Oculus Rift DK2 due to ship in July - will HTC support it?

[Karnak]

And at least one rather brilliant individual is in near agreement.

That statement wasn't agreeing with you.  It was highlighting the failures of the dev kit, something the Oculus guys also highlighted repeatedly.  Whether they have solved them effectively, well, we'll see.  I am somewhat skeptical that the passthrough camera will work successfully as the solution to the "where is the keyboard" problem.  I do believe that they have solved the latency, bluring and 6 degrees of freedom problems.  If the consumer version is 1440p it will be high enough resolution to work with.  I don't think 1080p will cut it.

[Ack-Ack]

And at least one rather brilliant individual is in near agreement.

No, HiTech's comments do not validate your statement that "OR is dead technology".  Nice try though.

ack-ack

[Chalenge]

Yes it does. You are simply being slow to understand the true meaning.

[guncrasher]

Yes it does. You are simply being slow to understand the true meaning.

challenge I believe that the meaning was that OR is not yet a valid technology.  Not exactly dead but it isnt a for sure thing either.   somebody spending a zillion dollars and made a few developers happy isnt exactly the same as it is the next big thing either.

 OR has been postponing their big release already.  makes me think that a one year delay is more of a "how drunk did we get when we made that offer" thing.

I think both sides are right and nobody is wrong yet, at least not for another year till it is or isnt proven.  but look on the bright side some developers made a bunch of money  to them.  let's just hope those who made the offer wont start thinking they over paid like the guy who bought the clippers  .


semp

[Karnak]

Yes it does. You are simply being slow to understand the true meaning.

"Not ready for prime time" is not the same as "dead end technology".  The first statement, HiTech's,  indicates that certain problems have to be addressed before it is ready, which the very fact that a consumer version has not been released confirms the Oculus team agreed with HiTech.  The second statement, yours, indicates that there is no future for the technology, that it is fundamentally and fatally flawed and cannot be proceeded with, that it should be entirely scrapped and rethought.

[jimson]

Chalenge has already declared the OR to be dead technology.

Very doubtful. For one thing you can set AH up to where a keyboard is mostly unnecessary and one could create a flip mount for the HMD for when it is absolutely necessary.

Also, a camera could be added for another view. I suppose that is what the "pass through" concept is.

The biggest no go on all these like the vuzix models was unreadable text. If they truly have the resolution worked out this is going to work quite well.

In the other thread, Challenge called the virtuix omni dead as well, but these two combined will add an exercise component to gaming. I'd rather storm the beaches than jog around the park.

[Vulcan]

You lot do realize  that have been using various VR headsets on AH for over 8 years now?

 So all your ifs and  maybes are already prove wrong.

[guncrasher]

You lot do realize  that have been using various VR headsets on AH for over 8 years now?

 So all your ifs and  maybes are already prove wrong.

the first I saw was in 1990 and it went nowhere,  which is where most are right now.  No guarantee they will be successful.   Well some developers are now millionaires but the product itself hasn't been successful. 

Who knows if it will ever be

semp

[Zerstorer]

Must. Resist. Urge. To. Buy. Oculus. DK2.