Hello and thanks for joining my first post. I have many questions regarding VR and hope to find answers to them here.
First of all, I love the Elite Dangerous game and the graphics therein, the complexity of controls and the freedom of professions.
The second piece is where my first question comes into play: Does VR improve the controls of your ship? I have some serious issues with control even with a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Landing/Takeoff is fine (that was simple even with Keyboard/Mouse) but I can not get the hang of dogfighting or ship combat. Do the VR sets (either Vive or Rift) make this easier, or is the VR simply a visual experience only in this game?
Second: I'm running an Alienware17 R3 with a GeForce 980M (4GB of RAM), i7-6820HK (4x2.7Ghz), and 32 GB of RAM; is this sufficiently powerful to run either VR suites without a problem?
Finally: Is there any major difference in features between the Vive and Rift? I understand the cost difference, the Rift's access to the Oculus games, and the new Touch controllers for the Rift. I'm leaning towards the Vive due to comments on how well they fit with glasses vs. the Rift, but am I cutting myself off from any major features the Rift has to offer vs. the Vive?
Additional: Are there any other PC-based VR solutions that work with Steam or E
that you would recommend as an alternate (aside from being cheaper), and for what reasons?
Thanks in advance for everyone's time reading this (and hopefully responding),
Mortuest
*That guy constantly running into asteroids while attempting to evade getting a missile up his afterburner*
First of all, I love the Elite Dangerous game and the graphics therein, the complexity of controls and the freedom of professions.
The second piece is where my first question comes into play: Does VR improve the controls of your ship? I have some serious issues with control even with a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Landing/Takeoff is fine (that was simple even with Keyboard/Mouse) but I can not get the hang of dogfighting or ship combat. Do the VR sets (either Vive or Rift) make this easier, or is the VR simply a visual experience only in this game?
Second: I'm running an Alienware17 R3 with a GeForce 980M (4GB of RAM), i7-6820HK (4x2.7Ghz), and 32 GB of RAM; is this sufficiently powerful to run either VR suites without a problem?
Finally: Is there any major difference in features between the Vive and Rift? I understand the cost difference, the Rift's access to the Oculus games, and the new Touch controllers for the Rift. I'm leaning towards the Vive due to comments on how well they fit with glasses vs. the Rift, but am I cutting myself off from any major features the Rift has to offer vs. the Vive?
Additional: Are there any other PC-based VR solutions that work with Steam or E
Thanks in advance for everyone's time reading this (and hopefully responding),
Mortuest
*That guy constantly running into asteroids while attempting to evade getting a missile up his afterburner*