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E3 2014! What do you expect?

E3 2014 is going to take place in less than a month and Oculus is completely quiet about it. What do you expect them to show or announce there?Just a exhibition of the DK2 and nothing more, or maybe a rough timeframe for the CV1 with even a few speci...

Far515 by Honored Guest
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Have some questions regarding video integration. Please help

Hi everyone I am new and and have some cool ideas on what I want to do with the rift. Basically what I would like to do is watch 360 degree video on the oculus rift, video I have taken. I know there are a few ways to do this. Through the geonaute 360...

New concept for oculus FPS games : Eagle vision

Hello,I was thinking of something to both increase the resolution and FOV without having to chose :The eagle vision.What if lets say, you make a game where the people inside would be human with super eyes sight ?For example, like normal, you could se...

Tgaud by Honored Guest
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Dont Look Back Chapter 2, Oculus Rift Horror Review

Hi RiftersThis game is currently not available but should be very shortly. If you like jump scares or like creating Let's Play youtube videos then this is probably ideal as it made me jump quite a few times. http://www.virtualrealityreviewer.com/GAME...

WhelanWeb by Honored Guest
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Reading, Bifocal, or Distance

What are people that need glasses for both distances wearing with the Rift, Reading, Bifocal, or Distance Eyeglasses?

Chivas by Expert Protege
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Sitting or standing

No, this isn't a post about meeting the Queen or going to the toilet.Too many people here are all "VR is rubbish unless I can stand up and walk around, nobody wants to sit down all the time". Blah blah blah. Those people have unrealistic expectations...

fudspong by Explorer
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VR, wrong direction with omni treadmills body tracking

We have two levels of presence we're looking at for VR right now-1.) Environmental presence, ie your brain accepts the environment as real (going well)2.) Avatar presence, ie your brain accepts your VR body as real (not going as well)As much as stand...

Khechari by Explorer
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Star Wars Chess

Remember the iconic scene in Star Wars where short bald is playing the hairy bastard at holochess? "Let the wookiee win" indeed! But it got me thinking about board games on the Rift, in particular against people who aren't necessarily in the same cou...

fudspong by Explorer
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Rift for the younger ones

Palmer has advised against children using the rift because of their smaller IPD, among other things.But I wonder if the consumer version will support children using the rift? Or maybe there might (eventually) be a rift specially designed for children...

EarlGrey by Expert Protege
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Worried about report of problem with DK2 positional tracking

I have been hearing some rather disturbing things about the DK2 and wanted some clarification from people that have actually used it please.With regards to positional tracking iv head from a review site that the positional tracking isnt quite perfect...

Falan by Honored Guest
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Oculus Rift: Venus Project

Hi People After looking into a sustainable future and listening to the likes of Jacque Fresco and Peter Joseph. It got me thinking if anybody knows if there's anything going on with VR and the likes of the Venus project or any other similar projects ...

Free Unity trial code, possibly.

I just realized that one of the DK1's I bought had an unused trial code that I activated. I'm going to post it here so the first person who uses it can have it.I am unsure if the code is over 125 days old, though, so it may not work. But I have NOT u...

ido by Honored Guest
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Forget all other peripherals and move to Kinect

It seems like Kinect or a kinect-like camera Optimized for VR is the best of all worlds.You trade precision for easy of use. No strapping into harnesses or getting in treadmills. I'm willing to make that trade andI think a custom camera could be opti...

usb420 by Honored Guest
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Will VR need a VM?

This occurred to me when discussing the need for a standard VR file format.If we want to be able to make things in VR that still function when we move them between worlds/engines then we need a standard VR bytecode and Virtual Machine.Now the web has...

Arowx by Explorer
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Notebook for Oculus - Just a quick question

Hi,I already have a desktop for gaming, but have minimal experience with gaming notebooks. I got an opportunity to buy a notebook with i7 4810MQ + Geforce GTX860M is this a a good notebook for use with Oculus Rift? Thanks

ALK by Honored Guest
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Voice Attack

People on the Elite Dangerous forum have been going crazy over Voice Attack, a cheap ($8) voice command application that uses Windows speech recognition to activate in-game commands. It also uses text-to-speech, so for each command you can choose to ...

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E3 Videos

Not sure if anyone linked these yet:E3 Rivals: Oculus Rift Vs. Project Morpheus E3 2014: Alien Isolation Oculus Rift Gameplay (impaled) OCULUS RIFT Hands On with ALIEN ISOLATION Oculus Rift interview with Nate Mitchell at E3 2014 Facebook's Zuckerber...

The Spam Solution is LIVE!

We've rolled out our spam solution onto the forum. Spam should now be a thing of the past.It works by scanning the post for common spam links, phone numbers, keywords, etc., and is managed by a 3rd party. They have a very high success rate and low fa...

Prototypes gallery

Hi Cyber, The picture of the few protype Rifts has had me salivating for a few days now. I've googled for old rift prototypes and seen a few, but would it be possible to share with the forum members lovely large images of as many old prototypes as po...

Will Standing With A Gamepad Help Immersion?

Hi All,I was thinking when i play a game like Alien Isolation where you use a gamepad to walk. Will simply standing up really help with the immersion for looking around and just your physical presence whilst wearing the Rift?I know you won't actually...

ZaineUK by Protege
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Modding the Rift

Hi guys, I just wanted to report my findings and share a little experiment that I did. I got more and more used to wearing the rift and could play assetto corsa for example for a few hours. But the limitations of the rift (screendoor, resolution, you...

Oculus should show off Senzo Peso (Thoughts please)

Alright, I know there is already a thread about Senzo Peso, but I wanted to adress this in another topic because the subject is different.I'm very psyched about Oculus, and I have been reading every bit of E3 news I could find, and while I find Lucke...

Domitjen by Adventurer
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Major issue with "Rifting"

Right then... You could say that I am an avid gamer of sorts, dabbling in almost any title or genre (except WoW.. I really didn't like the graphics at the time).So with that being said, after experiencing the Rift, the pains of getting titles to work...

Most anticipated games/experiences update

•Games • Eve Valkyrie • Alien Isolation • Elite Dangerous• Loading Human• Dying Light• Star Citizen• Project Cars• The Assembly• Technolust• Dear Ester• Mirrors Edge 2• Luckys Tale• Experiences/Other • VR Cinema• Riftmax• Janus • Anything made by Dra...

Shipping Time To The UK?

Hi All,Can any of the DK1 users remember how long it took from getting the 'Shipped' email to getting it delivered to your door? I live in the UK and would be interested in hearing how long it took for most people? Are we talking weeks?Thanks...

ZaineUK by Protege
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Jason Rubin in Oculus, Sony not a competition. What if...

Hi(If you're inpatient, skip to last part ;])I was wondering:- If Rubin is working for Oculus now- If Sony's relationship with Oculus is good, they both say they're not a competition to each other- if Rubin is still in good relationship with his frie...

RonsonPL by Heroic Explorer
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Idea for Oculus Controls

In the upcoming future what if Oculus made a camera like the kinect that tracked body movements like arms,feet,hands, ect and it was fast enough to transmit the data to make it feel real, and they also create an oculus controller that is used in some...

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