Post by Dan @ 04:59pm 04/04/13 | 16 Comments
Tested's Norman Chan and Will Smith appear in a 44 minute video walkthrough of the Rift, offering the most comprehensive overview of both its hardware and software features that we've seen so far, short of being able to actually wear one yourself.
The video demonstrates Team Fortress 2 running on the Rift, explaining the calibration process and the various options and adjustments that Valve has experimented with to accommodate the different needs of head-mounted VR gaming, and the whole general user experience. Check out the video below.
The initial developer kit release of the Rift is intended for game creators to establish a foundation of VR-supporting products in preparation for a more feature-packed consumer-targeted device at a later date.
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Posted 08:55pm 04/4/13
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Posted 11:19pm 04/4/13
Posted 11:39pm 04/4/13
You can adjust the 3d and various other things to help with the motion sickness, apparently, so I think it should be right *shrug*
And DM, plenty of units sold and there are some pretty big PC names willing to put their names behind it, so I think once the rest of the market checks out the unit sales, they might decide to jump on the bandwagon.
Posted 12:13am 05/4/13
Posted 12:24am 05/4/13
They touched on it a lot in this vid, they also said that they are advised to ease into it bit by bit.
Yea they said in the vid unreal support is coming, unity already support it.
Posted 02:19am 05/4/13
Aye, but from what I've heard of it, that's probably more just a conservative guideline. Apparently the latency is quite low (which is what caused most of the motion sickness previously) and your eyes focus as if you were looking through the screens.
With the extra config in games, it seems they've probably got it under control.
And Unreal engine support + unity support is a pretty big deal, those are two of the biggest game engines out there, so potentially, it will allow a lot of games to use it in the future.
And some of the other big names that apparently ordered dev kits also makes me think I'll probably drop the cash day one when they bring out the consumer model.
Personally, I want them to get War Thunder to support it. I think that would be worth it just for that XD
Posted 02:24pm 05/4/13
$300 + $67 shipping to .au. Looks like they are fulfilling pre-orders out-of-order and prioritising north-american customers, so hopefully all the international ones will arrive by June ...
Would love it if eye-tracking was added to the retail version, to move your view around with where you look.
Posted 02:35pm 05/4/13
Posted 09:16pm 05/4/13
Posted 09:35pm 05/4/13
Posted 09:45pm 05/4/13
Posted 10:22pm 05/4/13
why buy the developer model when they're working on a better version for retail?
Posted 03:33am 06/4/13
I develop hardware for a living, so wanting to taste an emerging tech/product 1 to 2 years before the retail release isn't anything out of the ordinary ...
Posted 10:22am 06/4/13
ahh fair enough