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The Virtual Reality Community Forums

Hello,We have launched a community forum to hold host to the whole of Virtual Reality, chat Rift, Vive, Google Cardboard, the future of vr or anything vr related. The community is also linked to a shop which sales content for all virtual reality head...

CV1 comparison to DK2

Has anyone done a side by side comparison of a DK2 and CV1 and reported the results?It's not really the same as having had a go at E3. I mean an actual side by side comparison so you can really see the actual results without much time between.I doubt...

RiftXdev by Explorer
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FPS Stress Levels

Ok call me a sissy.Alien Isolation was unplayable on the Rift with my old PC, just too much judder so I only explored the Nostromo a little and imagined the joy of playing this game on the right hardware, I never actually played long enough to come a...

Martin Jetpack using DK2?

13 seconds in, the guy straps a DK2 to his head. No mention of it in the video though.It looks as though they are using the DK2 to test the Martin jetpack in a simulator (see 2m02s, 3m40s)Original linkhttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/26...

evil1 by Honored Guest
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Needed: FOV standards and benchmarks

Please forgive the dry read.We all agree that there needs to be some standardizations in place for VR. Many of these standardizations will happen as the technology grows, but there are two things that I feel needs to be an industry standard as soon a...

VizionVR by Rising Star
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How often do you think VR generations will occur?

Given the rapid development that happening in VR right now, how long do you think we'll see between VR HMD generations?I'm hoping for a 18-24 month between generations to get a good balance between significant improvements and value for money

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WOW WTF is up with Oculus Dev Kit2 , dosent work at all.

I bought a Oculus back in August, it worked great with some tinkering, played Half life 2 , Team Fortress , Minecrift ect ect.Gave my Oculus dev kit 2 to my brother he now has it out of state.Bought another Oculus Rift Dev kit 2 and recieved it on 6-...

Experiment: I found a way to make yourself sick

So I was playing pCars yesterday with my steering wheel and noticed, as I was playing that I was leaning my head into corners like I would if driving in real life.The reason why we d this in real life is to maintain a sense of balance in our ears, to...

RiftXdev by Explorer
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Getting a sharp image on DK2

Received my DK2 kit 2 days back and have been trying to set up my user profile to get a sharp image on the HMD however have not been able to do so till now and would appreciate any help. 1. I am near sighted with 4.0 and 4.25 in the left and right ey...

*Solved* Problem running Source Games

Hi, im new to VR and just received my DK2 yesterday. So far I have been able to run unity demos fine, but i have a problem with Source based games like TF2 and HL2. I am able to get the games to start up in vr mode, and i can hear the audio, overlays...

Strange Question maybe

So a buddy of mine came buy. Tried the Rift. Even tried to buy it from me lol. I wanted to keep it. Anyway he wanted to know if there were any cheaper alternatives to Oculus Rift? I looked around and I saw a bunch of different headsets Durovis Dive 5...

chrono99 by Explorer
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Who else is now worried?

having just watched Step into the Rift press release, I'm now worried..No mention of actual specs.. just a look at the ergonomics... An xbox controller which I already own will be bundled at my cost...And a half finished input device...Where is the m...

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Australian GST clarification

Hi, I already ordered a DK2, but I am hoping that Oculus will not charge the superfluous GST they have attached once the unit ships and the remaining balance is charged. As has been pointed out elsewhere in forum posts, GST does not apply to goods un...

Cha0sD by Honored Guest
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Can anyone at oculus answer which W10 TP build has support?

So microsoft is working on making HMD's part of the OS, and detected as a special display. Sweet. Obviously you guys are above fast ring builds there. Can you answer which version of win10 TP will have this support prior to the July 29th release date...

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PRIVCY SCREEN NOTE 3 PROTECTOR SDE FIX 6/20/2015

FOUND THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS THINK IT WILL WORK SO CONFUSED ON ALL THE MANY FIXS OUT THERE WITCH IS THE BEST. MY EYE SIGHT IS SO GOOD I CANT PLAY MY DK2. SDE IS ALL I SEE AND I CANT GET MY MONEY BACK, AND IT WAS THIS OR DISNEYLAND NO...

PC's are too expensive - the Rift doomed?

Not a lot of people are willing to spend the money required to get a good gaming rig capable of rendering VR. The video cards alone are more expensive than the headset!I've been going over the prices of the nVidia cards and they shock me. The 980 car...

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Display problem with my dk2

Okay, I received my Dk2 3days ago. I succeeded to play the demo scene on the ConfigUtility but I couldn't play any other games (And they were all dk2 compatible).I was playing in extended mode and the demo was working fine until a friend of mine set ...

The Shining youtube link - asking a serious question ...

I'm a huge "The Shining" fan - . It's interesting that King hated Kubrick's rendition of his book - with this in mind, I can't imagine what he thinks of the VR experience. But maybe he'll see it as a theme-park ride.This felt repetitive but I had a f...

wolfsuka by Honored Guest
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broken display? showing horizon at ~45 degrees

My dk2 seems to work EXCEPT that the virtual world is showing rotated by about 45degrees (down on the left).In all other ways its responsive HOWEVER if I tilt my head to make the horizon level, then after about 2-3 seconds, the display rotates back t...

Another highly praised Morpheus demo w/ standing&walking

This is their sic-fi shooter game where you use a tracked gun peripheral. Also, important to note, the player stands, turns and pivots. This is not a seated Morpheus experience.http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/25/884027 ... uite-ready"You physically tur...

Where has the VR love gone?

When I first joined this forum it was filled with members excited for the future, Every day we discussed the newest Share releases, upcoming games, VR peripherals and the future in general. Now all I see are complaint threads that roll on and on, ad ...

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Any chance of official word? 2160x1200 pentile or full RGB?

I've seen a few people ask the question buried in other threads, here and there, but couldn't see it asked directly.Is there any chance we might get definite confirmation on whether the CV1's 2160x1200 screen is going to be pentile as the DK2, or if ...

Is anyone else frustrated by 360 video?

I'm struggling to find anything good in the realm of 360 video. I know it is my entitlement issues, but why is it that there is no good 360 video player? Does anyone have suggestions on players or content that are compelling and worth experiencing?

Fenji by Honored Guest
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The current CV1 screen is not the final CV1 screen.

It appears there may be some improvement in the screen between now and launch. This is interesting. Oculus Rift CV1 isn't even in it's final form! Huzzah."Palmer Luckey" wrote:The display technology should actually improve significantly between now a...

Calanar by Honored Guest
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PlayblastVR Renderer for Maya Adds Mac and Linux Support

Dover Studios co-founder Andrew Hazelden has released a new version of PlayblastVR for Maya. PlayblastVR version 1.2 adds support for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite, and Linux 64-Bit. The new version also includes many small changes that ...

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E3 360 Photo Pack

Hi all,If you missed out on attending E3 this year, we have a nice 360 photo pack of the Oculus booth for you! Use your Gear and check them out in 360 Photos. []DGypsy

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First review(s) of Oculus Touch

https://twitter.com/MarkReinReactions from Mark Rein, Co-Founder and Vice President of Epic Games (Unreal Engine 4...):"Just tried Oculus Touch “Half Moon” prototypes playing ToyBox demo #MadeWithUE4 They absolutely nailed it!""The @oculus Touch was ...

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