Oculus Rift 2.0: 3d porn where?

[Fiye]

It'll ship to me in May. (US)

[Fiye]

Double posting, but Luckey did an AMA

would cost roughly $1500. That was around the time we committed to the path of prioritizing quality over cost, trying to make the best VR headset possible with current technology. Many outlets picked the story up as “Rift will cost $1500!”, which was honestly a good thing - the vast majority of consumers (and even gamers!) don’t have a PC anywhere close to the rec. spec, and many people were confused enough to think the Rift was a standalone device. For that vast majority of people, $1500 is the all-in cost of owning Rift. The biggest portion of their cost is the PC, not the Rift itself.
For gamers that already have high end GPUs, the equation is obviously different. In a September interview, during the Oculus Connect developer conference, I made the infamous “roughly in that $350 ballpark, but it will cost more than that” quote. As an explanation, not an excuse: during that time, many outlets were repeating the “Rift is $1500!” line, and I was frustrated by how many people thought that was the price of the headset itself. My answer was ill-prepared, and mentally, I was contrasting $349 with $1500, not our internal estimate that hovered close to $599 - that is why I said it was in roughly the same ballpark. Later on, I tried to get across that the Rift would cost more than many expected, in the past two weeks particularly. There are a lot of reasons we did not do a better job of prepping people who already have high end GPUs, legal, financial, competitive, and otherwise, but to be perfectly honest, our biggest failing was assuming we had been clear enough about setting expectations. Another problem is that people looked at the much less advanced technology in DK2 for $350 and assumed the consumer Rift would cost a similar amount, an assumption that myself (and Oculus) did not do a good job of fixing. I apologize.
To be perfectly clear, we don’t make money on the Rift. The Xbox controller costs us almost nothing to bundle, and people can easily resell it for profit. A lot of people wish we would sell a bundle without “useless extras” like high-end audio, a carrying case, the bundled games, etc, but those just don’t significantly impact the cost. The core technology in the Rift is the main driver - two built-for-VR OLED displays with very high refresh rate and pixel density, a very precise tracking system, mechanical adjustment systems that must be lightweight, durable, and precise, and cutting-edge optics that are more complex to manufacture than many high end DSLR lenses. It is expensive, but for the $599 you spend, you get a lot more than spending $599 on pretty much any other consumer electronics devices - phones that cost $599 cost a fraction of that to make, same with mid-range TVs that cost $599. There are a lot of mainstream devices in that price-range, so as you have said, our failing was in communication, not just price.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen..._and_designer/

[Salodin]

Yes, your product is a great value for $599. It's also still $599. I don't care what you bundle with it, I'm not spending that much on a first gen headset. I wish them all the success in the world though, but I guess this poorfag is just gonna have to wait to jump on this train. =(

[TheDirtyHobo]

I also like the part about "Yeah, I lied about the price being 349, but I did it to balance out the rumors of 1500 by an opposite extreme instead of just giving an honest actual price for people to expect."

[Zetanio]

Preordered.

[SamanosukeShiva]

the price is $600 because they're using Samsung's OLED display which only Samsung manufacture, and also use in their own phones. Samsung phones are really selling right now so, they're probably getting the shaft too by Samsung.

That being said, I'll probably wait get the 2nd gen or 3rd even.

[Deejay]

Samsung panels are bright as fuck; I think they went a little overkill there... They could've settled on a cheaper panel or the one they used in the Nexus 6p..


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[Rulke]

The future of gaming.

Spoiler: show

[6souls]

Porno Tech Demo

http://www.cnet.com/news/vr-porn-len...r-be-the-same/

[Zetanio]

Would have been better if the Asian guy with horrible taste in clothes didn't yell DUUUUUUUUDE the whole time.

[Cantih]

http://gematsu.com/2016/02/ibm-japan...eality-project

IBM Japan has announced Sword Art Online: The Beginning, a virtual reality project that aims to realize the world of the popular Sword Art Online light novel series.
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The project uses a a next-generation computing system called the “Cognitive System,” proposed by IBM, that supports human decision-making, as well as “SoftLayer,” IBM’s high performance cloud system that produces the ambiance of a real world.
At the official website, IBM are taking applications until March 4 for a prototype alpha test to be held between March 18 and 20 in Tokyo. A total of 208 applicants will be accepted.

[6souls]

http://gematsu.com/2016/02/ibm-japan...eality-project

[Zzsark]

Just started watching SAO and immediately was wondering when we would start seeing MMOs/RPGs really taking advantage of the Rift/VR in a big way. Needless to say, I'll be keeping an eye on this.

[SamanosukeShiva]

The article says it won't be using conventional controller, but rather using "the whole body"? Kinect+Oculus or bodysuit+Oculus?

[Zzsark]

Oculus touch + some variety of kinetic like detection (what they already use to track the rift headset) would be my guess.

[SamanosukeShiva]

something like this but on a larger scale probably

[6souls]

Launch Lineup

ADR1FT – $19.99
Adventure Time: Magic Man’s Head Games – $4.99
AirMech: Command – $39.99
Albino Lullaby – $9.99
Audio Arena – $9.99
Project CARS – $49.99
Chronos – $49.99
Darknet – $9.99
Dead Secret – $14.99
Defense Grid 2 Enhanced VR Edition – $29.99
Dreadhalls – $9.99
Elite Dangerous: Deluxe Edition – $59.99
Esper 2 – $9.99
EVE Valkyrie Founder’s Pack – $59.99
Fly to KUMA – $14.99
EVE Gunjack – $9.99
Herobound SC – $9.99
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes – $14.99
Lucky’s Tale – Bundled
Omega Agent – $14.99
Radial G – $24.99
Rooms – $14.99
Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe VR – $9.99
Smashing The Battle – $19.99
Vanishing of Ethan Carter – To Be Confirmed
Vektron Revenge – $9.99
VR Tennis Online – $24.99
Pinball FX2 VR – $14.99
BlazeRush – To Be Confirmed
Windlands – $19.99

Coming Soon

Damaged Core
Dead & Buried
Dragon Front
Eagle Flight
Edge of Nowhere
Fantastic Contraption
I Expect You to Die
Job Simulator
Rock Band VR
VR Sports

[6souls]

Shipping Now, 1-3 Week delivery

Launch trailers for Chronos & Lucky's Tale

http://gunfiregames.com/chronos/ | http://www.playfulcorp.com/#lucky

[Fiye]

=D



What a tease. Terrible email.

[6souls]

A guy in Alaska got his unit hand delivered on Saturday.



http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35910492
http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/26/113...rs-rift-luckey
https://www.facebook.com/palmer.luck...type=2&theater