ok i sold my dk2 for a dumb amount of money on ebay it got bidded upto £210 lol now im going to buy a new one its between the rift and windows mixed reality and i dont know what to get i always wanted a oculus rift but the mixed reality looks so good help me what do i but
need some help with a vr head set
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The rift is the most known quantity.
As for the AR, only the Samsung seem the only to be comparable to it, but it also is not sold outside US\ASIA from what I gather, if you are in EU or most of the planet, no luck.
As for using the AR as a VR HMD you need it to work with SteamVR, this is coming but might take a few months, although it might be in early beta stages.
Mileage will vary in other words.
I also hear there will\might be a plugin set of cameras for the rift to be used as an AR set but that might just be some pipe dream thing.
As for VR, Pimax seem to be the talk of the town, but the KS campaign has ended and most likely they won't start selling publicly until this summer, late spring.
That would be a long time without VR.
As for the AR, only the Samsung seem the only to be comparable to it, but it also is not sold outside US\ASIA from what I gather, if you are in EU or most of the planet, no luck.
As for using the AR as a VR HMD you need it to work with SteamVR, this is coming but might take a few months, although it might be in early beta stages.
Mileage will vary in other words.
I also hear there will\might be a plugin set of cameras for the rift to be used as an AR set but that might just be some pipe dream thing.
As for VR, Pimax seem to be the talk of the town, but the KS campaign has ended and most likely they won't start selling publicly until this summer, late spring.
That would be a long time without VR.
the thing with the pimax is what gpu will you need to run that thing
Most of the windows mixed reality headsets use a 1440x1440 per eye screen, slightly lower fov, and don't have the pentile layout, so image quality should be better.
Lower fov is not a good thing though, I already think the rift is too narrow.
Controllers on the rift are probably better too, but don't really play things with them, only use them for google earth and such.
Lower fov is not a good thing though, I already think the rift is too narrow.
Controllers on the rift are probably better too, but don't really play things with them, only use them for google earth and such.
i think i will go with the rift but i have a small desk 3 ft so the sensor placement will be hard for me thats why i like the look of windows mixed reality
lol thats me out i got a 1070
They don't actually like being more than 6-7 feet apart.
And you can always wall mount them etc, they support standard camera thread on the base screws.
Personally I just put up a shelf.
updaye i just ordered a a rift anyone know what settings are best for a 1070?
For my DK2 i just sat the sensor far up the wall in front of me on a piece of wood, having it further up gives you a larger tracked volume because its further away from your HMD (up to some limit).
As for settings, just slap it on high and see what happens, a good rule of thump seems to be when you have stable 45 fps (ctrl+f shows it in the desktop window) docked in a station you will be OK pretty much anywhere.
I would personally sacrifice some of the higher levels of effects and features to be able to run a bit of supersampling instead because that makes the image clearer and text more readable.
As for settings, just slap it on high and see what happens, a good rule of thump seems to be when you have stable 45 fps (ctrl+f shows it in the desktop window) docked in a station you will be OK pretty much anywhere.
I would personally sacrifice some of the higher levels of effects and features to be able to run a bit of supersampling instead because that makes the image clearer and text more readable.
if this helps: mine are on the desk just 140cm apart from each other, 130cm away from the headset, no problem whatsoever. they also work perfectly for room experience, where i stand a bit further away, about 170cm.
the only problem i had so far has been with 'the climb', where my own arms occasionally block one of the sensors. slightly annoying, but i think that would only be completely solved with a third sensor.
i have bang on 3f desk and thats the only place i can put the sensors i will have to make do with what i have most of the time i will be on elite might give robo recall a try to
Both the RIFT and the touch controllers technically work with just the one camera, but the latter and it's games tend to need the extra coverage from having multiple sensors since you move a fair bit.
But Elite works with just the one easily.
But Elite works with just the one easily.
I play The Climb all the time with 2 sensors on the diagonal 12 ft apart 8ft elevation. no occlusion here.
Yeah mounting high and wide helps with that, but he seems absolutely convinced he has to keep them on his 3t wide desk.
If I mounted mine 8ft up, they would be standing on the floor above me and, well occluded by the floor :S
I have to be careful not to punch the ceiling when I play VR games
yeah, might help. but i would need to plug some holes in the wall
see above. not convinced, lazy!
Just get some cheap universal camera mounts that the sensors can easily screw in to off Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/camera+security+mount They work great!
If you don't want to drill holes, then just use double-sided tape / or two command strips, etc to hold them in place up high.
Here is an example:
If you don't want to drill holes, then just use double-sided tape / or two command strips, etc to hold them in place up high.
Here is an example:
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