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This makes me want one. This is huge news for Oculus and I wish the team the best. I had a first glimpse of an Oculus watching someone use one on a Twitch stre

by eterm 13y ago

This makes me want one. This is huge news for Oculus and I wish the team the best. I had a first glimpse of an Oculus watching someone use one on a Twitch stream the other day. He was just watching a tech demo thing of a rollercoaster ride but it was clear the tech was at or around that tipping point of interesting vs actually fun.

ig1 13y ago
The difference between watching someone using it and using it is huge, using it is literally unbelievable. One of the few things that shifted my perception of what is actually possible with technology.
sp332 13y ago
"Please be careful when playing this demo," Lipowitz warned players on the Oculus developer forums, "lots of people try to support themselves on the crates when they try to stand up or when leaning up against a column, but find there is nothing there." http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/6/4595062/new-oculus-rift-cover-shooter-fps-ulta-realistic http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/6/4595062/new-oculus-rift-cov... (The original forum is down right now)
incision 13y ago
I have a Rift. I'd say it's there. I haven't seen a truly "killer app" just yet, but if I wasn't totally sold on the concept when I backed the project, I certainly was the first time I strapped the Rift on.
- ssafejava 13y ago
  It is certainly most of the way there now - the sensors are fantastic - and will be absolutely revolutionary with a higher-resolution screen and the addition of some yet-to-be-invented control schemes.
  - eli_gottlieb 13y ago
    Actually, who says you need complicated control schemes and traditional video games? Bizarre idea: strap on a Rift headset, instead of a treadmill you've now got some kind of thingamabob rigged to tilt and turn an exercise bike. The exercise bike has a few simple buttons for game input on it. You now play something simple that can really take advantage of immersion and graphics quality like Pokemon Snap, while riding the exercise bike. I mean, sure, you could make this game with the treadmill version and walk down the safari trails, but that wouldn't be a very good workout.
angersock 13y ago
We've had one at our house for a few days now--even the relatively rough devkit delivers on the promise, in spades. The only thing it needs to is to be completely USB powered (probably not possible given the power envelope, or at least have a way of powering it from a battery pack for portability reasons). People using it (we had a party recently, showed it off) do feel disorientation, mostly due to a lack of seeing where there real body is. Our hope is to integrate the point cloud from a kinect to help with that. Oh, also, after a few drinks the impedance mismatch between what you're seeing and what you're doing is imperceptible. :)
- peterhajas 13y ago
  Actually, someone modified the Rift to run exclusively off of USB with little effort. Google around for it.
  - angersock 13y ago
    Right, right, you can tie a second USB together and rig up something like they do with some external drives. It'd be nice if the next devkits shipped with something like that.
- Azulsky 13y ago
  Should not be that hard given the expanding power rating in the USB 3.0 specification.

by eterm 13y ago

ig1 13y ago

The difference between watching someone using it and using it is huge, using it is literally unbelievable. One of the few things that shifted my perception of what is actually possible with technology.

sp332 13y ago

"Please be careful when playing this demo," Lipowitz warned players on the Oculus developer forums, "lots of people try to support themselves on the crates when they try to stand up or when leaning up against a column, but find there is nothing there." http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/6/4595062/new-oculus-rift-cover-shooter-fps-ulta-realistic http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/6/4595062/new-oculus-rift-cov... (The original forum is down right now)

incision 13y ago

I have a Rift. I'd say it's there. I haven't seen a truly "killer app" just yet, but if I wasn't totally sold on the concept when I backed the project, I certainly was the first time I strapped the Rift on.

ssafejava 13y ago
It is certainly most of the way there now - the sensors are fantastic - and will be absolutely revolutionary with a higher-resolution screen and the addition of some yet-to-be-invented control schemes.
- eli_gottlieb 13y ago
  Actually, who says you need complicated control schemes and traditional video games? Bizarre idea: strap on a Rift headset, instead of a treadmill you've now got some kind of thingamabob rigged to tilt and turn an exercise bike. The exercise bike has a few simple buttons for game input on it. You now play something simple that can really take advantage of immersion and graphics quality like Pokemon Snap, while riding the exercise bike. I mean, sure, you could make this game with the treadmill version and walk down the safari trails, but that wouldn't be a very good workout.

angersock 13y ago

We've had one at our house for a few days now--even the relatively rough devkit delivers on the promise, in spades. The only thing it needs to is to be completely USB powered (probably not possible given the power envelope, or at least have a way of powering it from a battery pack for portability reasons). People using it (we had a party recently, showed it off) do feel disorientation, mostly due to a lack of seeing where there real body is. Our hope is to integrate the point cloud from a kinect to help with that. Oh, also, after a few drinks the impedance mismatch between what you're seeing and what you're doing is imperceptible. :)

peterhajas 13y ago
Actually, someone modified the Rift to run exclusively off of USB with little effort. Google around for it.
- angersock 13y ago
  Right, right, you can tie a second USB together and rig up something like they do with some external drives. It'd be nice if the next devkits shipped with something like that.
Azulsky 13y ago
Should not be that hard given the expanding power rating in the USB 3.0 specification.