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El Grillo posted:Can't you turn down the screen brightness to fix overheating? Or is that just with the earlier phone models? Turning down the screen brightness helps, as does turning off the wifi, stopping background processes, etc, but I think the S6 will still just overheat a lot since it doesn't have a good way of dissipating heat while it's in the headset.
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Has there been any word or rumor or speculation whatsoever when the next gen of headsets might be coming out? Part of my plan with going Vive was it would make my wife happy by doing roomscale and then I could jump on the 2nd gen oculus for my sims cause I care way more about image quality.
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Ciaphas posted:Speaking of Gear VR, anyone recommend a controller? It'd be exclusively for the phone/Gear VR, I already have an XB1 controller for the PC. For overheating, the one almost too obvious thing to mention is don't put the Gear VR cover on over the phone. Jarmak posted:Has there been any word or rumor or speculation whatsoever when the next gen of headsets might be coming out? Part of my plan with going Vive was it would make my wife happy by doing roomscale and then I could jump on the 2nd gen oculus for my sims cause I care way more about image quality. There may not be clear "generations" at all, of course. If StarVR comes out in early 2017, say, is that Gen 2 or Gen 1.5? Is FOVE Gen 2?
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Lemming posted:There's stuff to try out but not much that's like super incredible or amazing that you can spend hours and hours in, barring some of the sim stuff. Like I played Lucky's Tale for a while but I'm not going to be loading it up to play regularly or anything. Stuff like Chronos is legit great but is only 10-12 hours most likely, and once you beat it, it's over, and it'll still be there once there's more stuff released. I guess this is where it's more personal on how much you game. I played Chronos for weeks with 2 runs, I only just finished expert on every mountain in the climb, and I've barely had a chance to get into adrift, or ethan carter at all yet. Pinball I'll play often for a quick fix here and there, elite and euro/american truck sim will suck you in, lucky's tail took a while to 100%, and Farlands I'll come back to every few days and play for a little bit too. So far edge of nowhere has grabbed me like mad and I've played like, 4 hours just in one day. Its kept me busy, with a lot of things still unplayed even, for almost 2 months now. All this is the most I've gamed in years as well, so at least personally, I can easily say this ongoing well, thats still not dry for me, has been easily worth the 600 bucks.
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NRVNQSR posted:Controller support seems to be incredibly inconsistent. The two that Oculus recommend (MOGA Pro and Steelseries Stratus XL) seem to work for most things, though even then the coverage doesn't seem to be 100%. I'd recommend one of those two if you can find them, or something under $5 otherwise - just so you're not too out of pocket when it barely works on anything. Fair enough but to be honest my reason was more that oculus's tracking tech would work better for shoving into a sim cockpit which I have some designs on trying to make eventually with lumber and grabbing a car seat off ebay, the image quality part was just gen 2 versus gen 1. I had forgotten about StarVR though.
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Tom Guycot posted:I guess this is where it's more personal on how much you game. I played Chronos for weeks with 2 runs, I only just finished expert on every mountain in the climb, and I've barely had a chance to get into adrift, or ethan carter at all yet. Pinball I'll play often for a quick fix here and there, elite and euro/american truck sim will suck you in, lucky's tail took a while to 100%, and Farlands I'll come back to every few days and play for a little bit too. So far edge of nowhere has grabbed me like mad and I've played like, 4 hours just in one day. Its kept me busy, with a lot of things still unplayed even, for almost 2 months now. All this is the most I've gamed in years as well, so at least personally, I can easily say this ongoing well, thats still not dry for me, has been easily worth the 600 bucks. Oh yeah, I mean I personally bought both headsets and I haven't gone a day without using one at some point, but I'm mostly talking about the average person. If you know specific things you want to do or are the sort of person who likes pretty much everything there is stuff you can spend time doing, but there's very few that I'd consider to be a killer app or a long list of AAA stuff to play. The person who is like you is probably not going to make a decision based on what some randos are saying on the internet, you have a pretty good idea already of what you like and want, but if you know little enough about the headsets already and aren't the sort of person who's super into it already, ie people who are asking if they should get a headset or which one, you probably shouldn't be getting one right now.
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If you aren't like totally dying for VR right this instant, I would at least wait until Oculus releases Touch later this year and then you can do a more informed and fair comparison between the Rift and Vive.
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Tom Guycot posted:I guess this is where it's more personal on how much you game. I played Chronos for weeks with 2 runs, I only just finished expert on every mountain in the climb, and I've barely had a chance to get into adrift, or ethan carter at all yet. Pinball I'll play often for a quick fix here and there, elite and euro/american truck sim will suck you in, lucky's tail took a while to 100%, and Farlands I'll come back to every few days and play for a little bit too. So far edge of nowhere has grabbed me like mad and I've played like, 4 hours just in one day. Its kept me busy, with a lot of things still unplayed even, for almost 2 months now. All this is the most I've gamed in years as well, so at least personally, I can easily say this ongoing well, thats still not dry for me, has been easily worth the 600 bucks. Yeah, I'm in the same boat as this guy, I've found plenty to keep me busy. Also check out Darknet, it's a puzzle/hacking thing that has some nice legs on how much time you can get out of it. Darknet, Chronus, Edge of Nowhere (although maybe short), Pinball FX, Subnautica (a little buggy/early access-y), Elite: Dangerous (although I was already playing this non-VR), Technolust, and Lucky's Tale all at least feel like real games and not just tech demos. I think it helps to some degree that I'm sinking a lot of time into Elite in between the other games, so I've been spending more time gaming in VR than I have outside of it. Although I've said it before, this is definitely emergent tech, and you're spending a ton of money to be on the bleeding edge of things, but at least there is some compelling stuff to do.
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I'm glad I started following this thread - its made me feel a lot more confident about my Oculus order which is hopefully arriving this week. I have zero room for roomscale and am really only looking to play seated cockpit/driving games (Euro Truck Simulator mainly). Also it sounds like Dirt Rally will have full Oculus support in the next patch, which was a very nice surprise. Had anyone tried the previous versions where they had kinda-hidden alpha support? Apparently the menus weren't done but gameplay actually worked? Anyway I've gone from considering cancelling my order to being quite excited for it!
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Granite Octopus posted:Anyway I've gone from considering cancelling my order to being quite excited for it! Yeah, you're really not going to regret it at all. I desperately want Touch controllers to take it to the next level, but gently caress roomscale until HMDs are cordless. Even seated and as thin as the oculus cord may be the weight & constantly catching on stuff bothers me to just not want to do much more than seated + standing experiences.
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I love that Fantastic Contraption has a Job Simulator Exit Burrito in it you can eat to quit the game.
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Granite Octopus posted:I'm glad I started following this thread - its made me feel a lot more confident about my Oculus order which is hopefully arriving this week. Dirt Rally was really good in the DK2. The lack of menus sucked but once you were in the car, it was spot on. Hopefully the support for the consumer version stacks up as well as the beta did.
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Granite Octopus posted:I'm glad I started following this thread - its made me feel a lot more confident about my Oculus order which is hopefully arriving this week. If you haven't played in VR before you're in for a treat. Euro/American truck sim is one of the most fantastic things in VR. As someone who loves driving long distances in real life, there are times I've been so satisfied and in a trance while driving down a highway at night with some light rain and the radio playing that for just a split second I'll start to reach for the AC vents or radio knobs before my brain clicks in to remind me its fake.
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Holy crap the Gear VR has a micro USB power jack and using it seems to make the phone heat less I should really read manuals more often 
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Protips for Edge of Nowhere: You can B out of the journals and the audio will still keep playing while you continue on. I stood around for too long on the first few while he read them. Crank up the air conditioning in your room or at least have a fan blowing on you. It gets real loving awesome by the end.
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Got my processing email! Ordered night of the first day (10pm ish), shipping window was June 27th - July 7th. Finally!
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GlyphGryph posted:This one It's already out. The VR for it, I mean.
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Granite Octopus posted:Also it sounds like Dirt Rally will have full Oculus support in the next patch, which was a very nice surprise. Had anyone tried the previous versions where they had kinda-hidden alpha support? Apparently the menus weren't done but gameplay actually worked? Fuckkkkk is there any mention of vive support for Dirt Rally? If yes then I'm going to buy a wheel and pedals RIGHT THIS SECOND.
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Poetic Justice posted:If you aren't like totally dying for VR right this instant, I would at least wait until Oculus releases Touch later this year and then you can do a more informed and fair comparison between the Rift and Vive. I disagree, even with Touch this first Rift is going to stay behind the Vive for roomscale, and right now all the best VR games are either cockpit or roomscale. You can make an informed decision on this based on whether or not you have space for roomscale, or would rather just play cockpit games. I'd much rather use a Rift for things like War Thunder and for driving games, but Budget Cuts, Vanishing Realms and Space Pirate Trainer are glimpses into what great VR will become.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I disagree, even with Touch this first Rift is going to stay behind the Vive for roomscale, and right now all the best VR games are either cockpit or roomscale. You can make an informed decision on this based on whether or not you have space for roomscale, or would rather just play cockpit games. I'd much rather use a Rift for things like War Thunder and for driving games, but Budget Cuts, Vanishing Realms and Space Pirate Trainer are glimpses into what great VR will become. Brother . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEhOivWqGmA that's with two crappy usb1 extension cables. somethingawful bf fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qAs0B4NUmQ This game looks cool as hell.
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Poetic Justice posted:Brother . . . How much are you getting paid to post?
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Mordaedil posted:How much are you getting paid to post? I think you might be insane. . .
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It's a jest. But you are just being extremely and oddly defensive about the Oculus Rift to the point where it looks almost like you are shilling for their product against any type of criticism. Like really, even not acknowledging the products current shortcomings. Really, which is more insane in that context?
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Mordaedil posted:It's a jest. Actually, no I'm not, that's why I think you are insane. Edit: The Rift is a better headset.
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TomR posted:Does the Vive support more than two lighthouses? There's a bunch of different sweep patterns that the lighthouse can be programmed to do. The current configuration only supports 2 lighthouses, other options will be released down the track in firmware updates.
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Right. I was watching that video of the guy playing with touch in roomscale and he says there is a deadzone in the corner when he blocks the cameras with his body. That could be fixed with another camera, which I'm pretty sure the Oculus runtime supports. I haven't seen anyone try with more than two cameras though.
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Poetic Justice posted:Actually, no I'm not, that's why I think you are insane.
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Poetic Justice posted:Brother . . . But there is no chaperone or a front facing camera. That isnt safe, and doesnt come straight out of the box.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:But there is no chaperone Why does it matter if there is chaparone now?
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BossTweed posted:Why does it matter if there is chaparone now? A chaperone prevents you from walking into furniture or hitting walls or tables accidentally.
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How's the Oculus shipping turnaround time these days? I know the Vive seems to be up to date now, but do the projected shipping times that people got from Oculus remain in effect?
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Warbird posted:How's the Oculus shipping turnaround time these days? I know the Vive seems to be up to date now, but have the projected shipping times that people got from Oculus remain in effect? Yep
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Warbird posted:How's the Oculus shipping turnaround time these days? I know the Vive seems to be up to date now, but have the projected shipping times that people got from Oculus remain in effect? Depends slightly on the region you're in, but in the US Oculus still haven't fulfilled all the orders from the day preorders opened in January. General advice seems to be to buy from a high street retailer rather than direct from Oculus.
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Mordaedil posted:A chaperone prevents you from walking into furniture or hitting walls or tables accidentally. Keyword being now. They have said they will have a chaperone for the Touch release. Maybe it will even be better and have a proper ceiling boundary! Or maybe it will be garbage, or they lied again and won't ship it at all. I have yet to use the pass through camera on my Vive, I should probably figure it out but that one seems like a big non issue to me. I am mostly white glad the Steam software is good enough I haven't had to care. Man the first time you load it up and notice you you can just straight up SEE the wands is great.
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SwissCM posted:Yep NRVNQSR posted:Depends slightly on the region you're in, but in the US Oculus still haven't fulfilled all the orders from the day preorders opened in January. General advice seems to be to buy from a high street retailer rather than direct from Oculus. That's a bummer. I ordered a day or two before the "launch" and I'd still be waiting for the better part of a month. I can't help but wonder if the Vive hitting supply parity is due to a better supply chain on the part of HTC or the smaller demand due to Oculus's market presence. Or both.
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GlyphGryph posted:Keyword being now. They have said they will have a chaperone for the Touch release. Maybe it will even be better and have a proper ceiling boundary! Or maybe it will be garbage, or they lied again and won't ship it at all. Maybe they'll put the front camera on the touch! When you fire up the vive camera, you get the silly Tron view by default, but you can also turn a normal camera display on which sits on your hand rather than filling your whole view. Sometimes I wish the hand cam display was attached to a camera on the controller itself so I could take stupid selfies and also see my own butt.
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I just finished Edge of Nowhere and oh man it was great. I could nitpick stuff about it here and there, but it was heart pumping and had my attention from start to finish. I just want more from insomniac now, a sequel or something else set in the same world, because I finished it 15 minutes ago and I want to replay it from the start already. No ones tastes are ever the same, but I still think its a mistake to miss this one if you have a rift.
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Haha @HTCHelp DMed me asking for all my contact information, I'm assuming in response to me tweeting redacted tracking info showing that 4 weeks old shipment that never left their warehouse and bitching about it still not being replaced. Anyone want to take bets on whether they're going to call and tell me "24-48 hours"? Not withdrawing my paypal dispute unless I see a tracking number that's actually moving.
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