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Why Nintendo may be headed to VR

Here is the first line from today's Bloomberg article."Nintendo Co. (7974), the Japanese video-game company struggling to win over consumers with its latest generation of consoles, plans to expand in emerging markets with new devices starting next ye...

Bugnguts by Explorer
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Calibrate your DK1 (from r/oculus)

Didn't know whether to post this here or in the tutorials section but thought it might get more views here."Calibrate your DK1 and enjoy better visual quality"http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/249jiw/calibrate_your_dk1_and_enjoy_better_visual_q...

Boff by Explorer
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Is this the right Place to post a crappy demo?

UPDATED: link to my crappy demo, which i call Crappy Boathttp://rapidshare.com/share/D37294F2F0AB8F35402D734270C50C75Ok, so lets start with the obvious. I just started to build my first VR demo. It is not good, or even average... but I am kind of pro...

The biggest breakthrough for Virtual Reality yet?

When I saw this my eyes lit up as it looks as if this little bit of software will remore the limitations from us developers and bump the framerate up to 120 fps. I hope it will come integrated with the next version of Unity. What do you make of it?ht...

Ordered DK2, delivered August. PC build help needed.

Hi guys just ordered the DK2 which should arrive in August  . I have 12 weeks to build a PC . My budget is £650, I don't need a hardrive as I currently have a couple etc. I have been searching the internet and have a couple of builds/part builds tha...

PIM1 by Honored Guest
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Dont go Rifting on Public Transport

I took the rift with me to Brussels to show a friend, who after screaming through all of RiftCoaster immediately demanded to be put into Dreadhalls.He screamed like a little girl, but refused to take the rift off.As expected, he got the munchies and ...

Debating on getting a DK1 instead of DK2

I'm debating on buying a DK1 instead of a DK2 and I'd like to hear the community's opinion. I really want to add Rift support and create native Oculus Rift games over the summer as I will be returning to college during August. I was really looking fo...

Lens distance adjustment screws

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the lens adjustment screws should be adjustable with your fingers only, not needing you to find a coin or screwdriver? It would be so much simpler. A little knob would suffice. This bothered me with the D...

Sharkku by Protege
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Getting old DOS VR games working with Oculus Rift?

I apologize if this topic has been covered before, but I looked and couldn't find anything.Has anyone looked into the possibility of converting old DOS games that used old VR headsets such as the Cybermaxx, VFX1 and the iGlasses to work with Oculus R...

Trisk by Protege
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Put yo hands up! (stem & priovr)

Ello laddeh's. So who has ordered stem / priovr? I ordered the priovr, and it's shipping was cheaper than oculus dk2's.I just want a thread to talk about these motion tracking products.I personally think priovr is a goddam bargain for 17 tracking poi...

Jossos by Honored Guest
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Why did Microsoft and Sony refuse to adopt the CV1 ?

PS4 and Xbox One have a few million users each, all of them gamers.PC gamers are probably closer to being a bunch of dozen millions.PC non gamers are a bunch of hundred millions, if not a few billions.And if that wasn't ten times enough already, with...

HiThere_ by Superstar
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Any suggestions on a PC?

My PC is a nearly 6 years old Pentium Q6600 quad 4GB memory GT9800 it can still run the latest DX10 games at a playable framerate, last game I played was thief on low-to-medium settings. It won't play DX11. I've ordered the DK2 kit, and I'm guessing ...

mta by Honored Guest
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Fov against resolution.

Hello,I see many people talking about increasing FOV instead of resolution.But something is disturbing me with this idea.With a limited amount of pixel, i think its better to have them for "resolution"/less screendoor than FOV.Why ?Because of Headtra...

Tgaud by Honored Guest
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RiftMax Karaoke tonight @8PMEST! Native Oculus Support

Tonight,Thursday, May 8th, At 8 EST/ 6 MST, Riftmax Theater will be having the 8th Riftmax Karaoke event hosted by DZ If you don't have an Oculus Rift, that's fine! Show up in monitor mode and be the pioneer of the karaoke lounge of the future!Don't ...

bilago by Honored Guest
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That old Rift Coaster chestnut!!

Hey all, I know for me one of the best ways of introducing someone to the Rift was sticking em on one of the rollercoaster demos mainly Riftcoaster, standing up and watch in absolute hysteria and fits of laughter as they try and maintan an upright po...

djack77 by Honored Guest
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Help with nVidia settings

Hi, I have played around with my Rift for a while now and started to play with Unity a bit tonight and I think I need to finally ask for advice on the various settings in the nVidia 3D settings and their likely effect on the OR. I have read a lot abo...

GrahamH by Honored Guest
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Hilarious joy at the thought of what's to come

I was driving home yesterday and I just felt such a rush of joy and excitement for the future of gaming. I can only describe it as that emotion Beatrix Kiddo seems to be experiencing at the end of kill bill where she realises it's over and she won, c...

Falan by Honored Guest
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How are Retro Games similar to doom in the Rift?

Hey everyone,Like the title says how are retro games similar to the Doom, Hexen, Daggerfall, etc. in the rift?Do they make you nauseous or no?I am wanting to remake most of my games assets to be of retro lo fi art style but I would like to avoid naus...

HeadClot by Explorer
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New way of rendering.

Can someone explain me how are games actually renderer with low resolution screen ?I'm not sure how it works but lets say that you have a scene with a big wall, made of bricks, and each bricks is in a different color.Now you're using a screen with a ...

Tgaud by Honored Guest
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Is this the benchmark for VR game engines?

I am using Unity3d engine and whilst I enjoy the interface, the asset store, the integration with the rift and the community, I am also finding it slightly limiting for VR at least until Unity version 5 comes out. I am rather enviously eying up Unigi...

How do I activate VR in the Half Life 2 cinematic mod?

I'm wanting to play the half life 2 cinematic mod, how ever when I click on activate Virtual reality in the game, in the Command prompt (~) it says "unknown command (VR_ACTIVATEVIRTUALREALITY) unknown" how can I get the Half life 2 cinematic mod work...

Oculus wants to build a billion-person MMO with Facebook

Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe just told an audience at TechCrunch Disrupt about one lofty possibility for the pair: building a massively multiplayer experience for one billion simultaneous users. "This is going to be an MMO where we want to put a billion ...

Peteo by Expert Protege
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Pros and Cons of the FB Aquistion

I know its old news now and people have pretty much moved so sorry to be late to the party but Im undertaking a university assignment on FB/Occulus acquisition, at the time I started the assignment the takeover had just happened. I'd would love some ...

Norway driving tanks with DK2/modified DK?

Just came across this, I couldn't find another post about it on here http://motherboard.vice.com/read/norway-is-gamifying-warfare-by-driving-tanks-with-oculus-rift

evil1 by Honored Guest
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VR Movies 2014-2024

If Virtual Reality takes off it`s probably just a matter of time before we will start seeing blockbuster movies and VR documentarys with VR support. Here is my list of what will probably be some of the first AAA blockbuster movies we will experience ...

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