Oculus Rift

[Jord]

I've tested HL2 on rift yesterday and my whole day was fucked, I was feeling sick for a looong time :/ I've also tried Quake 1, some roller coaster demos and the SDK demo - cool stuff but I need to get used to it. I'll try to calibrate this as Helder said but how to calibrate it?

At first it can make you feel a bit queezy. Some people felt really quite ill like you too but I guess it depends on the person. The cinema demo is really impressive if you haven't checked it out yet, one of the best for getting a sense of depth.

[sven]

VR from late 80's/early 90's

 

That thing is from 1992, cost $60,000, had about 4 games, weighed a ton, and showed you this: 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L60wgPuuDpE

 

Looks to be non-3D,  no wide fov, low frame rate.

 

Soon, you will be able to get the Virtuix Omni and the Oculus Rift for around $750 (on top of your which shows you the latest next gem games in 60 fps, 3d, wide fov, on a 350 gram headset.

[selmitto]

So, playing as Freeman and using the realistic Oculus would make our brain think that we're in a... Half-Life?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2013 by Al Anselmo~Intelect0

[FMPONE]

 

VR from late 80's/early 90's

 

That thing is from 1992, cost $60,000, had about 4 games, weighed a ton, and showed you this: 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L60wgPuuDpE

 

Looks to be non-3D,  no wide fov, low frame rate.

 

Soon, you will be able to get the Virtuix Omni and the Oculus Rift for around $750 (on top of your which shows you the latest next gem games in 60 fps, 3d, wide fov, on a 350 gram headset.

 

 

1992? that's fucking insane. game looks awesome and stupid as hell. would play

[Zyn]

I tried that game once at Gröna Lund in Stockholm as they had one of those machines set up. It felt like looking down two tubes, having no idea what to do and the low framerate made sure the experience was shortlived, and terrible.

[Beck]

John Carmack has left id to work with Oculus VR.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-07-john-carmack-joins-oculus-as-chief-technology-officer

[Mazy]

John Carmack has left id to work with Oculus VR.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-07-john-carmack-joins-oculus-as-chief-technology-officer

 

Well they updated it saying that he's apparently still at Id, but it sounds a bit weird.

[Thrik]

Nice. I think it's fair to say that Carmack has got this shit, and that it'll be incredible beyond imagination within a year or so.

[dux]

He's well into the VR stuff now from his talks at quakecon so I'm not surprised at him joining. The way I read it was that he has left id but further reading led me to his twitter account where he still lists himself at id but the occulus stuff seems to be his top priority at the moment.

 

 

Oculus, Id Software, and Armadillo Aerospace

Dallas, TX · idsoftware.com

 

 

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack

[Vilham]

He owns half of Id, he doesn't need to "leave".

[-HP-]

John Carmack has left id to work with Oculus VR.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-07-john-carmack-joins-oculus-as-chief-technology-officer

 

Nice! I'm actually excited about this, VR is slowly becoming the obvious future of gaming so hopefully he'll help pushing it faster.

 

And yes, Carmack said on his tweet he'll still work at id, and Armadillo although his focus will be the Oculus.

 

Also, here's the article from Oculus: http://oculusrift.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2140

[FMPONE]

This all but guarantees quantum leaps in the art. Love it

[Mazy]

 

I want an Oculus Rift now!

[-HP-]

 

I want an Oculus Rift now!

 

Holy fucking shit...

[RaVaGe]

This is just the future of the gaming, I want this shit now it looks so immersive.