News Elite Dangerous - Oculus Rift update

zzehirbazz

zzehirbazz
I ain't buyin no VR kit till the price drops to reasonable levels

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Dozer.k.a.o. said:
agreed, i was excited with the idea of VR this year...but not at this price.. not with the actual hardware and lack of game support..not until i read reviews about the devices, real reviews with AAA games and running at 2k and 90fps.

You all early adopters are settling down the base for the future "real" RV i know.. but getting into RV at this moment need a lot of faith that my pocket can't support.
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Dat's because just like everything else, first they bring a buggy overpriced version to the market solely for rich kids who cry for their daddies to buy them that new toy so that they can show off in class :D
 

Andovar

Andovar
looking forward to the rift vs vive thread next month, so I can figure out which one to buy.
Then wait about three months for glitches/bugs to get worked out, and the price to come down.
Just in time for 2.1 "The Engineers" :)
 

WolfMonster

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zzehirbazz said:
Dat's because just like everything else, first they bring a buggy overpriced version to the market solely for rich kids who cry for their daddies to buy them that new toy so that they can show off in class :D
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I'm not rich, I'm not a kid, and if I went crying to my daddy for him to buy me one he'd tell me to sod off, after picking himself up off the floor when I tell him how much it is.

Also, I don't have a class I can show it off to.

:p

VR is fantastic though.
 

Voyager_NL

Voyager_NL
Hi Frontier, Zac, and all other devs,

THANK YOU! My pre-order for the Rift was made with the most anticipation for flying in E: D and I was fully confident you would be able to pull it off. Thanks Thanks Thanks!

Now ... for some questions... ;) :
- What changes have you made in the interface of the game to make it work (even better) in VR? e.g. the galaxy map has always been a problem with joystick alone. Mouse&Keyboard are the way to go in the normal version.
- How do you anticipate keyboard input in VR? (text typing for chat, searching loations etc)
- The orange GUI color was always an issue with the pentile display of the DK2. Has this now been resolved, or how did you attack that?

Would it be an idea to have Ed run/lead an AMA on this subject on one of his youtube streams?

Cheers guys!
 

Sir.Tj

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Sir.Tj
Really pleased about this.

Hopefully the DK2 will be included in the update by Oculus.

If not I'll have to start raiding the kids piggybanks again.
 

Cyda

Cyda
That is great news! Thanks Zac & the FD team, this has made my day. One of the main reasons I pre-ordered CV1 was for Elite and now I know that support coming on release I'm a very happy chap.

And to those comments above that VR is only for "rich kids who cry for their daddies to buy them", please remember that not everyone is a 14yo kid, some of us are adults and have jobs which pay well enough for us to buy nice things. Bring on the VR!
 
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Tannhäuser1

Tannhäuser1
The news from Oculus does only mention ED Horizons. But what about the standard ED? Will it be compatible, too?
 
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Tony Spaniels

Tony Spaniels
Tannhäuser said:
The news from Oculus does only mention ED Horizons. But what about the standard ED? Will it be compatible, too?
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I think you're ok mate. FD have said that they will support the Oculus 1.0 runtime, which means that Elite in VR wont be specific to Horizons.
 
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Viajero

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Andovar said:
looking forward to the rift vs vive thread next month, so I can figure out which one to buy.
Then wait about three months for glitches/bugs to get worked out, and the price to come down.
Just in time for 2.1 "The Engineers" :)
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Hehe, this :)

In the mean time I ll continue amortizing my DK2 :p
 
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Zac Antonaci

Head of Communications
Frontier
Monk said:
Sooo...is this in lieu of a dev update?

It is exciting and important and all...but given the cost of Rift and the rig to support it, I don't think too many of the player base are really all that interested in having day one support for the Rift.
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Mike Brookes mentioned in last week's Dev Update that it would be the last for a while while they focus on 2.1

Check the newsletter for news and peeks of the week for now. :)
 

Viajero

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Zac Antonaci said:
This is correct. As mentioned in the origional post, it will be available for all existing players.
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Hi Zac,

We have had recent confirmations from Oculus devs that the DK2 will still be supported by the SDK 1.0.

But we have not got any confirmation from you guys, FDEV, that Elite in particular will still perform accordingly well in DK2 or if there is anything specific for that set that we need to know. Could you please issue a statement on that front aswell?
 
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Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Brilliant news!

I can't help but be amused by the sudden spate of "cancelled my Vive pre-order" posts appearing on the forums in the wake of this news, especially following on from the preceding week's flurry of "cancelled my Oculus pre-order" posts after the Vive went on sale.

:D
 
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