So, just wondered if anyone has an Oculus Rift?

 

It's just reduced in price - so £600 with Touch and a game - https://www.oculus.com/rift/

 

I've watched plenty of videos on YouTube, read reviews etc. I'm almost sold.

 

I have a PC that that according to the Steam Bench-marking App, will run it comfortably.

 

I just wondered if anyone here had it, and can tell me their experience? More long term really, I don't want to use it for a month and be bored - I'd expect to be using it frequently, not like a fad type thing that you only get out when you have people around etc...

 

It is the first piece of technology to get me excited in many years, and despite having plenty of home improvements to spend £600 on....I'm tempted to throw caution to the wind and just do it.

 

There are demo days I could go to locally, but almost sure if I went along to one of these I'd buy the thing anyway!!!

 

I have experienced VR at Alton Tower albeit a low res version, and thought it was great. I think I need it in my life!!! :)

Edited March 3, 20179 yr by MasterCookieman

Oculus really came off the forefront of VR recently, with inferior controls and tracking to the Vive, and too expensive compared to PSVR.

 

Vive is best for PC with walking ability and motion controls, and camera tracking. Alot of support with hundreds of VR games on steam

PSVR is good for games that you can sit down in and still play

 

Mr wchestnutt can give you his opinion on the PSVR and his bathroom experience with Resident evil 7

 

I guess my question is what do you want to do/play with VR.

Edited March 3, 20179 yr by Alic

Hmm, I've looked at Vive, and after much deliberation decided that the Rift was the way to go. I realise that Vive has better movement tracking with 360 degrees as standard, but this can be achieved using Rift and an additional sensor, albeit experimental....but the costs keeps adding up. Personally I think that the Rift will win the battle in the end.

 

I do have a PS3, if that's even supported anymore but if I'm honest I hadn't looked at PSVR, as it's PS specific and I don't consider it in the same league as Vive and Rift, plus as most of my gaming is PC gaming its pointless.

 

You ask about the gaming side of things...well, ideally I'd like to login to Sword Art Online and live in it, lol, but I think we're a good decade away from that. I understand that games are limited at the moment, although I'd like play the games I've seen so far I can't help think they're not something I'd spend time 'professionally' playing....more of a laugh - like Wii bowling. In my normal game arena I would play driving simulations, MMOs and RPGs, but understand that we're not really there yet in terms of VR, but I accept that, I just want the experience.

 

I think I'm just trying to justify the spend, but at the same time I want to support it. I think I'll love it, but don't want to have it for 3 months, then stick in in the corner cause there's no new content and no one developing for it....but I don't think that will happen. Saying that, people never really adopted 3D, and I played some excellent 3D games that just aren't as good in 2D. Really, I think I just needed to be born maybe 20 years later than I was. I remember when VR was meant to happen in the 90's and I was so excited about it, then I guess they realised it wasn't possible with the technology available at the time...and it just died off... so I'm maybe reliving that, and I finally want what was promised to me as a kid!!! :)

hmm, you realise that the rift has a 3.9m^2 play area (with the additional paid sensor which makes it more expensive than the vive) and the vive has a 12m^2 area.

 

Vive is Valve backed compared to oculus facebook backed so for gaming i do think vive will have better gagming outcome but whatever thats not really comparing products. I just think that the Vive has a better technology and being a valve product (part of steam), it will have better support for gaming.

 

The touches have only just come out so I can't compare the controllers, but the vive was extremely accurate and easy to use.

 

But tomatoes tomatos pick what you prefer...

I've had VR since the DK 1 and have a DK 2 now. The two leaders being VIVE and RIFT really depends on what you are using it for as to which is better. Read a lot of reviews but it's Rift for me. Occulus have been doing it a while now.