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Will the GDC(Europe) talks be uploaded to ytube?

Hey Guys!I was wondering if the GDC talks will be available to watch for all the fellow rifters who couldn't attend the event? From what I alredy heard, there seem to have been a lot of interesting stuff about sim sickness and UI design. I really lik...

dopingVR by Expert Protege
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Suggestion: free box of tissues included with each DK2

That way any poor soul who feels hard done by if the DK2 fails to live up to their lofty heights can snuggle up and have a good cry to Bridget Jones with a warm co-co, and the rest of us...well lets just say ill be getting through a lot of tissues th...

Falan by Honored Guest
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When is the next status update going to happen?

"cybereality" wrote:We'll continue to post status updates, so everyone can stay current on what's going on behind the scenes. Thanks again for your continued support, and we hope everyone is excited to be begin working with DK2!After reading this by ...

Fazz by Honored Visionary
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Will my DK2 (25th hour order) be in first batch you think?

I managed to get my Dk2 order sorted at 09.48 I think on the 20th March, 25 hours after the kit when live. If I read correctly they sold 12.5k in the first 36 hours. So having said that, do you think I would be ok in assuming my order should be in th...

Immersion or presence?

So, mostly people describe occulus as being immersive... but now and again you will get someone commenting on how they felt 'presence'. So whats the difference?

Crimso by Honored Guest
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Flexible nano-pixel screen

Flexible nano-pixel screen patentedScientists have patented a new way to make ultra high-res displays that can bend and are thousandths of a mm thick.http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28231084Looks ideal for VR. They only need to work out a...

EarlGrey by Expert Protege
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Patients Wearing Rift During Surgery Reduces Anxiety

Another find over at the Oculus subreddit...http://www.droiders.com/en/perpetuo-socorro/Initial tests held with this innovative device have proven to decrease patient heart rate and arterial blood pressure during the virtual experience and confirms t...

Oculus Rift DEVKIT 1 APPS compatible with devkit2 apps?

Hi therejust wondering if the actual devkit 1 apps fir the rift are compatible also with the devkit 2 ?i really hope so that the programs will be compatible with it because ive downloaded 50 demons and games for when it arrives ... if they all would ...

Can Oculus Rift Save Education in America?

I'm an English teacher at a NYC High School - a highly effective one if end of year ratings are to be believed, (though if I was rated badly I'd be the first to say the evaluation system is broken). Recently I saw a video where Palmer Luckey stated t...

mscanfp by Honored Guest
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Future DK2 order shipment timeline guesstimate

The first batch of official DK2s have left the manufacturing facility and are making their way to our distribution centers now. We expect to ship roughly 10,000 DK2s from the factory in July, with just over half of the units through distribution cent...

How to use Oculus Rift on any console (Video+Text) Tutorial

video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNTqM1EktOsWritten tutorial : ===================================================================================================Equipment needed.- Avermedia Extreme Cap u3 or Happaguage HD PVR (Or just any type...

Making sure that this purchase doesn't look suspicious...

I recently built a PC to use as my dev rig for the Oculus. Each order I made was declined at first by my bank since it looked like "Suspicious activity". Totally a pain in the ass. I'm super concerned that this is going to happen with my rift and thr...

Does the DevKit 2 stop nausea completely?

Does anyone know if the Dev Kit 2 stops nausea completely? I wanted to get rid of my Dev Kit 1 because I couldn't stay in it for more then 15 minutes and it hasn't got any better. I can feel sick for hours after using it and my biggest worry is that ...

Fazz by Honored Visionary
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Getting Started Instructions

I know that DK2 is not a consumer product, so I don't expect much in the way of an instruction manual, but did the DK1 come with basic set up instructions (i.e. how to configure the Rift, change the lenses, recommended display settings, etc)?Thanks,-...

sbf0202 by Honored Guest
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Update your billing info - Anyone get an email?

Its Friday, the last business day before the week of the 14th. I know that I have a new Debit/CC card number and ordered really early day one. Has anyone received an email to update billing info?Feel like this might be evidence of further delay. Not ...

Release window for CV1

As the DK2 is starting to ship out, I am hoping that FB/OVR will release an estimated time-frame in which the consumer product will be releasing.The reason for this is simple: It would give developers a timeline in which to finish their games and to ...

Will my pc handle sdk2?

HiSo I pre-ordered an oculus rift sdk2 set a while back, but I'm starting to have some serious doubt about whether my machine will run it smoothly or not. I currently have an i7 920 clocked at 3.7 ghz ( +1 to multiplier and the rest is blck overclock...

HeadHuntR by Honored Guest
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Pulse Width Modulation (LCD LED backlight dimming)

I have a question about the OR hardware;Does/Will the Oculus Rift use pulse width modulation in the displays backlight?I ask as I am one of the unlucky few who experience eyestrain/nausea/migraines after using PWM dimmed backlit lcd screens for any l...

Norbert by Honored Guest
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Expected CV1 resolution?

1) Is there a stated or rumoured CV1 resolution?2) Is 1440p likely to be enough, or is 4k the likely standard to provide high fidelity gaming?3) Obviously the higher the resolution the better the graphics card/s needed. I hope my 2 x 780ti cards will...

John546 by Honored Guest
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Running Ocular Rift in Linux with Nvidia server

I am currently running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with 64 bit and 23 GB memory. The graphic card is GeForce GTX 560 ti with dual DVI-I and Mini-HDMI outputs. On the computer I am running stereo view for VR1280 Head Mounted Display in Linux with Nvidia Server. ...

Martti by Honored Guest
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Can any Elite Dangerous beta players confirm something?

Elite Dangerous seems to be rather unique in that it offers an in-engine side-by-side stereoscopic mode (which is far superior to 3D Vision in that it actually works). If anyone here is in the beta can they confirm whether or not game performance in ...

jtelfer by Protege
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Looks like someone got their DK2!

UPDATE - IGNORE THE TITLE - they didn't get one shipped, see my post a couple of posts down.*ORIGINAL POST*Just saw this post over at the elite dangerous forum from about 90 minutes ago, but it looks like whoever it is hasn't realised they'll have to...

jtelfer by Protege
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A better future thanks to vr?

I was reading this topic on reddit that Palmer replied to http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2a9ppx/could_vr_possibly_bring_about_a_more_peaceful/and I thought the conversation was very mind opening :idea: . If you have the time, read it, especi...

Oceanos by Honored Guest
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Help Repairing Oculus Rift DK1

So i have a problem with my Rift DK1. The wire that runs from the control box and into the HMD has been having connectivity issues. The screen will go black and will come back on with the movement of the wire. I have contacted Oculus Support but they...

What is Project Information?

I noticed if you click on your name / project in the top right corner of this website, you get this wonderful confusing page:What exactly is / was this supposed to be? When I ordered my rift I remember entering a project name as a required field, I u...

treebolt by Honored Guest
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VR- The future fps :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyCyzB0CedM&feature=player_detailpage&list=PL627F181E0CB37E19lol, can't wait for VR to be like that 

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