anyone tried an oculus rift?

General Discussions
#1

I’m considering getting an oculus rift devkit. Has anyone tried one? Is it any good? Or maybe should I wait for the consumer version?

#2

I haven’t tried one, but would love to hear from someone who has!

#3

YEAH, my all time favourite topic!!! I would love to have one of those VR Headsets! I can’t wait for them to be available as consumer product. Every now and then I watch a video on youtube showing people who try it out. And I always ask myself when I will be able to experience this myself… >_<
I will pay whatever I can for this! :slight_smile:

So to answer your question correctly: no, I haven’t tried one. :frowning:

#4

Yes! Overall it is amazing. Light, tracks well, good frame-rates, I don’t notice any tearing. It is very well made. The unfortunate part is that the games I’ve played don’t really seem well made for it. TF2 for example just feels clunky(or maybe it’s just 3000 hours of mouse and keyboard talking). I hear the consumer version will have a 1080p screen so I don’t know if you should by one now. The screen is good, but 1080p would be a lot better.

#5

I ordered one two months back to integrate it with State of Fortune (and because it looks awesome!). Hopefully it will come in a month or so, after which I will be able to tell you precisely how it is :slight_smile:

There is already a JNI dll (the SDK is windows only for now) created for it as well as lwjgl sample code so it should be quite doable to get it to work.

There will come another development version as well which is closer to the consumer version (full hd screen for example) but they cannot give any ETA on it. If you have the money or want to be one of the first to use it, get one now, otherwise wait until the next dev version or the consumer version.

Mike

#6

this version of the rift was really for developers, for people contributing
one shouldn’t buy it just to enjoy it. wait for the consumer version

#7

I definitely plan to develope support in with my game engine.

#8

Here’s me trying it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pAC5SeNH8jw

#9

I love that video. It got reposted quite frequently last few hours. I hope it goes viral to show that everyone can enjoy VR, even… Nate? :slight_smile:

Mike

#10

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-01/ces-2013-oculus-rifts-virtual-reality-headset-freaking-amazing
Getting more exposure now, just saw an article in popular science

#11

Ordered one as part of the Kickstarter. Can’t wait to try it.

#12

Your a java coding 90yo grandmother!?!?!?

Respect!
:wink:

#13

Apparently, the co-founder for Oculus Rift (Andrew Scott Reisse) was killed like…2 days ago-ish. A shame, really.

#14

Indeed.
Had a lot of potential, hope the rift team keeps it up :frowning:

#15

Your a java coding 90yo grandmother!?!?!?

Respect!
:wink:

#16

Apparently, the co-founder for Oculus Rift (Andrew Scott Reisse) was killed like…2 days ago-ish. A shame, really.

#17

Indeed.
Had a lot of potential, hope the rift team keeps it up :frowning:

#18

…considering they just picked up another $16million support. I think they’ll do just fine.

#19

…considering they just picked up another $16million support. I think they’ll do just fine.

#20

Now that Half-life 2 has support for the rift, I’m going crazy waiting for the consumer version to come out