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2016 Q3/Q4's new fancy toy may not be a RiftV2 and may have a minimum requirement of a Pascal GPU or Skylake/Broadwell-e CPU. Its just a really horrible time to buy computer hardware right now.
Release cycle for VR is not less than a year. I've read anywhere between 1 (mobile) and 10 (console) years.
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>This is the FIRST consumer release! This is the Palm Pilot 1 of VR. Actually, there were multiple VR technologies released in the 90s and 2000s. This isn't like being on the groundfloor of some new concept, its like a revival of something old. I wish Oculus all the luck in the world, but this technology has failed in the market many times. Yes, maybe more FPS and higher resolutions is what was needed, but I guess we…
> Actually, there were multiple VR technologies released in the 90s. This isn't like being on the groundfloor of some new concept, its like a revival of something old. A better comparison might be the first iPhone. There were smartphones before the iPhone, but the iPhone is the one we think of today as being the first REAL smartphone.
Gee, maybe we should stop pretending we can all spot the next iphone from this far out?
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Star Citizen is of limited appeal, isn't a "AAA" title, and won't sell a platform. Not to mention, it's only 1 game... for this to work, pretty much 99% of AAA titles need to be designed for VR (not just the "enable VR" checkbox). Call of Duty Black Ops III was just released... no VR support. Battlefront was just released, same thing. These are the AAA titles that would bring support... but they aren't. (it also show…
First person shooters probably won't make the transition to VR. Not without basically being redesigned from the ground up. The control scheme is just barf city. (Although expect to see people playing FPSs on virtual IMAX-like screens in VR. A little bit of stable context can mitigate the nausea.) But why are you counting the titles available today? The Rift hasn't even been released yet. Even if they are planning to…
The development kits have been out for years. The failure to bring big AAA titles to the Rift at launch clearly shows one of two things:
1) Facebook et all were unsuccessful in persuading AAA studios to work with them on VR for relative lined-up launches.
2) Facebook et all did not try to persuade AAA studios to work with them on VR, instead opting for it to grow "organically".
Both are total failures for the Rift, and may spell disaster. For an expensive device like this, it needs several AAA titles featuring full support... they don't exist.
Part of this miraculous unplanned and very sudden firesale to Facebook was so that Oculus could have "virtually unlimited funds", which would be used to further the platform... Facebook could have easily subsidized AAA studios to produce full Oculus/VR support on their next title... but that clearly didn't happen.
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I hate when marketing tries to add value or justify cost with bundles, add-ons or promotional items. None of those items appeal to me and I'd rather buy a barebones kit and save $50. I don't need a wireless xbox controller, I have 2 sitting right next to me. I have no interest in those two games, they'll be thrown on the stack of AOL floppies, Colin McRae: Dirt download codes, and McAfee CDs I have gathering dust in…
I wouldn't be so quick to toss the headphones. One of the reasons I think Oculus went with an onboard DAC is to precisely sync audio, visuals, and head tracking. Using a non-Oculus audio pipeline could introduce unpredictable timing and a worse experience.
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If $105 million (and counting) in dev costs and hollywood actors is not AAA what is?
While budget does play into what makes a AAA title, it's not the only factor. Star Citizen is Cloud Imperium Games' first game... and it's still not a final release. They are an "indie" shop for all intents and purposes. AAA status is usually reserved for big studios that produce many games of high quality(ish), and yes, with big budgets (GTA5 cost over $265 MM to create). A parallel would be a big budget movie produ…
It's been available as a "development version" for almost two years.[1] The price was $1000, and anyone could buy it on Amazon. This is a 40% price cut, which is nice, but not a mainstream price. Is there a killer app for this yet? The roller coaster simulators are fun for about ten minutes. Second Life now works with the Oculus Rift [3] but few people care. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIIQf3krMM [2] http://…
Has anyone with vision issues been able to try out the hardware? I suppose it's more of a software issue, but I'm blind in one eye, and if applications assume you have vision in both eyes, you could end up with usability issues when controls are only displayed on one screen or the other.
Totally blind or just legally blind? My left eye can count fingers up to a distance of 2' with peripheral vision and a complete lack of foveal vision. Playing around with the DK2 I still felt the "presence" VR tries to achieve.
Has anyone with vision issues been able to try out the hardware? I suppose it's more of a software issue, but I'm blind in one eye, and if applications assume you have vision in both eyes, you could end up with usability issues when controls are only displayed on one screen or the other.
You won't have to worry about that. UI on only one eye would be a very bad idea for everyone. I can speculate about someone using it for an intentionally weird and distracting ghost effect or to approximate "impossible colors" like red-and-blue-not-purple. But, otherwise it won't be done. Also, people with monocular vision have reported that the 3D-ness and presence of VR headsets works just as well as real life. In…
Well I really wanted this to be a huge, consumer hit that turns VR on to the masses, but like many the price is simply not going to make that possible. I think it's unwise to target 'hardcore gaming pc users' who will drop 600 on a new video card enough to not bat an eye at this price. In that context it might be a hit, but that's hardly going to forward VR into the mass market as was the original hope of this device…
Even iPhone only sold 6 million in the first gen.
What's really interesting is that studios may be able to make the first round of oculus games very cheaply. The resolution is lower than typical on PC games, framerate is important, and the experience is very different. So I bet they could get away with repurposing a lot of old content into new oculus games.