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I agree with this article. We bought a Oculus DK2 for work[1]. It functions. It's cool for an hour or two. But no one's touched the DK2 since I wrote that artic

by coldpie 11y ago

I agree with this article. We bought a Oculus DK2 for work[1]. It functions. It's cool for an hour or two. But no one's touched the DK2 since I wrote that article. There's simply nothing to do with it, and what you can do is better done with a monitor screen. The DK2 is incredibly low resolution. You can easily see the pixels. I was able to get a sense of presence once or twice, when driving down a straight in iRacing, otherwise it was always just a cool 3D effect strapped to my face. [1] https://www.codeweavers.com/about/blogs/aeikum/2015/5/29/codeweavers-experiments-with-oculus-support-for-mac-and-linux https://www.codeweavers.com/about/blogs/aeikum/2015/5/29/cod...

coldpie 11y ago
(Aside: > Current generation consoles such as the Xbox 360 and PS4 may be fine with (most) games running at 1080p, on the PS4 at least, Ouch, that's gotta burn the XBone team.)
manuelflara 11y ago
Well of course there's not much to do with it now (other than develop for it), since no good VR sets have come to market yet (this was a developer kit you're talking about), and no games have shipped for them. It's like saying "yeah I've got a PlayStation5 developer kit the other day.. there's not much to do with it".
JayHost 11y ago
I believe the DK2 is something like 3 models behind the Consumer version. On DK2 website they ask users to wait to buy consumer. Best VR for me is Horror/360camera even on Cardboard. It's just another waiting game for more "Apps". It's like buying a ps4 without any new NaughtyDog Titles.
dwild 11y ago
> There's simply nothing to do with it, and what you can do is better done with a monitor screen. What content? It's an development kit... except if you intends to develop content for it, for sure you won't find stuff to do with it. It's like saying I hate the android development kit because there's nothing to do with it. We need content for VR, personally I believe this is why the rift is still not released. That's also why they invest that much in game development. > I was able to get a sense of presence once or twice You are unlucky then, the immersion I feel is crazy. Each time I remove my headset, I get the same weird feeling of not being at the right place. > it was always just a cool 3D effect I'm pretty sure some good old gamer said the same when they transitioned from text to graphic, and then again when they moved from 2D to 3D. For sure it's not for everyone, the same way game console aren't for everyone. This is not the revolution that some are saying it is, it won't be the next iPhone, at least it doesn't have to be. It's a new way to play game, a new environment, that's all.
- coldpie 11y ago
  > You are unlucky then, the immersion I feel is crazy. Each time I remove my headset, I get the same weird feeling of not being at the right place. What games/demos do you play with it? I'd love to experience more compelling software.

by coldpie 11y ago

coldpie 11y ago

(Aside: > Current generation consoles such as the Xbox 360 and PS4 may be fine with (most) games running at 1080p, on the PS4 at least, Ouch, that's gotta burn the XBone team.)

manuelflara 11y ago

Well of course there's not much to do with it now (other than develop for it), since no good VR sets have come to market yet (this was a developer kit you're talking about), and no games have shipped for them. It's like saying "yeah I've got a PlayStation5 developer kit the other day.. there's not much to do with it".

JayHost 11y ago

I believe the DK2 is something like 3 models behind the Consumer version. On DK2 website they ask users to wait to buy consumer. Best VR for me is Horror/360camera even on Cardboard. It's just another waiting game for more "Apps". It's like buying a ps4 without any new NaughtyDog Titles.

dwild 11y ago

> There's simply nothing to do with it, and what you can do is better done with a monitor screen. What content? It's an development kit... except if you intends to develop content for it, for sure you won't find stuff to do with it. It's like saying I hate the android development kit because there's nothing to do with it. We need content for VR, personally I believe this is why the rift is still not released. That's also why they invest that much in game development. > I was able to get a sense of presence once or twice You are unlucky then, the immersion I feel is crazy. Each time I remove my headset, I get the same weird feeling of not being at the right place. > it was always just a cool 3D effect I'm pretty sure some good old gamer said the same when they transitioned from text to graphic, and then again when they moved from 2D to 3D. For sure it's not for everyone, the same way game console aren't for everyone. This is not the revolution that some are saying it is, it won't be the next iPhone, at least it doesn't have to be. It's a new way to play game, a new environment, that's all.

coldpie 11y ago
> You are unlucky then, the immersion I feel is crazy. Each time I remove my headset, I get the same weird feeling of not being at the right place. What games/demos do you play with it? I'd love to experience more compelling software.