CRD716 / Omega examen the only reason that myth exists is because it used to be true, some early TV’s could have defects and actually could emit harmful radiation which could obviously damage your eyes (and everything else). But we don’t hear stories of TVs leaking radiation and hurting people anymore, do we? Also i saw one guy that was saying every time blue light hits your eyes it releases free radicals and partially destroys them, which is ridiculous since the sky is literally blue and we’d all be blind by now.
If you have the money is it worth it? Hell yeah it's worth it. Dude this is for everyone, I'm 49 and it's the best thing I've ever bought. It's like I've got a movie theater in my house, there is nothing better in this world of tech. My beliefs 100,000,000 %
how to make a good Virtual Reality 1.ask for the story of a WW2 veteran 2.make a VR out of the story 3.show it to the WW2 veteran 4.watch him cry seeing his comrades die again 5.profit note:make it very detailed.
gameranx does it right, in terms of presentation and review quality. your channel is the only one i go to each day. very informative, thanks to all the peoples behind the scenes. its not just that pretty face we know and love.
I've tried Roomscale VR with the vive AND the oculus with the motion controllers on both (PAX conventions). I personally like oculus's controllers and headset much more. ;) I also got my own oculus after that so I'm glad I picked that over the vive.
I am having trouble reading text even with oversampling and a 1070 TI at 1.5 (super sampling) so would the HTC be better for a desktop experience? Doing work but immersed is my main goal.
It is now Mar 2019 and the Rift is now $350 and it comes with the hand controllers. I was really impressed with the system at the Microsoft store where I tried it out. I almost bought one, but decided to wait a little longer to see if version 2 would be coming out. I have to admit that after trying it out it is very hard to wait! I might end up giving in soon. :)
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I swear I was gonna like the video and go, but the intro was a smart move that got me interested because I'm not a fan of VR "Yet", that is why I'm happy that some one is testing them and making an honest opinion about them for us
I bought one, and it's totally worth it! I've started making my own games for VR because of it. Plus I can't wait for the Touch controllers to come out, in a few months! ;)
As an owner of an Oculus is 2018 and it's $400 price point with controllers.I find it very worth it! The quality of the product is very good. And most games are VERY emersive!
Thank you for giving an honest recommendation. I have no physical experience with the Oculus but everything you mentioned is exactly how I felt about it and so it is great that we have game reviewers that can see things from our perspectives in addition to the company's and new tech perspectives. I'm not a big fan of your closing tag line Baldino, but your reviews top notch. Thanks again, frfr.
Don't count on it. Last it was mentioned, the Rift was still selling strong, and they've still sold twice as many as the Vive so far. Plus Oculus is getting a huge boost in a few months, when they have another big launch, with Touch. Considering that Valve just opened up their Tracking-technology for any HMD manufacturers to use, the Vive is the one that might end up in bargain bins in a couple years, if we start seeing better competitors, and the Touch controllers turn out to be way better than the Vives. ;P
I was able to buy one and i would totally agree with most of what you said. One of the things i did notice was the less tech savvy a person was the more they were blown away by it, especially old people. I've only had it for a couple of weeks but it has been a ton of fun using it.
Ninja Robot What I'd say do.. just wait years when they come down in price. I have a feeling it's gonna be like when the Wii first introduced their sensor bar, it was huge for a little while, then they dragged it out for a few years... then we got Kinect and no one really cares about that anymore.
I Have a feeling VR will be a lot like phones with "Oculus" - The first real VR headset that was usable "like the iPhone" but now is copying other companys and being not very revolutionary and overpriced Then HTC VIVE - The Android very revolutionary and made VR as big as it is today only costing a little more for a lot more fetures and support for a much wider view of games.
We got the vive, and the oculus rift. We got the DK2 when that first came out, and it was a lot of fun, but when we got the Vive, the world changed. The experience of immersion is sensational with the Vive, as opposed to the "pretty cool" factor that the Rift has. Never once did I get turned around or forget where I was with the Rift, but after an hour with the Vive, I had no idea where I was actually facing in the real world, and forgot that my home had a ceiling. (Which is a good thing)
meh, if you're going to shell out $600, you might as well shell out $800 for the better tech the vive brings to the table. now that occulus has supposedly removed headset drm, you can legally buy any games off rift's marketplace and use them with the vive, and you can just use revive on any games that may still have the drm enabled. as for me, I'm going to wait a few generations for price to come down and a broader game market. right now VR is just an expensive novelty.
yep. and the vive has an ultra low-latency laser scanning positional system while the rift uses a significantly slower optical system that can introduce lag (something that will become a huge issue if they want to introduce room size VR like the rift has). Also, I won't be surprised if the cost of the Rift with it's touch controllers (when they're released) will be very close in price to the vive w/ controllers included. I have a feeling, though, that prices will decline rapidly with later iterations, much like flat panel TVs, because outside of the R&D costs to procure these technologies, the tech inside the headsets isn't ridiculously expensive stuff. You have a couple 90hz displays, a gyroscope, probably a hardware filter that splits the larger image received from the video card in two. I don't see any reason why these things won't be down to $300 or less in a few years.
dude, I seriously appreciate your approach and when it comes to your reviews and videos, it seems like you're genuinely honest, and I really do like your style this is my first video watching now and I will not be following your regularly. I am in the market trying to decide between each to see in oculus, so I look forward to following more of your material thanks
Really solid review. Absolutely agree. Just got my Rift a few days ago, and the next day I'm already putting it down after about a half hour of play. Now that I have a couple more decent games, I'm spending more time (Chronos is teh awesome), but once I finish that... I AM glad I bought it, and also glad I didn't wait to upgrade my PC (vast majority of experiences, including my favorites, run quite smoothly on my underspec GTX 960 on a 3.8GHz AMD chip). Lucky's Tale turns out to be one of my favorite games to play on it - you're not wrong that videos do NOT do it justice. I actually even just love the opening "book" screens with the miniature villiages, getting up and peering around, stepping in to take closer looks at things. I love that looking for "hidden" items involves actually getting up and craning my neck to _look_ for them. Also, Gunfire Games' two current offerings, Herobound, and (especially) Chronos, are awesome, awesome plays (and are, like Lucky's Tale, 3rd person games, though more RPG-like than Lucky). And I'm awaiting Cyan's Obduction and Damaged Core with great anticipation. But that's pretty much it. 2-3 games that are out now, and (hopefully) a couple others on the horizon, are worth playing for any length of time. The other experiences can be great, but they're experiences, and the novelty fades very quickly if there's no gameplay to speak of. And yeah, my first thought slipping it on was, wow, the resolution's barely better than I'm already getting on my phone with Gear VR. Screen door effect definitely noticeable (though it IS less than Gear VR). Of course, you'd never get the level of detail in textures and shaders on the Gear VR, and just the simple fact that you can move your freaking head makes a BIG difference in terms of immersion. But you might want to get Gear VR (if you already have a compatible phone) while you wait for Rift to get better games. That said, I'm still glad I got it. When it's good, it's REALLY good. Can't help but giggle sometimes, or gasp, at some of the stuff you see. When playing Lucky, if my head (the camera) hits some vines or icicles while I'm following Lucky around, you'll knock them around or break them off just as if your head actually hit it. The chips of asphalt, or soda cans, flying past your head in the Showdown tech demo are incredibly real. But I'm a dedicated fan of 3D. Bought the Nintendo 3DS as soon as it came out (in Japan), got a 3D TV as soon as I could, still love those. So it makes sense that I'm satisfied in my purchase. More excellent, enjoyable games (not just experiences), and the Touch, will make a huge difference, and make it more than just the novelty it currently is.
+gameranx btw No Mans Sky 13 days until it's out just saying I just pre ordered it and I am hyped for it, what about you? And will you make a video about it????
It may just be jealousy, I'm bald, get a hair cut you hippie haha. Great video, keep it up man. I'm waiting on this whole VR thing until you can basically convert a room with a VR walking station.Power gloves and all.
@@yeetbomb2015 i was talking about build quality, but the fact that they run just as smooth as top of the line androids with way better specs make them even more impressive. This is coming from a dude thats had android since day 1, then switched to the iphone 7+ and then switched back within a year.
I think this product looks great, but having a Vive, and knowing what I now know about Roomscale, I can't imagine wanting to replace that with sitting down and looking forward. Minecraft is unbelievable in VR, and I think that the ability to walk up to a door, bend down towards it, and peer through the window at the moon as it sets is a really nice touch. Oh, so it turning around in a circle. And finding three zombies closing in on you. And fighting them off with, yup, your own hands. Rift seems like the way to go if you want to play a flight or driving simulator because it does the same thing the Vive does in that case, but it is $200 cheaper. You don't need touch controls or room scale when you've got your mitts on a dual throttle controller, commanding the after-burning Pratt and Whitney F100 engines as you zip through the mountain passes at 650 Knots, 25 feet off the ground... inverted... at maximum power, on the verge of blacking out.
Get a goddamn vive.Its better.And vr companies were not all rich.Not everyone can build themselves a $1000 pc then get a $800 headset and then around $200(obviously this depends on the person) on some good games.Make some lesser cheap vr,or make it so people can play vr games on their pc so if there friend has vr they can tag along and play with them.
I have the DK2 and most recently the "consumer" Vive. I was a huge fan of the DK2 but I have to say both the freedom of movement and tracked controllers leave me feeling the Oculus is simply missing the biggest draw card for VR. I never thought it would be that big a deal but it really is. The vive is way too heavy and still has the resolution constraints plaguing VR at the moment but the interfaces, forward thought and freedom mean I haven't thought about putting the DK2 back on since I first tried it. Now to just merge the best of both devices and wait for computing power to leap forward and the future in this tech is truly exciting and will be life changing for us all.
Well, pretty much everything you said was spot on. It's not all that impressive and I'll probably sell mine since it's just collecting dust lately. The screen-door effect is hideous and you can't really make out objects in the distance, so trying it on for the first time is nothing but anti-climactic, especially if you've been waiting for VR for 20 years like I did. Nobody talks about those issues enough, VR is not there yet, Google Cardboard costs nothing and you get the same experience, so if you don't have the money or don't wanna spend that much money - don't be discouraged, you're not missing out on anything. Maybe in 5 years we'll have decent VR screens but so far you can strap your Samsung phone to your face and it's the same thing. There are Android apps if you wanna use Cardboard with your PC. Don't waste your money on VR until it's actually good.
I bought the rift CV-1 as a brand new unit. So I paid 25 % less (as it is just out of production recently)then retail with no taxes and it came with the 3rd sensor a $90 value. I was happy. The replacement is the rift -S model. The improvement is not huge imo. Oculus built the CV line on their own then Facebook bought the developed unit and took it from there. I believe that is close to accurate. I was happy that mine was built by oculus as I am not a fan of FB or its CEO ( all I will say) I have been using it now off and on for 2 months. Ater finishing a learning curve I played a few games from simple to more complex. The net is full of tutorials and instructions to assist I think your overall assessment is pretty accurate in general as far as the negatives are concerned. I thought you could have a little kinder to unit because it's still a big jump from that flat 3d to near real 3d in your face. You really do need a fairly beefy rig to run oculus and the video card is the most important part. I have a 1660 ti with 32 gb o/c ram on a good asus mobo with an amd chip. It runs fine so far. Bottom line I got into vr for$ 500 total Including a new 500 gb SSD C drive. Would I pay upwards of $1000 or more for vr NO. I passed 3 yrs ago and would still pass today on the expensive systems. However with what I have for what I paid I can overlook the minor screen door ( which is really not that bad and after a few minutes you dont even notice it anymore). I am about to try star citizen today on my rift and quite frankly I believe the experience will be very immersive including the negatives in this review above. I gave this a like with a subscription addition May the rift be with me. 🤢 🤮
100% glad you mentioned the games available. Early adaption will depend on killer title at launch/first 3mths. They need a Halo-esque game, not novelty Wii type games.
I have a rift and it is amazing, but as Jake said, there just isnt enough stuff out there for it. Most likely because it has not been out for all that long, but also because like with any new medium (and VR is a completely different experience, especially from a developer standpoint), no one has any idea what makes for a good VR game. A good analogy is like how when a new generation of consoles come out, and the graphics usually are not that much better than the previous generation, but after a while as developers learn the new hardware, the games improve. The only problem is that in that situation there is already a built in audience, but with VR it has not been proven, and there wont be a mass adoption until the barrier to entry is less prohibitive, and must own games start coming out for it.
Now I hope you do the same honest, time spent, review of the VIVE!!! These before you buy videos are super helpful especially since I am eyeing the VIVE.
I played the Oculus and the Vive. For some reason the screen bothered me in the Vive, but not Oculus. I was more blown away with the clarity of the Oculus. That being said the Vive was more interactive due to the hand controls .
I know this is gaming-focused, but I’d be interested to see a revisit now that the Rift and Touch controllers are $400 total, and come with apps including Quill, which is looking more and more like a game-changer for creatives after the latest update to include Animation capabilities.
I'm just waiting for vr to mature and grow a little. Because with things on the horizon like vr gloves I'm starting to get really excited about how far vr will go.
I have the Oculus Rift through the nature of my relatives' jobs, and I have to say it really is kind of underwhelming, I can't wait for the videos on the HTC Vive and comparisons.
Guys this is a very good review and is exactly what I would say if I were a writer. I owned the Vive for a week and then returned it because I got completely bored with it. It was pretty exciting at first, but after a few days you realize there is hardly any content at all, most of the games are just tech demos by indie developers (this often means 1 person built it himself in his spare time) and the few really good games are over in a matter of hours. I can easily light $1000 on fire and not care, but VR right now is a total waste.
I was lucky to try the Vive on a showcase and it blew me away. I am not going to buy this generation, but I definetly will in the future. I love the tracking and the controllers, how the handling feels so natural in the VR environment. The two issues I could not come by is: First, I wear glasses, and the air managment is atrocious. Heat builds up, the glasses will steam up, this is ever present and breaks the immersion. Second, the resolution. Everything in close to midrange looks great, but everything afar is so pixelish - this breaks immersion and also limits the possibilities for the devs to create a well rounded experience since everything distant looks like a low res wall paper. Still, I would buy it and get contacts just for playing if I wouldn't have to care how to spend my money.
I have to agree here. I had the Oculus for about a week and the "experience" is great. However, it will need some significant improvements in terms of resolution and screen quality. It may be a few years, but when 1440p or 4K becomes viable this will be a must have piece of kit. Until that time, if you are looking to VR as a full time immersive gaming/simulation environment then you will be severely disappointed. I returned my Oculus due to image quality and light bleed issues. Otherwise, it was a good experience, bit the price tag is a bit steep for what it offers at the moment.
i agree. i have the rift...and so far chronos, lucky's tale and edge of nowhere are the 3 games that are "good games." dread halls and dead secret were both ok. defintely no games that i would sit there for hours "aside from chronos" like i would with witcher 3 or something similar. i do love the immersion, the screen clarity leaves a lot to be desired though. games like the assembly "first person exploration" bore me to death. i don't regret my purchase, but it's definitely a thing that compliments my gaming instead of overtaking it like i hoped it would
Hi Jake. I had no intention of being an early adopter, but then I heard what racing was like in VR, so I had to check it out. It seemed the Rift was better for seated experiences, so I got that. And I'm hooked. Racing in 2D is great. Racing in VR is sublime... even with the compromised graphics.Turns out I also like Elite Dangerous and Subnautica, two games I would have ignored in 2D. Yeah, I know I basically bought the Atari 2600 of VR (Vive = Intellivision?), but what the hell, I'm loving it.
one major thing to note is the headset fits pretty tightly around your head and doesn't allow room for glasses, so if you have very poor eye sight like me and you don't have contacts the VR is going to be just like in real life. blurry AF.
I've been wanting to try VR ever since Oculus kickstarted their VR project. Now, zoom forward a few more years and I'm at best buy waiting to try out the new playstation vr. I was dead stoked to try it on, but after the experience, I have to say that it was OK. It sucks because I was super excited to use it after so many years, but it just didn't click for me. In fact, it was a bit underwhelming. The underwater demo I played was "eh" mainly because nothing really surprises me anymore, unlike other videos of people freaking out from the shark nearing their underwater cage. I tried the other games as well, and they were also OK, but not mind-blowingly awesome. That is until I tried the London Heist. That one clicked for me. It was my first time using motion controllers, so everything was disorienting for me (in a good-kind of way). I felt so immersed in the game, and moving your hands and gun around, felt natural. Even moving your head out of the window and turning to the guy felt very natural. I felt like a badass. On top of that, I felt like I could play the game for hours because of how comfortable the headset was. The only gripe I had with the playstation vr was the screen resolution and maybe the graphics of the game. It wasn't bad per-say, but it was noticeable. Though I did forget about all that stuff after I got a few minutes into the games. All in all, I think I'll wait just a bit longer for VR to get a little cheaper and better. To me, the price-range doesn't justify buying it yet. Maybe I'll change my mind after I try bigger games when the playstation vr officially comes out.
Though I have no interest in purchasing a VR unit, at least till they become more affordable and mainstream, I was glad to hear a proper user review just to know where the tech is at currently.
I have it for FSX and I find it very good for flying small planes like the Cessna 172, the Carenado 182, and Carenado AeroCommander Shrike etc at low altitude. After about an hour the headset starts to get uncomfortable. Also, I wear glasses. I had to have a special pair made up to fit into the headset. That was costly. But all in all I enjoy flying the small planes with it. Planes with the old steam gauges work great. The new planes with glass cockpit panels don't look so good. The numbers are hard to read. You do get the feeling you ARE flying that plane though!
I agree with the major portion of what you said in this video. A lot is lacking on the software side, games being short or generally simple, and the lack of (excuse the iOS lingo) retina-quality displays make the Oculus Rift still a bit unpolished. However, as a soon-to-be developer, and VR early adopter as well, saving up for and purchasing the Oculus Rift has been a dream come true for me, and though I know it may seem lack-lustre at the moment, I know with companies like Facebook and Valve in the race to make VR mainstream, it's only a matter of time until the VR magic of presence will be something we see all the time, not just in spotty sessions with minigames. :)
3d nvidia glasses were pretty cool. I may try this when I can afford the time for games or if they ever adapt this tech to support virtual presence work, but really looking forward to the full biofeedback suit, treadmill, spending the rest of your life in a matrix tank experience.
I can agree with that, in short: it just needs more time to be worth while. Thanks for the input here too Jake. My experience in VR so far: I bought a Gear VR on prime day, and i returned it after only a day. The deal breaker was how "hacked" it felt trying to get around Samsung's proprietary OS (similar to the Oculus Home). Now i know its not the same as a real-boy VR headset, but the segregation both in terms of hardware and software, and the amount of work to get it to just "behave" with other systems just killed the experience. The only free app i would have used on there that was worth anything to me was the Netflix theater, which was awesome. It gave me a cozy, spacious den and a 'massive tv' to watch my shows on, which was cool- just not $99 worth of cool. So to tie that in, it sounds like the current state of the games for Oculus/Vive alike: they both want exclusives, they both want to control the experience, and neither is much more than a single-topping pizza at the moment, not bad--but its no "supreme". I think i'll hold out for them to just make a standardized development platform so they're interchangeable and/or some more worthwhile titles that justify the expense.
I got the Gear VR in January and really enjoyed it, but I hardly use it anymore. A big problem with it is the massive power drain on your phone. And if you want to use it for more than 30 minutes, you have to put cold gel packs on top to keep the phone from overheating, which automatically crashes the Oculus app if it does. And that terrible fogging... But yeah, that video theater is awesome!
like, really the ability to use a wired headset, lag free and programs similar to that wold make a VR system worth while, even upwards of $300 if it was good for multiple games (the upcoming fallout 4 re-release for example, or skyrim's re-release) It would be an investment- but like Jake said, it just needs more time in the oven i think. At least is not like 3dtv and just a passing gimic. happy to see it succeed, i just want it to do it faster haha
So it's got a nice box and its easy to setup. Cause after a month or so people really care about that stuff! The one thing you should have mentioned that I give the rift credit for is: It’s transportable. You can take it to a friends place without too much trouble (if they have a powerful PC... oh… and the store setup... and all the games downloaded... oh... maybe scratch that point.)
I've got mine and it's pretty decent, cronos is good as is project cars but I think it's just lacking in real quality games at the moment. No issues with the actual headset though, much more ergonomic then the DK2
Great video, Jake! Exciting stuff's going on here. If I had the opportunity to buy an Oculus right now, I wouldn't. A LOT of money to spend on a curio right now, but as the user base grows and devs get comfy with their kits we'll no doubt see some FANTASTIC games in the next year or so. Speaking of anticipation, I'd love to get your guy's take on the HTC Vive. Thanks!
in 2018/now it is 350$ the two touch controllers are here and now to has way better puzzle , RP games and a lot of other cool games so in 2018 it is worth buying. HOPE THIS HELPED :)
Love playing in VR on the Rift. :) DCS world is amazing! If you're into sims... you'll never go back to monitor :) Though I would agree that the content really needs time to develop... I'm sure we'll see huge improvements all around in the next 5 years. VR is definitely here to stay :)
This is hilariously great, as I purchased my oculus literally 4 days ago, and it arrives in the mail today. Still super excited to jump on this train, and I really really hope that the touch controllers are no more than 200 bucks.
Tried both. Went with Rift. Better visual quality and controls and the Rift even does roomscale now which I've had no problem with. I can't think of a reason to spend more for a Vive but I'm sure Vive 2 is going to kick Oculus ass and then Oculus will just have to answer again.
I've had an Oculus for a few months now. Still using it, still happy about it. But I agree : content is quite slim. It's better to wait untill the end of the year at least. Hopefully, Touch will release with more quality games. But I don't care much about the "fragmentation" of VR market. Unless price is too steep ( well you never know ), everyone owning an oculus will buy the Touch. Except the ones only into simutation games who won't buy arena shooters no matter what. And I don't see why they should be forced to buy extra controlers they might never use.
I think an opportunity VR game makers are missing is simply giving VR experience as the camera. Imagine playing Arkham Knight, soaring through the sky, but this time, having full control over a 360 camera and being closer to the action.
A year later.....not so ridiculously priced now!
Codey Dummer Nope, its 400 permanently now
can you play games that are not desgined for the oculus rift with it? i want the oculus rift for horror games, but i'm not sure if it's worth it.
I got for 400 with touch 2 sensors and five ausome games includin robo recall
It will become cheaper and cheaper by time~like computer
GRaToMiC sorry for late reply, but most steamvr games should work, but some wont work
Remember when your parents told you not to sit close to the TV ... well now prepare to strap a tv to your face because VR is here.
*make existence b e c o m e a screen*
There’s nooooo evidence that it hurts your eyes
CRD716 / Omega examen the only reason that myth exists is because it used to be true, some early TV’s could have defects and actually could emit harmful radiation which could obviously damage your eyes (and everything else). But we don’t hear stories of TVs leaking radiation and hurting people anymore, do we? Also i saw one guy that was saying every time blue light hits your eyes it releases free radicals and partially destroys them, which is ridiculous since the sky is literally blue and we’d all be blind by now.
@Paul Allen It's a myth
Harry Loveland look above
Videos like these is why I consider gameranx to be one of the best gaming and tech review channels on YT.
agreed.
+Kevin Hernandez same
exactly. they don't just brown nose the big companies.
Yeah, they're not afraid of saying ''not worth it''.
+Luis Cruz SAME
I got one of those little ad's on the side of the video and it was for the Vive XD.
Yanked em
lol
Its better anyways lol
+Jizzy J lol.. It is
vive wants to convince you
2 years later BEST VR set on the market in my opinion!!
Should I buy it?
Reinier Mels no
@@reiniermels9288 yes
Reinier Mels if you have a good gaming computer than yes
Stewieternity Gaming would a samsung pc work?
A 'Before You Buy'...with my FACE?!
Sorry.
lol
Illuminate confirmed
55 mins ago?
ok then
+The KnifE Haha
lmao
This is how a product should be reviewed. I love how gameranx just gives you their honest opinion and backs it up.
Sometimes I fill up my tub with just an inch of water, then tie my feet together and pretend I'm a beached whale
Who doesn't like?
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If you have the money is it worth it? Hell yeah it's worth it. Dude this is for everyone, I'm 49 and it's the best thing I've ever bought. It's like I've got a movie theater in my house, there is nothing better in this world of tech. My beliefs 100,000,000 %
i think it's worth it too
hey? what's the best scary game to get for oculus?
Do you need a good pc for it
TuinkabouterGaming gtx 1060, 8-16gb ram and an i5 I think
Jeff Fuehr Emily wants to play is horrifying
rich life LOL
how to make a good Virtual Reality
1.ask for the story of a WW2 veteran
2.make a VR out of the story
3.show it to the WW2 veteran
4.watch him cry seeing his comrades die again
5.profit
note:make it very detailed.
he'd probably end up suffering from shellshock
that'd just be a ptsd trigger
6: Find a NASA space computer
step 6 deal with the guys ptsd
Oh my god
really digged the set today. colors are nice and well lit. looks good guys
Thanks! It's quickly becoming my favorite.
+gameranx Yeah it's like it just says"gameranx" Also really awesome that you replied. One of the reasons I love you guys at gameranx! 👍
#communitygoals
You should do an updated review now that the controllers are out and everything comes in 399 package
gameranx does it right, in terms of presentation and review quality. your channel is the only one i go to each day. very informative, thanks to all the peoples behind the scenes.
its not just that pretty face we know and love.
Wow. Thanks!
Thank you to.
the best thing about this series is the honesty of the review not just advertising it like others, keep up the good work :)
July 14, 2017: It's interesting how much a year can out-date a video review covering a tech product.
I want more stuff
Maybe a Xbox big screen TV inside VR is that more stuff.
I want more money
I want a dad
This background is amazing.
thanks!
I found the bokeh a bit distracting.
I've tried Roomscale VR with the vive AND the oculus with the motion controllers on both (PAX conventions). I personally like oculus's controllers and headset much more. ;) I also got my own oculus after that so I'm glad I picked that over the vive.
Karltroid thanks! Helped me out because I didn’t know which to get😆
why did that warrant a winky face
I am having trouble reading text even with oversampling and a 1070 TI at 1.5 (super sampling) so would the HTC be better for a desktop experience? Doing work but immersed is my main goal.
It is now Mar 2019 and the Rift is now $350 and it comes with the hand controllers. I was really impressed with the system at the Microsoft store where I tried it out. I almost bought one, but decided to wait a little longer to see if version 2 would be coming out. I have to admit that after trying it out it is very hard to wait! I might end up giving in soon. :)
I respect that you actually lived with it for a while and didn't spit out a review like everyone else.
REVISE AND UPDATE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tags 7311 Yep, he definitely needs too!!.
WHY?!....
You missed something:
Elite Dangerous in VR.
It's the fucking best.
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I just bought it because of the sale. $400 for headset and touch bundle. I think that's a good price point.
So what's the difference between 'price point' and 'price'?
I swear I was gonna like the video and go, but the intro was a smart move that got me interested because I'm not a fan of VR "Yet", that is why I'm happy that some one is testing them and making an honest opinion about them for us
I bought one, and it's totally worth it! I've started making my own games for VR because of it. Plus I can't wait for the Touch controllers to come out, in a few months! ;)
ahhh 4 words that should NEVER be used in the same sentence
"nicely designed, apple product"
ItzDestroyerMC ahahaha good one 😂
no shut up lmao ur not unique
I only have a iPhone because I got one as a present randomly, processor ain’t that good
apples design is always the best so whats your point?
As an owner of an Oculus is 2018 and it's $400 price point with controllers.I find it very worth it! The quality of the product is very good. And most games are VERY emersive!
Kit Fox can you play walking dead on it
Thanks for being real, Jake.
Thank you for giving an honest recommendation. I have no physical experience with the Oculus but everything you mentioned is exactly how I felt about it and so it is great that we have game reviewers that can see things from our perspectives in addition to the company's and new tech perspectives. I'm not a big fan of your closing tag line Baldino, but your reviews top notch. Thanks again, frfr.
I'm actually getting the Oculus Rift this Christmas. I saw the reviews on other videos and they're great,
same!
The price of the full setup has gone down to 400 dollars, by the way, with the touch controllers.
Good to know I might get one 😆
Last time I was this early, I won a giveaway, which was never
Know the feeling😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
+Jonas Feldborg you understand him???!?
+Charlie Keyrole I understand that he never won a giveaway like me :(
+Jonas Feldborg you have an amazing understanding of people with poor grammar and bad jokes
+Charlie Keyrole thank you... I think
You know what's really sweet? In a year, you'll be able to buy the entire Oculus set-up for bargain prices.
doubt it, the DK2's are still selling on ebay for upwards of $400
Anyone that is buying the DK1 or DK2 for any amount of money is a moron.
+Don M exactly my point
Don't count on it. Last it was mentioned, the Rift was still selling strong, and they've still sold twice as many as the Vive so far. Plus Oculus is getting a huge boost in a few months, when they have another big launch, with Touch.
Considering that Valve just opened up their Tracking-technology for any HMD manufacturers to use, the Vive is the one that might end up in bargain bins in a couple years, if we start seeing better competitors, and the Touch controllers turn out to be way better than the Vives. ;P
Don good predictions my boy
crazy how much things changed in just 4 years
What happened
I was able to buy one and i would totally agree with most of what you said. One of the things i did notice was the less tech savvy a person was the more they were blown away by it, especially old people. I've only had it for a couple of weeks but it has been a ton of fun using it.
Can you do a before you buy on the ps vr when it comes out please
why? this is pretty much the same except PS VR is worse...
+JR Texx I doubt you used either of them so your opinion is invalid
+JR Texx OK but it is a lot cheaper and doesn't need a beast computer . Not every one is bill gates here
MrMetalbandit damn, you know more about me than I do!
dude gtfo.
Ninja Robot What I'd say do.. just wait years when they come down in price. I have a feeling it's gonna be like when the Wii first introduced their sensor bar, it was huge for a little while, then they dragged it out for a few years... then we got Kinect and no one really cares about that anymore.
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Sorry.
sorry :/
Sorry
D- do I click like? Sorry man.
Cool
I Have a feeling VR will be a lot like phones with "Oculus" - The first real VR headset that was usable "like the iPhone" but now is copying other companys and being not very revolutionary and overpriced Then HTC VIVE - The Android very revolutionary and made VR as big as it is today only costing a little more for a lot more fetures and support for a much wider view of games.
you couldn't be anywhere further from the truth XD
Two years later, and the Oculus is said to be really hard to set up, when there is Mixed Reality, which just uses One USB Port and One HDMI Port.
We got the vive, and the oculus rift. We got the DK2 when that first came out, and it was a lot of fun, but when we got the Vive, the world changed. The experience of immersion is sensational with the Vive, as opposed to the "pretty cool" factor that the Rift has. Never once did I get turned around or forget where I was with the Rift, but after an hour with the Vive, I had no idea where I was actually facing in the real world, and forgot that my home had a ceiling. (Which is a good thing)
meh, if you're going to shell out $600, you might as well shell out $800 for the better tech the vive brings to the table. now that occulus has supposedly removed headset drm, you can legally buy any games off rift's marketplace and use them with the vive, and you can just use revive on any games that may still have the drm enabled. as for me, I'm going to wait a few generations for price to come down and a broader game market. right now VR is just an expensive novelty.
Plus, you can move around in the vive, and walk around your room, providing you have the space.
yep. and the vive has an ultra low-latency laser scanning positional system while the rift uses a significantly slower optical system that can introduce lag (something that will become a huge issue if they want to introduce room size VR like the rift has).
Also, I won't be surprised if the cost of the Rift with it's touch controllers (when they're released) will be very close in price to the vive w/ controllers included.
I have a feeling, though, that prices will decline rapidly with later iterations, much like flat panel TVs, because outside of the R&D costs to procure these technologies, the tech inside the headsets isn't ridiculously expensive stuff. You have a couple 90hz displays, a gyroscope, probably a hardware filter that splits the larger image received from the video card in two. I don't see any reason why these things won't be down to $300 or less in a few years.
negatyve I have no doubt that that is the case. It really is ridiculous how underpowered the oculus is.
Am I the only person just wants play skyrim in VR?
How could you not talk about the porn? Oo
Dj Khaled right Oo haha
+c00lcheezewhizz lol yeah you can
Because he's a game reviewer and likely a lot of his audience is under age
+c00lcheezewhizz friend of my friend watches only porn with it
c00lcheezewhizz Yes dude, the best function so far hahaha
dude, I seriously appreciate your approach and when it comes to your reviews and videos, it seems like you're genuinely honest, and I really do like your style this is my first video watching now and I will not be following your regularly. I am in the market trying to decide between each to see in oculus, so I look forward to following more of your material thanks
Really solid review. Absolutely agree. Just got my Rift a few days ago, and the next day I'm already putting it down after about a half hour of play. Now that I have a couple more decent games, I'm spending more time (Chronos is teh awesome), but once I finish that... I AM glad I bought it, and also glad I didn't wait to upgrade my PC (vast majority of experiences, including my favorites, run quite smoothly on my underspec GTX 960 on a 3.8GHz AMD chip).
Lucky's Tale turns out to be one of my favorite games to play on it - you're not wrong that videos do NOT do it justice. I actually even just love the opening "book" screens with the miniature villiages, getting up and peering around, stepping in to take closer looks at things. I love that looking for "hidden" items involves actually getting up and craning my neck to _look_ for them.
Also, Gunfire Games' two current offerings, Herobound, and (especially) Chronos, are awesome, awesome plays (and are, like Lucky's Tale, 3rd person games, though more RPG-like than Lucky). And I'm awaiting Cyan's Obduction and Damaged Core with great anticipation.
But that's pretty much it. 2-3 games that are out now, and (hopefully) a couple others on the horizon, are worth playing for any length of time. The other experiences can be great, but they're experiences, and the novelty fades very quickly if there's no gameplay to speak of.
And yeah, my first thought slipping it on was, wow, the resolution's barely better than I'm already getting on my phone with Gear VR. Screen door effect definitely noticeable (though it IS less than Gear VR). Of course, you'd never get the level of detail in textures and shaders on the Gear VR, and just the simple fact that you can move your freaking head makes a BIG difference in terms of immersion. But you might want to get Gear VR (if you already have a compatible phone) while you wait for Rift to get better games.
That said, I'm still glad I got it. When it's good, it's REALLY good. Can't help but giggle sometimes, or gasp, at some of the stuff you see. When playing Lucky, if my head (the camera) hits some vines or icicles while I'm following Lucky around, you'll knock them around or break them off just as if your head actually hit it. The chips of asphalt, or soda cans, flying past your head in the Showdown tech demo are incredibly real.
But I'm a dedicated fan of 3D. Bought the Nintendo 3DS as soon as it came out (in Japan), got a 3D TV as soon as I could, still love those. So it makes sense that I'm satisfied in my purchase. More excellent, enjoyable games (not just experiences), and the Touch, will make a huge difference, and make it more than just the novelty it currently is.
+gameranx btw No Mans Sky 13 days until it's out just saying I just pre ordered it and I am hyped for it, what about you? And will you make a video about it????
Yep and yep!
Yep and yep makes the day go around
they just delayed it to 2018 :(
+Rustlin James hahahaha nah xD it's coming out on the 10th August
Imo it's overhyped just like elite dangerous was
I dig Jake, but all I see is his hair bouncing, since day one my friend.
It may just be jealousy, I'm bald, get a hair cut you hippie haha. Great video, keep it up man. I'm waiting on this whole VR thing until you can basically convert a room with a VR walking station.Power gloves and all.
"it's seems like an apple product it feels like quality" since when did apple release a quality device?
iphones are really high quality what are you talking about lol.
now the OS is a different story.
@@silk1440 litterally any android brand is acceptable lol
@@gflav if you call a phone released this year with 3 year old specs quality than I guess
@@yeetbomb2015 i was talking about build quality, but the fact that they run just as smooth as top of the line androids with way better specs make them even more impressive. This is coming from a dude thats had android since day 1, then switched to the iphone 7+ and then switched back within a year.
@@gflav yeah no. They have been proven to purposely slow down phones too get you to upgrade and since when is 60HZ just as smooth as 90 HZ
I've experienced RIFT irl, and it is actually very impressive. I didn't feel under whelmed but I hadn't looked into it much because I didn't care.
I think this product looks great, but having a Vive, and knowing what I now know about Roomscale, I can't imagine wanting to replace that with sitting down and looking forward. Minecraft is unbelievable in VR, and I think that the ability to walk up to a door, bend down towards it, and peer through the window at the moon as it sets is a really nice touch. Oh, so it turning around in a circle. And finding three zombies closing in on you. And fighting them off with, yup, your own hands.
Rift seems like the way to go if you want to play a flight or driving simulator because it does the same thing the Vive does in that case, but it is $200 cheaper. You don't need touch controls or room scale when you've got your mitts on a dual throttle controller, commanding the after-burning Pratt and Whitney F100 engines as you zip through the mountain passes at 650 Knots, 25 feet off the ground... inverted... at maximum power, on the verge of blacking out.
Get a goddamn vive.Its better.And vr companies were not all rich.Not everyone can build themselves a $1000 pc then get a $800 headset and then around $200(obviously this depends on the person) on some good games.Make some lesser cheap vr,or make it so people can play vr games on their pc so if there friend has vr they can tag along and play with them.
Cough* PS4 Neo Xbox Scorpio Cough*
Yeah the 480 looks really good seen a bunch of vids on it already.And is it equivalent to a Nvidia GTX 980 or is it the 970 its equivalent to?
Yeah lets hope ps vr is good :P
+Infamous I tried it out at Best Buy, it doesn't look great.
Vive is not better at all. We wait for touch and then its game over for people claiming that
Don't and if you're even thinking about it. Get the the vive.
600 is not a lot of money for a new technology. The first HDTVs were 10000 dollars and had no content.
I have the DK2 and most recently the "consumer" Vive. I was a huge fan of the DK2 but I have to say both the freedom of movement and tracked controllers leave me feeling the Oculus is simply missing the biggest draw card for VR. I never thought it would be that big a deal but it really is.
The vive is way too heavy and still has the resolution constraints plaguing VR at the moment but the interfaces, forward thought and freedom mean I haven't thought about putting the DK2 back on since I first tried it. Now to just merge the best of both devices and wait for computing power to leap forward and the future in this tech is truly exciting and will be life changing for us all.
Well, pretty much everything you said was spot on. It's not all that impressive and I'll probably sell mine since it's just collecting dust lately. The screen-door effect is hideous and you can't really make out objects in the distance, so trying it on for the first time is nothing but anti-climactic, especially if you've been waiting for VR for 20 years like I did. Nobody talks about those issues enough, VR is not there yet, Google Cardboard costs nothing and you get the same experience, so if you don't have the money or don't wanna spend that much money - don't be discouraged, you're not missing out on anything. Maybe in 5 years we'll have decent VR screens but so far you can strap your Samsung phone to your face and it's the same thing. There are Android apps if you wanna use Cardboard with your PC. Don't waste your money on VR until it's actually good.
This video has not aged well.
yup.
Henrik Swenson What do you mean??
Before I don't buy... because I'm too fucking poor :/
well this is odd, I'm the second comment.
Your 3RD :P
+alfredo arredonodo his 3rd what?
+alfredo arredonodo you're*
Who cares
I bought the rift CV-1 as a brand new unit. So I paid 25 % less (as it is just out of production recently)then retail with no taxes and it came with the 3rd sensor a $90 value. I was happy. The replacement is the rift -S model. The improvement is not huge imo. Oculus built the CV line on their own then Facebook bought the developed unit and took it from there. I believe that is close to accurate. I was happy that mine was built by oculus as I am not a fan of FB or its CEO ( all I will say)
I have been using it now off and on for 2 months. Ater finishing a learning curve I played a few games from simple to more complex. The net is full of tutorials and instructions to assist
I think your overall assessment is pretty accurate in general as far as the negatives are concerned. I thought you could have a little kinder to unit because it's still a big jump from that flat 3d to near real 3d in your face.
You really do need a fairly beefy rig to run oculus and the video card is the most important part. I have a 1660 ti with 32 gb o/c ram on a good asus mobo with an amd chip. It runs fine so far.
Bottom line I got into vr for$ 500 total
Including a new 500 gb SSD C drive.
Would I pay upwards of $1000 or more for vr NO. I passed 3 yrs ago and would still pass today on the expensive systems. However with what I have for what I paid I can overlook the minor screen door ( which is really not that bad and after a few minutes you dont even notice it anymore). I am about to try star citizen today on my rift and quite frankly I believe the experience will be very immersive including the negatives in this review above. I gave this a like with a subscription addition
May the rift be with me. 🤢 🤮
100% glad you mentioned the games available. Early adaption will depend on killer title at launch/first 3mths. They need a Halo-esque game, not novelty Wii type games.
I just want this to find de wae
Before you buy, realize that this piece of shit is owned by Facebook.
I have a rift and it is amazing, but as Jake said, there just isnt enough stuff out there for it. Most likely because it has not been out for all that long, but also because like with any new medium (and VR is a completely different experience, especially from a developer standpoint), no one has any idea what makes for a good VR game. A good analogy is like how when a new generation of consoles come out, and the graphics usually are not that much better than the previous generation, but after a while as developers learn the new hardware, the games improve. The only problem is that in that situation there is already a built in audience, but with VR it has not been proven, and there wont be a mass adoption until the barrier to entry is less prohibitive, and must own games start coming out for it.
Now I hope you do the same honest, time spent, review of the VIVE!!! These before you buy videos are super helpful especially since I am eyeing the VIVE.
I played the Oculus and the Vive. For some reason the screen bothered me in the Vive, but not Oculus. I was more blown away with the clarity of the Oculus. That being said the Vive was more interactive due to the hand controls .
I haven't tried the Vive but I did mess with the Rift at an event at my local museum and I have to say it was impressive.
But the price was way too high
i did too :) was it in auckland?
Caenir Nope, Cincinnati, Ohio.
***** The Oculus I used didn't have hand controllers but it could identify my hands and so I could still see and move my arms without them.
I know this is gaming-focused, but I’d be interested to see a revisit now that the Rift and Touch controllers are $400 total, and come with apps including Quill, which is looking more and more like a game-changer for creatives after the latest update to include Animation capabilities.
I'm just waiting for vr to mature and grow a little. Because with things on the horizon like vr gloves I'm starting to get really excited about how far vr will go.
The lawnmower man is a must watch movie for VR lovers!
I have the Oculus Rift through the nature of my relatives' jobs, and I have to say it really is kind of underwhelming, I can't wait for the videos on the HTC Vive and comparisons.
Yo, GREAT JOB! You are a gold standard for reviewers.
Guys this is a very good review and is exactly what I would say if I were a writer. I owned the Vive for a week and then returned it because I got completely bored with it. It was pretty exciting at first, but after a few days you realize there is hardly any content at all, most of the games are just tech demos by indie developers (this often means 1 person built it himself in his spare time) and the few really good games are over in a matter of hours. I can easily light $1000 on fire and not care, but VR right now is a total waste.
I was lucky to try the Vive on a showcase and it blew me away. I am not going to buy this generation, but I definetly will in the future. I love the tracking and the controllers, how the handling feels so natural in the VR environment. The two issues I could not come by is:
First, I wear glasses, and the air managment is atrocious. Heat builds up, the glasses will steam up, this is ever present and breaks the immersion.
Second, the resolution. Everything in close to midrange looks great, but everything afar is so pixelish - this breaks immersion and also limits the possibilities for the devs to create a well rounded experience since everything distant looks like a low res wall paper.
Still, I would buy it and get contacts just for playing if I wouldn't have to care how to spend my money.
I have to agree here. I had the Oculus for about a week and the "experience" is great. However, it will need some significant improvements in terms of resolution and screen quality. It may be a few years, but when 1440p or 4K becomes viable this will be a must have piece of kit. Until that time, if you are looking to VR as a full time immersive gaming/simulation environment then you will be severely disappointed. I returned my Oculus due to image quality and light bleed issues. Otherwise, it was a good experience, bit the price tag is a bit steep for what it offers at the moment.
i agree. i have the rift...and so far chronos, lucky's tale and edge of nowhere are the 3 games that are "good games." dread halls and dead secret were both ok. defintely no games that i would sit there for hours "aside from chronos" like i would with witcher 3 or something similar. i do love the immersion, the screen clarity leaves a lot to be desired though. games like the assembly "first person exploration" bore me to death. i don't regret my purchase, but it's definitely a thing that compliments my gaming instead of overtaking it like i hoped it would
More games and experiences, motion controllers and a lower price makes Oculus Rift a must for any tech geek.
Hi Jake. I had no intention of being an early adopter, but then I heard what racing was like in VR, so I had to check it out. It seemed the Rift was better for seated experiences, so I got that. And I'm hooked. Racing in 2D is great. Racing in VR is sublime... even with the compromised graphics.Turns out I also like Elite Dangerous and Subnautica, two games I would have ignored in 2D. Yeah, I know I basically bought the Atari 2600 of VR (Vive = Intellivision?), but what the hell, I'm loving it.
I love how you used the original image for the numb nail.
one major thing to note is the headset fits pretty tightly around your head and doesn't allow room for glasses, so if you have very poor eye sight like me and you don't have contacts the VR is going to be just like in real life. blurry AF.
I've been wanting to try VR ever since Oculus kickstarted their VR project. Now, zoom forward a few more years and I'm at best buy waiting to try out the new playstation vr. I was dead stoked to try it on, but after the experience, I have to say that it was OK. It sucks because I was super excited to use it after so many years, but it just didn't click for me. In fact, it was a bit underwhelming. The underwater demo I played was "eh" mainly because nothing really surprises me anymore, unlike other videos of people freaking out from the shark nearing their underwater cage. I tried the other games as well, and they were also OK, but not mind-blowingly awesome.
That is until I tried the London Heist. That one clicked for me. It was my first time using motion controllers, so everything was disorienting for me (in a good-kind of way). I felt so immersed in the game, and moving your hands and gun around, felt natural. Even moving your head out of the window and turning to the guy felt very natural. I felt like a badass. On top of that, I felt like I could play the game for hours because of how comfortable the headset was. The only gripe I had with the playstation vr was the screen resolution and maybe the graphics of the game. It wasn't bad per-say, but it was noticeable. Though I did forget about all that stuff after I got a few minutes into the games. All in all, I think I'll wait just a bit longer for VR to get a little cheaper and better. To me, the price-range doesn't justify buying it yet. Maybe I'll change my mind after I try bigger games when the playstation vr officially comes out.
Though I have no interest in purchasing a VR unit, at least till they become more affordable and mainstream, I was glad to hear a proper user review just to know where the tech is at currently.
I have it for FSX and I find it very good for flying small planes like the Cessna 172, the Carenado 182, and Carenado AeroCommander Shrike etc at low altitude. After about an hour the headset starts to get uncomfortable. Also, I wear glasses. I had to have a special pair made up to fit into the headset. That was costly. But all in all I enjoy flying the small planes with it. Planes with the old steam gauges work great. The new planes with glass cockpit panels don't look so good. The numbers are hard to read. You do get the feeling you ARE flying that plane though!
I agree with the major portion of what you said in this video. A lot is lacking on the software side, games being short or generally simple, and the lack of (excuse the iOS lingo) retina-quality displays make the Oculus Rift still a bit unpolished. However, as a soon-to-be developer, and VR early adopter as well, saving up for and purchasing the Oculus Rift has been a dream come true for me, and though I know it may seem lack-lustre at the moment, I know with companies like Facebook and Valve in the race to make VR mainstream, it's only a matter of time until the VR magic of presence will be something we see all the time, not just in spotty sessions with minigames. :)
Screen door affect and focus are horrendous. It was pretty disappointing... The demo with the alien in front of you is pretty cool though.
3d nvidia glasses were pretty cool. I may try this when I can afford the time for games or if they ever adapt this tech to support virtual presence work, but really looking forward to the full biofeedback suit, treadmill, spending the rest of your life in a matrix tank experience.
Thanks for the review. I want one VR set. Question: When you say "under developed" what do you mean?
I can agree with that, in short: it just needs more time to be worth while. Thanks for the input here too Jake.
My experience in VR so far:
I bought a Gear VR on prime day, and i returned it after only a day. The deal breaker was how "hacked" it felt trying to get around Samsung's proprietary OS (similar to the Oculus Home). Now i know its not the same as a real-boy VR headset, but the segregation both in terms of hardware and software, and the amount of work to get it to just "behave" with other systems just killed the experience. The only free app i would have used on there that was worth anything to me was the Netflix theater, which was awesome. It gave me a cozy, spacious den and a 'massive tv' to watch my shows on, which was cool- just not $99 worth of cool.
So to tie that in, it sounds like the current state of the games for Oculus/Vive alike: they both want exclusives, they both want to control the experience, and neither is much more than a single-topping pizza at the moment, not bad--but its no "supreme". I think i'll hold out for them to just make a standardized development platform so they're interchangeable and/or some more worthwhile titles that justify the expense.
I got the Gear VR in January and really enjoyed it, but I hardly use it anymore. A big problem with it is the massive power drain on your phone. And if you want to use it for more than 30 minutes, you have to put cold gel packs on top to keep the phone from overheating, which automatically crashes the Oculus app if it does. And that terrible fogging...
But yeah, that video theater is awesome!
like, really the ability to use a wired headset, lag free and programs similar to that wold make a VR system worth while, even upwards of $300 if it was good for multiple games (the upcoming fallout 4 re-release for example, or skyrim's re-release) It would be an investment- but like Jake said, it just needs more time in the oven i think. At least is not like 3dtv and just a passing gimic. happy to see it succeed, i just want it to do it faster haha
I'm waiting for something like SAO's full dive vr technology, even though I know its far off, you bet i'm gonna get that as soon as its released.
So it's got a nice box and its easy to setup. Cause after a month or so people really care about that stuff!
The one thing you should have mentioned that I give the rift credit for is:
It’s transportable.
You can take it to a friends place without too much trouble (if they have a powerful PC... oh… and the store setup... and all the games downloaded... oh... maybe scratch that point.)
I've got mine and it's pretty decent, cronos is good as is project cars but I think it's just lacking in real quality games at the moment. No issues with the actual headset though, much more ergonomic then the DK2
Sold it now as I hardly use it. Feels like to much effort, wires are a pain.
Hey Jake! You guys got a new set up? Looks nice
Great video, Jake! Exciting stuff's going on here. If I had the opportunity to buy an Oculus right now, I wouldn't. A LOT of money to spend on a curio right now, but as the user base grows and devs get comfy with their kits we'll no doubt see some FANTASTIC games in the next year or so.
Speaking of anticipation, I'd love to get your guy's take on the HTC Vive. Thanks!
in 2018/now it is 350$ the two touch controllers are here and now to has way better puzzle , RP games and a lot of other cool games so in 2018 it is worth buying. HOPE THIS HELPED :)
350? what country are you living in? it's 509 CAD on newegg.
Love playing in VR on the Rift. :) DCS world is amazing! If you're into sims... you'll never go back to monitor :) Though I would agree that the content really needs time to develop... I'm sure we'll see huge improvements all around in the next 5 years. VR is definitely here to stay :)
This is hilariously great, as I purchased my oculus literally 4 days ago, and it arrives in the mail today. Still super excited to jump on this train, and I really really hope that the touch controllers are no more than 200 bucks.
Tried both. Went with Rift. Better visual quality and controls and the Rift even does roomscale now which I've had no problem with. I can't think of a reason to spend more for a Vive but I'm sure Vive 2 is going to kick Oculus ass and then Oculus will just have to answer again.
I've had an Oculus for a few months now. Still using it, still happy about it. But I agree : content is quite slim. It's better to wait untill the end of the year at least. Hopefully, Touch will release with more quality games.
But I don't care much about the "fragmentation" of VR market. Unless price is too steep ( well you never know ), everyone owning an oculus will buy the Touch. Except the ones only into simutation games who won't buy arena shooters no matter what. And I don't see why they should be forced to buy extra controlers they might never use.
I feel like stores should try to start up a sort of new-age arcade setup with VR technology as long as it isn't available for the average consumer.
So hyped for the next generation of VR headsets :D
I think an opportunity VR game makers are missing is simply giving VR experience as the camera.
Imagine playing Arkham Knight, soaring through the sky, but this time, having full control over a 360 camera and being closer to the action.