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I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by pen2l »

ARCarr wrote: post #36
jkelsey wrote: post #30

I did the Oculus demo at a Best Buy. The technology is incredibly impressive, but I found the experience annoying. Besides the face sweat, I just can't envision myself coming home and enjoying my time in a headset the same way I can enjoy myself in front of a TV or computer, and I think that's because you can't see around your physical space without taking the headset on and off. Maybe I'm just being a troglodyte abo…

The HTC Vive has a camera on the front you can turn on to see around your environment.

Oh wow, I did not know that. So basically, Vive is a potential AR device as well.

Speaking of which, I have the mattel view-master headset that I use with an iphone 6. If you use the default mattel app, the device looks through the camera, and when it sees the disc that comes along it (this one: http://www8.pcmag.com/media/images/488976-mattel-view-master... ) -- it renders a rocket spinning on top of it. So even the cheap headsets allow a VR... but of course, the lag and stuff kind of bring it down and make it very headache-inducing.

Of course the best AR experience is one where reality is not see through a re-render picture of stuff captured from camera, but simple you seeing the stuff around you through a glass because nothing beats reality.

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by Yuioup »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #5

Apparently I can't read this article due to using adblock. Neither visiting the article nor the "web" workaround work. http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png Fascinating. I wonder what the web will look like in a decade. On-topic: I was one of the original backers of Oculus, but missed the opportunity to get a free Rift. I guess it didn't matter much. It seems like what happened to the Oculus is what happened to many platfo…

I just tried to read this article on mobile and had to walk to my computer to type this.

This. This is the _worst_ reading experience I've ever had since I first connected to the internet back in 1995.

I had to stop reading the article because the ads we too intrusive. I closed the page in disgust.

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by newacct23 »

gear54rus wrote: post #19
Mayzie wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's Forbes. That's their industry and target audience.

So maybe someone from that industry can comment if that helps anyone at all?

If there is news about a company and it's recent it might be interesting information how the stock of the company is affected? It's useful information for the people that normally read Forbes.

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by cloudjacker »

> Despite my surprising lack of interest in VR, I recognize that it is the future. This isn’t one company making some gimmicky piece of tech .... and lord knows when Apple unveils their own VR headset, it’ll be game over.

oh geez, this means nothing.

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by teh_klev »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #5

Apparently I can't read this article due to using adblock. Neither visiting the article nor the "web" workaround work. http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png Fascinating. I wonder what the web will look like in a decade. On-topic: I was one of the original backers of Oculus, but missed the opportunity to get a free Rift. I guess it didn't matter much. It seems like what happened to the Oculus is what happened to many platfo…

archive.is is your friend:

http://archive.is/DhM0e

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by XorNot »

Animats wrote: post #32

I still think VR headsets are the next 3D TV. Yes, they're cool, for a few days. Yes, some hardcore FPS gamers like them. There's a modest market for them. But it may not be that big.

The difference between 3D TV and VR is staggering.

I hate 3D TV (and movies) but was instantly amazed and wanted more of VR.

VR's biggest problem is tech needs to catch up - i.e. the race is towards doing retina-resolution VR, at which point it's game-over for monitor tech.

3D TV is about as good as it's ever going to get, with a lot of really obvious limitations.

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Post by joelrunyon »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #5

Apparently I can't read this article due to using adblock. Neither visiting the article nor the "web" workaround work. http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png Fascinating. I wonder what the web will look like in a decade. On-topic: I was one of the original backers of Oculus, but missed the opportunity to get a free Rift. I guess it didn't matter much. It seems like what happened to the Oculus is what happened to many platfo…

2 solutions:

1. Save to pocket and read it there.

2. Stop reading forbes.

I've decidedly to click out of any forbes article here on out.

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by BigJono »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #5

Apparently I can't read this article due to using adblock. Neither visiting the article nor the "web" workaround work. http://i.imgur.com/8LN6ec0r.png Fascinating. I wonder what the web will look like in a decade. On-topic: I was one of the original backers of Oculus, but missed the opportunity to get a free Rift. I guess it didn't matter much. It seems like what happened to the Oculus is what happened to many platfo…

I disabled my ad-blocker, and they gave me an "ad-light" version of the site for 30 days.

Their "ad-light" version (that people can actually choose to pay for) displays more ads than most sites, and the entire site lags when scrolling (on a beast of a computer no less).

I'm never going to read a piece of Forbes content again. Let this be a lesson in how not to Internet.

Re: I've Been Waiting For The Oculus Rift, But Now It's Sitting In My Closet

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Post by teh_klev »

Viper007Bond wrote: post #39

Honestly the only reason I'm excited to get one is for racing simulators. Rather than trying to sit close to a big TV or having multiple displays, you can just use one of these for the immersion. Plus you can look around like you would in a real car. Great example (with a bit of augmented reality via green screen mixed in): https://youtu.be/LlFKjWGxZqk

Not poo-pooing that video, but not sure if you read the short FAQ in the description:

FAQ

- No, i can´t see my hands or the steering wheel while playing, it´s done in video editing

- I´m using the Oculus Rift DK2 with runtime 0.6

- The block dot comes from unwarping the Rift video, I´m sorry for that, but i couldn´t get rid of it

- Greenscreen is to make my room invisible so i can edit real and virtual view together

- The poor resolution is because i record with 1080p but then have to crop the picture down the the view of one eye in 16:9 so i get less than 720p. This will get better as soon as i get the final verion of the Rift or the Vive

That said, I'd totally buy into VR if I could do that. For now I think I'll wait for a bit.

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