Topic: oculus rift presentation

squeegee started this discussion 11 years ago #42,924

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pretty interesting. consumer release q1 2016.

highlights:
1. showed off the consumer rift prototype with its cool new shit (funky looking shaped lenses for wide field of view and a simpler lighter design and new headgear.)
2. partnered with microsoft now as well as others. consumer rift will ship with xboxone controller included for free.
3. oculus rift will work with xboneone... somehow. this was the only weird part, i'm not sure how that's going to work, but probably only some games will be playable and microsoft is doing a "cinema" kind of thing where you sit in a room and play games on a fixed screen... which is weird. i dunno why you'd want to do that, but, more interesting is...
4. Oculus rift will work natively with windows 10. so they are integrating it in some way i guess, but microsoft is making a big puch into VR with their hololens stuff so maybe oculus will be the early form of that since the actual hololens as far as i know isn't going to be ready at the same time as windows 10. unless i'm wrong, idk.
5. several games were showcased
6. Oculus Touch - their new controllers. dual wireless controls with crazy shit like finger tracking so you can flip people the bird. literally. it was a real showstopper for me.

squeegee (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #568,426

here's the new oculus rift. it appears to be wireless also, but i didn't hear a confirmation of that beyond the controllers.

pictured with head and hand tracking camera and included removable earphones.

squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #568,427

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squeegee (OP) quintuple-posted this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #568,429

weird looking lenses man. also they said it has 2 screens rather than one like the current versions. don't recall them mentioning the resolution, but they mentioned OLED screens and blah blah blah they'll be awesome blah blah. we'll see i guess.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #568,430

It'll work with the Xbone, you say? Interesting! I'd love to play Halo on an Oculus.

@568,426 (squeegee)
I like the redesign. Looks much sleeker than the earlier version.

squeegee (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 46 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #568,431

ah, you'll be able to stream xbox one games to the rift. so you won't be plugging it into the xbox i guess.
http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/11/oculus-rift-xbox-one-streaming/

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squeegee (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #568,432

ah, it does appear to have a wire. well, i mean i guess that makes sense, it would be like having a wireless monitor i suppose.
and i don't think... i don't think we really do that yet? do we? wait, am i behind the times with a wired monitor? ffs.

@568,430 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
yeah, it looks nice. i like the new head band thing, the old one lets it sit heavy on your cheeks and it ends up hurting your face and giving you a headache. This new design they say sit more on your brow and feel more like wearing a cap than wearing heavy ski goggles. again, we'll see.

Minichan