LQX
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Will not having them hinder it much? I have a small space to use this in.
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Oculus Rift (+ Oculus Touch) is $399 for limited time
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Might be good as a dedicated sim setup. I found the Rift comfier to use for games like Elite and Project Cars.
Aztechnology
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Jzero
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Next gen of headsets will still take some time. Only interesting things are LGs & Co's headset in autumn and the Vive knuckle controller in december.
Theonik
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Try walking around with your back turned to the camera. Yes you need a third camera for room-scale or you might get away with two cameras in corners of the room but it doesn't work great. A third camera is only $60 just buy one.
Jzero
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They keyword here is NEED. You don't NEED a third sensor but it will obviously make the experience better.
Jangowuzhere
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There is no way to do proper room scale unless you have that third sensor.
Yes, you can do it without it, but you will be losing tracking frequently and you will be orientating your body is weird ways to avoid it.
Are you supposed to place the third one behind you? I don't really want a cord running across the floor.
Yeah, that ain't happening. I'll find a way to deal with two until wireless comes in.
Aztechnology
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Yea, I'd really love to have Vive tracking with this. The lighthouse/laser tracking tech is awesome and open source.
that never works for me.
Jzero
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Yea it's literally never worked once since I signed up for the site years ago.
Got it yesterday, really impressed by sensors/controllers and the premium feel and look of everything, however..few problems with it.
1. I can't get the Oculus to feel comfortable wearing it after several tries. It either feels too close to my eyes, or too loose. I try pulling the headset where I want it positioned and adjust the side straps, but it doesn't stay in that position.
2. As I feared, just not enough physical space to play the games I was most looking forward to, e.g. Accounting. Can't grab the 2nd VR headset and had issues with grabbing things close to the ground. Wish there was some tweak/hack/mod to just move your player manually in the world without needing to actually walk there.
3. The lens slider doesn't seem to do anything? I just don't notice a difference when sliding it, don't know what I'm aiming for.
Other than that, was most impressed by Robo Recall so far! Chaotic and awesome fun.
1. I can't get the Oculus to feel comfortable wearing it after several tries. It either feels too close to my eyes, or too loose. I try pulling the headset where I want it positioned and adjust the side straps, but it doesn't stay in that position.
2. As I feared, just not enough physical space to play the games I was most looking forward to, e.g. Accounting. Can't grab the 2nd VR headset and had issues with grabbing things close to the ground. Wish there was some tweak/hack/mod to just move your player manually in the world without needing to actually walk there.
3. The lens slider doesn't seem to do anything? I just don't notice a difference when sliding it, don't know what I'm aiming for.
Other than that, was most impressed by Robo Recall so far! Chaotic and awesome fun.
StonedRider
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Where do you buy it, EuroGAF?
The bundle is currently unavailable on amazon.de, any other options with delivery to other european country?
The bundle is currently unavailable on amazon.de, any other options with delivery to other european country?
Jangowuzhere
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I ordered VR lens
I'm really enjoying my time with my Oculus so far, but everything is blurry as all hell. My glasses don't fit for crap. I even tried an older smaller pair and it wasn't comfortable either.
Heard some decent things about vr-lens.eu, hope they turn out well.
I'm really enjoying my time with my Oculus so far, but everything is blurry as all hell. My glasses don't fit for crap. I even tried an older smaller pair and it wasn't comfortable either.
Heard some decent things about vr-lens.eu, hope they turn out well.
I strongly recommend people measure their frames or buy thin ones instead of buying expensive stuff like lens lab. Especialy with lens lab, you need the premium option otherwise you will get distortion.
Also, glasses with the anti reflection layer will make it better for reducing god rays than those who don't wear glasses.
In the UK, Specsavers will do a 2for1 deal on anything £69 or above or you can cheap out and get £25 ones (what I went with).
Small frames will fit perfectly and it won't be pushed against your face.
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One of my fav VR YouTube channels has a great 2 sensor setup that supposedly works very well and in some ways is better than makeshift 3 sensor setups. I will personally be testing it at the end of the week.
Also, glasses with the anti reflection layer will make it better for reducing god rays than those who don't wear glasses.
In the UK, Specsavers will do a 2for1 deal on anything £69 or above or you can cheap out and get £25 ones (what I went with).
Small frames will fit perfectly and it won't be pushed against your face.
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One of my fav VR YouTube channels has a great 2 sensor setup that supposedly works very well and in some ways is better than makeshift 3 sensor setups. I will personally be testing it at the end of the week.
I don't think you will. My close vision is good but in Vr even the closest object requires me to squint.
Alexander DeLarge
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TheCanisDirus
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Yup looks like the deal's over again.
Louis Cyphre
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vanfanel1car
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thetruth1983
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Is this noticeably better than the psvr?
I always thought VR is only great in first person view...now I played Luckys Tale.
You guys need to try Chronos and Edge of Nowhere. Those will really surprise you in how well 3rd person games work on the Rift.
StudioTan
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Your eyes will work like they do without the headset. The screen is an inch from your face but your focus is generally far out so you should be fine unless you need to read something close up in the game I guess.
Yes, both these games are excellent and have quite meaty campaigns.
TheCanisDirus
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I have a relatively small office where the Rift is going so i wont be setting up room scale... should i get a 3rd sensor (ive heard loads of conflicting information) or is one in each opposite corner mounted from the ceiling good for walking around a few feet but mostly standing still?
Edit: Amazon is saying that the individual sensor ships in anywhere from 1 to 2 months on the US store!?!? lol da'fuq
Edit: Amazon is saying that the individual sensor ships in anywhere from 1 to 2 months on the US store!?!? lol da'fuq
vanfanel1car
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You can try just setting them up in the front as wide as you can facing towards the center of the room. I'm guessing many games will work just fine with this configuration but yes opposing corners would also work but you may need to get an extension cord to reach the back corner.
Edit: Newegg still has them in stock and your local best buy may as well.
The thirst is real... lol
Well... I bought it!
At first I didn't think I was going to buy it, because I didn't think I'd need another headset with the PSVR. Holy shit, after playing with the Touch controllers... wow! Robo Recall especially is amazing, and I'm super pumped to try out Echo Arena and perhaps Mage's Tale, since I hear really great things about it. It's going to be really hard to go back to the Move controllers after using the Touch controllers. They're just so fucking cool and accurate!
The amount of stuff you get for free is what sealed the deal for me. All those games gave me a nice library to start out with, without needing to spend any extra outside of buying that headset.
At first I didn't think I was going to buy it, because I didn't think I'd need another headset with the PSVR. Holy shit, after playing with the Touch controllers... wow! Robo Recall especially is amazing, and I'm super pumped to try out Echo Arena and perhaps Mage's Tale, since I hear really great things about it. It's going to be really hard to go back to the Move controllers after using the Touch controllers. They're just so fucking cool and accurate!
The amount of stuff you get for free is what sealed the deal for me. All those games gave me a nice library to start out with, without needing to spend any extra outside of buying that headset.
Yeah I did discover that yesterday actually, problem then was the headset lenses didn't rest in front of my eyes clearly. Have to experiment with it more, but I think it's more of a pain to get comfortably on your head compared to PSVR so far.
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