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DK2 Testing

Hello,I was wondering if there was anyone here in the Vancouver BC area who would be kind enough to let me try there dk2.

DK2 started doing strange things moving pov on its own

My DK2 arrived a few days ago and it has been running fine up until now. I was playing elite: dangerous, quit to go do something else, came back and started the game again and now the view is way out of whack. The camera is not centered, and every fe...

Cancelling a pre-order... Support email response time?

Hi,I have decided that my dk2 should probably go into the hands of a proper developer and I sent support a couple emails over the day to cancel my Aug 25th pre-ordered but I have yet to get any response back.Does anyone know what the delay would be? ...

Replacement camera cable?

Hi All, After a recent tour of demoing the DK2 I discovered I had lost the cable that plugs in between the camera and the HMD. Does anyone know what type of cable it is and if it can be replaced? I am going through withdrawals.. Thanks!Chris2

VR Will Struggle At This Rate On The PC

Hi All,I can't help but feel VR on the PC is going to struggle at this rate. The hardware is brilliant. The software is a disappointment. I know it's a Dev Kit, but i haven't seen any progress since in released 3-4 months ago. Just promises. Extended...

VR Can't cause PTSD (engadget article)

So, found this article today. While I agree that with today's technology, PTSD is probably on a low list of concerns. However, once technology increases to a point where we are beyond the "Uncanny Valley" and reach "True VR" rather than "Simulated VR...

Ideas for Developers

I'm a developer in my spare time and don't have time to do these projects. So, I give them to you totally and completely! Please feel free to post other ideas for developers here.1) World Exploration: Place the user in the field entrance to the sewer...

Alien: Isolation

So reviews are coming out and it seems quite good, wonder if anyone will be able to hack it to work with the Rift? I only wanted to play with it this and wont buy it unless I can!

DK1 goes open source

Really awesome news. I couldn't find any thread about this on the forums, so there you go:https://github.com/OculusVR/RiftDK1

Great Oculus demo at Dutch museum

Have a look here ( http://wfm.nl/oculus/) at a great demo that will be ready this fall in the Dutch West Fries museum. You can wander around in the beautiful rendered dutch 16th century village Hoorn.They are planning to have 35 seats with Oculus Rif...

Brendan Iribe on Bloomberg...

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/virtual-reality-space-needs-more-companies-oculus-vr-ceo-JDyi7094SEi5YNAQD1zVrA.htmlOct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe discusses the future of virtual reality and his thirty-one million dollar donation to...

Windows 7 or 8.1?

Occasionally I see a post that says all their issues went away when they went with 8.1, My first thought this is someone from Microsoft pushing 8.1..... because when I tried it on my desktop it sucked and reloaded back to 7 within a few days. Hopeful...

Another kind of DK2 issue

Hello,I am now having a DK2 since one month. I am reading this forum daily for months, read all news about Oculus, watched litterally thousands of YouTube videos around this (people using a Rift, Oculus staff communications, etc), sucked up all infor...

Which Lens(40mm+ diameter) and shorter focal length(<30mm)

Anyone know where to buy online Aspheric or Biconvex Lens that have at least 40mm diameter and focal length under 29mm ? (and the shipping can deliver to indonesia)

970 or 980 Part Deux...

This last weekend I went ahead and subscribed to UE4 and have been reading everything I can on their forums to come up to speed.For those wondering which card they should buy if they aren't constrained to the 970 for economic reasons, you might want ...

Movies:

Folks, do you know if any companies have announced that they are working on fully rendered 'movie' experiences?I'm thinking of something that is 100% CG, with both free-roam/free control camera, as well as a pre-recorded 'story' playing out? I'm thin...

Posting in the Announcement Thread

Why am i not allowed to post in that Thread (viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14405) , when i am logged off, there is a REPLY button, when i am logged in , it´s gone. Do i need to have a certain amount of postings( can´t really be , because people also are posti...

DK2 in NYC, Houston, Los Angeles & Chantilly

For those of you who have not experienced DK2 yet and live in or near NYC, tomorrow (or tonight) is your last chance to try it at AMC IMAX Lincoln Square (68th and Broadway). They are doing a promotion for an upcoming "Interstellar" movie and you get...

Strange Monitor swap

When i try to launch elite dangerous with the rift in extended mode my rift is swapping to my main monitor and my main monitor to the rift. I have SKD 0.4.2 and firmaware 2.1.2. my gpu is nVidia GTX Geforce 780ti.

Zenimax lawsuit.. update?

Any update on the Zenimax lawsuit? Last update I saw was back in June iirc. Anyone know what has happened since then?

What Resolution rendering games, in direct to rift mode ?

What Resolution rendering games, in direct to rift mode ?Oculus rift have 1920x1080 pixels display.Why i press SPACE in GAME , I see 2k Resolution rendering ?

Post your setup

Ahh yes, the age old post your setup thread.So im about to rebuild everything. New computer for Rift and for trading and a new desk to house everything. So i was hoping some of you might be inspired to post your setup. I need some ideas. Thanks !

Official DK2 Shipping Update (Aug 8th 2014)

Hey everyone, By the end of this week, we'll have shipped over 16,000 DK2s worldwide. To those still waiting for your kits to arrive, thank you for your continued patience. We’re doing what we can to get your DK2 to you as quickly as possible. To tho...

IR camera not working , sync cable pinout needed

IR camera not working , status "waiting for camera" I think sync cable for camera not working properly pinout needed, for buy other cable.

monitor problems

Can anybody help me? I'm running the rift off the same graphics card as my primary monitor, and want the games to display simultaneously on both, but to get a game to play on the rift, I have to run it in a window and drag it to a certain position on...

Outerra. Try it. You'll thank yourself

http://forum.outerra.com/index.php?topic=637.0"Nice trees" I thought. I found the movement keys, and started to fly around. "Nice hill" I thought, the mound sweeping past me like I was an eagle.Gaining altitude: "Nice range of hills". By now I am exp...

Warning - Check what ports your GFX card has!

::EDITED TO BE LESS RAGE-EY::So I just had a pretty large scare with my 7990 not having a second DVI or HDMI output on the back. Thankfully, I managed to find an adaptor.Just posting this here to remind people that "2x DVI and a HDMI on the back" isn...

Google cardboard alternative

Hi guys and girls ,i've been using this google cardboard alternative with my Note 3 and i must say it's doesn't seem as pixelated as the Dk2 . I was thinking they should of made the lenses not as magnified ! Anyone else using one of these ?

HELP DK2 Working but no Head Tracking

HiI have read almost everything everywhere and I am asking you guys as last resort. Had DK2 for 3 days and managed to get firmware updated, get the world demo running fine with head tracking. Then switched to extended mode from the CONFIGUTIL and DK2...

Consumer version release date

Reading around the web I get confused about the date of release for the consumer version. One website said next year another website says it will not be until 2017. I am not looking for a precise date but when will the consumer version be released?