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Oculus Rift Launch Thread: Ballpark 2016
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The Elite
BOSS
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/5gmc6v/tested_touch_review/
Tested Review. I haven't had a chance to watch it. Sorry for the reddit link.
Tested Review. I haven't had a chance to watch it. Sorry for the reddit link.
Dreamwriter
Member
I just watched it, actual direct video is at https://youtu.be/C7iJWO7Q_Uk. Great review (Tested is always very thorough). They were very positive about Oculus Touch in everything, from hardware to software, except for the work it takes to set it up, since it requires extra USB ports and extension cables and potentially a third sensor and whatnot. They did repeat Oculus' point about room scale requiring a third sensor, though they never actually said why the 360-degree setup wasn't considered room scale (my experiments with just the headset give me full room scale walking around with only one camera, but of course I don't have to worry about controller occlusion there).
dangerskew
Member
Just got the email from Best Buy saying that my Touch is ready for pickup tomorrow! Super excited to finally "complete" my Rift. Demoed the controllers at the store already, they're fantastic.
The Elite
BOSS
Does it still require USB 3.0?
The usual suspects, UploadVR and RoadToVR, have reviews up for the controllers and some of the games.
Kotaku has a review up as well. I dare someone to post that as a topic here with the same title :trollface:.
Kotaku has a review up as well. I dare someone to post that as a topic here with the same title :trollface:.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Watching my tracking page, am pretty darn excited.
A general review thread is not a bad idea.
Dreamwriter
Member
What Oculus is recommending is that if you have one or two camera sensors, put them on USB 3.0. If you have three camera sensors, put one of them on USB 2.0 so you don't max out the bandwidth of your USB 3 controller. If you have a wimpy system (below the old minimum of a GTX 970 for example) and just one camera sensor, go ahead and use USB 2.0 because their Asynchronous Space Warp makes everything run at only 45fps anyways.
Heh - that was basically what the Tested guys concluded, that other than the setup issues they liked the Rift with Touch better than Vive with wands.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Still nothing from Oculus. Dude, I preordered within 1 minute of preorders opening up, and I live in the US! Come on, now.
Enordash
Member
Also ordered directly from Oculus and I'm not seeing any update to my shipping information. I should have just bought from Amazon or Best Buy.
Dreamwriter
Member
Have you been charged yet? If so try going to UPS and sign up for MyUPS - with that service you can see all shipments going to you, and I was able to see my Touch shipment before Oculus told me it had shipped.
The content floodgates are opening.
Oculus Touch Launch Bundle for $89.99. Includes:
Space Pirate Trainer
I Expect You To Die
Kingspray
SuperHOT VR
The Climb
Also, from the Ripcoil store page:
Supposedly the Bullet Train demo is available for free on the store.
Oculus Touch Launch Bundle for $89.99. Includes:
Space Pirate Trainer
I Expect You To Die
Kingspray
SuperHOT VR
The Climb
Also, from the Ripcoil store page:
Supposedly the Bullet Train demo is available for free on the store.
Enordash
Member
Hmm, I'm not sure if this is worth it, but I am interested in SPT, Superhot and Ripcoil.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Got mine. Haven't set them up, but they are incredibly comfortable as expected. I forgot how good Oculus are at packaging. No cable ties, no bags, no sticky clear plastic.
Re: shipping...
I got my Processing email from Oculus on December 1. I have yet to get a shipping email from them, however, I did get a message from UPS My Choice today that it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. I live in Michigan.
Edit:
If you have Touch coming, do not buy Dead and Buried, Medium, or Quill from the store. Once you connect and set up the Touch controllers they will be free to download.
I got my Processing email from Oculus on December 1. I have yet to get a shipping email from them, however, I did get a message from UPS My Choice today that it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. I live in Michigan.
Edit:
If you have Touch coming, do not buy Dead and Buried, Medium, or Quill from the store. Once you connect and set up the Touch controllers they will be free to download.
Damn I really only want SuperHot and I expect you to Die, but was interested climb although I wouldn't mind waiting for a cheaper sale.
However this bundle makes it sort of tempting.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
That bundle seems decent. Not sure that I want all those games though. Might be worth it anyway.
The Elite
BOSS
Thanks. I will play around with it. I don't want to use up the front facing USB 3.0 sensor on my machine if I can avoid it.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
I'd have to imagine the lists of "ordered Rift very early" and "ordered Touch very early" are much the same, so prioritizing won't help much.
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1012593518800648/
Not sure if Kickstarter backers or pre-orders have gotten keys yet.
Herr Starr
Member
My Touch controllers just shipped to Norway. Hopefully they'll get here before the weekend.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Yeah got the processed and shipping soon email a few days ago, but no info on a shipping number or anything yet.
I hope I get it this week.
Edit: Damn. 3 minutes after posting this, I get my shipping email. Lol.
I hope I get it this week.
Edit: Damn. 3 minutes after posting this, I get my shipping email. Lol.
Wrestlemania
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The Climb is god awful with Touch. It's like you're reaching around and pulling the mountain around you. Totally immersion breaking compared to playing with a gamepad.
Superhot and Medium are incredible though.
Superhot and Medium are incredible though.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Huh! I wouldn't have thought that would be the case with The Climb. I really don't enjoy gamepad-only VR games (except Lucky's Tale), so I was holding out for Touch support.
Herr Starr
Member
I'm not surprised if the game works worse with Touch. Once you've actually tried the game with a gamepad, it's really hard to imagine how the Touch version would work. We've had plenty of discussions about it on GAF, and the general consensus has been "Touch will probably make this game worse."
It honestly goes a long way towards illustrating just how good the gamepad controls in that game are. I may be holding a gamepad when I'm playing, but whenever I try to recall my gameplay sessions, my brain tells me that I actually reached out and grabbed those ledges with my own hands.
As an update, just received a UPS notification that my Touch is arriving tomorrow. Thanks, Oculus! (non-sarcastically this time!)
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Same. No shipping notification from Oculus, but UPS says it'll be tomorrow. Good stuff!
Wrestlemania
Banned
It always felt like there'd be a bit of an 'uncanny valley' effect where actual hand controls would only make the fact you're not actually moving around even more apparent.
It seems odd that it'd be better with a gamepad and aiming with your head, but it really does.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
One more for the party. Got my Touch "order processed" email on the 3rd, no shipping update, but just now a UPS notice that it should arrive tomorrow.
blackMamba1187
Member
My touch controllers arrived today (ny). Now to find a open usb 3 port that is accepted.
It could be more agonizing. You could be working from home, like I do.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Welp, I'm on the Oculus store downloading Unspoken and VR Sports already. I see the tech demos of Bullet Train and Toybox are up for free already, so gonna download those too.
Quill, Medium and Dead and Buried are gonna be free right? They're selling them at cost right now on the store.
Quill, Medium and Dead and Buried are gonna be free right? They're selling them at cost right now on the store.
Were you emailed a code for Unspoken/VR Sports? I went to the oculus order page and my email and didn't see anything.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Yeah, they sent me an email code.
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