Oculus Rift VR Support

[Karnak]

There's these things called "speakers" and "microphones".

[guncrasher]

There's these things called "speakers" and "microphones".

yup and there are things called wife sleeping and grand kids taking a nap.


midway

[manglex1]

I don't think the bulky thing you see them use is what the final product will look like. Once they're done working out bugs and actually finish the product, I'm sure they'll make it much more compact and easier to put on. I think if anything, Hitech should give it a shot because it will make the game that much more enjoyable as a simulation.

[save]

In a swedish report on the Oculus drift :it felt like wearing ski-glasses.

[Gh0stFT]

The best thing is, People played Hawken with the Oculus Rift is, they felt the height while flying, very immersive, something they never felt before.
And i still sitting here at home without my Rift ;-p ...its still underway... i'm dying!

Oculus Rift Demo Reactions from GDC 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovcEK9UbIo10

[Torquila]

Yea, we europeans have gotten the last draw on this I think.

[jimson]

Combined with a motion platform like this http://cloudflyerusa.com/The_Cloud_Flyer.html it could be the ultimate fake flight experience.

The only problem I see is if the head tracking runs on some sort of gyros rather than a focal point like trackIR, pitch movement might cause a "look up" action that you wouldn't want.

[Torquila]

As someone who has used gyros based stuff for head tracking in AH, gotta disagree.

The stuff out there currently makes TrackIR redundant (and slightly more on the cost) hardware wise.

Not to mention the rediculous head pieces it uses :-/

[jimson]

As someone who has used gyros based stuff for head tracking in AH, gotta disagree.

The stuff out there currently makes TrackIR redundant (and slightly more on the cost) hardware wise.

Not to mention the rediculous head pieces it uses :-/

But don't you think that in use with a motion platform, the overall motion might induce head movement tracking when it shouldn't?

[Gh0stFT]

I'm not sure if this fits in here regarding implementing the Rift into AH,
but War Thunder runs now on the Oculus Rift, the Video is formatted for Rift viewing,
just pick 1080p and full screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mImcRHsdAvk&hd=1

And yes i still wait for my Rift

[gyrene81]

ya but war thunder doesn't support real flight models...

[Karnak]

FYI,  the 1080p prototype was demoed at E3 this week.

[Myg]

Just got my oculus VR on Friday afternoon.

[Myg]

Just got my oculus VR on Friday afternoon.

PS: Very fun on TF2 and HL2.

[Karnak]

How immersive is it?