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ED and the Oculus Rift DK1 Discussion Thread
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Lucky beggars.
It always amazes me why in all the photos do they have a screen in front of them. Is it just a box with a hole cut in it strapped to your head.
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It was a DK2 that an Oculus Rep dropped by with to show it off. This was probably when they added DK2 support to the game.
The Rep took the DK2 with him when he left.
The DK2 in that picture did not stay at FD.
This was confirmed by the Rep in question.
Or they do, and have it in the studio working on it for, I don't know..their pledge to fully support it in July?
Or they do, and have it in the studio working on it for, I don't know..their pledge to fully support it in July?
When that picture appeared some people (not me) kicked off a little because why should some devs get one and others have to wait till July. Oculus confirmed that the DK2 in the picture did not stay at FD. If I could be bothered scrolling through a ton of Reddit threads to find it I would.
A picture of DB with a DK2 and DB saying E: D supports DK2 does not mean they have one. People are jumping to conclusions.
They could indeed have one as Oculus have said they have seeded DK2s with certain devs but if that's the case why didn't they have it at E3? If you want to show off the game and the potential of DK2 with the game (as it is better than the HD prototype used) then you'd use it if you had it. A caveat could be that there is an NDA about having one as it might get people's knickers in a twist.
I'm not ***** if they do have one or not, all I'm saying is that the evidence people are pointing to them having one does not prove they have one once you know the full story (DK2 in pic with DB did not stay at FD)
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What I am trying to tell you is that
1. We have seen DB with a DK2 some days before E3.
2. FD have stated that they will support it fully in July.
3. It is confirmed that Oculus have given developers DK2s to work for the release.
4. If FD have a DK2, and if the FD DK2 was in E3 (highly unlikely as FD would use it for their game development, not for press coverage) then Oculus would have blocked any footage or mention. We already know they partially did that with the HD sets FD have.
So no, what you are saying does not make sense man..
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I prefer to be agnostic on the issue. Unless a FD member can confirm it then we don't know.
I can say the DK2 in the picture did not stay at FD.
I can say that the support for DK2 was added while the unit was onsite (else DB wouldn't have been using it in the picture).
The reason I'm not saying they definitely do not have one is that Oculus have given some developers a DK2 but aren't telling who. FD haven't said they have one.
Anything else is conjecture.
p.s. I wish a Dev would come on and say either "We don't have a DK2" or "We can't say if we have one or not" which wouldn't break the NDA but would confirm they have one (not that I really care either way!!).
p.p.s I'm not arguing about it any further as it's like arguing if God exists or not.
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There is a very simple reason for that - No operating system supports the Rift and as result you need some way of navigating to and from the game.
Here's a screenshot of my desktop @ 1920x1080 duplicated with my Oculus Rift Devkit 1.0.
In the Rift, I can only see what is on the inside of the yellow circles and just make out the circle outlines.
(Disclaimer; May vary slightly depending on each individual persons settings and how tightly they wear their Rift)
*IF* the devs have a DK2 (personally I reckon it's reasonably likely), then I would imagine that there's a strict NDA in place too.
Doesn't really matter though, DK2s are already in production (boxed versions glimpsed at E3), and they're going to ship tens of thousands of them within a matter of weeks anyway.
Would have liked to have got some kind of CV1 release estimate from Oculus at E3. Maybe after DK2 orders have been mostly fulfilled would make more sense?
Doesn't really matter though, DK2s are already in production (boxed versions glimpsed at E3), and they're going to ship tens of thousands of them within a matter of weeks anyway.
Would have liked to have got some kind of CV1 release estimate from Oculus at E3. Maybe after DK2 orders have been mostly fulfilled would make more sense?
As the DK2 is on the way (hopefully.
I'll rename this thread for DK1 discussion and create one for the DK2
Any threads in the general forum will go in there.
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21853
I'll rename this thread for DK1 discussion and create one for the DK2
Any threads in the general forum will go in there.
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21853
SlackR
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Oculus Rift .... Extend or clone for ED?
Greeting commanders
Somebody suggested to me the other day that I use the extend function instead of clone to get a better performance, but have as yet been unable to figure out how to make this work..?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
SlackR
Greeting commanders
Somebody suggested to me the other day that I use the extend function instead of clone to get a better performance, but have as yet been unable to figure out how to make this work..?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
SlackR
You set this up within the monitor settings in Windows.
Check out this link, explains things well. Clone is good for people watching but adds latency apparently.
http://www.oculusriftinfo.com/monitors-and-the-oculus-rift-extended-or-cloned-mode/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=22715
Can any rift users do some frame rate testing before and after the update?
Can any rift users do some frame rate testing before and after the update?
[VIDEO] Premium Beta 2 - Oculus Rift Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li-0MPKacJw
Just a quick video of the Orbis Station on an Oculus Rift. The stereo separation is a little messed up right now, but it still gives some sense of scale to the new station - it's huge!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li-0MPKacJw
Just a quick video of the Orbis Station on an Oculus Rift. The stereo separation is a little messed up right now, but it still gives some sense of scale to the new station - it's huge!!!
Use Voice chat for messages or learn to touch type.
Don't need to see the buttons for anything else.
Voice attack takes care of any you can't map to your controller or joystick.
As for drinking and stuff I assume that when you drink while playing E: D currently that you don't stare at the screen at all times but look at your drink before picking it up. You can do that with the rift:- lift the rift up, take a drink, lower it back down. It's not screwed on.
The rift sensing your hands and your in game avatar mimicking the movements is different to being able to see your hands and do stuff in the real world.
Not sure why you would have a camera on the rift that you could switch view to so that you can see around you in RL without having to take it off.
Just take it off. CV1 will be differently designed to the DK2 and I would be surprised if it isn't easier to take off and put back on.
I can see the point of sensing your hands so that your avatar responds in the same way as the first thing most people do when using the rift is try and reach out for stuff and say "where's my hands?". It add to the immersion.
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