Describe virtual reality to me...

[aaronr]

Thanks "G". I'm going to wait. I just got hurt at work again so it looks like Ill be a pensioner soon. The good news is more time to play. The bad is no more OT checks for toys. I'll see how it goes, right now the $400 for the 1070 has me empty in the wallet for toys. 3 Glocks in the last year didn't help.

Sell one of the Glocks you can only shoot two at a time so sell the third and get a Rift lol.
Really though I'm with you, it's going to be a big spend for me, by the time it's in my budget the current ones may be on sale :-).

[Bizman]

Fan on the head helps.

Hope they still have them...

[aaronr]

So I'm now looking forward to getting the Rift with the Finland mod, that's a must have, but is the fan on the head going to plug into the rift?

[Wraith_TMS]

Oculus is hosting its Oculus Connect 3 https://www.oculusconnect.com/ event over the next couple of days (started for devs yesterday).   Lots of new announcements have dropped over the last couple of hours, which have implications for those curious about VR on this forum.  Latest news tidbits from the event:

• Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW), allows lower end machines to run its Rift VR headset significantly better. That in turn resulted in...

• Specs for VR-ready PC being lowered.  That also implies that upgrading current machines for VR will cost less.

• An approx. $500 VR-ready PC is available now - 50% off of what VR-ready PCs cost before. Link to the product: http://radeon.com/en-us/cyberpowerpc-vr-ready/?sf38080955=1

• Four Oculus VR-ready laptops were announced.

• Rift accessories are being self-developed and added, such as Rift headphones (high end).

• Oculus Touch controllers ship on Dec 6th at US$199 plus tax. Pre-orders for Touch begin on Oct 10th.  (Touch controllers are track-able in VR.)

Much was announced on the software end (new games, developer subsidies, etc.) as well.  Oculus showed off a working prototype of a fully wireless, 6DOF Rift.  A wireless Rift would mean not only no connector wires at all, but possibly even no need for an IR camera to track 6 DOF position as well.  No more info on that yet.

In particular, ASW could be a literal game-changer for AH players, because it's a runtime/software solution that Oculus is instituting that would lower the bar for entry into VR gaming.  This alone could be a huge benefit to the AH community.

FWIW,


 

[Rich46yo]

I did try VR once it was some thingamajiggy a guy at work connected his iphone too. Of all things he had loaded he had porn on it but you did get a much different sense of reality. I think it could only be connected to the iphone and forget the brand. I imagine theres simply no way to watch anything that shows you what VR does without actually using a VR set right?

[Wraith_TMS]

I did try VR once it was some thingamajiggy a guy at work connected his iphone too. Of all things he had loaded he had porn on it but you did get a much different sense of reality. I think it could only be connected to the iphone and forget the brand. I imagine theres simply no way to watch anything that shows you what VR does without actually using a VR set right?

Apple doesn't make VR hardware (...yet).  It was probably a Google Cardboard or a Samsung GearVR that you tried. 

There's no simple way of seeing what VR is, without actually being in VR, since any representations of VR, that use a monitor to display the VR experience cannot possibly put you _in_ VR.  I made a tutorial (lengthy) for VR players who were new to AH, that has some videos, but again it only for 2D screens.  Here's the tutorial: https://wraithtms.tumblr.com/post/147931280477/aces-high-iii-a-primer

Certain Best Buy stores around the US do have Rift demo units.  Look for them in your state/area here (scroll to the drop down list of locations):  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp/oculus-rift-vr/pcmcat748302045866.c?id=pcmcat748302045866

Remember though, even a demo unit experience won't be optimized to the best settings that fit _you_, so your experience may be great or underwhelming.

FWIW,

[FLS]

... I imagine theres simply no way to watch anything that shows you what VR does without actually using a VR set right?

Take a picture of your car from the driver's seat and look at it on your monitor. Compare that to sitting in your car. That's what VR is like, albeit with less resolution.

[zack1234]

Hope they still have them...

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If I buy two will postage be free?

When can you dispatch?

[aaronr]

[Rich46yo]

Take a picture of your car from the driver's seat and look at it on your monitor. Compare that to sitting in your car. That's what VR is like, albeit with less resolution.

So your taking a hit on resolution?

[FLS]

So your taking a hit on resolution?

Compared to real life? Yes. 

Also compared to 2k monitors. But it's worth it.   

[Copprhed]

Rich, it's like really sitting in a plane and looking out of the cockpit.

[Rich46yo]

So your taking a hit on resolution?

How about compared to 2560 X 1440 ? Thanks

[FLS]

How about compared to 2560 X 1440 ? Thanks

That is a 2k monitor.

[Rich46yo]

So what resolution are we talking here? Are there any plans for upgraded rez VR ? Thanks.

Why is it that rez would take a hit? To resource intensive Im guessing.