I am a 13 year old programmer/developer and I love the oculus rift I don't have one yet but i am currently saving up money for one and i am half way their 😄 Anyways I have made a java programmed application that is called LearnMultiplication
The CV1 is going to be superior to the DK2 in a variety of ways, it will be just as good if not better for development, if you want to be able to use and develop with Oculus Touch down the line I'd say there's a really good chance that won't work with the DK2. Basically the DK2 is just overall inferior technology to the CV1, which will be out in 3-6 months.
If you're a professional dev or can afford to drop $350 to get a few months head start then a DK2 might make sense, but if you're having to save up to buy it, you're going to be kicking yourself when the CV1 comes out and you can't afford it.
Also there is plenty of development that can be done without a rift, if you need to work on your programming or improve your modeling skills then do that, if you feel comfortable with your skills in those areas, start creating assets and scripts to keep yourself busy. There is also the matter of hardware, the CV1 is going to require a pretty powerful machine, you would be better of continuing to save money so you can make sure you have the most capable hardware possible when the CV1 launches,
Hope this helps, not trying to be discouraging, but I think there is plenty of work you can still do while you wait for the CV1 without needing a headset right now.
"Twitchmonkey" wrote: There is also the matter of hardware, the CV1 is going to require a pretty powerful machine, you would be better of continuing to save money so you can make sure you have the most capable hardware possible when the CV1 launches
Thank You!
Now there is a good reason for why I should wait I think i might Wait and do what you said But Specificaly The Part I Quoted About is that my hardware is Amazing
it's a workstation S30 Made by Lenovo With improved parts
PC Specs:
OS: Win8.1Pro64x Will Upgrade To Win10Pro64x Possibly
You'll want to get rid of the quadro and go with a gtx 980 (or 2). The Quadro line is extremely good for doing rendering, as you mentioned, but for game rendering, a "normal" graphics card will fair quite a bit better. You could install the 980's, and use the quadro as a cuda/physx processor to help render physics / CG elements unless your parents want to ebay it.
As far the as the DK2 vs CV1 and being a developer, well, I would honestly support holding off for the CV1 at this point. Just make sure that your models / environment are scaled correctly.
Current WIPs using Unreal Engine 4:Agrona - Tales of an Era: Medieval Fantasy MORPG
Yes, you can certainly start development now using a normal monitor and add VR later when CV1 releases. The vast majority of your time developing is probably not dealing with the VR aspect. It will be making art, programming logic, designing the gameplay and story, etc. None of which requires testing with a VR headset.
Of course, you want to have 3D and VR in mind when you start the project. This will help in choices you make for how your interface works, or making comfortable control schemes and things like that. But you can lay the groundwork down first and adjust later.
It's just that the CV1 is so much better than DK2 I can't imagine investing money in DK2 at this point. Especially if you have to save up, I can almost assure you that you'll be much happier if you can wait.
Also I have a friend who Dev's and all he has is a decent phone, and some cardboard, just for scale testing, and his stuff is decent. I can't show because of NDA, BUT it does work for dev purposes and viewing scale this seems to be "ok", and might get you by until CV1.
"lmaceleighton" wrote: Also I have a friend who Dev's and all he has is a decent phone, and some cardboard, just for scale testing, and his stuff is decent. I can't show because of NDA, BUT it does work for dev purposes and viewing scale this seems to be "ok", and might get you by until CV1.
~B :ugeek:
Definitely! hold out for CV1, and use cardboard to experiment with for now.
Obviously it's nowhere near as good tracking as Oculus but for VR scene construction and seeing how it "feels" it's great.
And if you experiment in Unity then when the time comes it will be fairly simple to quickly change over to CV1, taking your existing work with you.
I'm in a similar boat, devving on DK1 and cardboard for now, waiting for the engine I work with to get full Oculus CV1 and GVR support, here's a vid of the cardboard game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoa73ShxG8k
