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I bit in the apple

I bit in the apple a few minutes ago. I pre-ordered a CV1 for 741€ with a shipment date of June (My birthday is on the 3rd. Maybe I have some luck on that day). I'm now over the pain, the anger and sadness. A good product mostly cost more then $300 o...

What rl entertainment would you get for 2500$?

VR is cool for sure but for those who are not jumping on the first train -what would you do for 2500$ that would be better than the VR simulation?My list:1.hobby cart with reasonably strong engines and nice tracks beat VR - here I could have a go 1 h...

$800 for Sony's PS VR? Leak

Take what you will from this, but apparently the Playstation VR will come in at approximately $800, based on the Amazon Canada price which was up for a few hours:http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/632733/Sony-PS4-PlayStation-VR-He...

Diorama by Honored Guest
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Shipping date update

I was counting down hours till I could finally preorder the cv1. Then the crash happened. I was at work at the time so I wasn't able to get my preorder in till 2:28 pm eastern. My order is expected to ship in May. Now I'm a lil pissed. I really hope ...

Mbs13 by Honored Guest
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$600 - Quick Poll

Oculus released the Rift price point about $100-200 higher than many people expected.Do you feel that a) They have released a $400 product with $100-200 profit built-in.b) They end product is better, but unfortunately the price reflects thisI guess w...

Zoomie by Expert Trustee
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We need 4K for CV1 nothing else!

For such an amount of money I demand 4K resolution instead of that silly 2160x1200 :evil: If I'm able to spend 741 € on a "premium product" I'll certainly be willing to spend another 1,5 - 2k € on a proper hardware when NV Pascal is out since Oculus ...

Exoddus by Honored Guest
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Being Tethered

The one thing that always got in the way on the Dev Kits was the cabling.Do any of you have any clever set ups to prevent the cable rubbing against you, hitting you on the neck etc? I know the Rift will primarily be a seated experience but having tha...

upgrading GPU

So i want to upgrade my PC from a GTX 760 Ti to a Gtx 970 for the CV1, but im not sure if it will work.I have been doing some reserch on some cards and need some help in figureing out what will work in my system.Here is the EVGA 970 SChttp://www.amaz...

Microphone?

I remember awhile ago with the CB build there was a video that mentioned a microphone being built into the Rift. I have heard no mention of a microphone since. Anyone know of any other details about a microphone?

Possibility of creating a WiGig mod for the CV1 in 2016 ?

With HDMI bandwidth up to ~10.2 Gbps and Wigig heading up to ~4.6 Gbps...How much sacrifice (in financial cost, upscalling, lossy compression, bits per pixel reduction, and additional pipeline lag...) would be required for a third party mod to make t...

HiThere_ by Superstar
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oculus=xbox pvr=playstation htc=PC

if you want vr for pc in the future, then oculus isn't the answer for you, the oculus will soon be moving to xbox, makes sense because most people don't have the specs to run it on a pc, and the xbox controller? if xbox wants to beat playstation then...

Mouse + Controller

Anyone know if it's possible or will be possible to use a controller and mouse simultaneously? Like mouse for movement and controller for triggers, or mouse for forward back, controller for left/right movement. Basically, I have an idea for my own co...

agenttoff by Heroic Explorer
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GPU Question

Hi GuysI am fortunate enough to have be a kickstarter and therefore have a CV1 on the way. Thank you Oculus, you are the best.At the moment I have 2 GTX 670's I run in SLI.I know that the minimum spec is a GTX 970 and am planning on completely replac...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Can anyone Give a CV1 Vs DK2 FOV Comparison Please?

Hi,As per the title really. Could anyone that has tried the CV1 comment on whether the Field of View was better or the same as the DK2.The reason I ask is, I just tried a Freefly VR Cardboard Headset, whilst Tracking is always going to be an issue wi...

mabsey by Explorer
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Mac user advice on new PC

Hi everyone. I'm a Mac user. Shoot me. I have a DK2 which runs fine which was ok until the Mac support ceased for CV1.So I know there is recommended specs etc and I have never owned a PC. But I don't want to build my own, I hear it's quite easy but I...

NewtoPCs by Honored Guest
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HDMI-DVI adapter

Hi, is the HDMI-DVI adapter included in the CV1 bundle, as for DK1/2?ThanksM_C

FORTUNATE TO DEMO THE VIVE.

Last summer I was fortunate to demo the Vive in Portland Or through their mobile Vive tour.... I'm 49 years old and I've followed both Rift and Vive from their beginning... I've never had the chance to demo Rift unfortunately. My 15 or 20 min I had w...

DLC1 by Expert Protege
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GPU Nvidia GTX 780 Ti

Ok I have a 4770k, and 2 GTX 780 Ti running in SLI, I have downloaded and run the occulus test system software and it says YES to all, looking at forum everyone saying that this wont work I need some clarity please people, will it or not as I have pr...

Who said it will be May or June

I ordered the CV1 in the evening of 6th Jan and people are saying I'll probably get CV1 in May or June. Can someone tell me who is actually saying it will be May or June though? I mean, apart from an email conformation from Oculus about my order, the...

Fazz by Honored Visionary
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I havent updated in like 8 months, couple question.

Do I lose compatibility with the apps I already have -old ones- if I update to 0.8?How do I update?, I downloaded the SDK, the runtime, just install or need to uninstsall before that?, and upgrade the oculus firmware as well, right?Plse help me out, ...

Rohade by Honored Guest
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More bad news..

Yes, the oculus rift was priced for more than $600. but most of you know about the oculus touch, well the oculus touch will be sold seperately for around the same price as the dk1, check their twitter, which means that if you want the oculus rift wit...

Vive is going to be crap...but cheap?

I'm wandering... We now have the "best" VR tecnology with the consequential price..And the question is...How is going to react to this Valve?I mean, the message they are receiving is clare:People don't care if is the higtest end machine, they want it...

Kalec84 by Heroic Explorer
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Cv1 - warranty question

Hi Oculus,I saw in the reddit ama that only 1 year warranty is active ?Anything sold in Europe needs to have a 2 year warranty.Only apple seems to get away with that for now, but i would like to know which warranty we will be getting.Thanks in advanc...

We need a game like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYZZPwJr_cI remember watching this a while ago, looking back on it I could imagine it being pretty scary as an oculus rift game and could certainly create good reactions.

Survey on spatial SetUp of HMDs

Hello everybody,within in my PhD project my focus is on bringing the real and the virtual world closer together. One question I want to address is, how the best room Layout would look like for a head mounted display based VR Session. Therefore I woul...

ChrisMai by Honored Guest
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Rift Resolution Simulator

I thought this might be interesting for those who don't own a Rift and want to get an impression of pixel size vs resolution: http://vr.mkeblx.net/oculus-sim/. The simulator is a bit old and the CV1 resolution it was anticipating was not met, by the ...

htm2112 by Explorer
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