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[Cdammen]

I'm amped as hell for all of you Rift owners. I have still a month to wait for my VR headset of choice but I really hope all do well in their own way. I just love how excited everyone is, even the different companies are hugging it out hoping that everyone does well. It's like we're back to the wild west of game concepts and ideas

 

[Wallach]

what games are you dudes gonna get first up?

Too many. I honestly am still kind of hoping they do some kind of "launch bundle" with a discount on the whole lot like Palmer was talking about some time ago on Reddit. I'd throw down for it.

Barring that, I'll probably at least get these right from the jump:

- Elite: Dangerous
- Project CARS (assuming I can't actually get a OH version key from my Steam version)
- Chronos
- Defense Grid 2
- Technolust
- Pinball FX 2
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
- Airmech Command

 

[tuna_love]

Adr1ft in a heartbeat. Maybe Chronos.

Too many. I honestly am still kind of hoping they do some kind of "launch bundle" with a discount on the whole lot like Palmer was talking about some time ago on Reddit. I'd throw down for it.

Barring that, I'll probably at least get these right from the jump:

- Elite: Dangerous
- Project CARS (assuming I can't actually get a OH version key from my Steam version)
- Chronos
- Defense Grid 2
- Technolust
- Pinball FX 2
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
- Airmech Command

chronus and adrift for me, ill probably get adventure time but it doesn't look very good from what I've seen. I already got project cars and elite. pretty pumped

 

[Tak3n]

Ok, some of those game prices seem inflated to me, as many of them are on the Gear VR and not near those prices....

I am hoping they are not direct ports?

 

[pezley]

Is oculus home for desktop out yet ? It's launch day and I can't find anything

 

[Raticus79]

Woo, good hustle getting this OT together tonight.

May all your shipping be swift.

 

[Wallach]

Is oculus home for desktop out yet ? It's launch day and I can't find anything

Doesn't appear to be open to public yet. Sometime this morning supposedly.

 

[AgeEighty]

Chronos, Ethan Carter, Rooms, and Windlands are the ones that interest me off the bat (in addition to the pack-ins).

 

[mrdeiz]

Waiting for mine to be delivered in 2 weeks.

and LOL http://GotOculusToWatchPorn.com

 

[Deleted member 10571]

I'm amped as hell for all of you Rift owners. I have still a month to wait for my VR headset of choice but I really hope all do well in their own way. I just love how excited everyone is, even the different companies are hugging it out hoping that everyone does well. It's like we're back to the wild west of game concepts and ideas

Yes, haha. Waiting for the PSVR, but I can't wait to hear all the first impressions from newcomers about VR in general. It'll be a hard wait, but this will hopefully help.

 

[Wallach]

There are apparently still some surprises to be revealed today with the launch of Oculus Home in terms of software.

 

[red731]

Living in a world where VR OT is reality.

;_;7

 

[Kanhir]

https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/714289022227492864

I've had my 1-3 weeks email, so fingers crossed for the first batch. But I live in the UK so there's no way I'll be playing this by week's end.

I'm definitely first batch (got March on the preorder), but I'm in Germany, so pretty much the same situation as you. From what we've seen on the kickstarters, it looks like it's US first, then Rest of World.

Still slamming F5 on the order history page, though.

 

[robotrock]

Exciting!

Great job on the OT!

 

[Zepp Twofist]

Man, this just means tons of more stuff to make me even less patient for my order to arrive. I hope at least April means April.

 

[artsi]

Damn, I'm hyped. Waiting for impressions!

 

[kahi]

I have had a tracking number since Friday. My tracking number still is not active yet though. Hopefully I get it today or tomorrow.

 

[The Elite]

Considering their communication has been so poor on shipping for weeks I am not giving them any sort of benefit of the doubt at this point.

It's a small delay until we find out only a small subset of preorders ship on Wednesday maybe Thursday and Ridts start arriving April first. Then suddenly the rest of us find who were told March find out we are mid April.

This kind of stuff might be ok with Kickstarter Dev units but it looks like amateur hour when releasing a consumer product.
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Edit: sorry posted in the other thread before I knew there was an OT.

 

[TomWaitsForNoMan]

Is there a list anywhere of which games are coming to all platforms and which are exclusive to Rift, Vive, and PSVR?

 

[Muskieratboi]

Congrats, young Virtuanauts.

Godspeed as you venture into a new world!

(and other sappy stuff like that)

 

[Man]

Was convinced that Oculus VR, consisting of just Palmer Luckey and John Carmack, were presenting the future at E3 2012. Pledged for a full DK1 kit the following August and this week the backers should receive the free Kickstarter edition and the first true Virtual Reality device for the consumer market. Incredible to see how enormous VR has become over the last 3 years and 9 months since the E3 2012 reveal.

Amongst the first games I will play are:
- Apollo 11 VR (Kickstarter backer)
- Technolust (Kickstarter backer)
- Chronos
- EVE Valkyrie
- Luckey's Tale

Looking forward to Edge of Nowhere later in spring.

 

[Bulbasaur]

Who's making these games??

 

[UnrealEck]

According to people who have their Rift, there's some nice unannounced free stuff to watch and play and mess around with on the store.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Who's making these games??

Companies?

Game developers?

 

[Man]

Who's making these games??

Technolust: A veteran Rockstar dev, Blair Renaud, who's been helping make Grand Theft Auto since the 90's (he personally received a BAFTA once). Multi-talent.
Chronos: From devs behind Darksiders.
EVE Valkyrie: Veteran EVE developers / CCP games.

 

[I'm new be nice]

I was convinced that Oculus VR, consisting of just Palmer Luckey and John Carmack, were presenting the future at E3 2012.

Totally, the second Carmack started talking about it all I could think was "here we go again".

 

[SighFight]

what games are you dudes gonna get first up?

After playing it for quite a bit on the DK2 on I can highly recommend Windlands. It's really a game that profits from VR. It is real all around platforming!

Also Adrift looks like a cool experience.

 

[Wallach]

After playing it for quite a bit on the DK2 on I can highly recommend Windlands. It's really a game that profits from VR. It is real all around platforming!

Also Adrift looks like a cool experience.

I also highly recommend Windlands. Maybe not for your first adventure into VR if you have never used a VR device before (it is a pretty intense experience in my opinion, especially if you have any fear of heights) but a game that should not be missed.

 

[SighFight]

After playing it for quite a bit on the DK2 on I can highly recommend Windlands. It's really a game that profits from VR. It is real all around platforming!

Also Adrift looks like a cool experience.

I also highly recommend Windlands. Maybe not for your first adventure into VR if you have never used a VR device before (it is a pretty intense experience in my opinion, especially if you have any fear of heights) but a game that should not be missed.

Fear of heights could be intense But I always felt it was one of the most compfortable experiences. I even had a friend play it as his first VR experience and he wouldn't stop playing for an hour until he got a little crazy with his moves and had to take a break

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Great OT. Have a good time today, Rift owners! :-D

 

[Lady Siara]

Kind of surreal to see high end VR out in the wild like this. It's finally happening!

 

[Wallach]

Apparently The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is $29.99 in the Oculus Store, so we should know the price of all the launch games now.

 

[Foggy]

Sexy OT

VR Boyz, let's do it!

 

[UnrealEck]

Does anyone know if Project Cars on Steam will work with the Rift?

 

[Wrestlemania]

Does anyone know if Project Cars on Steam will work with the Rift?

Steam Store page says it does.

 

[Specialmias]

Hardware review up:

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gaming/gaming-accessories/oculus-rift-1123963/review

scratch that they just updated the article as if it's new content

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Adr1ft is also playabale on Steam in VR now:

Playing ADR1FT on Steam using your Oculus Rift
Hello all...we're happy to be able to inform you all that we've been able to secure a license to allow you to play ADR1FT on Steam using your consumer version Oculus Rift. The only requirements are the 1.3 runtime, an Oculus Rift, and Steam ownership.

We still recommend you have the VR experience through Oculus Home. Oculus has built a great VR platform and we will gladly send a key your way if you are a Steam owner.

The choice is yours to make!

http://steamcommunity.com/app/300060/discussions/0/385429254939379489/

I am not exactly sure what they mean with the licence. Do you have to ask Oculus first before you want to put a VR version of your game on Steam?

 

[shiftplusone]

Man, I'm so excited. I really wish they kinda stated that March 28th was the shipping date and not the launch date, it's been an unbearable weekend waiting for shipping info and then finally being told at the 11th hour that shipping for preorders will be Wednesday.

Same here. Saying it pissed me off is too much for how I actually felt, but I did have a feeling of "are you fucking with me" after last week's "preorders and backers going out" messaging

That said, I'm only mad because I'm so God dang excited. I SHOULD be day 1.

Does anyone know if VR elite is for the base game without the expansion as well, or is it horizons only?

I might need to go pick up a flight stick...

 

[Wallach]

Same here. Saying it pissed me off is too much for how I actually felt, but I did have a feeling of "are you fucking with me" after last week's "preorders and backers going out" messaging

That said, I'm only mad because I'm so God dang excited. I SHOULD be day 1.

Does anyone know if VR elite is for the base game without the expansion as well, or is it horizons only?

I might need to go pick up a flight stick...

The version on the Oculus Store is the "deluxe edition", so it has the base game, Horizons, and some in-game item pack.

 

[Man]

For historic reasons, here's Michael Abrash (previously Valve, now Oculus) 2014 presentation for what's now largely accepted as the baseline for VR: Direct PDF Link

- Minimum 80degree FOV
- Slightly below 95hz framerate likely (he only had a 95hz screen to experiment with)
- Max 3ms light/pixel persistence (low-persistance)
- Global Shutter/update screen (all pixels light up at same time)
- Full 6 DOF head-tracking within 1.5x1.5m volume (orientation and position/translation)
- Millimeter precision translation, quarter-degree precision orientation
- Max 20ms latency (25ms maybe good enough)
- All of the factors above has to be met

Going by these qualifications then one can say that the Oculus Rift is the first true Virtual Reality device to release to market (and not i.e Samsung Gear VR or... Nintendo Virtual Boy).

 

[The Elite]

Adr1ft is also playabale on Steam in VR now:



http://steamcommunity.com/app/300060/discussions/0/385429254939379489/

I am not exactly sure what they mean with the licence. Do you have to ask Oculus first before you want to put a VR version of your game on Steam?

If I can buy it on Steam over the Oculus store, I will be happy. Would rather have the option to refund.

 

[CyberPunked]

I wonder if any of us no Kickstarters will ever see our Rifts.

 

[The Elite]

Canada Alert

Taken from Reddit:

And this has to be on a Kickstarter unit.

Not surprised in general but surprised they would hit a Kickstarter unit, which is essentially a gift, with duty.

I wonder if any of us no Kickstarters will ever see our Rifts.

They supposedly start shipping Wednesday. Unless the goal posts get moved again.

 

[plagiarize]

Mine is out for delivery. I am up and my signing hand is ready to sign for that package.

Today I'll definitely be buying/playing:

Adr1ft
Zen Pinball FX 2 VR
Chronos
Lucky's Tale
Eve Valkyrie

I'll possibly be rebuying on the Rift:

Ethan Carter
Herobound: Spirit Champion
Dreadhalls

and I already own a bunch of stuff including:

Technolust (Kickstarter backer)
Dirt Rally
Albino Lullaby

Hopefully it isn't long before Doom 3 and Half Life 2 are playable on it. Hopefully someone can figure out how to get Alien Isolation working on it. But don't count on either. I'll take photographs galore of it and post my impressions here.

I presume Man is also getting his today. Who else is getting on at the ground floor?

 

[DouglasteR]

I cant wait to snatch one and start playing.

The future is here.

 

[mrklaw]

Both work fine. Technically any XInput device will work.

Since you get the free xbox one controller i dont know why you wouldn't use it. IMO the updated revision made it superior in every way.

I might sell my rift if I decide to go with the vive. Would prefer to leave as much unwrapped in the box as I can

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Same here. Saying it pissed me off is too much for how I actually felt, but I did have a feeling of "are you fucking with me" after last week's "preorders and backers going out" messaging

That said, I'm only mad because I'm so God dang excited. I SHOULD be day 1.

Does anyone know if VR elite is for the base game without the expansion as well, or is it horizons only?

I might need to go pick up a flight stick...

You don't need a flight stick at all. Some of the games best pilots are using KB&M.

That said, to make KM&M work with a VR headset in a game with 100+ buttons (i.e. the inability to look at the keyboard) you'll need to invest in Voice Attack and either set up the base system or pick up one of their cool compatible voice packs from HCS Voice Packs and do a little less work. You'll need a microphone of decent quality, but once you memorize the commands to get the ship to do what you want by voice, things will work great.

That said, yes a good HOTAS is recommended since you can bind every button to a decent HOTAS system such that you'd only ever touch the keyboard for comms chatting. But those setups can be expensive and people will be quick to bring up their $150 systems, which are only affordable considerations for the hardcore. IMO, if you aren't sure this is a genre you know you you'll be getting 200+ hours out of, it's best to just get something in the $50 range or stick with KB&M until you know space/plane combat games are your thing. If you want to upgrade from there you can to something in the $100, $200, $300 or even $400 range if you like. The stick used by Alfred in Batman vs Superman is one of our better HOTAs options. On the other side of the spectrum, the Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X is one of the most popular on the market. Go with your gut and look forward to a great game and experience.

 

[MikeE21286]

I'm amped as hell for all of you Rift owners. I have still a month to wait for my VR headset of choice but I really hope all do well in their own way. I just love how excited everyone is, even the different companies are hugging it out hoping that everyone does well. It's like we're back to the wild west of game concepts and ideas

I can't wait to see impressions from "regular" gamers on what they think of this. It is very exciting

 

[The Llama]

Why did I spend my tax refund on a new TV instead of VR...

 

[The Elite]

Why did I spend my tax refund on a new TV instead of VR...

At least it was a 4k tv, right?