plagiarize
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I checked this out last night. It's really awesome. It even has positional tracking with the hydra. The drift compensation is really good too, whatever their 'look up, look left, etc' bit at the beginning does.
Oculus Rift - Dev Kit Discussion [Orders Arriving]
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I checked this out last night. It's really awesome. It even has positional tracking with the hydra. The drift compensation is really good too, whatever their 'look up, look left, etc' bit at the beginning does.
Obvious sex jokes aside, that is one side of realistic VR that I did not really think about until now: showing disabled folks places they could not visit otherwise, e.g. mountain climbing, skydiving etc.
Should be a very lucrative field to invest into right now.
Bauer Action Hour
Member
Yep. Virtual sight-seeing (safaris, landmarks, etc) of real and fictional environments could also be huge. Bunches of people would be into that. Hell, that ended up being the most appealing thing about Avatar for me (it certainly wasn't the story). I felt like I was transported to another place, experiencing an off-world safari, and it was pretty great.
I'm really eager to see what people come up with and looking forward to the consumer version of the Rift. It's the single most interesting gaming related development for me, nothing else is close.
iceatcs
Junior Member
Yep it does also help deaf people. I can hear the sound/noise (with hearing aids) but I cannot tell where is it from, so I usually look around rapidly to find where it is. Any FPS with a pad or mouse can be difficult or too slow to look around. With this Rift, I can look around like what I do in real life.
I'm glad there is a way to get better accessible in the physical, whereas the gaming had become more inaccessible for me such thing like lack of subtitle, online voice chat, ...
User Name Here
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mine just arrived, can't use it until later though
edit: oh and zero customs charges in UK, so they must be sending them out from within europe now
What order number did you guys have?
oh shit, thanks! Mine's already in Germany, so I should get it on Monday.
What country?
I'm order 44xxx, order still in Processing, no UPS email either.
*edit* Your profile says you're in the UK. Maybe there's a naval blockade preventing any further VR from getting into the US. *nods sagely*
Yeah, I think there will be tendencies of shifting parts of life to VR for some.. But I have to say that when I tried the devkit the low resolution came to me as a bigger shock than I expected. It was really rough, which is, like you hinted at, a problem for going all the way. So I'm excited for the consumer version, and with added body tracking option it will be...almost too good.. I'm sure..
I was UK order 44xxx; I received an email 5th June saying my order will be advancing to processing. It turned up by surprise this morning.
EDIT: Oculus site still says processing even though it has arrived.
Dude get that treadmill thing.. your fitness life will be great.
I've spent the most time in Minecraft so far. Things that really blew my mind:
And just generally, the resolution is insanely low, but once your brain gives in and accepts you're actually in the game, you actually stop noticing this so much. Honestly, the whole experience is hard to describe, but revolutionary is probably the best single word I can think of. General tips for hype though: expect the resolution to be horrific. Expect to be a little disappointed at first. But stick with it and there will be a moment where it all just 'clicks' and you're sucked in.
- Walking up to a block. Feels like it's right in front of you, and they are MUCH larger than you'd think.
- Standing at the base of a tall building and looking up. The sense of scale is incredible.
- Pressing F1 to bring up the GUI (this is cool in itself), and then using the head tracking + mouse click to place blocks.
- Walking down a narrow and low tunnel. It really feels like the walls and ceilings are close.
- Standing in a 1-block deep lake. I found myself keeping my hands high up to keep them out of the water; it really felt like I was standing waist high in water.
And just generally, the resolution is insanely low, but once your brain gives in and accepts you're actually in the game, you actually stop noticing this so much. Honestly, the whole experience is hard to describe, but revolutionary is probably the best single word I can think of. General tips for hype though: expect the resolution to be horrific. Expect to be a little disappointed at first. But stick with it and there will be a moment where it all just 'clicks' and you're sucked in.
Same here, it's been 17 days since I got the "about to ship" emailI'm in the US.
Have you tried tracking it through the UPS site to check if it is on the way?
What UPS site? You can't track a UPS package without a UPS tracking number, as far as I am aware. My package presumably hasn't shipped yet and has no tracking number. I even tried putting the order number as a tracking number but it's invalid, and I would be a little surprised if UPS actually added support for that.
Is there just one main fan mod for Minecraft with the Rift, or multiple ones?
I assume Jeb decided it was too difficult for them to do the Rift or not worth the effort, so I'm glad fans added support.
bee
Member
sooo, how do you set this thing up exactly? it's my fifth screen now connected to this pc, so far ive unplugged one, disabled surround, enabled activate all displays. the rift now shows the desktop, i've fiddled with the adjustment of how far your eyes sit from the lenses and well....it looks weird. how do you get the games to start on the rift without messing about with changing primary screen etc? and are there any other adjustments?
plagiarize
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ideally you want to duplicate your main desktop to the rift, and set the rift itself as your main display. that way when you launch a game, it will launch on the rift, and any vsync you choose to apply will apply to the rift, not your main monitor.
1920x1200 is the 'best' resolution to use for that desktop, other than when playing Valve's games which require you set your desktop resolution to 1280 x 800 for some reason.
wait until you try something more atmospheric like HL2, Doom 3, Ocean Rift, etc etc.
bee
Member
it started working miraculously and now i've rigged up some dodgy ultramon setup, so should be ok but i'll try that resolution trick, will need to add a custom resolution tho ye?
got the tuscany demo working, two things, can you change the fov as it seems too close? and the major thing, when i look around the image is just static with no in game head movement how do i fix that?
plagiarize
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Watch this vid and listen to the guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvkO1JpTp4&feature=youtu.be&t=21m1s
He tried Oculus HD Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvkO1JpTp4&feature=youtu.be&t=21m1s
He tried Oculus HD Version
bee
Member
tried different usb port and same thing, tried demo again just now and now it shows a black screen except the writing telling me to configure the hydra, gah. can't even setup mirroring lol wtf
i want 1 and 4 ffs not 1 and 2! fu windows
it shows it's detected ok?
anyway it's eating into serious drinking time now, will sort it tomorrow...if i can :/
metareferential
Member
Watch this vid and listen to the guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvkO1JpTp4&feature=youtu.be&t=21m1s
He tried Oculus HD Version
Damn.
And we are saying those exact things just playing with the standard devkit.
By the way, JUST GIVE US THAT EVR DEMO. xD
Had the pleasure to try out the HD-prototype with the 1080p-Panel at E3.
It was a very early prototype, still with lots of parts from the original devkit in place and as of yet there are no official plans of releasing it as a devkit. It uses a 6-inch-1080p-Panel instead of the 7-inch-1280x800-panel.
Due to the fact the kit used the same lenses as the old version, the viewing angle was noticabley lower- Especially at the sides black borders were noticable. It do not bother me a lot but I think it should be noted. With a 7-inch-screen or new lenses that warp the image accordingly the percieved resolution might be lower than what I saw.
But the good news is: The HD-prototype is a huge step forward! The screen-door-effect is nearly vanished. Only If I really tried, I could see the pixel-grid and overall the higher resolution very much improved the whole experience. I saw the UE4-Engine-Demo and ws walking around that snowy mountain with that lava-cave, the Sauron-Ripoff and planetary model. I could try it with the old devkit before and the difference is stunning. Texture-Detail is much more visible. Effects like lighting, snowflakes and shadows are much more defined and the view-distance is kind of higher because details do not get los in the low resolution that easily.
Overall it was an impressive demo and it left me really assured about where Oculus VR is going with this. These guys are steadily improving the product and the consumer-product, whenever it might come, should be really really good. Hopefully they even amp up the resoution until then. I am surprised what kind of difference it made and am looking forward to future improvements.
It was a very early prototype, still with lots of parts from the original devkit in place and as of yet there are no official plans of releasing it as a devkit. It uses a 6-inch-1080p-Panel instead of the 7-inch-1280x800-panel.
Due to the fact the kit used the same lenses as the old version, the viewing angle was noticabley lower- Especially at the sides black borders were noticable. It do not bother me a lot but I think it should be noted. With a 7-inch-screen or new lenses that warp the image accordingly the percieved resolution might be lower than what I saw.
But the good news is: The HD-prototype is a huge step forward! The screen-door-effect is nearly vanished. Only If I really tried, I could see the pixel-grid and overall the higher resolution very much improved the whole experience. I saw the UE4-Engine-Demo and ws walking around that snowy mountain with that lava-cave, the Sauron-Ripoff and planetary model. I could try it with the old devkit before and the difference is stunning. Texture-Detail is much more visible. Effects like lighting, snowflakes and shadows are much more defined and the view-distance is kind of higher because details do not get los in the low resolution that easily.
Overall it was an impressive demo and it left me really assured about where Oculus VR is going with this. These guys are steadily improving the product and the consumer-product, whenever it might come, should be really really good. Hopefully they even amp up the resoution until then. I am surprised what kind of difference it made and am looking forward to future improvements.
Just one main one - minecrift on mtbs3d. Currently up to 0.27, they are detaching head look from body movement (not quite there yet) and positional audio. That's on top of a depth dependent cursor, all options now in the GUI, and generally tons of adjustability.
Also fully forge and optifine compatible
plagiarize
Banned
thank you for the impressions. most insightful.
Thank you kind mrklaw. *goes back to obsessively checking order status every 2 days*
Speaking of which, it would be nice if there were a way to check order status without requesting a new email link each time.
Go to ups.com, select 'tracking', choose 'track by reference', put in the order number, country and zip code and voila.
Sorry I couldn't get back to you, it's like Hzoltan says, just go to ups.com and enter your order number without the leading zero. You may have to narrow down the search by entering the approximate shipping date and the destination.
Oh, and I just got the shipping confirmation by email. So it should definitely get here by monday.
Blue marble, parrot coaster, minecraft (if you have the game)
catotheyounger
Member
Regarding the US batch that is caught up by US Customs:
"Containers from the factory are coming in once ore twice a month to each distribution center (US, UK and HK). Those dev kits get through customs and then get to the distribution center where they labeled and shipped to the customers.
Therefore, if the next container arrives prior to the one that's got held up gets cleared, assuming it will clear the customs without a problem, will replace the units in the affected container, since they are unlabeled.
P.S. Orders switch to processing status usually right before container is about to arrive to the distribution center, so they can prepare the shipping labels ahead of time. Processing status also means that the information for the shipment has been sent to the distribution center for shipment and will remain in that status until the tracking information is supplied back to Oculus."
-Oculus Dev Forum
"Containers from the factory are coming in once ore twice a month to each distribution center (US, UK and HK). Those dev kits get through customs and then get to the distribution center where they labeled and shipped to the customers.
Therefore, if the next container arrives prior to the one that's got held up gets cleared, assuming it will clear the customs without a problem, will replace the units in the affected container, since they are unlabeled.
P.S. Orders switch to processing status usually right before container is about to arrive to the distribution center, so they can prepare the shipping labels ahead of time. Processing status also means that the information for the shipment has been sent to the distribution center for shipment and will remain in that status until the tracking information is supplied back to Oculus."
-Oculus Dev Forum
plagiarize
Banned
and Doom 3.
Doom 3 is awesome in VR. Probably the best looking and most atmospheric thing I've tried so far. The environmental detail really shines against something like HL2 that used a lot of good texturing to look good. That texture detail is lost in the Rift dev kit, but the lighting and geometry in Doom 3's environments looks better than ever.
FaustsBoon
Member
As someone who has been in a wheelchair his entire life... let me just say that Oculus Rift isn't required for that....
That said... my wife has benefited from several raging boners which Oculus Rift has provided me. ;-) DAT MINECRAFT!
Incidentally, I have been approached by Neil over at Meant-to-be-seen-3d, regarding writing articles specifically from the perspective of a disabled individual, using OR, and explaining just how "special" and life-altering this tech can really be.
User Name Here
Member
I'm in the same order range. Where is mine damn it!!
LyleLanley
Banned
It's been almost three weeks since my order went into processing and I still don't have any info on when this is meant to arrive.
I didn't know about the track by reference thing but yeah, UPS cannot locate my shipment. I'm pretty sure the units are all stuck outside the US until whatever customs thing is resolved. People in other countries will keep getting them though. =P
I got the same thing, but if you change the radio button to "Mail Innovations" instead and, if you haven't already done so, drop the leading zero on the order number, it should return some result. It isn't very useful though, since at this point it will probably just say "Shipment information received." Better than nothing, I guess.