There is no good reason, it is literally as you say, to see the future a year plus before it happens.....and the dk2 is a glorious glimpse of the future.
I don't regret dropping the cash and plan to give it to a friend once cv1 is ready.
ED and the Oculus Rift Developers Kit 2 (DK2) Discussion Thread
There is no good reason, it is literally as you say, to see the future a year plus before it happens.....and the dk2 is a glorious glimpse of the future.
I don't regret dropping the cash and plan to give it to a friend once cv1 is ready.
Could it be that you can't see blue? And that it intensifies the screen door effect?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOLED
I have the DK1 oculus and besides the super low res it really gives you another kind of experience. I really like it and it's a must try (if you like immersion and vr).
It seems that DK2 isn't that HD yet and isn't ready to be enjoyed completely so I'm gonna wait for the consumer version before buying another one.
The biggest issue atm is the res.
It seems that DK2 isn't that HD yet and isn't ready to be enjoyed completely so I'm gonna wait for the consumer version before buying another one.
The biggest issue atm is the res.
The benefits of Oculus does not compensate for disadvantages (horrible and oppressive helmet, nausea, eye strain, according to some users)
I love the DK2, but the smart move is to wait for the consumer version. Unless you have lots of disposable income or you plan on developing games for the rift.
There is also the CastAR coming out some time in the near future. If it can get game industry support, it may end up being the better choice as you can still see your controls while using it and resolution shouldn't be a problem.
There is also the CastAR coming out some time in the near future. If it can get game industry support, it may end up being the better choice as you can still see your controls while using it and resolution shouldn't be a problem.
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The benefits of Oculus does not compensate for disadvantages (horrible and oppressive helmet, nausea, eye strain, according to some users)
The HMD is comfortable, I've never felt sick using it and never had eye strain.
You could only get eye strain if it was setup all wrong.
Got set up last night and managed an hours play before bed.
I played without any nausea at all, but I did find text hard to read at times. I'm wondering if there are tweaks I can perform to improve things now. Ultimately it was completely playable and I thoroughly enjoyed flying in combat and around planets, stations etc.
I notice that if I look to the outer edges of the rift there can be a really defined split in the red/green/blue 'pixels'. Is this something I can correct? I'm still running on high settings and I don't know which anti alias sing profile suits best. I'm running a GTX 760 and needed to flip the display in order to render correctly if that makes any difference. Also main monitor is still in 1080p @ 60Hz.
I played without any nausea at all, but I did find text hard to read at times. I'm wondering if there are tweaks I can perform to improve things now. Ultimately it was completely playable and I thoroughly enjoyed flying in combat and around planets, stations etc.
I notice that if I look to the outer edges of the rift there can be a really defined split in the red/green/blue 'pixels'. Is this something I can correct? I'm still running on high settings and I don't know which anti alias sing profile suits best. I'm running a GTX 760 and needed to flip the display in order to render correctly if that makes any difference. Also main monitor is still in 1080p @ 60Hz.
I am finding 3 screens and track IR to be a good compromise on the rifts resolution shortcomings...
Yeah, I've used Track IR right from the first version, but compared to Rift immersion, it's ****.
I'm partially colorblind, but do not have the issue you are having. It sounds to me like you may have a bad screen that is not using all channels. Has anyone else in your household tried it? Does it look okay to them?
Well - I own the appartment, so no security deposits lost here.
Whilst it is true that cigarette smoke will condense on fans and make dust stick to them, I wouldn't call it damaging to the system - you just have to clean the respective parts more often (although it's not much of an issue since I use a watercooled system, so I just need to clean the case fans and radiator from time to time).
As for triple screens and trackir being an alternative: I have that and no - it's nothing like a rift. I will keep using triple screens and 3dvision for games like civ V, but anything taking place in a 6 DOF 3d environment has become unplayable on screens to me the moment I put the DK2 on for the first time.
This seems to have gone this morning. I set my desktop to a lower res and 75Hz before playing. Now it seems pretty bug free. Just need to work on getting frame rate up. Low GFX settings is next move.
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That's called chromatic aberration - it's basically what happens when light passes through a prism - the different frequencies take slightly different paths, resulting in a 'split' image. Due to the nature of the barrel lenses used in DK2, there will inherently be some aberration, but try adjusting the headset a bit. The closer your pupil is to the center of the lens, the better it will look.
Just finished fiddling installing a HDMI extension cable (I know its not recommended) but mine is just 6 inches. DVI to 2x HDMI.
The main reason for doing this it to take tension off the supplied HDMI lead at the back of the system.
The main reason for doing this it to take tension off the supplied HDMI lead at the back of the system.
I was going to put a :smilie: after that statement. I forgot to say its a lot stiffer than the one its replacing.
