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Unity OVR Asset Replacement?

Hey everyoneSo I've been working a little with unity over the course of the past 2-3 weeks, and I have a decent demo ready-ish. But thing is, for it to work with the Oculus Rift, I'd need to redeem my Unity Pro 4 month trial, which I find saddening, ...

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Help me get Portal 2 to work with my Rift

I have VorpX and VIREIO Perception, but I cannot get Portal 2 to display proper stereo. VorpX is not affecting it at all, yet I made sure portal2.exe is not in the exclusion list. VIREIO Perception 1.1.0 does create the stereo barrel distortion, but ...

Lindblum by Explorer
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Kickstarter ENDS 4 DAYS! canyon and waterfall live demo

Hi there!I am running a Kickstarter campaign (ends in 4 DAYS!!!) to create a Rift experience of a beautiful canyon in Australia. Imagine being transported to 1 mile of the world's most beautiful ancient slot canyon 200 feet below the earth. http://ww...

Strange colors around edges in unity based games.

I'm getting my Rift in the mail next week, and I've been tinkering with various games, getting my collection ready for the big day. However, I've noticed that in several Unity based games/apps, VRcinema for example, there are these strange red green ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Are there charitable jobs that pay?

Hey guys, I know it's kind of off-topic, but this little community has a nice collective of knowledgable people and no trolls at all. I am interested in getting a job related to charity work for about a year, until about next fall when I transfer sch...

CIG (star citizen) have an HD Rift prototype!

16 minutes into this video https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13376-Wingmans-Hangar-Episode-46 we see a developer at Cloud Imperium Games working on Rift support, and he's got the HD prototype! Deciding whether or not to get th...

Interpreting my eyeglass prescription?

So I came across an envelope from LensCrafters, and realized that it had my eyeglass prescription inside. I was wondering if anybody here can help me interpret it. I get the feeling that I've got a fairly strong prescription. I think I have myopia, a...

Guspaz by Honored Guest
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Rift Field of View

Hi there, I was wondering if you guys know what the effective field of view of the Rift Dev. Kit is in terms of vertical and horizontal degrees? Also, if you happen to have a tentative list of specifications for the final version of the Rift, I'll ap...

fireburn6 by Honored Guest
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HDMI to USB, would it work with a rift?

It would be nice to be able to use the rift with my mid 2011 iMac, because that's the computer I usually use for, well, everything. I have a mac pro, but I don't use it for anything game-related. All my other machines have HD 4000s...So, do you guys ...

The only thing I "hate" about the Oculus

I am putting up with the low res, and the motion sickness... i don't care about those things... and really, I don't let my actual "problem" bother me either.. I am really happy with the Oculus, and there is no doubt that this is going to be an essent...

Gootch by Honored Guest
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VGA Connection

my notebook only have VGA input. Will it work with Oculus if I purchase a HDMI to VGA adapter?Is it more indicated to buy VGA to DVI or VGA to HDMI?i have checked some forum posts and aparently some of the adapter have a power input. Is this necessar...

jalq by Honored Guest
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Face Mask

I want a face mask that heats up in areas exposed to thermal radiation in-game. I want to feel the virtual sun's warmth on my face.

Zimtower by Expert Protege
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OLED seems to be confirmed for the CV

So, I just listened to Branden Irbe on the AMD developers event held today.Most of what he said was not news at all. But there was one bit that caught my attention:He strongly hinted that they needed a sub-millisecond display, and that OLED was the t...

Kamus by Protege
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What courier service will oculus use for the august batch

Hello,Hoping the community could help me out here.I'm set up with DHL as my courier service. They do Door to Door delivery in my country (India) and take care ofcustom's duty and clearance. iow it's a breeze to get the sdk that way.Will oculus be usi...

boomji by Honored Guest
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It arrived today...

...a few hours ago. The agonizing wait is over! First impressions: It stinks! Of foam/glue... Gonna do the t-shirt mod tomorrow see if it takes care of the smell. After working out how the calibration was supposed to be done I fired up Tuscany. Can't...

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Kickstarter's CastAR Reaching Final Hours

Howdy guys, another VR/AR technology brought to kickstarter. CastAR A really interesting technology, not sure it'll replace my Rift, but I've already seen some handy table top gaming features for it which I find thrilling. They are currently in their...

Madaras by Expert Protege
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My first impressions

Hello there! My Rift arrived this week and I have been playing around with it for couple of days. So far I have experienced some good sides and bad sides of it.Setting it up was really easy and I felt a little constrained by all the wires at first (e...

Rift Media Player

Hi, here’s Frank Hassani, I'm into art and docu exhibitions and interested to know if there is a VR-Player that can playback pre-produced (hours of rendering time per frame) 360° spherical movie. In such terms that the user is taken on a journey (fol...

Anyone have Hydradeck calibration issues like me?

Hopefully Teddy can answer it for me, but I'll take answers from others as well.Well, for some reason, it never seems to work properly with me.Everytime I tried to follow the instruction, I always ended up when holding my right wand, the position of ...

Another first impressions post.

I'm going to focus on a different aspect than immersion and SDE which are already well documented. Instead lets talk first time setting up and using the rift, aswell as the things that caught me out.So my rig is pretty new (quad core i7 haswell 4700,...

Melhadf by Protege
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What's old is new again... The more things change...

I am really happy that Palmer & team (need I even mention the legendary John Carmack!!!) have actually focused on a mass produced, general HMD for the everyman. Coming from decades of experience in this market it was refreshing to see it start to edg...

Multi-Monitor Settings Thread?

I have multiple monitors, three of them. I know there have been discussions in prior threads about the best method of configuring the Rift to run alongside them, but I can’t seem to find any at the moment?I started out with two panels ( 28' 1920x1200...

yahknow1 by Protege
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Play the OCULUS RIFT WAITING GAME!

The looong wait is hard, sure. But instead of throwing tantrums or threatening the moderators I thought it'd be more fun to come up with ways to prepare for your Rift's arrival.So, how can we pass the weeks? How can we begin to acclimatize our body a...

kalorvoe by Honored Guest
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Do we need to sign for the Rift

As the topic states: Do we need to be signing for the Rift at delivery time. If so, I will need to make arrangements to be home to do so.

mondo50m by Honored Guest
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remote/historical tourism

I am looking for someone who does 3d mapping of sites such as Pompeii/Rome and if any of them had considered adapting their maps for use with oculus for remote/historical tourism. does anybody know of anyone who has plans for this?http://www.romerebo...

Smithsonian 3d scans

http://3d.si.edu/The Smithsonian is getting into 3d scans in an archaeological way. I want a Lynx A camera.This site requires a registration to download the 3d models, but it's free for educational, non-commercial use.They have a few highly detailed ...

Roaster by Rising Star
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If I ordered my Rift on Oct 8...

If I ordered my Rift on Oct 8, when can I hope to get my Rift?By Christmas maybe?All I know is, I am ready to start developing! and I can't wait to try all the demos.And I can't wait to puke my guts out....

Timech187 by Honored Guest
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What am I doing wrong?

Is it the dub step in my song, when I go...!No, just kidding.Serious question though. I got my Rift yesterday, and while it works REALLY well, and I'm already falling in love with it, I have noticed that when I play the demo's with lots (and sometime...

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VR News Update - Rev VR Podcast

I am considering introducing a new segment to the Rev VR Podcast called "VR News Update". This is my first attempt and I am looking for feedback. In the news I cover the Private Eye Kickstarter, the Tactical Haptics contest winner, Popular Science's ...

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