Decided to join the DK2 revolution.

[Whisanders]

I ordered mine from the Oculus site last Monday and it's still in the status of:

Your order is awaiting inventory before it can be fulfilled. We will notify you when it's about to be shipped.

I'm from the UK. It did say 1-2 weeks to ship.

 

[DaWoodster]

Arrived this morning, just got chance to set it up, took about 30 mins thanks to advice here.
I just spent the last 10 minutes in a Cobra cockpit giggling like an idiot.

 

[Thebadmf]

I ordered a dk2 last week Friday and it arrived yesterday, Thursday (London). Thought the gushing from you guys was hyperbole... Boy was I wrong!

No one mentioned you can peer around your ship on the outfitting screen to get a better look! My Imp Clipper looked amazing... And don't get me started on the holodeck, I mean Galaxy map!

Incredible stuff. Great work FD.

 

[Aquila Oculus]

I ordered mine yesterday, can't wait to see what you guys see I was just hoping I won't be disappointed but reading these comments is making me even more excited for it's arrival

 

[Steph]

It really is quite extraordinary. I'm surprised that FD aren't making a huge song and dance about the Rift - it really is *that* good!

Yes, I know that there some elements that need twiddling but the positives outweigh the negatives so massively that I simply don't care about them.

One curiosity that occurred to me yesterday after a week of no longer existing in a 2-Dimensional uiniverse (no longer a "Flattie"). The Cobra... I'm sitting on the wrong side. I bought a left hand drive Cobra, oops! ;-)

 

[Thoemse]

Have fun with it. It is worth it and rest assured CV1 is quite some time away still.

Wanna be really scared? Play Alien Isolation with the DK2.

 

[M0rdresh]

It's quite simple, the Oculus Rift does completely change your notion of the game.
Once you have experienced this game in VR there is no turning back.

Flying ships, the massiveness of planets, huge cockpits, ships passing you by, dog-fighting under extreme visual angles, the ED experience with VR or not is night and day.
Turning back to regular monitor play, I feel like the cockpit, planets are squeezed and smashed on a piece of paper all of the sudden. Turning back instantly gave me a feeling of 'what was I doing before lol, jeez", I'm not kidding.

This is the future, I cannot stress enough the difference. Before I though VR was well just a camera you can move with your head, never thought I would be sitting in huge cockpits in such believable fashion where I can look behind the pilot's seat. Or docking on an outpost with a freaking HUGE planet on your left side feeling like it's going to eat you like a bug. The only 'price' for this is lower resolution. While the 'screen door effect' is far lower than I anticipated, you see the pixel lines and this is something we are not used to anymore in times of smartphones with retina displays, high-res, high-dpi monitors and whatnot. But even then, once immersed in the game you dont see any of that.

I cannot begin to think how awesome this will be once a 4k resolution is manageable from both the computing perspective and the head-mounted display affordability.
I feel I'm so many steps closer to that ultimate 'holo deck' dream many of us have ever since childhood.

 

[Thebadmf]

For sure, M0rd. Am I the only one that feels like they're actually moving when they're flying close to another structure/celestial body? First time I lifted off from a station I felt like I took off... first time in a dogfight near a sun, I felt like The Last Starfighter.

 

[Ref Minor]

Arrived this morning, just got chance to set it up, took about 30 mins thanks to advice here.
I just spent the last 10 minutes in a Cobra cockpit giggling like an idiot.

You can get lens protectors from eBay cut to the exact size for a couple of quid off EBay if you are still concerned about scratches.

 

[gregoreuo]

I was one of the very lucky ones who received my DK2 in the 1st batch (Could have sold it for 5x the price I paid) but nothing on earth would have made me after I tried it for the 1st time. Lenses are still fine, might have a few micromarks on them but nothing that effects the OH MY GIDDY AUNT factor that ED and the DK2 gives you.

The Rift and ED is the reason I have not played any other game - in fact I have uninstalled every game on my PC - We are on the start of the next "big thing" Once you have used the Rift there is no going back

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It's quite simple, the Oculus Rift does completely change your notion of the game.
Once you have experienced this game in VR there is no turning back.

Flying ships, the massiveness of planets, huge cockpits, ships passing you by, dog-fighting under extreme visual angles, the ED experience with VR or not is night and day.
Turning back to regular monitor play, I feel like the cockpit, planets are squeezed and smashed on a piece of paper all of the sudden. Turning back instantly gave me a feeling of 'what was I doing before lol, jeez", I'm not kidding.

This is the future, I cannot stress enough the difference. Before I though VR was well just a camera you can move with your head, never thought I would be sitting in huge cockpits in such believable fashion where I can look behind the pilot's seat. Or docking on an outpost with a freaking HUGE planet on your left side feeling like it's going to eat you like a bug. The only 'price' for this is lower resolution. While the 'screen door effect' is far lower than I anticipated, you see the pixel lines and this is something we are not used to anymore in times of smartphones with retina displays, high-res, high-dpi monitors and whatnot. But even then, once immersed in the game you dont see any of that.

I cannot begin to think how awesome this will be once a 4k resolution is manageable from both the computing perspective and the head-mounted display affordability.
I feel I'm so many steps closer to that ultimate 'holo deck' dream many of us have ever since childhood.

We totally agree!

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One thing....

Don't freak out at the apparent resolution. Its magnifying a small screen, you WILL see pixels. My first thirty minutes with the rift was "man this looks like crap" (it also didn't help I didn't know the hud thing).

But its weird, your mind "adjusts" after a while, I don't even see the screen door look now unless I try to, and now trying to play on my 27" gaming monitor is just so.... meh. The rift has ruined me for non-rift games.

Another believer! Yay!

 

[DaWoodster]

Having poor eyesight due to age means I can't rift for more than a couple of hours so I trade and explore on monitors, but all (planned) combat is in the rift.
I have tried wearing my glasses too, but they don't fit in the rift very well and are uncomfortable.
I am having contact lenses fitted on Sunday and hope they will do the trick, if not... bring on the lasers.

Combat in the rift is so much easier, the 3D perception allows so much more understanding of how the ship reacts to input, I can manoeuvre faster, aim better and take less damage, it's so much fun.

 

[NoshDaMinsk]

....................<snip> I can't rift for more than a couple of hours so I trade and explore on monitors, but all (planned) combat is in the rift. <snip>

I do exactly the same - when I go for a rares trading run of 72 points (worth a 'few' million cr) I go to my triples - middle screen for game (windowed), left screen for route details and right screen for BBC news etc........

But once I want to do some piracy, smuggling and bounty hunting, it HAS to be the Rift.....every time...

Welcome to the club

Nosh

 

[Aquila Oculus]

Oh man reading all these comments makes me want to sit on the front doorstep waiting for the postman like a little kid lol

I got my e-mail to say it's being shipped... I really am looking forward to this more than I looked forward to getting Super Street Fighter II for the SNES (no more 10p's required woohoo)

EDIT: I have to say, the VR forums seem to be so much nicer than the general section. Think I might hang around here for a bit

 

[NoshDaMinsk]

EDIT: I have to say, the VR forums seem to be so much nicer than the general section. Think I might hang around here for a bit

I have interacted / posted / read various forums and when the DK2 comes to be discussed, you get a lot of beeeetching about monitors vs Rift that (to be honest) get tiresome real quick.

Agreed - this is a nice place to hang out, share your experiences and no battles about this vs that!

You will love the DK2! Make sure you let us know how you get on!!

Nosh

 

[Adam Lusardi]

First I got a shock at the low res. but now my eyes/brain just gets used to it. I suppose its due to 320*256* and 800*600 gaming, If done well its absorbing.
Its just a bit harder to use if your brain/eyes are a tad tired

 

[rennarda]

Dont forget to adjust the 'Occulus Rift quality' slider in the graphics settings in ED - set it as high as your rig will take. Then start budgeting for that GTX980 card so that you can max out everyhting

 

[Aquila Oculus]

Thanks guys, I will post how I get on with it

Re: gfx settings I have a Gigabyte G1 Gaming Edition GTX970, I hope that will be decent enough to run it well?

 

[Karnath]

Thanks guys, I will post how I get on with it

Re: gfx settings I have a Gigabyte G1 Gaming Edition GTX970, I hope that will be decent enough to run it well?

I'm running it on a 770 GTX, it plays very well for a old card, yes the stations jitter a little but space is pretty smooth (I don't go anywhere near RES sites)

Most settings are on med- high with the exceptions of the usual big hitters like shadows, AA, Ambiant, Bloom & blur which are all off

So I'm sure your 970 will give you a great experience.

But i am in the process of saving for a 980 GTX so i can crank up those visuals some more

It's a little bit difficult to describe the experience the rift gives you, but in 30 yrs of gaming it's the most exhilarating and immersing feeling I've had

 

[Raptoyd]

Just got my 980 dialed in and picked up the freagle in LHS 7447, amazing is all I can say and I don't even have my vision tuned in yet still waiting for the expanders. Now if I can just find my way around the universe with this galaxy map I will be okay. How do I get a fuel scoop is that only on certain ships? The suggestion on Rick Blacks thread about lowering my res on my monitor and setting that to 75 Hz seemed to make a huge improvement as prior to that I think the best I was doing was 60 FPS now it seems incredibly smooth and the visuals are way better except the 2nd window on my monitor looks like crap now but who cares. Noticed not a lot of missions left that don't involve killing which I am not quite ready for yet still getting game down.

 

[rennarda]

Just got my 980 dialed in and picked up the freagle in LHS 7447, amazing is all I can say and I don't even have my vision tuned in yet still waiting for the expanders. Now if I can just find my way around the universe with this galaxy map I will be okay. How do I get a fuel scoop is that only on certain ships? The suggestion on Rick Blacks thread about lowering my res on my monitor and setting that to 75 Hz seemed to make a huge improvement as prior to that I think the best I was doing was 60 FPS now it seems incredibly smooth and the visuals are way better except the 2nd window on my monitor looks like crap now but who cares. Noticed not a lot of missions left that don't involve killing which I am not quite ready for yet still getting game down.

With an Eagle a lot of the haulage missions will be unavailable to you because you've only got 2 tons of cargo space. Jump back into the Sidewinder for those. LHS 7447 is a poor system to use as a base though, unless you really like spending 10 minutes in super cruise to get back to your stored ships.