Picked up my Rift from UPS this morning and hooked it up before coming in to work. First couple impressions:
Packaging is insane. What a gorgeous device. I actually felt guilty pulling it out of it's initial packaging, it's that slick. Everything feels great. Even the camera stand is nicely made and feels sturdy.
The Rift fits very nicely. It seems cumbersome when you first pick it up with the headphones attached to the rig, but once you get it adjusted and snug on your head it's fantastic if not a little warm. Surprised with how well the headphones can tilt and twist to accommodate your ears. I have big ears and they feel great so far.
Setup is super easy. Only thing was that I couldn't pull the plastic tab thing out of the remote to activate it. Didn't look like the remote was meant to be opened up but apparently I'm an idiot and it's supposed to be opened to remove the tab. LOL. Will do that when I get home.
The light leakage on the nose is pretty distracting to me, going to find some kind of makeshift solution until custom gaskets are available. I'll see if it keeps bothering me during an extended session tonight. But at least the device isn't uncomfortably pressing on my nose like the DKs tended to do.
Maybe I'm crazy but I feel like the IPD adjuster doesn't really change that much for me, everything seems clear but not crystal clear no matter where I have it set. From having the DKs and manually measuring my own I know I'm right around 63.5 so I just set it to 64, but I want to spend more time tinkering. I was only in Rift software for about 10 minutes before having to leave for work.
Noticed the glare effect but it really doesn't bother me so much (at least so far)
Something that I stupidly didn't really pay attention to while using it, but FOV feels nice, doesn't feel as constrictive as DK2. I Think the fact that my attention wasn't called to it at all is a good sign.
The test Dreamdeck demos during setup were all I got to do so far, but they were cool. The T-Rex walking down the hall was the most impressive, the dino model is just gorgeous in motion.
Home is a really nice environment.Tracking seems really robust compared to DK2, went backwards to about 11 feet away from my camera and took 3 good full steps forward on in Home and it all worked without a hiccup. You can definitely do a bit of walking around if you want. I want to do a lot more experimentation there tonight.
Was so hard to leave and go to work. Everyone's probably already heard most of what I've said 100 times so apologies if I sound redundant.
I downloaded Lucky's Tale before leaving but that's it. Going to try all the Dreamdeck demos, Farlands, Lucky's Tale, EVE, and possibly Chronos tonight. I'll post impressions. Counting down the hours now...
