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Be careful trying to use glasses!

So my DK2 came yesterday. A friend of mine who wears glasses and is legally blind without them was here so after I got it set up he tried it out. With my "A" lenses in we set the adjusters all the way out and I handed him the headset. Well that seeme...

FOV vs Optical Density in Gameplay

While there seems to be already much debate over whether FOV or optical density is preferred on a personal level, I haven’t seen much discussion as to how FOV and optical density (or visual clarity) affects gameplay. To me there are greater gameplay ...

menione by Honored Guest
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Anyone have forward/backward inverted with head tracking?

I saw someone mention this elsewhere (but I can' t find it in my internet history) and just found it interesting. But then when I started checking my demos, I realized I had the same issue. I didn't notice it because, left/right/up/down worked so wel...

Paul33993 by Honored Guest
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Samsung mass producing 4k screens 'early 2015'. Why 1440p?

Honestly, after getting my hands on the DK2. Whilst still speculation at this point, I'm not convinced that a 1440p panel will be sharp enough to really make an impact in the mass market.Seeing as Oculus have always had a 'when it's ready' mentality,...

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O(h my!)LED... The dirty secret nobody told me

Hi Guys, I was lucky to get my DK2 early like many of you guys. Something that I didn't expect was how badly black/light smears with the new OLED screen. I was walking around the Millenium Falcon last night somewhat disappointed. For the uninitiated,...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Detecting only 60hrz fps capped at 60 >:/

I opened up AMD Catalyst Control center then went to desktop properties its detecting the rifts refresh rate at 75hz all good there ...However if i right click the desktop click on the advanced settings tab and click monitor its only giving me a max ...

how do you turn off mirroring on unity games?

Mirroring is the display window that shows what the person is looking at. This creates additional cpu and gpu overhead. Often times it shows up as solid white. How do you turn it off?

jimbofbx by Honored Guest
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Use D3DOverrider to fix V-sync issues!

Hi, i have been playing with DK2 for couple hours and had no issues when get this thing up and running. Everything worked right out of box. But there is issue with v-sync. Forcing it from catalyst control center do not work so i tried D3DOverrider an...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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One evening with DK2, my first impressions..

I was pretty excited to get the DK2 today, and spent 8 straight hours fiddling with it. I'll try to enumerate my main points, pros and cons mixed together.- Installing was not difficult. Once everything was connected, I installed the runtime, updated...

EarlGrey by Expert Protege
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Do you need to wear your glasses with the Rift?

I'm testing the DK2 that I just received and I'm a little confused if I need to wear my glasses or not.So far the "B" lenses without my glasses work pretty good (I'm nearsighted), but how are other glass-wearing-people using it and how is it supposed...

sofakng by Honored Guest
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No positional tracking with DK2

Does positional tracking work on the oculus config test scene? I'm not getting any positional tracking on this or any other "DK2 Ready" games. When I plug the camera in the blue light turns on for a second then turns off. Other then that I don't get ...

First Impressions of the DK2

Awesome. Emotional. Put aside all the expected tech quirks DK2 is virtual reality as intended to me. Warning my reactions fuel this high output rate of profanity. Frail, fragile ears be warned.All in all good job OVR!

DK1 latest Firmware?

Hey all, I'm just getting into the world of the OR, and am enjoying my DK1 unit. I noticed that a lot of the procedures for setup, etc have changed ...It all works great out of the box (Coaster, Unity Demo, etc). However, I am running firmware .17, a...

Infrared view of DK2's LEDs (Kinect 2)

I just received Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (DK2) head-mounted-display. Since I have a pretty good idea how the positional head tracking works, my first question upon unboxing DK2 was “Where the infrared LEDs at??”So I pointed Kinect 2′s infrared c...

Ttakala by Honored Guest
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DK2 missing

where is my dk2?i order from may 21 at 9ami read a forum "Lets see three friends orderthe first on the 19ththe second on the 20ththe third on the 25thAll three friends have money taken from the bank accounts for the balance at the same timefriend two...

lony2684 by Honored Guest
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The NEO Award Website & Info

Hi AllWe have been busy getting stuff organized for the upcoming awards night. We have created a new website with some more information for developers. To view please go to http://thevirtualrealityawards.com/

WhelanWeb by Honored Guest
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DisplayPort to HDMI-Adapter

Hello fellow Rifters,As I am just waiting for my DK2 to arrive I want to be well prepared as it hits my doormat! In the DK2 QuickStart Guide I found the following note:To minimize cable thickness, each DK2 cable is individually calibrated for maximu...

kriskra by Honored Guest
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With Timewarp Why Does Game FPS Matter?

I may be having a bit of a thicky moment, but I've been trying to work out why in-game FPS matters when we have timewarp. As an example, in Prepar3D 33 fps is a very good framerate, and it's where I have the sim vsync-locked to. It's possible to get ...

jtelfer by Protege
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Writing a DK2 monitor driver to solve portrait problem?

Since the DK2 shows up as a generic monitor (in Device Manager) when in extend mode, isn't it possible to write a basic monitor driver telling it to rotate to 1920x1080 instead?I have no idea how to do it, but since you can do it through Nvidia/Amd c...

Rawr2k by Honored Guest
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Protecting lenses?

I'm concerned that wearing my glasses whilst using the Rift is likely to result in some lens-on-lens action which will scratch one or both; I'm considering using some phone-screen-protection film I have laying around and cutting it to size for the Ri...

ptom by Protege
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Navigating in extended mode.

Does anyone else have problem navigating on game menus in extend mode on the oculus. I have shut one eye, strain to see in buttons just to get he game to work. Am I missing a trick?

Stubbsy by Honored Guest
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1st August and we don't have any update

This is getting very weird, because Oculus VR has always talked about transparencyIn addition, I have my TP demo on hold because I can't test it on the DK2 because a lot of entuthiasts and resellers received a Development Kit 2 firstI understand that...

HL2 and DK2

Is anyone aware whether or not HL2 will run in VR mode with the DK2? I don't mind that it doesn't have tracking support, but I was curious if it would run at all. My DK2 is due on Thursday and I really was looking forward to giving half life another ...

[Support Group] Day One DK2 Orders: Emotional Support Group

Late PM order here. What coping strategies are you all using to deal with the wait?I try to stay distracted as much as possible with UE4 and learning Blender. Luckily I have a DK1 which provides some relief, but others may not be so lucky!I built thi...

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19 Mar 9:45am - 10am PDT European Orders problem.

Hello! Obviously there is a some problem with the orders during this period of time (19 Mar 9:45am - 10am PDT). Because the people who ordered earlier (literally a few minutes) and moreover people who bought after 10am also already received their ord...

Rifting by Honored Guest
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