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New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, likely ships in July

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Re: New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, likely ships in July

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Post by 31reasons »

icpmacdo wrote: post #24
marknutter wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All signs are pointing to 2015.

2015 would make sense. People that really want it can get it now and regular consumers will have there socks blown off when/if the gen 3 comes as a consumer version.

I hope so! I really want to get the Dev Kit but don't want to spend that much money if consumer version is released in just couple of months after that.

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Post by shawabawa3 »

Kiro wrote: post #25

Am I the only one who thinks the motion sickness is something good? Like, "it feels so real that you get motion sickness" and that the new version feels less realistic. I hope I'm wrong though!

I'm pretty sure the motion sickness is caused by conflict between what you see and how your brain knows your head is moving.

Even a slight delay between your head moving and eyes seeing a reaction can cause nausea

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Post by JD557 »

Kiro wrote: post #25

Am I the only one who thinks the motion sickness is something good? Like, "it feels so real that you get motion sickness" and that the new version feels less realistic. I hope I'm wrong though!

The motion sickness is not just because it looks real, it's because of the small little mistakes, such as high persistence and latency.

Imagine that every time you move your head, the image not only takes time to appear, but also is a little blured.

It's kind of simmilar to being a little drunk, but sober, so the effect is really awkward.

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Post by th0ma5 »

Kiro wrote: post #25

Am I the only one who thinks the motion sickness is something good? Like, "it feels so real that you get motion sickness" and that the new version feels less realistic. I hope I'm wrong though!

Recently read a great working theory of motion sickness... when your brain can't reconcile your sense of "down" or motion via your ear and your body orientation with your vision's perception of down or motion, then your brain thinks one or the other is hallucinating because of something you ate, and that's why you have a nauseous reaction, to expel the poison.

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Post by njharman »

Kiro wrote: post #25

Am I the only one who thinks the motion sickness is something good? Like, "it feels so real that you get motion sickness" and that the new version feels less realistic. I hope I'm wrong though!

I don't get motion sickness moving through the real world, do you? Should have that checked out. There for motion sickness in a virtual world does not seem more real.
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