Occulus Rift general question

[Dread Lord]

Hi Guys,

I go and preorder my CV1 tomorrow despite the risk it might not be supporting Elite at Launch... but I will just Play the bundled games and watch some movies until it is all sorted. Mind you I still hope it all works fine by the time I receive mine probably mid february(my personal guess)

Now the question: how is watchign movies with it? I imagine it has a big virtual movie Screen like Imax - is it like that? Maybe someone can share their experience? I have not seen a movie in a DK2 so no idea what it is like...

 

[Kevris]

Think about it like this: I have a 75" 4k TV in my living room, a Denon receiver and 7.1 Klipsch Reference surround sound speakers.

It's "cool" watching things on DK2, it's a big looking screen for sure and is somewhat like going to a movie theatre (from a few years ago, prior to digital HD movie projectors). But screen size alone does not a good experience make, and people who say "headphones are just as good!!" are being...overly optimistic.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

The cinema app in the rift dk2 is impressive as an experience but its too low RES with sde problems to use as a full time movie watching experience imo.

Cv1 is sure to be better..... Better enough to replace decent home cinema?....probably no but if you are in a tiny flat with only a 14 inch portable........ Possibly

 

[Dread Lord]

Think about it like this: I have a 75" 4k TV in my living room, a Denon receiver and 7.1 Klipsch Reference surround sound speakers.

It's "cool" watching things on DK2, it's a big looking screen for sure and is somewhat like going to a movie theatre (from a few years ago, prior to digital HD movie projectors). But screen size alone does not a good experience make, and people who say "headphones are just as good!!" are being...overly optimistic.

well I assume you could run it with a surround sound system instead of using headphones

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The cinema app in the rift dk2 is impressive as an experience but its too low RES with sde problems to use as a full time movie watching experience imo.

Cv1 is sure to be better..... Better enough to replace decent home cinema?....probably no but if you are in a tiny flat with only a 14 inch portable........ Possibly

ok we will have to wait and see than....