Games Oculus Rift

[Raven]

There are plenty of "attachments" coming.

Depends if you are happy to fuck what is essentially a robot though...

 

[old.user4556]

Well if your missus fucks like a tranquillised sack of potatoes, surely a robot is an improvement?

 

[caLLous]

How do you know @Raven's wife?

 

[old.user4556]

You know, Facebook research....

 

[Trem]

I'm very drunk right now @Big G so will deal with it/forget about it/ask @Jupitus to sort it tomorrow because I think teedles is currently afk having his *op*

Edit - what am I attempting to merge it with again?


Respect my authority!

 

[Raven]

Bag of hammers is more like it.

 

[Jupitus]

I'm very drunk right now @Big G so will deal with it/forget about it/ask @Jupitus to sort it tomorrow because I think teedles is currently afk having his *op*

Edit - what am I attempting to merge it with again?


Respect my authority!

I just got back home tonight - I'll take a look tomorrow

 

[Job]

I tried out the Dive VR headset with a samsung s6..jesus it was dreadful, the carboard google viewer is streets ahead in image quality and focusing/ distortion.

 

[Raven]

ofc its shit, its the cam version of VR.

 

[Scouse]

hl3/portal 3

Got a mate who's a games designer. He says they've been experimenting with FPS's on VR tech and they're pretty much non-starters in their current form. The sort of quick movement in those games is giving people horrible nausea very quickly so unless you want a vomit simulator you have to slow things down so much that the experiences would be way too compromised.

I agree from a marketing POV it'd be killer, but if they have to nerf the game?

 

[Jupitus]

I've merged the threads so it might look a bit odd.... sorry about that

 

[Scouse]

Oculus exclusive.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2jVBC5idRI

Don't know how the PS4 is going to do it - mate says anything below 90fps is awful and a single dropped frame jars horribly - and the PS4 is way shit tech...

 

[ECA]

Don't know how the PS4 is going to do it - mate says anything below 90fps is awful and a single dropped frame jars horribly - and the PS4 is way shit tech...

It's coming with its own APU to handle the processing/graphics. I'd assume that means the PSVR will be standalone and won't require the ps4... but who knows.

 

[Raven]

Nice bit of extra weight then, GPU and gumf, batteries etc...or an annoying lead.

Ha, Sony, Ha

 

[Tom]

Imagine Amnesia with an Oculus Rift. You'd never eat Milky Ways again.

 

[ECA]

Nice bit of extra weight then, GPU and gumf, batteries etc...or an annoying lead.

Ha, Sony, Ha

Imagine if it's basically £350 worth of processing power in the box with it, how much that's gonna add to PSVRs cost.

If they use either the AUX port that's for ps eye, or the ethernet port, you could essentially have a crossfire setup going for it... but that's just guesswork, and would add latency... which given PSVR is 120hz.. is doubtful.

 

[ECA]

2 hours to go boys.

Get your price predictions in.

£499

 

[Raven]

$599 and some completely unrelated to forex amount for the UK and EU.

 

[old.user4556]

I'll say £599 based on some of the chat I've been reading. Also matches the Euro prediction of Raven - there's quite often parity between £ and € in the camera world.

 

[caLLous]

The general feeling is that they're going to take quite a hit on the Rift itself, losing up to $100 per unit. Some finance type thought that they'd sell it for $449 but that seems cheap to me.

 

[old.user4556]

When are we expecting next gen nvidia? I was to spunk cash all over my face with the Rift, but if 970 is minimum, I may as well wait (unless there's other options?)

 

[ECA]

Q3 2016 for new gpus I think.

 

[old.user4556]

ffs

 

[ECA]

I'm pretty much waiting for next gen nvidia/amd to upgrade my gpu, gonna slum it with my 970 until then.

 

[caLLous]

Q3 at the earliest. Some exciting stuff coming this year from the red team as well. "Polaris", with 14nm FinFET...

 

[Raven]

Yeah, read about that yesterday. Going to wait and see to replace my 290x...was toying with the idea of going to the darkside and getting a 980 at Xmas but didn't bother in the end.

The 290x might just be enough for now if I was to be tempted (depends on price)

 

[ECA]

Well no surprises the shop got ddosd by customers lol, but someone has posted a screenshot claiming $600.

 

[ECA]

UK Price £499

Seen it myself.

 

[Raven]

That's a pretty tempting price point.

 

[ECA]

If they'd left the carry case, amp, dac, headphones and xbox one controller out they could've hit £399 imo :/