Was watching this week's episode of Shark Tank and they had Virtuix Omni on there. Looked pretty awesome, and exactly the kind of thing I wished I had when I was a kid. The price was listed at only $499, which is not bad really considering what immersion it offers (plus the price of the Rift). Have any of you had a chance to try the Virtuix Omni + Rift out firsthand?
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A close friend of mine is doing a master thesis on using the Oculus Rift for the remote operation of unmanned drones. I'm one of the 'test subjects', its been really cool so far. The experiments have been setup where you sample multiple input methods (regular monitor, controlling it in person in the same room, the rift, etc), and he monitors your proficiency with each one. The Rift makes a massive difference, the big limitation of the other input methods is the limited field of view and the rift completely eliminates the issue, pretty exciting stuff.
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Cliffy B was on the Joe Rogan podcast and was talking about this. He's an investor in the Rift and he said that he believes it is best used as a sitting device. He said currently not only is there more motion sickness when using the Omni, but it's also not very practical for the pacing of video games today.
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I agree with Cliffy that normal video game play would be much too taxing for anything like the Omni.
But there are still allot of applications outside of the video game realm it could benefit from.
I wish steam would partner up with these guys, and make it so that every game could possibly support the rift.
Rift and a steam box would be god like.
But there are still allot of applications outside of the video game realm it could benefit from.
I wish steam would partner up with these guys, and make it so that every game could possibly support the rift.
Rift and a steam box would be god like.
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au contraire:
This was recently added, check out the the VR support tag below languages:
Lunar Flight on Steam
This also allows games with VR support to be searchable. It's so new it doesn't even have an icon yet.
Valve is creating their own HMD but for unknown reasons. One rumor is that Valve wants to create a standardization for VR so that all the HMDs that will be coming out in the next few years can have as broad of support as possible.
You are right though, it's up to each group of developers to implement support for the Rift. Valve is just fixing to help that along.
This was recently added, check out the the VR support tag below languages:
Lunar Flight on Steam
This also allows games with VR support to be searchable. It's so new it doesn't even have an icon yet.
Valve is creating their own HMD but for unknown reasons. One rumor is that Valve wants to create a standardization for VR so that all the HMDs that will be coming out in the next few years can have as broad of support as possible.
You are right though, it's up to each group of developers to implement support for the Rift. Valve is just fixing to help that along.
That is actually incorrect, there are app packages right now that make many games playable on the rift.
Steam teams would just do the fine tuning for there platform,and build that app within there current system.
For instance I play Boderlands 2 on the rift through a 3rd party app, and it is not a title supported by the studio.
It just takes some minor tweaking to get it rift enabled.
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Flush with cash, Oculus plans ambitious new VR headset | The Verge
How Oculus Plans To Be Riding High When The Virtual Reality Wave Breaks | TechCrunch
Hopefully they'll show this new prototype at CES2014. It sounds like they're really close to what they want to release as their consumer version.
How Oculus Plans To Be Riding High When The Virtual Reality Wave Breaks | TechCrunch
Hopefully they'll show this new prototype at CES2014. It sounds like they're really close to what they want to release as their consumer version.
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Just fucking about = creating the best HMD to date?So what were they doing with their initial kickstarter cash? Just fucking about?
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I don't know what exactly they're planning on doing with the 75mill they just got but if the new prototype is as good as thye say and they opened pre-orders after demonstrating it at CES2014 I'd bet they'd get enough money in a month to build a large scale production of Rifts.
Im buying the next version as soon as they open pre orders.
I don't think it will be the consumer version tho. They will probly do one more beta version then launch there consumer hardware with all that feedback.
I don't think it will be the consumer version tho. They will probly do one more beta version then launch there consumer hardware with all that feedback.
I would agree if they didn't change there specs constantly.
There is already a HD prototype that has been demoed for the last year, or so.
Now they want to to turn to 4k. The consumer HD version was supposed to be out awhile ago.
There is already a HD prototype that has been demoed for the last year, or so.
Now they want to to turn to 4k. The consumer HD version was supposed to be out awhile ago.
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I know we all know what it is, but i found this article which talks about their hurdles and what they are shooting for to be a great read and thought you fellow gaming enthusiasts would enjoy it as well
Oculus Primed: Meet the Geniuses Who Finally Mastered Virtual Reality | Game|Life | Wired.com
Oculus Primed: Meet the Geniuses Who Finally Mastered Virtual Reality | Game|Life | Wired.com