diving back in with vr.
Owlowiscious
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1- Free
2- You focus on the VR and not how to play what are the controls. Because it's an "experience".
3- the controllers DO do something. You can swat at fish. You wave it around and air bubbles appear like you're underwater. It adds to the prescense while again not taking away your first experience with uh how do I play?
4- you go from real world 0 to 100% VR omg instantly. Distance. Field of view. Height?! (Look up) and for the brave, depth (look down over the edge).
5- a great sense of scale. Lol spoilers.
6- it's short. Compacted burst of VR that gets you ready and pumped for everything VR has to offer.
7- It's a subject matter everyone should understand. See the portal demo and how the thread title was deleted and changed because not everyone will understand that. This is something you can show anyone and everyone and they will understand it. It's universal.
8- personal- the menu and balloons and chaperone was cool. Then "ok we are going to start the first demo". BAM. I'm in another world. I look around and fuck everywhere I look is this game. I am in this fucking game. It's why I 100% agreed with the "Just tried it. Holy shit. HOLY SHIT." Post and hoped that would be the OT title.
Everyone should start with this. Every time you show a friend or relative this should be their first experience. There's a reason why HTC demod this first to everyone last year and why it's the demo for the CNN video (even though it failed there lol) everyone should play this first.
I'm way overhyping it but I have to so you (all) will believe me and do it first. This post will probably take away from your experience but it will still be a better first experience than anything else.
Sleeping Lesson
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Alright, I'm convinced! TheBlu will be my first Vive experience. I have a 980ti and a 4690k, so I should be good right? I do see it recommends a new i7.
Owlowiscious
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Probably? You should be fine I expect the requirements are for their new other things you can pay for. They look like they will use a lot of light graphics (going to the dark place with glowing jellyfish?)and or fast tons of particles (riding with turtles like finding memo?)
I HOPE encounter won't be that needy on requirements we will find out in a day or two lol I have no idea how it could want more power than the robot repair demo test everyone runs. It's not graphically intensive, my causal gamer self believes.
I HOPE encounter won't be that needy on requirements we will find out in a day or two lol I have no idea how it could want more power than the robot repair demo test everyone runs. It's not graphically intensive, my causal gamer self believes.
Owlowiscious
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Like how people are saying Harry or Howard? is a great rift experience. Like that but short enough that you won't get bored.
Talking about launch titles, Realities now has a Steam page.
Not a game, but probably worth spending some time with from the impressions I've seen.
Not a game, but probably worth spending some time with from the impressions I've seen.
Wildstar75
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Got my shipping email and tracking. :02 conf email. North East USA. Arriving 4/6. 
. So stoked and relieved. Gimme dat sweet holodeck goodness!
I love you all and good luck to those who still await news. May your Vives arrive soon.
. So stoked and relieved. Gimme dat sweet holodeck goodness! I love you all and good luck to those who still await news. May your Vives arrive soon.
Yeah, but still an i7 5390.
piratepwnsninja
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Mid-west (Illinois) and still nothing. I'm trying to be patient...I still have other games to play! It's all good, I can wait if it isn't here tomorrow. It's fine! Really! *cries uncontrollably*
970 am cry?
MyleMan1010
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I'm starting to worry if my 8' X 6.5' open space in my home office is enough room. I could move the couch out at get more space I guess. OR I could build another PC and put it in my game room or living room. I'm sure my wife won't go for that one though.
bloodydrake
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add Apollo 11 and Vanishing Realms to the launch titles I want to get.
Hellsing321
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That's more than enough room.
It's "enough" for a good number of games, but you'll always want more if it's possible. Obviously 40x40 would be great, but it's not possible. But 10x10? You will always have the thought in the back of your mind while playing of making more space if it's something that is theoretically possible. Some people don't want to hear this but it's true.
I'm not fully up to speed here. Why did you have to do this? Is it best to go through paypal?
Only problem is that the system requirements for the thing are stupid. THis is why Im trying to make my PC way beyond the minimum because I already knew games would go way over. 32gb of RAM and an i7-5930K is insane.(32GB is recommended but still)
From what I can tell there aren't waves and Vives will be shipping out regularly.
And FYI, I'm an :03 and haven't gotten shipped yet so I imagine the early folks will still get shipped in the next couple days if not today.
Im stupid and woke up thinking that my rift would arrive first, and the software wasnt there for the Vive. Unfortunate i now regret that decision. Paypal may be your best bet, hearing of all the processing problems with banks.
Karak
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Wait how do you l know your an :03?
bloodydrake
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Fantastic Contraption Trailer released yesterday is probably the best trailer I've seen to show people what this VR thing is before i can get them in a headset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-esx_KbJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-esx_KbJE
Owlowiscious
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It's free. Just try it.
Huh?
Thanks for the tip man. Still on the fence but i'm about to jump lol.
I don't know. I would have loved for mine to ship since they seemed to just jump over my state my state today like it's not even there, but considering it said they would start shipping on the 5th when I preordered I can't really get upset about it. They're sending them out and before the 5th, so I'm not sure what else they need to be communicating right now.
CarbonFire
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Already answered
The only thing that's stupid is them not really testing the minimum system requirements before just filling in those fields. But Steam probably required them to put something up there so people with Pre's could download the game for testing. It was probably easier and safer to just post the dev machine specs, rather than risk someone not being able to meet a theoretical minimum that could give them a bad experience.
Karak
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Exactly. How do you know? You say your an :03. Where did you find that?
mrchampipi
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So while waiting for my shipping notice, I have a question:
My graphic card (970) has only one hdmi, that I use to hook my pc to a tv through a soundbar.What's my best option to setup my future Vive? DVI to hdmi?
My graphic card (970) has only one hdmi, that I use to hook my pc to a tv through a soundbar.What's my best option to setup my future Vive? DVI to hdmi?
I can't believe more people aren't talking about windlands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k-T_s9L2I8
I keep watching this over and over again. I think this looks like the best game of the launch lineup tbh. The level design at the end looks great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k-T_s9L2I8
I keep watching this over and over again. I think this looks like the best game of the launch lineup tbh. The level design at the end looks great.
Owlowiscious
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TheBlu. Someone found a reply from the devs about specs:
They didn't source it so I can't either.
My shipment has reached Oakland, CA. An hour's drive away. But ETA is still Wednesday?! Is there anything I can do about it? I'll totally drive down if they will hold it there for me :/
Yeah I liked the node video of this. Wouldn't this make people sick easily though?
Yeah I liked the node video of this. Wouldn't this make people sick easily though?
I'm scared of the movement. Will probably be one of the last things I try out of fear of getting sick and ruining the rest of my day.
are there any display port outputs on the card? the Vive link box also has a mini display port plug, so you could use a male Display port to male mini display port cable
bloodydrake
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ya it look pretty great too
IMACOMPUTA
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That might make me sick. That's what's keeping me from being interested.
Plus I really want to shoot shit.
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