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Oculus Rift public release

Started by RiccoChicco, January 06, 2016, 04:31:48 PM

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RiccoChicco

Ouch...$600 or 700€. Ships in march.

I'll wait for HTC Vive  ;D

matty0l215

Well balls :P

The Vive isn't going to be much cheaper, around $500-$600
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Napalm Nick

Feck. Wireless EDTracker it is then  ::)
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teeds

I'm getting both, best I lube my wallet eh :o

TFC

I thought Oculus was going to be 'affordable'.. Or was that before Facebook bought it?

matty0l215

Quote from: TheFatController on January 06, 2016, 06:16:55 PM
I thought Oculus was going to be 'affordable'.. Or was that before Facebook bought it?

I'll give you one guess :P
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HornetMaX

Quote from: TheFatController on January 06, 2016, 06:16:55 PM
I thought Oculus was going to be 'affordable'.. Or was that before Facebook bought it?
And you have to factor-in the GPU you need to run it properly ...

Hawk

I'm sure the original company was talking about a £200 - £299 release price tag when they first went on the crowd-funding website..... But £408? :o >:(

Is that price just for the Standard version or the HD version? If it's for the Standard Version then that is far too much, especially as Max has indicated above, that it hasn't even got it's own hardware to run itself! That is somewhat of a piss-take in my book.  >:(

Have they sorted out the OpenGL issue yet?

Bad move Occulus....  ::) :P

Hawk.
PS: What's the betting that in 12 months time the price will be reduced by at least $100?  ;)

Mace-x

Razer osvr seems like a cheap alternative.

http://www.razerzone.com/osvr-hacker-dev-kit

$299

Altrought i have all my faith in htc vive  ;D

matty0l215

Quote from: Mace-x on January 09, 2016, 02:38:55 PM
Razer osvr seems like a cheap alternative.

http://www.razerzone.com/osvr-hacker-dev-kit

$299

Altrought i have all my faith in htc vive  ;D

That's only the DEV kit, Still good but not a finished product yet :)

VIVE is our last "cheap" hope :P
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teeds

Vive in UK will be £689 but with hand controllers not included initially with Rift - http://vrfocus.com/archives/29935/vives-uk-price-revealed/

HornetMaX

Quote from: matty0l215 on January 09, 2016, 04:48:18 PM
VIVE is our last "cheap" hope :P

Quote from: teeds on February 22, 2016, 10:28:56 AM
Vive in UK will be £689 but with hand controllers not included initially with Rift - http://vrfocus.com/archives/29935/vives-uk-price-revealed/

There it goes your last hope I guess :)

davidboda46

http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/136800-lg-360-vr-preview-a-unique-perspective-on-mobile-vr

Maybe this could be a cheaper (no price yet but by the look of it, it should be less than the others) alternative if someone hacks it so it can be used on a pc?

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h106frp

Something i have been thinking about is the impact on the first person view bike models in GPB. I assume with a VR headset you will have the ability to look around the cockpit area and bike more than you can currently and see areas that would have no model defined.

If someone has a full tracking VR headset it would be useful to get some idea of the extent of the view movements available.

Hawk

This is one of the reasons why I personally think a part model of the bike to represent the cockpit is not a good idea(although currently I presume it's for efficiency reasons?)?

I'd have thought that using the full bike model(with detailed cockpit included) with the eye-view(head-camera) working in unison with head movements would be a better option for VR use?

Hawk.