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Put a camera on oculus for augment reality

Would it be interesting if Oculus have 2 cameras and we could use it like nintendo 3DS augment reality?

Will oculus reach their vision of 40k units sold in 2013

Anyone have any guesses on whether oculus will meet their goal?Anyone have any ideas on what has been sold from January until now? As well If a second devkit is released I could easily see a large crowd of repeat customers as well as more of a consum...

What really does means "Rift has low FOV"?

I understood this correctly?I heard several people who complained about the low FOV of rift and I think I understood what they meant. Maybe its not about FOV of Rift itself, but low fov set in game settings. When you set low FOV, you get view like lo...

Lens Distortion and Future Products

What is the possibility (and accuracy) of doing lens correction within the Oculus Rift control box?My main concern is defining a working standard for compatibility with future products. If a new model is introduced which includes modified optics, wou...

Wii Fit Balance Board + Glovepie Script = Good Idea?

So I was trying to think of different gaming controllers for foot presses and the first thing that came to mind is the wii fit balance board... You could hook it up to your pc via Bluetooth and use the program glove pie to write scripts that would si...

Bunch of people experience RIFT + KINECT for the first time.

There was an event called Openlab on the weekend in Melbourne Australia. Ethno Tekh was there showing their first experiment with the Rift and Kinect, in Unity. It was my first experience of the rift and any VR. Seeing your body represented in transp...

Pimp my Rift

Borrowed 2 "eye stickers" from my son. This was the missing piece for the Rift... 

Rifted or Occluded?

Surgeon Simulator 2013!Now imagine it with at least the razor hydra controller, preferably some VR glove system and the Rift!So should this game be Rifted or Occluded?What games would you like to see being Rifted?

Star Wars with rift

As some of you heard and we heard some gossips about implementing oculus with frostbite That got me thinking++++=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piwt21dXtgQcould be most epic game ever just imagine blasting back laser shots like pro jedi where you ha...

oculus dvk1 positional or not? (ever)

This is my main hurdle for our company to invest more. Obviously we need positional tracking. Should we wait before ordering more? Or is it reasonoble to expect we can use dk1 with this feature at some point?Kickstarter was 6dof right?"Head tracking:...

Somebody _Please_ Port This Game

Please, someone port this to the Oculus Rift before it's too late for me. :mrgreen: http://now.uiowa.edu/2013/03/want-slow-mental-decay-play-video-gameActually I am quite serious. Hundreds of thousands of devices would be purchased for this purpose a...

Would downgrading my order to a kit version help?

Simply put if the manufacturing of the Rift is the main bottleneck in delivery*, would a self assembly kit version alleviate this bottleneck and speed up overall production/delivery.*This of course assumes that all the subcomponents are being manufac...

How will the Rift run on my Mac Mini?

Hi there.I was just wondering if there are any other out there with Mac Mini 2013 using the Rift?I have the highest modell with 16gb ram - http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_miniI know there is a Intel HD 4000 card in my Mac mi...

What are the first things to grab the day you receive it?

Well, one of my rift's is out for delivery right now... and I've spent so much time anticipating this day, I forgot to pay much attention to exactly what I should install on day 1 with the rift, lol.I know the Tuscany demo, though I've heard there ar...

The Pavlov's dog effect. (Training level ideas please)

Ok, here is what I am noticing.I get sea sick but not car sick nor air sick, I can read while in the car or air on the boat in rough sea I just want to die. (I am told that after 7 or so odd days at sea I would get my sea legs but that is a prospect ...

Oculus Rift and tablets/smartphones

Hi to all I have a question about Oculus Rift and the integration with tablets/smartphones. Is it possible to connect it to those hardwares? I know that there is no integration with Androids and iOS but maybe someone managed to make it work? And what...

Oculus Rift + Kinect

Check out what these guys are doing..Ethno Tekh test Oculus Rift + Kinecthttps://vimeo.com/65211439

I set up a temporary mirror...

To try and offset some of the slowdown on the servers here, I've set up the downloadable files on my own server as a mirror. The Unity library files are large, so they are still being uploaded, but here are the other two I was able to download:Window...

Arrival : Rift + T-shirt and Poster anyone ?

Hello everyone,As the shipment number seems pretty much strange, It look like :No one that ordered a rift+poster+t-shirt arrived ?T-shirt and poster too ?Right ?(posted on MTBS forum also)

"Focusing" or "Dialing In" Rift for me (glasses, etc.)

Everyone,What is the best way for me to figure out what setup I need to use with the Rift? I don't know how to best ask this question, so let me describe what I'm looking for...How do I know which lens cups to use, A B or C, is there a good program t...

Question regarding eyecups

From what I understand the different eyecups need differing distortion values in game. I was wondering if you can set this on a per-eye basis. I have one eye which is much worse than the other. Can I use different cups for each eye and make the disto...

razer hydra for unity FREE fix

so i heared a lot of people believe that they have to buy the pro version for 1500$ to implemate the razer hydra.here i show what you have to fix to use it for the free version:(but its in german hope you can still see it out )http://youtu.be/mjo4n45...

Straight answer on the shipping date

Hey guys. There are conflicting reports on whether the "June" delivery claim is correct or not. Some argue that the shipping is on track, amd as such, if it says June, then it will be June. Others say that the website and information is outdated and ...

2D animation in the Rift

I've been experimenting with my 2D animation in the Rift and have put the files HERE if anyone wants to check it out. Download all three files, then run the Stereoscopic metafile using Stereoscopic Player.I backed the Rift for the VR but watching 2D ...

Dynamic Sound

hello everyone!!i just had an idea of what could be added to the oculus. now i am not a programmer but what about creating a program which could be installed into a game which changes the sound when you turn your head in different directions.it could...

Rift dev kit V2.0

I learned that Oculus plans to make a dev kit V2.0, before the consumer version of the Rift. This was posted by a forum user a few weeks ago. Has there been any info leaks yet as to what improvements/adjustments the V2.0 will have over V1.0?

When will the steam credit be delivered?

Anyone know?

Any commercial discount for owners of developer kit?

I've been looking in to Oculus as a development tool. It seems like an extremely cool system, and something that could provide many opportunities. My main question is; have there been any announcements as to what happens to owners of developer kits w...

pleas do a shipping update

I love oculus but this is a little ridiculous. Its the first Developer Kit and its okey to have delays but it doesnt take much time to tell us about those delays. it seems like the community actually knows a lot more then the oculus team. otherwise i...

LA Oculus Developers group

Hey all who are located in or around LA. I was thinking of getting together quarterly or every couple of months just to get to know each other in person and have a drink. There will be more info here: http://www.meetup.com/LA-Oculus-VR-Developers-gro...