When the Rift's finally start getting into more hands, I could see a lot of pretty impressive Unity demos coming out. People can't monetize them without the $1500 license, but I think a chip-in or paypal donate button on their tumblr or whatever would be in order.
Oculus Rift - Dev Kit Discussion [Orders Arriving]
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When the Rift's finally start getting into more hands, I could see a lot of pretty impressive Unity demos coming out. People can't monetize them without the $1500 license, but I think a chip-in or paypal donate button on their tumblr or whatever would be in order.
Aren't they violating the license terms of the Unity professional trial license if they share something for free? The wording of the license indicated that people weren't allowed to even DISTRIBUTE anything they made with it during the trial period.
Or did the Unity people change/clarify that?
xn0
Member
Imagine playing that Avengers demo as Ironman (inside his hud) in the consumer Rift where the cameras could potentially track your hands. I'm so excited about the Rift.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84svZiVrmU#t=01m03s
Interesting read, particularly the motion sickness triggers.
I have a mild fear of heights, and I'm wondering if that comes into play, doing something like looking down from the high ground of a map like Hightower.
Yeah, you can't distribute anything made with either the Unity Pro trial or the $100 Unity Pro student edition at all. It has to be from the full $1500 license.
You can't "technically" distribute anything. Technically.
To clarify, I don't think people should make money off of a game made in their engine without paying the licensing fee; I'm thinking more along the lines of "Hey guys, look how I solved this control issue. Here's the code." without money having to change hands.
I think it would be quite reasonable if the Unity people made the licensing agreement such that you could share only for free things made with the trial version, so people could play test them. Or if they clarify and say you can share the code, and everyone who wants to play something will have to rebuild it on their own.
I mean, it would be nice if it was like the UDK presumably will be, where you can develop and share without paying anything or having license problems, but AT MINIMUM if they changed their stance to allow minimal code/playtest sharing during the trial period, I would think that could only help Unity. :/
Haint
Member
Is there an up to date compilation of Rift demos somewhere? I know the dev center has a forum for samples, but I'm wondering if there's one on the open internet
Not that I know of but I think it's pretty much just this and Tuscany at the moment.
I managed to troll myself yesterday.
So I went through the process of checking my order status for the billionth time and finally decided to fill in my phone number, out of boredom I assume. Unless that was desperation. I'm not sure.
Anyway...
Later in the afternoon, after forgetting this little update I had done, I get this email:
Oculus Order Update Notification
This is a notification that your Oculus order has been updated. If you didn't make this update, or you think this may be a mistake, please send us an email at support@oculusvr.com.
You can verify your order information any time by visiting https://www.oculusvr.com/sales/.
Thanks,
The Oculus Team
http://www.oculusvr.com
My heart stopped for a second. Nice wording there, bastids!
So I went through the process of checking my order status for the billionth time and finally decided to fill in my phone number, out of boredom I assume. Unless that was desperation. I'm not sure.
Anyway...
Later in the afternoon, after forgetting this little update I had done, I get this email:
Oculus Order Update Notification
This is a notification that your Oculus order has been updated. If you didn't make this update, or you think this may be a mistake, please send us an email at support@oculusvr.com.
You can verify your order information any time by visiting https://www.oculusvr.com/sales/.
Thanks,
The Oculus Team
http://www.oculusvr.com
My heart stopped for a second. Nice wording there, bastids!
At 300 shipped total (unless another shipment has gone out; been too busy to check) and as number 8000+ in the line, I'm not holding my breath.
I actually do get momentarily giddy when I see an e-mail from Oculus though =/
Jon of the Wired
Member
I have order ID 000402 and live in Toronto. I now have tracking data for my Rift dev kit (I found it on the order information page by chance, I did not receive an email indicating it had shipped). Apparently it shipped on the 28th, and will arrive by end of day tomorrow.
Noisepurge
Member
well...
http://www.moddb.com/games/fps-terminator/videos/act-3-gameplay-preview
just add Rift support and we're golden!
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Why would they run in a window?
Unhandled Exception
Member
Order #?
Jon of the Wired
Member
I think it's because it needs to be hooked up as a second monitor with the desktop extended onto it. The game then runs as a window that fills only the Rift display. Supposedly if you try to duplicate the displays then vsync doesn't work, and if you don't use the Rift as a display at all it's not enumerated by directx.
i was order 333 i think. One of the un-assembled kits. (which came fully assembled) the box says 221/300
also ups import charges were $96.73
I'm not laughing. I SWEAR!
forknknife
Banned
Oh my god.
It seems like they seriously shipped my Rift to Australia instead of Austria. I guess I'd have received it by now otherwise.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. My shipping address on the Oculus page very clearly says "Austria".
lol sorry man, but it's kind of funny
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
If they've got any sense, when you finally receive it it'll have some corks dangling from the headband.
I've been rooting for Durante to receive his, but sorry, that's too funny. I would have thought that was all automated by codes that would make such a comical mistake impossible.
EDIT: On second thought, that whole timeline seems weird. Coming into Hong Kong twice. Being in Australia at the same time it was in Hong Kong the first time. Not showing an "arrival" scan for the second time it's in Australia. Probably just completely natural and they're shipping westward (with some odd glitches that really aren't that retarded in real life).
EDIT: On second thought, that whole timeline seems weird. Coming into Hong Kong twice. Being in Australia at the same time it was in Hong Kong the first time. Not showing an "arrival" scan for the second time it's in Australia. Probably just completely natural and they're shipping westward (with some odd glitches that really aren't that retarded in real life).
Did it...did it go through Australia TWICE?
I don't know how the shipping company works, but I guess you could at least email the Oculus people and ask if they can put an alert on the package next time it goes through somewhere. You're going to have to pay like a billion dollars in customs too.
I don't know how the shipping company works, but I guess you could at least email the Oculus people and ask if they can put an alert on the package next time it goes through somewhere. You're going to have to pay like a billion dollars in customs too.
Oh my god.
It seems like they seriously shipped my Rift to Australia instead of Austria. I guess I'd have received it by now otherwise.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. My shipping address on the Oculus page very clearly says "Austria".
LOL it went to Hong Kong then Australia, then Hong Kong, then Singapore, then BACK to Australia, and NOW the cycle begins again in Hong Kong, wtf!?
Edit: Oh wait I get it, they are all opening the package taking turns to try it out.
LamerDeluxe
Member
That was my initial thought/hope. But on the upper right it say the destination is Innsbruck, AU. AU is the 2 letter code for Australia, Austria is AT.
Damn, that brings the total shipping charges to nearly $130. Too bad we couldn't have picked express shipping from the get go.
UPS is actually probably the best package shipping service for me, but I live in the U.S. so I don't know how it is with international UPS.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Multi GPU support is out then, unless there's a workaround.
Jon of the Wired
Member
Ugh. How does that work? Do they need the money on delivery? If so, is it cash only or can you pay on a card?
Oh. I missed that part. Not sure why they'd ship it back to Hong Kong, though, if it was going to Innsbruck. Guess you'll have a good idea when they update the next location tomorrow. Hopefully it's well northwest of there.
GreggTheGrimReaper
Member
credit, i don't think they take cash
Oh my god.
It seems like they seriously shipped my Rift to Australia instead of Austria. I guess I'd have received it by now otherwise.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. My shipping address on the Oculus page very clearly says "Austria".
I would....I would probably cry.
This next batch needs to be like...a couple thousand at least. No more of this 300 at a time garbage
You've got to be kidding me...
Why do American companies continue to use UPS? In total we're being charged a whopping $126.73 for shipping, which is absurd.
This next batch needs to be like...a couple thousand at least. No more of this 300 at a time garbage
$10 says that this week only another 300 or so are delivered.
I knew this "1500 units a week shipped" thing was crazy talk. Yet another Kickstarted company with no clue how much effort this sort of process takes. Wasn't the first, won't be the last.
Edit: To clarify, the tone of this post should be interpreted as "gentle ribbing" rather than "outright mockery". One has to realize that Palmer went from gluing together prototypes by himself to a multi-million dollar company in a very, very short time. Hiccups are bound to occur in the process.
Edit: To clarify, the tone of this post should be interpreted as "gentle ribbing" rather than "outright mockery". One has to realize that Palmer went from gluing together prototypes by himself to a multi-million dollar company in a very, very short time. Hiccups are bound to occur in the process.
KojiKnight
Member
Reading the TF2 slide show makes me think I might have a serious problem with the OR... I often have motion sickness just from playing games on PC (mostly those with head bobbing or motion blur).
While I do believe Valve will put in the effort as per their slides to keep this to a minimum... I just get the feeling that most devs won't even try. Assuming the majority of gamers will just "get used to it". Damn... that is a disappointing thought.
While I do believe Valve will put in the effort as per their slides to keep this to a minimum... I just get the feeling that most devs won't even try. Assuming the majority of gamers will just "get used to it". Damn... that is a disappointing thought.
I don't think anyone is going to take that bet.
Unhandled Exception
Member
Pretty disappointed but I know it just has more to do with anticipation. Think they could be doing a better job with communication, I just want the damned thing already.