ED and the Oculus Rift Developers Kit 2 (DK2) Discussion Thread
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
Quick question on the DK2... couldnt read all the 150+ pages here but wanted to understand how does it work for shipping.
The OP seems to suggest that the DK2 is already being shipped to buyers but the very own DK2 page, states shipping will only start in September?
Did I miss an early bird promotion or similar?
The OP seems to suggest that the DK2 is already being shipped to buyers but the very own DK2 page, states shipping will only start in September?
Did I miss an early bird promotion or similar?
No updates on the list who got their DK2 yet?I'm still waiting...
Most people that have had theirs ordered in the first few hours.
They've shipped between 5 and 7 thousand rifts by now if their 2.5k a week estimate is to be believed. There were over 10 thousand pre-orders in the first day and a half so it's probably going to be a couple of weeks yet before you see yours.
People who have the DK2 now pre-ordered in within a few hours of it going on sale on March 19th.
They have such a large amount of back orders that if you order one now it won't be here until September.
More than a couple of weeks I ordered first day and not in stock yet.
Pre-orders went up in march. If you ordered on the day you maybe have a DK2 already as they've started to ship. The September delivery date is an estimate of when you'll get one if you order now, though I'd say unless they get a good deal quicker with it, it'll be a longer wait than that.
I am March the 20th, a day after and I have had no notification other than "get ready to receive a full bill soon and check your address details".
I am not expecting anything before September if i am honest. You look at who has had theirs so far and its all the 19th and whilst most people here who ordered on that date have theirs, this is a worldwide product and i fully expect it to be several weeks before they have covered all those who pre-ordered on day 1!
I am also quite worried about motion sickness as I can suffer quite badly in a car. So I might get mine and be selling it not long after if I suffer.
I am not expecting anything before September if i am honest. You look at who has had theirs so far and its all the 19th and whilst most people here who ordered on that date have theirs, this is a worldwide product and i fully expect it to be several weeks before they have covered all those who pre-ordered on day 1!
I am also quite worried about motion sickness as I can suffer quite badly in a car. So I might get mine and be selling it not long after if I suffer.
Not yet. But I can certainly bring along my x52 (non-Pro) if it would help.
SlackR
Banned
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I had a dabble with an x52 standard.
it was fantastic........ but just lacking a little in buttons.,
This is not an issue for standard monitor play, but, I decided to cough up the extra £40 and go for an X55 as opposed to an X52 for play in the Rift.
I guessed as much, the Helix coaster demo should have one but the version I downloaded didn't so I was a bit :S.
Thanks for the offer, but id like to pick something up...
Grabbed a x52Pro off ebay, works really well. Some muscle memory required
I set the pinky switch to be a shift function to easily double the buttons. So now I only take my hands off to pick up the x360 in the Galaxy Map.
So no issues for sure - you can probably still get one cheaper than the X55s are going for.
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
BTW, I have an old i7 (3.1Ghz), a gtx680 and 12 MB RAM.
I have full high graphic settings on for 1920x1080 and the game usually hovers around the 80-110 FPS mark solidly except when I am inside stations where it drops to around 60-70.
In Beta Premium I also had huge FPS drops when nearby gas giants to around 20-30 FPS and asteroid fields were typically also around 40-50 in Beta Premium. Havent seen gas giants related FPS drops since Beta 1 started but I havent visited asteroids fields yet.
I suspect I may have to tweak some of my graphics settings down to ensure the DK2 can deliver smoothly. Any suggetsions whch settings are the best to start tweaking first?
I have full high graphic settings on for 1920x1080 and the game usually hovers around the 80-110 FPS mark solidly except when I am inside stations where it drops to around 60-70.
In Beta Premium I also had huge FPS drops when nearby gas giants to around 20-30 FPS and asteroid fields were typically also around 40-50 in Beta Premium. Havent seen gas giants related FPS drops since Beta 1 started but I havent visited asteroids fields yet.
I suspect I may have to tweak some of my graphics settings down to ensure the DK2 can deliver smoothly. Any suggetsions whch settings are the best to start tweaking first?
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I traded my way up to an Anaconda using nothing but the DK2... My only issue was using the Galaxy map, but now that is working its 100 % rift
Can you explain what you mean by the galaxy map now working? Not seen any mention of a fix for this
Motion sickness has not been a problem for me in ED. On the Helix roller coaster however, I felt quite queasy.
SlackR
Banned
Using a gamepad to control the cursor