01-12-2016 07:09 AM
01-16-2016 06:40 AM
"willste" wrote:
We probably will see another HMD with Valve software, but I wouldn't be surprised of HTC bailed. HTC just doesn't have enough at stake in the game if sales don't go their way. Who knows what they expect though.
I get the feeling their expectations are untealistic.
01-16-2016 03:12 PM
01-16-2016 04:06 PM
01-16-2016 04:07 PM
"in6seconds" wrote:"willste" wrote:
We probably will see another HMD with Valve software, but I wouldn't be surprised of HTC bailed. HTC just doesn't have enough at stake in the game if sales don't go their way. Who knows what they expect though.
I get the feeling their expectations are untealistic.
the same could be said about the oculus we don't know how many people will cancel their order to go for the vive, if that happens the market as a whole could be majorly affected
01-16-2016 05:05 PM
"tahsinuchiha" wrote:
Hey, I'm new to this forum and i just thought i'd ask a few questions regarding the rift as you guys are expersts;
So i pretty much pre-ordered the rift the day of pre-order date and didn't really think twice about the price as i was completely set on purchasing the rift after trying on dk2, but after the huge backlash from everyone saying its too expensive and bla bla..
I'm kind of unsure about whether i've made the right decision in pre-ordering the oculus rift since the last week and a bit of pre-ordering the rift i've looked at many videos which compares vive vs rift, and though in the beginning i was set that oculus is superior but now several factors are making me think otherwise, and the main reason is that i'm not sure if the oculus can do the same thing as the vive, so here are my actual questions;
Does the oculus rift have the same immersion as the vive? By that i mean, the fact that you can actually move around in your virtual space using your feet and so on instead of being subjected to use a controller, especially after seeing the htc vive demos at ces 2016, where you could move in a room and interact with it as it tracks your entire body movement, not just your head movement or your hands, which is really the main reason why i would go for vive instead of oculus, but reading some of the posts where some of you claim that this is also possible on the oculus, well i would like clarification.
Thanks!
01-16-2016 06:04 PM
"Percy1983" wrote:"tahsinuchiha" wrote:
Hey, I'm new to this forum and i just thought i'd ask a few questions regarding the rift as you guys are expersts;
So i pretty much pre-ordered the rift the day of pre-order date and didn't really think twice about the price as i was completely set on purchasing the rift after trying on dk2, but after the huge backlash from everyone saying its too expensive and bla bla..
I'm kind of unsure about whether i've made the right decision in pre-ordering the oculus rift since the last week and a bit of pre-ordering the rift i've looked at many videos which compares vive vs rift, and though in the beginning i was set that oculus is superior but now several factors are making me think otherwise, and the main reason is that i'm not sure if the oculus can do the same thing as the vive, so here are my actual questions;
Does the oculus rift have the same immersion as the vive? By that i mean, the fact that you can actually move around in your virtual space using your feet and so on instead of being subjected to use a controller, especially after seeing the htc vive demos at ces 2016, where you could move in a room and interact with it as it tracks your entire body movement, not just your head movement or your hands, which is really the main reason why i would go for vive instead of oculus, but reading some of the posts where some of you claim that this is also possible on the oculus, well i would like clarification.
Thanks!
Look at the review posted just before you post it does say a lot.
You are mistaken the vive isn't doing any sort of full body tracking, its just tracking the head and controllers (the same as rift).
You have to ask yourself is room scale realistic in your house (or other such living space), its great in tech demos but do you have room to do it and the rigging to stop you getting tangled in the cable (or a very helpful person)?
Past that if you want full body tracking, the rift will be there first, look at the size difference on the 2 headseats, that is due to the tracking technology (I won't go into comfort due to weight), now for the rift to do full body tracking we would need to mount small leds at different points on our bodies which could be done quite cheaply. Now to do that with Vive you will need to strap the sensors in the same places but they will all need a processing unit which I guess could be a seorate box and not so much bulk on each sensor, but either say it will cost more and not be as simple.
I am no going to say its the absolute wrong decision to get the vive over the oculus but overall the oculus is the better headset with the better software support, the vive does room scale better right now but that will be added to oculus if wanted but in reality is it feasible.
If you still aren't sure I would keep your rift pre-order open until you see the vive price as that is potentially going to be quite a lot more.
01-17-2016 06:11 AM
01-17-2016 10:10 AM
01-17-2016 10:39 AM
01-17-2016 11:00 AM
"3DeX" wrote:
Oculus still not available for preorder for over 80% of the world and the estimated shipping is already on July. I am going with HTC in the hopes that I will get an HMD in the first half of the year... (although I think there is going to be another delay).
BTW Vive Pre is still just a developer kit. If they manage to get a better display with less screen door effect and the promised headphones in, HTC will be better than oculus in every way?