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First Day Reviews - Matrix VR (Playthrough)

A quick run through of an amazing game that drops you into multiple scenes straight out of the matrix movies! Kudos to the developer because this was an amazingly fun experience and the most immersive I've seen in terms of movie to game transitions. ...

Leapmotion adapter for dk2/dk1 released.

I'll just leave this here:http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/08/leap-motion-gets-a-head-mounted-upgrade-becomes-a-vr-controller/Edit: pair this with pair of nunchuck-style controllers, that have orientation tracking, and you have rudimental vr input...

Desktop Icons Getting Scrambled up? Try This!

I have a triple monitor setup plus a 4th Mimo touchscreen monitor, and now of course the DK2 as a 5th monitor. I tend to have a lot of desktop icons I use and I like to keep them grouped together across all 4 of my monitors so I can find what I want ...

Skavage by Honored Guest
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Is Oculus doing enough to support indie developers?

Clearly the indie community have backed Oculus with money, time and resources.I feel that Oculus desperately needs those "Killer Games" and revolutionary applications to have any chance of breaking into the mainstream market. I personally believe tha...

nomax5 by Honored Guest
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Omni Virtuix getting shut down by Shark Tank $2M $5M $20M??

http://youtu.be/fEjtokAfw5M?t=12m55sThey were asking $2M but the sharks said $20M then they said if it was $5M it would be considerable???? wtf?I think it would work but not for games but for treadmill style gym runningat the gym like at least 50% of...

AntDX316 by Honored Guest
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DK2 image slowly rotating, bad color separation

I have 3 separate problems (I have only been able to test in the office desk demo, Tuscany won't start for me)When Im holding my head perfectly still, the image is slowly rotating to the right. The whole thing is really badly 'pixelated'. Edges are j...

Excuse me Cyber.

Just a quick question. I ordered on the 4th of August (Australia) when the expected shipping date was September. Is this still possible? I have a holiday I need to start organising.And thank you kindly for your informative update earlier.

When will sdk 0.4 see linux support?

I'm set to receive dk2 on Tuesday (9/02) and I have Ubuntu loaded on the computer that is allocated for my Oculus Rift. Will we be seeing SDK0.4 Linux support anytime soon? It would be great to see something.... even if it's buggy.

jaasness by Honored Guest
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Oculus and Audio Setup

Just got some Goldring NS1000 headphones (which I think support 7.1 surround sound) - and just wondering how to set them up best for use with my rift games/demos 1)Note firstly I have some Logitech speakers and woofer with a headphone socket can I ju...

mac2 by Honored Guest
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DK2 Extended mode help.

Hi,Can anyone help me get to grips of how to use the extended mode on the DK2.At the moment I am switching the DK2 to the main display and then have to try and get the windows viewable to start any games and demos on there. Then I have to mess around...

pewzie by Honored Guest
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Michael Abrash's Blog -

Meet Michael Abrash, Oculus Rift's Chief Scientist.First off, here's his wikipedia and Oculus bio for those who don't know of him. He has a blog and I feel it should be required reading for anyone with a Dev Kit.Whether you are developing software fo...

Zoomie by Expert Trustee
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SteamVR Updated for DK2!!!!

http://steamcommunity.com/games/250820/announcements/detail/179336229464518511WHOOO!!EDIT:According to "Programmer Joe":It uses SDK 0.4.1The SteamVR Beta has been updated with the following changes. General: Added support for Rift Dev Kit 2 HMDs. Pos...

Really Nice Custom Holder For The DK2!

Check this out guys! The inventor even published the design on Thingverse so others can get their own printed!http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2dh5w7/3d_printed_dk2_holder/http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:427555

Survey on usability..

Hi, I'm a student currently carrying out a survey on VR head-mounted display usage and usability, and we're looking for some responses from seasoned Oculus Rift users like the sort that browse on here!  We're working on ways to potentially incorpora...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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is this how everyone else is launching games in dk2

Am I doing this the easiest/best way?I set my DK2 to be the primary monitor in an extended set up.I turn the rift off so my desktop shows up on my laptop.Find the game I want to launch. Turn the DK2 back on and usually take a lense out to launch the ...

FALSE by Honored Guest
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Oculus Rift/VR game design guidelines and best practices

Hi all,I am conducting a research study on a project investigating novel approaches to the design of virtual reality games "of the future" that could be played at home. The idea is to go beyond the limitations in the current batch of VR games. I can'...

AvengerDr by Honored Guest
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PC self build shopping list, reasonable?

I'm switching from mac to windows for DK2 development, and I would appreciate some help with a self build. This is what I've worked out so far:Sapphire AMD R9 290 TRI-X OC Graphics Card (4GB, HDMI, PCI-E)Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI Intel LGA1150 Z97 Mini-ITX ...

Found a major bug, you can thank me later

I found a bug Oculus/Facebook owes me $500.https://share.oculus.com/app/dolphin-vrMight as well pay me before Nintendo sues you and you have to pay out more.Pretty sure hosting this on Oculus Share violates SOME sort of law, no ?

Anonymous by Not applicable
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IR-LEDs on straps to improve positional tracking

Hi, I have an idea on how to improve the positional tracking system. Currently the DK2 contains IR-LEDs only in the front. This causes a problem when the user turns his head and the camera cannot see those LEDs. In such cases positional tracking does...

pawsal by Honored Guest
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Here Comes The Haswell-E

Expect to see the CPU surface immediately at a familiar $1000 price point.http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-5960x-haswell-e-cpu,3918.htmlFortunately, games typically don’t penalize you for dropping from eight to six cores, particularl...

oculus rift DK1

yall ****** gonna make any more of the dk1's or are yall sold out cause i'm broke as shit and cant afford the dk2[edited by cybereality due to offensive language]

buhds4209 by Honored Guest
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Update for the SDK

I appreciate that 0.4.1 beta has only been out for a couple of weeks but does anyone at Oculus have an idea when there will be an update to the 0.4.1 SDK?How goes it Oculus?

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Help! Struggling to get DK2 up and running.

Hi,I've just received my DK2 with a view looking at developing the use of 3D modelling within architecture. I'm hoping to do this via Unity Pro as I'm not really a developer per se.I have everything hooked up and the config utiliity running. I can't ...

Badkube by Honored Guest
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Do you even Rift Shirt

I'm not sure who made this campaign on teespring but it's awesome! I reserved one and thought I'd share. If 14 more people order one they'll ship. They have a bunch of colors and stuff.http://teespring.com/do-you-even-rift1

DK2 vs. 3D Vision - a subjective question to 3D vision users

Being a 3D Vision enthusiast myself I really would like to know what you think now that Oculus DK2 has been unleashed.Does your 3D Vision Setup collect dust since you've got your DK2? Are you still using it from time to time or maybe is the DK2's res...

lohan by Honored Guest
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EUROGAMER Review - Hands-on with Oculus Rift DK2

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-hands-on-with-oculus-rift-dk2 Hands-on with Oculus Rift DK2The second-gen developer kit under the microscope. ...If, as is speculated, CV1 does boast a 1440p screen running at Valve's recommended ...

Strange issue returning everyday

Every time when my pc has shut down completely for some time and I want to go into the Rift its freaking out. It looks like the headtracking is living it´s own life. Al games are turning, rotating etc. untill I remove the runtime and reinstall it.Is ...

uvflyer by Honored Guest
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