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4K fingers crossed.
They can't even render 1080p with low enough latency and high enough frame rate currently. Are you going hooking your Occulus up to a super computer?
I'm very excited about this release. In my opinion, they've taken a bit too long, and now they have a high likelihood of being dethroned between now and their release date (e.g., Magic Leap, Holo Lens, Gear VR, etc.).
Have any of those companies announced a release date for any of their products though? As far as I am aware, the rift is still (or will be) the first consumer accessible VR product.
However, John Carmack hinted in a recent keynote on mobile VR[1] that the next version of Gear VR would be promoted widely for all consumers and that it would come out along with the next major Samsung phone release, presumably the Note 5. The Note phones get updated every September.
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As I said in my other comment, I'm really surprised by this. When I tried a DK2 and a CB back to back, I couldn't tell a difference (and not in a good way, they were both extremely screendoor-y and pixel-y) other than the headphones.
Hmm, the CB is a huge improvement over the DK2. Did you notice the screen door effect in CB? It's much reduced. Also, CB has two screens.
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I'm really surprised by your comments about Crescent Bay. I used a DK2 and a Crescent Bay back to back, and literally could not tell the difference aside from the headphones. Both were horribly screen-doory-y and pixel-y.
I own a DK2 and have demoed Crescent Bay several times this year and have a hard time believing this. Which demos were screen door-y to you on the CB? i.e. which specific scenes... please be specific.
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You'll need a "gaming rig". That's the simplest way I can put it. Don't buy an "ultrabook" or an "all in one" or some $500 laptop to use Oculus. Whether it's a PC (cheaper) or a notebook, it needs to be gaming-focused one. In terms of specs I'd buy a GPU with at least a 3TF performance, and even that it's probably going to be "mediocre" for the next 2 years. 2TF should work, too, but might not last you too long, espe…
I'd be interested to know how simple you can make the graphics and still have a good experience. Isn't there an inherent problem with VR that if you try to compete with state of the art non-VR graphics, you're always going to need a more powerful machine for VR than you need for non-VR (e.g. larger field of view, two screens, higher FPS)? The problem will only increase as the headset Field of View increases.
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Yes, it will be. Here's a fairly fun demonstration of exactly that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-7J5OaSag
There's a small subreddit devoted to the idea of programming inside VR. Several examples there. http://www.reddit.com/r/hmdprogramming
There is potential to re-imagine programming, but I have no clue how.
Also, keyboard input is not very compatible with HMD. I guess brain interfaces are the most promising, but why can't we just tap into my pinky's nerve and train my brain to use that as output?
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yea but you know they are going to want to push a half life 3 with it.
Why? They actually said some time ago that they simply didn't have a full story for it and didn't want to push towards anything unless it was what they wanted. I'm not sure they would really care about pushing HL 3 with anything specifically.
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Why? They actually said some time ago that they simply didn't have a full story for it and didn't want to push towards anything unless it was what they wanted. I'm not sure they would really care about pushing HL 3 with anything specifically.
They've also said they've been waiting for technology that is palpable to what they did with the havok engine and source graphics in hl2 days. This seems to line up pretty perfectly, and I highly doubt they will just abandon the series at this point.
Yeah I don't think they would abandon the series but the way valve works it seems to me they never really cared about pairing it up unless it's something they have to do (like source). Meaning it wouldn't be any type of forced pairing.
I'm very excited about this release. In my opinion, they've taken a bit too long, and now they have a high likelihood of being dethroned between now and their release date (e.g., Magic Leap, Holo Lens, Gear VR, etc.).
Have any of those companies announced a release date for any of their products though? As far as I am aware, the rift is still (or will be) the first consumer accessible VR product.
Microsoft said Holo Lens was coming out this summer - http://bgr.com/2015/05/01/microsoft-hololens-release-date-an...
I was able to get a demo of the Crescent Bay prototype (hand-built tech demo of the consumer version) at PAX East this year. I've also tried the DK1 and DK2. If you've been playing with the DK1 or DK2, the consumer version is fundamentally better. Do not assume you know what the state of the art is until you've gotten your hands on a preview. I don't know exactly what the resolution differences are, and I don't care…