Virtual Reality

This is going to make fapping easier.

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I think I'm cooling off on VR. I never use my Samsung VR. I did order the Rift, but I can always take it and resell it on Ebay for double, as I'm getting mine in the first batch.

HTC Vive announced at $799:

HTC Vive is $799, Ships 'Early April' And You Can Answer Phone Calls In VR - UploadVR

Decisions, decisions...

Intropy_sl said:

HTC Vive announced at $799:

HTC Vive is $799, Ships 'Early April' And You Can Answer Phone Calls In VR - UploadVR

Decisions, decisions...

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I'm in for sure.

I thought they were going to be at $999 or higher considering they are packing in the giant controllers and the lighthouse(s?) so for me this seems like a bargain. All a matter of perspective I suppose. Plus getting a "free" rift makes buying the Vive a lot easier to swallow. And I want to be able to compare them directly.

attog_sl said:

I'm in for sure.

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Less than I was expecting. I'm in I guess.

I thought the entire hype (this time around....) for the glorious VR future was the affordable hardware and a deep and varied customerbase? They are pricing these things way outside what anyone but very early adopter and enthusiasts are willing to pay, not to mention require hardware that is quite a bit above what the typical Steam-user is running games on today.

...or did the VR focus shift from "broad customerbase" to "fanatics" sometime last year and I missed it?

(yes, Elite is a fucking dreamy experience on the OR, and I could see myself buying either system for playing that game but then I know I spend way too much on my computer already...)

Faith_sl said:

I thought the entire hype (this time around....) for the glorious VR future was the affordable hardware and a deep and varied customerbase? They are pricing these things way outside what anyone but very early adopter and enthusiasts are willing to pay, not to mention require hardware that is quite a bit above what the typical Steam-user is running games on today.

...or did the VR focus shift from "broad customerbase" to "fanatics" sometime last year and I missed it?

(yes, Elite is a fucking dreamy experience on the OR, and I could see myself buying either system for playing that game but then I know I spend way too much on my computer already...)

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They just loose sight of what "affordable" is and how most people really don't risk $$ on purchases like this- Samsung with tossing out free GearVRs and all these variants of cardboard for 30-90$ are where its at because people have an automatic assumption of quality, they know a phone is driving their experience and they will piddle with it, enjoy it and move on. But people spending ~1k on something they are going to be expecting more- and are they getting it? I don't know, I only used a DK1 for 10min at a trade show and it honestly looked about as good as the crap that used to be at the mall and at Disney quest... but it was just some virtual meeting app not a game or movie.

I think the main issue is "big time" VR is trying to VR-atize current and cutting edge computer games- and people are complaining at performance... what if we stepped back into 2008-2010 games/visuals and outputted smooth perfect performance on new machines? but no, people expect more?? maybe? and this is reduced in the above mentioned gear/cardboard experience.

xadion_sl said:

I don't know, I only used a DK1 for 10min at a trade show and it honestly looked about as good as the crap that used to be at the mall and at Disney quest... but it was just some virtual meeting app not a game or movie.

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No, back about 20 years ago we did it at Disney, and I got pukey as hell within 30 seconds of it. I can do VR now for hours with no issues.

Lyrical_sl said:

No, back about 20 years ago we did it at Disney, and I got pukey as hell within 30 seconds of it. I can do VR now for hours with no issues.

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I have worn progressive bi-focal glasses since 3rd grade something that can make people wheezy and adjust - also I LOVED my Virtual Boy and I enjoyed the DQ VR games and never got sick or anything with VR- I am mostly talking about pixle and visual quality. The weight of the old units was a factor and I will say the new ones help with that greatly with less feeling of "wearing" some giant lumbering headgear.

Mostly I look forward to getting a new phone and messing with cardboard. I hope once full production of OR, HTC, Sony etc. etc. are in full swing 6mo-year down the road headsets will be 200-300 on ebay and ill pick one up.

I got an email this week saying my kickstarter oculus was going to ship out next week, I'll let you know if I get a tracking number. Hoping I get it in a week or two.

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- the site didn't come up at 9am for me, could have been lag but it seemed like the pre-orders didn't really go online until about 9:04, I got the order in at 9:07 so hopefully in the first wave of shipments. One of the pages showed $58.08 in taxes being applied, I hope that isn't the case.