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Title: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: Internetlad on Wed, 20 February 2013, 19:03:54: I simply cannot wait.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: noisyturtle on Wed, 20 February 2013, 19:10:36: Nope. How can I wear headphones with these on? Virtual Boy 2.0 if you ask me. Microsoft Illumiroom looks cool though.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: Internetlad on Wed, 20 February 2013, 19:17:58: Why would you be unable to wear headphones? It's just a pair of goggles an elastic band stretching around your head. I think in one interview they had noted that they'd like to include high quality earpeices in either the consumer or future releases.

The virtual boy is stone age compared to this, because the virtual boy had the console built in. These are apparently much easier to wear. All this is, is a replacement monitor that connects to your game system. The main guy behind it (Palmer Luckey?) is a VR enthusiast, and he basically built this because this is the VR he's wanted his whole life, and nobody else cared to make it.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: inteli722 on Wed, 20 February 2013, 20:01:18: This looks absolutely AWESOME!, but I'm not sure if I'll be getting it until they make a SBC that has the capabilities of the computer that I'm on right now (not AMAZING, but can play TF2 at max settings). I would also appreciate a way to use keyboard and mouse with it :P
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 20 February 2013, 20:47:15: Now where the f*ck are my datagloves?
(http://apcmag.com/images/johnny-mnemonic-big.jpg)
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: AKIMbO on Wed, 20 February 2013, 20:59:08: Oh dip.....it's.....Johnny Mnemonic!
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Post by: tauburn on Wed, 20 February 2013, 21:16:26: seems kindof cool, but idk if i would actually want to buy it.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 20 February 2013, 23:41:20: If they could make it lighter...

Or have a laser projector that beams into your eye like in that anime "outlaw-star"
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: precarious on Thu, 21 February 2013, 03:45:36: Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 20 February 2013, 20:47:15
Now where the f*ck are my datagloves?
Show Image
(http://apcmag.com/images/johnny-mnemonic-big.jpg)

SCREW THAT BRING ON THE PSYCHIC DOLPHIN ARMAGEDDON
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: alaricljs on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:29:54: Quote from: precarious on Thu, 21 February 2013, 03:45:36
SCREW THAT BRING ON THE PSYCHIC DOLPHIN ARMAGEDDON

No no no.... psychic Dolf Lundgren Armageddon!
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: Internetlad on Thu, 21 February 2013, 10:39:55: Quote from: alaricljs on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:29:54
No no no.... psychic Dolf Lundgren Armageddon!

He will break you.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: phetto on Thu, 21 February 2013, 10:47:37: aaah Dolph, my uncle :D
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: RougeR on Thu, 21 February 2013, 13:52:58: i will get one when i can, might mean a very clean desk setup... keyboard. mouse. occulus rift. No monitors.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: Internetlad on Sat, 23 February 2013, 00:22:34: I think it might be overbearing if you had it on all the time.

Or maybe not.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: ApocalypseMaow on Sat, 23 February 2013, 04:18:20: All about it. ARMA 3 with the oculus rift would be amazing.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Sat, 23 February 2013, 05:08:34: Probably gonna get one :)
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: llovro on Sun, 24 February 2013, 03:18:11: It looks sweet but I would probably have to trade my kidney for one of those...
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: Internetlad on Tue, 26 February 2013, 10:41:56: Quote from: llovro on Sun, 24 February 2013, 03:18:11
It looks sweet but I would probably have to trade my kidney for one of those...

MSRP is set for 300 bucks. That's about twice the price of a crap monitor and half the cost of a good one.

Honestly I think when this gets released we're going to see a rash of injuries like when the wii came out. People walking into walls or falling over because they're reacting to something in the game. I think it will create such a sensation of being in that world, that people are going to start acting like they're in that world and hurt themselves lol
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: RougeR on Tue, 26 February 2013, 16:59:15: Quote from: Internetlad on Tue, 26 February 2013, 10:41:56
Quote from: llovro on Sun, 24 February 2013, 03:18:11
It looks sweet but I would probably have to trade my kidney for one of those...

MSRP is set for 300 bucks. That's about twice the price of a crap monitor and half the cost of a good one.

Honestly I think when this gets released we're going to see a rash of injuries like when the wii came out. People walking into walls or falling over because they're reacting to something in the game. I think it will create such a sensation of being in that world, that people are going to start acting like they're in that world and hurt themselves lol

300 bucks....im belgining to question the image quality
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: Internetlad on Tue, 26 February 2013, 18:21:54: Quote from: RougeR on Tue, 26 February 2013, 16:59:15
300 bucks....im belgining to question the image quality

it's only a 7 inch screen magnified to fill up your face. Unlike most VR headsets it has one panel split in half. instead of 2 separate panels.

Here are the specs for the dev kit and the consumer release.

Developer kit: 1280×800 (640×800 per eye)
Consumer version: >=1920x1080

I'll try it before I pass judgment but I like the numbers for the consumer version better than the dev kit.

Then again there are reporters and the like trying the dev kit and being blown away.
Title: Re: anyone else stoked for the oculus rift?
Post by: RougeR on Tue, 26 February 2013, 18:27:25: yeah 1080p seems much better,