I'm itching for my DK2 - Ordered at 2:14 PDT on the first day; Status is still 'Ready'. 
ED and the Oculus Rift Developers Kit 2 (DK2) Discussion Thread
Figured it was time to give my input and impressions. Thanks SlackR for the steps.
My system is running an i7-2600k, 8GB of RAM, and a recently purchased GTX 770. Currently, I'm using a Logitech G930 headset for my sound (7.1 wireless surround sound with mini-subwoofers. Thing has amazing sound with ED.), a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X to control the ship, and an XBox 360 gamepad to help with the galaxy map when using the Rift.
My DK2 arrived this past Tuesday, and immediately, I was itching to give it a go on ED. I followed the directions that Oculus gives on their site to set up the device, tried the demo app that they ship in the SDK, and then went immediately to E. Here are a few things that I noticed:
1) The sense of scale and immersion is impressive. I was grinning like a fool for the first 30 minutes.
2) Frontier went to all the trouble to model and detail the cockpits of each of these ships. Much of what we will see, as DK2 owners, others will not. Yet, they still did it. I found a cubby hole in the Sidewinder cockpit to the right of the chair, which has a book and thermos hidden away. I can't quite make out the title of the book, but it was a great touch nonetheless.
3) After reading about proper Rift calibration, I went ahead and calibrated my device. Everything, including text, was clearer after I had done the calibration.
4) Related to #3, while text is still a bit of an issue with the DK2, it was far easier to read after I had calibrated the device. I didn't have to lean in as much to "zoom" the parts of the HUD that had text.
Overall, this is a solid effort by FD, and one that shows Elite: Dangerous as THE killer app for VR. I played with a friend last night, and used the Rift the entire time. Before I knew it, 3 hours had gone by. I managed to pick up a Hauler before I logged off, so I'm exited to explore that cockpit with the Rift when I get home today.
My system is running an i7-2600k, 8GB of RAM, and a recently purchased GTX 770. Currently, I'm using a Logitech G930 headset for my sound (7.1 wireless surround sound with mini-subwoofers. Thing has amazing sound with ED.), a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X to control the ship, and an XBox 360 gamepad to help with the galaxy map when using the Rift.
My DK2 arrived this past Tuesday, and immediately, I was itching to give it a go on ED. I followed the directions that Oculus gives on their site to set up the device, tried the demo app that they ship in the SDK, and then went immediately to E
. Here are a few things that I noticed:1) The sense of scale and immersion is impressive. I was grinning like a fool for the first 30 minutes.
2) Frontier went to all the trouble to model and detail the cockpits of each of these ships. Much of what we will see, as DK2 owners, others will not. Yet, they still did it. I found a cubby hole in the Sidewinder cockpit to the right of the chair, which has a book and thermos hidden away. I can't quite make out the title of the book, but it was a great touch nonetheless.
3) After reading about proper Rift calibration, I went ahead and calibrated my device. Everything, including text, was clearer after I had done the calibration.
4) Related to #3, while text is still a bit of an issue with the DK2, it was far easier to read after I had calibrated the device. I didn't have to lean in as much to "zoom" the parts of the HUD that had text.
Overall, this is a solid effort by FD, and one that shows Elite: Dangerous as THE killer app for VR. I played with a friend last night, and used the Rift the entire time. Before I knew it, 3 hours had gone by. I managed to pick up a Hauler before I logged off, so I'm exited to explore that cockpit with the Rift when I get home today.
Reset Oculus F12 does not work
I have been trying to use my Oculus Rift DK2 with Eliteangerous. The first day I was able to get it to work and F12 was working fine to reset the oculus rift head tracking. However, last night the key simply stopped working. I tried mapping it to a number of other keyboard, joystick, mouse buttons but nothing happens.
I did follow the instructions that are floating around in this forum, oculus, and reddit (https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11455). My head tracking works great, but over time it drifts. Does anyone know a work-around for resetting the head-tracking?
I have been trying to use my Oculus Rift DK2 with Elite
angerous. The first day I was able to get it to work and F12 was working fine to reset the oculus rift head tracking. However, last night the key simply stopped working. I tried mapping it to a number of other keyboard, joystick, mouse buttons but nothing happens. I did follow the instructions that are floating around in this forum, oculus, and reddit (https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11455). My head tracking works great, but over time it drifts. Does anyone know a work-around for resetting the head-tracking?
Success using the great app from http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2c6qqc/updated_unofficial_oculus_service_manager_by/
The only extra thing it seem to do (which I was not doing) was to kill the Oculus configuration process. (OculusConfigUtil.exe - Oculus Configuration Utility (32 bit)).
Now, to help the boss set up her yard sale, then full dive into the game is all it''s 3D glory ... once I stop gawking at the (almost) sense of presence and vastness of space!
And Thanks for the help!
SlackR
Banned
Success using the great app from http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2c6qqc/updated_unofficial_oculus_service_manager_by/
The only extra thing it seem to do (which I was not doing) was to kill the Oculus configuration process. (OculusConfigUtil.exe - Oculus Configuration Utility (32 bit)).
Now, to help the boss set up her yard sale, then full dive into the game is all it''s 3D glory ... once I stop gawking at the (almost) sense of presence and vastness of space!
And Thanks for the help!
Hey that's great news! So it seems the config.exe itself is the issue with win 8.1
... That's good to know
In the Configuration Utility for the Rift, there is a screen that allows you to go into some advanced config bits (at work right now, so can't give you exact info). There's a button that helps you measure a few things, and I believe it helps determine what focal length (among other things) you should be set at. After going through that, and then adjusting the distance of the lenses from my eyes, I was able to see things a lot more clearly.
Just in case you DK2`ers are looking for extra programs to test on your rig i see euro truck simulator 2 has just patched up for DK2 it was already working for dk2 so it`ll be interesting to see the results, but man i cant imagine how stunning this game must be looking for you dk2`ers because it looks stunning to me with my humble monitor thingy! Thought about somehow tapeing my screen to my head in conjunction with a trackir but no cant really see it working i`ll guess i`ll have to wait for this darn thing to arive
SlackR
Banned
Spent a couple of hours this afternoon trying the TrackIR 5...
It arrived the same time my riftUP came and then the DK2 showed up ten days after that, so it hasn't exactly seen a lot of action!
I imagine if I wasn't already a Rift addict id be pretty amazed by it, but as it stands I am more than
But it does allow me the luxury of appreciating the game on full graphics with a decent frame ...
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It arrived the same time my riftUP came and then the DK2 showed up ten days after that, so it hasn't exactly seen a lot of action!
I imagine if I wasn't already a Rift addict id be pretty amazed by it, but as it stands I am more
than But it does allow me the luxury of appreciating the game on full graphics with a decent frame ...
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I've had a go in my Sony hmd. It's older the the rift and not wide poverty. But still stereo and there's a gap looking down so I can see my illuminated keys. I attached the trackir5 to it for 6axis motion. It's a fun setup. Though I kinda like playing with trackir and my 30" 25X16 res monitor. Look forward to dk2 and even project morpheous.
Have now played E for about 2.5 hours over 3 nights on the DK2. Love it.
Only downsides are, in order of impact on gameplay enjoyment:
1) The galaxy map is a nightmare to use in the Rift. Lots of disorientation from moving it around and it's hard to find what you want or select what you want. Can't use the mouse while using the Rift, it seems (at least for me). (I would love to be able to type in a system and go to it on the map, or to click on a system name from a mission description and have it jump to that system on the map). Would also be nice to have the galaxy map plot out the shortest course to a system you select (similar to how Eve handles it when you plug in a destination and it plots your course).
2) Text legibility - hard to read a few of the menus still without leaning in closely. This is particularly true for the commodities board - not sure if it's because of the contrast between the text and background or what, but I have to really lean in and squint to read the commodities board.
for about 2.5 hours over 3 nights on the DK2. Love it.Only downsides are, in order of impact on gameplay enjoyment:
1) The galaxy map is a nightmare to use in the Rift. Lots of disorientation from moving it around and it's hard to find what you want or select what you want. Can't use the mouse while using the Rift, it seems (at least for me). (I would love to be able to type in a system and go to it on the map, or to click on a system name from a mission description and have it jump to that system on the map). Would also be nice to have the galaxy map plot out the shortest course to a system you select (similar to how Eve handles it when you plug in a destination and it plots your course).
2) Text legibility - hard to read a few of the menus still without leaning in closely. This is particularly true for the commodities board - not sure if it's because of the contrast between the text and background or what, but I have to really lean in and squint to read the commodities board.
Spent a couple of hours this afternoon trying the TrackIR 5...
It arrived the same time my riftUP came and then the DK2 showed up ten days after that, so it hasn't exactly seen a lot of action!
I imagine if I wasn't already a Rift addict id be pretty amazed by it, but as it stands I am more
But it does allow me the luxury of appreciating the game on full graphics with a decent frame ...
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How on earth? I have a new rig with 780ti and get no where near those frame rates at 1080p on my monitor.
Hi there,
I just recieved my DK2 the last wednesday, and well, Elite basically blow my mind, best VR and/or gaming experience I have had.
That said, is anybody here with and 660Ti? I cannot manage to get more than 50-60 fps at 1080p. Even at 720p it sometimes drops to 70. Of course all this tests were made with Low settings (all switched off).
am I doing something wrong or is just that my poor 660Ti is on its limits (with the curren version of Elite, ofc)?
thanks in advance.
I just recieved my DK2 the last wednesday, and well, Elite basically blow my mind, best VR and/or gaming experience I have had.
That said, is anybody here with and 660Ti? I cannot manage to get more than 50-60 fps at 1080p. Even at 720p it sometimes drops to 70. Of course all this tests were made with Low settings (all switched off).
am I doing something wrong or is just that my poor 660Ti is on its limits (with the curren version of Elite, ofc)?
thanks in advance.
Its not very hard, you just turn off vsync and check your FPS while in the main menu...
Hi guys, having a problem with the Galaxy Map using my DK2, can't seem to select stars to bring up the info on that system!?
I'm moving around the map with a combination of the mouse and one of the hats on my X55 but clicking on a star does nothing!
Any help/tips would be very welcome
I'm moving around the map with a combination of the mouse and one of the hats on my X55 but clicking on a star does nothing!
Any help/tips would be very welcome
SlackR
Banned
Hi guys, having a problem with the Galaxy Map using my DK2, can't seem to select stars to bring up the info on that system!?
I'm moving around the map with a combination of the mouse and one of the hats on my X55 but clicking on a star does nothing!
Any help/tips would be very welcome
It's not really workable in the rift... I can't reach the panels with mouse...ticket already submitted... Someone suggested using a xbox controller,but haven't tried this myself yet :smilie:
So what do you do, just turn the rift off while you use the Galaxy map?
By the way, I just got it working!!
\o/Used your step by step, thank you mate