For those looking to go oculus rift VR for ED, now is a good time!.

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
reduction of RRP of the HMD by $100 (£90)
reduction of RRP of touch controllers by $100 (£90)
reduction of RRP of extra cameras by $30 (£20)

and with the new rift runtime giving massive improvments to tracking, this has been a VERY good week for oculus.

That said from my view

I am well pleased they cut the price of the rift hmd. I wont lie tho, having barely used my touch or extra camera esp as its only worked properly for a few weeks I am a bit miffed that got cut so soon (only 2.5 months since launch). defo would have waited too buy and whilst oculus are giving folk who bought touch in the last 30 days $50 store credit is something, I think everyone with touch should get the store credit tbh like MS did with the original xbox.

Rumours are HMD only pack is being depracated and all future rifts will come as a total package with touch controllers included- imo this is brilliant, however for those who really are only interested in ED and other cockpit/driving sims, you can still get just the HMD for now.

Oh and Robo Recall - free for all touch owners - dropped last night and is by all accounts blooming great - I have not tried it yet.
 
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Kemo

Kemo
kinda kicking myself, I waited until January before I could afford to buy a CV1 and the touch controllers.
 

dape

dape
Mad Mike said:
and with the new rift runtime giving massive improvments to tracking
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sounds great. what is the version number so i can check when back home tomorrow. did it improve tracking when just using one camera? i have been happy with that so far.
 

Cmdr Spencer

Cmdr Spencer
I spoke to John Lewis yesterday who confirmed they had lowered their store price in light of this, however I have just looked and it still says £499
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
499 in uk may bes right, post brexit the rift went up in price. I was lucky and got it for that on pre order but paid 189 for touch and 80 for sensor

499 for rift, 99 for touch and............ 50 quid i think (cant remember cor sure) for extra sensors)

The touch is the massive cut, almost half price in under 3 months

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dape said:
sounds great. what is the version number so i can check when back home tomorrow. did it improve tracking when just using one camera? i have been happy with that so far.
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I have never had anything but super tracking with just the hmd so no idea mate.

Its mostly for 2 3 and 4 camera setups for tracking touch and full room vr
 
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Moonax IRL

Moonax IRL
Mad Mike said:
499 in uk may bes right, post brexit the rift went up in price. I was lucky and got it for that on pre order but paid 189 for touch and 80 for sensor

499 for rift, 99 for touch and............ 50 quid i think (cant remember cor sure) for extra sensors)

The touch is the massive cut, almost half price in under 3 months

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I have never had anything but super tracking with just the hmd so no idea mate.

Its mostly for 2 3 and 4 camera setups for tracking touch and full room vr
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I still think that its worth holding out and seeing what this year brings, I think there are cheaper and improved models on the horizon. MS will be releasing a new unit for the new xbox and Win 10 that is both VR & AR. 4k units are not far off.
 

Gortron

Gortron
Cmdr Spencer said:
I spoke to John Lewis yesterday who confirmed they had lowered their store price in light of this, however I have just looked and it still says £499
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I was straight on to Amazon to buy Touch when I found out but it is still £189 on there and everywhere else except direct from Oculus it seems :(
 

Gortron

Gortron
CMDR ATIMO said:
Might have something to do with this, Jury Awards Zenimax Half A Billion Dollars In Oculus Lawsuit.:O
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I don't think it is to do with that. I've read elsewhere that VR isn't selling very well. PSVR is doing best followed by Vive but Rift is selling in very low numbers.

I'm getting really worried that VR isn't going to get the traction it deserves and will do a 3DTV (again).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38941256

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38992294

People thought wearing sunglasses inside was uncool and a fad. From my experience people think wearing a TV on their face is utterly ridiculous and that VR is basically doing just that and a fad. Everyone that has put the thing on has been amazed though.
 

Aekero

A
rumor is at least for now that vive is not planning on reducing price to match. obviously touch controllers aren't needed for elite so it's a pretty significant price difference going rift vs vive.
 

TorTorden_VR

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I think, and somewhat hope.

That the people who has said and claim that VR will need at least another three full model/series cycles before vr is going anywhere near mainstream.

There is just so much more work to do. And other major hurdles still remain like the 'lack of motion'-sickness and in game locomotion vs real world reality.

But if the necessary hardware can drop in price so the whole schebang can be had for less than $800.

Now you have the silly toy games or a few big hitters that albeit awesome can't be maxed out even with a $3000 pc.

But yeah I know I am in a small minority of those who can and have spent money on a vr headset.
But two VR I have right now has been the gaming experience my 8 year old self could only fathom in dreams.

I have for a very long time had and shared nothing but bile for 3dTV, but haven't been able to stop gushing about vr to anyone who ask, and a fair few who doesn't.

I think the true first mass market type of vr headsets would be something kind of like the glyph, only wireless. Ran off the phone and had 1:1 positional tracking.

In a world where living quarter decrease in size VR has the potential to do for movies and gaming what headphones have done for music listening.
 

dogbite

dogbite
dape said:
sounds great. what is the version number so i can check when back home tomorrow. did it improve tracking when just using one camera? i have been happy with that so far.
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It is version 1.12 and should have auto updated. I noticed a nice tracking improvement with single camera in Doom BFG VR which I can't wait to play with Touch arriving next Tues. yahoo

PS. Oculus cut the sensor price to $59 as well.
 
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dogbite

dogbite
Gortron said:
I don't think it is to do with that. I've read elsewhere that VR isn't selling very well. PSVR is doing best followed by Vive but Rift is selling in very low numbers.

I'm getting really worried that VR isn't going to get the traction it deserves and will do a 3DTV (again).
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I wouldn't worry too much. Watching AMD's presentation at GDC, for example, one can't help but be excited for what is coming in VR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVKDNeyfpAo

These growing pains for new tech are normal. A lot of companies are tossing a lot of money at VR. It ain't going away.
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Gortron said:
I was straight on to Amazon to buy Touch when I found out but it is still £189 on there and everywhere else except direct from Oculus it seems :(
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John lewis :)

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Moonax IRL said:
I still think that its worth holding out and seeing what this year brings, I think there are cheaper and improved models on the horizon. MS will be releasing a new unit for the new xbox and Win 10 that is both VR & AR. 4k units are not far off.
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That is up to you of course but i think cv1 with touch and 3 cameras now is great value if you have the pc to run it. Some if the bundled software is top drawer.

Rift wont be getting an update for 12 months, vives improvements are all pay extra for and the lg steamvr headset is not out till much later in the year and even then it is only a tiny improvement over the vive.

I have had quality vr now since middle of 2014 and would not contemplate being without it. Different strokes i guess
 

TorTorden_VR

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Yeah, this year in vr is not going to have any major revisions in hardware.
Most likely this will be the year for peripherals, like gun shaped controllers etc
And other comfort/usability tweaks.

The vive has, as far as I can see a bit more room here, I don't see oculus bringing much new to the scene here so they might lower prices one more time this year, I'm not expecting more from them.

Both titles need something in the software catalog department, rift with touch is catching up, but only catching up.

And as for the rest we need to refine drivers, utilisation etc etc and maybe add gpu cycle etc.
And that's just to bring out what the full potential of current hmd's.
 
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